Using C50 with Laptop

[Bevosrevenge]

Anyone have luck using a C50 with their laptop and mapping software?

Cannot get Streets & Trips to recognize the C50 no matter what I try.

Requests to Cheetah customer service have come up empty so far.

If anyone has some suggestions, I would appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

[allyoops]

Have you looked here?

http://www.microsoft.com/streets/en-...pAndHowTo.aspx

[Bevosrevenge]

Al:

Thanks for pointing me there. Although there was no direct solution, I was able to find a program called Franson GpsGate.

GPS splitter, simulator and logger. Serial port splitter. - Franson GpsGate

This program allowed me to confirm the C50 was transmitting GPS data at the 115,200 baud rate even though Streets & Trips wants 4800 baud.

I sent the input for the 115,200 baud rate and then set up a virtual com port on com port 9 to output the Cheetah's data since Street & Trips didn't like the COM4 configured by the Prolific software.

This works, believe or not.

Hopefully this information will help others.

Love the C50 and now I can use it with the laptop as well.

[proudNMAmember]

I have had a lot of problems updating my C50 w/ my laptop also. Too bad because it's a great RLC detector.