Seaclear

dmoreau · #1 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007

Ive downloaded seaclear and g7towin i dont sem to be able to load g7towin into the seaclearii directory (how do i do this).is there any special way to connect the gps to my laptop to get it to work.Ive got the maps but cant seem t get a reading from my gps(garmin 276c)
Thanx
Doug

Freesail99 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007

Doug, there was another thread on seaclear yesterday. You may want to have a look at it. I hate to admit this, but reading the manual has helped me in the past.

Lancer28 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007

Doug, I don't know that garmin very well, is it a NMEA receiver? I use seaclear and just a GPS antenna ($30), I have to go in to the program and under "comm" change the com port adress to what the USB replicator is outputting.

sailingdog · #4 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007

dmoreau-

Again, as I posted in the other thread..

Garmin GPS units default to a Garmin proprietary protocol. For them to be recognized by other software packages, you need to set the port your on to the NMEA 0183 protocol at 4800 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit and no parity. The 276 has two serial port outputs IIRC.. so you need to make sure that you've set the one you're using or set both to the NMEA 0183 protocol.