Cant get FSUIPC working with my GPS via GPSOut

[ELLX]

Hi Pete,

some month ago I tried to connect FSX with my Garmin 296 - and it worked.

Now I have a new PC (the serial port is only left on the motherboard and I have to use a cable..), installed Win7 and re-installed FSX. Unfortunately I didn't get FSUIPC to work again with my GPS.

In FSUIPC.INI I have:

[GPSout]

Port=COM1

Speed=9600

Interval=1500

PosTo6Decimal=Yes

Sentences=AV400

GPSoutEnabled=Yes

and in my GPS I set "Aviation In", but nothing happens :-(

How can I check for the errors? May be the COM port does not work...

Any ideas?

Thx in advance

Nils

[Pete Dowson]

some month ago I tried to connect FSX with my Garmin 296 - and it worked.

Now I have a new PC (the serial port is only left on the motherboard and I have to use a cable..), installed Win7 and re-installed FSX. Unfortunately I didn't get FSUIPC to work again with my GPS.

If you have the exact same settings and cable, and your GPS is set the same, then it can only be that your COM port is suspect. Are you sure you have everything correct -- correct COM port number? check in the Windows Device Manager.

How can I check for the errors? May be the COM port does not work...

If it's a hardware problem there's no way I know to find out without specialist equipment and a test program, running on a DOS-booted system. You can see if GPSout is sending stuff using a utility called "PortMon" from www.sysInternals.com, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't work with Vista or Win7.

You might be better off getting a USB/Serial adapter, one with a Vista/Win7 compatible driver, and going the USB route. Such adapters are quite cheap these days.

Regards

Pete

[ELLX]

Thx Pete, I'll try the USB/serial adapter.

Best regards

Nils

[freenation]

I'm looking at trying GPSout with FSX and a Garmin 96c. Would this be the same setup as the 196/296/396?

About the serial adapter cable you speak of. does that connect to the USB port of the PC as well as the USB port connector of the Garmin? That's the only physical interface port on the Garmin 96c. I also don't have a physical serial port on the PC at the moment so using a serial port adapted USB port appears to be an option here?

Thanks for any help.

Free

[Pete Dowson]

I'm looking at trying GPSout with FSX and a Garmin 96c.

Does that feature NMEA or Aviation format position input? If not you are out of luck I'm afraid. Looking at it, it looks similar to a Garmin GPs i had once, which certainly did not have any way of inputting positional or other information to override its own readings. And the spec sheet doesn't look hopeful.

About the serial adapter cable you speak of. does that connect to the USB port of the PC as well as the USB port connector of the Garmin? That's the only physical interface port on the Garmin 96c. I also don't have a physical serial port on the PC at the moment so using a serial port adapted USB port appears to be an option here?

I suspect the USB connection is merely for you to download maps and so on, and maybe upload tracks and memorised waypoints.

You need to check the documentation for the device, but it looks unlikely it supports anything useful in this regard, just like both of my Garmin devices.

Regards

Pete

[freenation]

Thanks for the rapid reply. Yes, the USB port is generally used for map, route, waypoint and track uploads/downloads.

However, the Garmin 96c does have selections for "Aviation In" and various NMEA choices in the serial selection menu. The spec. sheet on the Garmin site indicates serial capability. I'm not sure how it differentiates them through the same hardware connection other then maybe the driver of the USB cable on the PC side behaving like a COM port. At least that has made me hopeful. Any thoughts?

[freenation]

Ah, I think I figured it out. The serial hardware connection to the GPS is through the power connection point and not the USB port. I need a special Garmin cable and a serial to USB adapter on the PC side. I guess I'll spend the money.

http://www.gilsson.com/garmin_gps/cables/rpc.htm

Thanks,

Free

[freenation]

Got my Garmin GPSmap 96C working with FSX using GPSOut with the same settings as the GPSmap 196 uses if anybody is interested.

[ktolik23]

hi Peter, i am trying to build a flight simulator and i use widefs7 with fsx, and i get some lag on my other computer where i have installed general aviation panel i bouthgt on simmarket site. i was wondering if you have a solution for that or can it be the network card.. I also trying to get a instructors station going on my laptop but i cant get it connected to widefs, the wierd thing is that when i tryed first time connecting widefs on my laptop a wile a go when i didn't have my other computer hooked up with general aviation panel it worked but when i tryied to connect my other desctop with general aviation panel i could not get it to connect, and as soon as i reinstalled fsx and fsuipc and widefs and tryind to connect the computer with general aviaton panel it worked but now cant get my laptop connected, its wierd,, I hope you get what i am trying to explain

thanks

[JSkorna]

Hi,

Please don't post the same thing in 2 threads and this has nothing to do with this thread.