GPS connectivity?

Getting GPS data

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How could I get DesktopX to receive data from a GPS device?
Mine is connected via usb assigned to COM4. I'm not quite sure where to begin with this one...
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Does the GPS software have an api?
DX has to call the data from somewhere, right?
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And then it has to do somethign with it?  So where do you want the data stored if you can retrieve it?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I wanted to get the data directly from COM4 if possible. I'm guessing it would output some kind of string with latitude and longitude somewhere in it.

I would want to extract that and store it in an object, then use the data from there.


I'm wondering if there is a way to call the port with WMI, or if ActiveX or extra software is needed.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I googled and some results.
Good luck
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
The GPS data is usually quite easy to interpret (Google: NMEA), it's getting the data from the COM port into DX that's the tricky part.

I don't know if DX supports interfacing with the hardware directly... Or does DX support DLL calls? If so then you might be able to get hold of a serial port DLL that DX can call routines out of to get hold of the data from the GPS.

Failing that, you'd need to find/write a small executable to do the same thing which can be called from DX.