| GPS Simulator |
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| GPS simulator generates standard NEMA output and can be
used to simulate GPS device. With this program you can test the
connection cables between the GPS and device or the device (or program
on device). |
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| Installation |
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| To run this program you have to
install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer on your PC. You can
download this from the following Microsoft web page -
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
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| Short help |
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| Before you will start you should set up the
COM port parameters. First you have to select the COM port to which you
will connect your device. Than select the COM port speed. According to
NMEA standard this speed should be 4800, but because some GPS receivers
also allow different communications speed, you can select other values
from the drop down control. |
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| Than you have to set the simulation
parameters and than start the simulation. Here you have following two
options: |
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| Simulator - Set
parameters and start simulation |
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| First you have to enter the position, altitude,
number of satellites and GPS mode. First two parameters will
change during simulation. You will be able to change the number
of satellites or GPS mode. |
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| Than you have three groups of parameters where
you can set: |
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- speed and course |
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- change of altitude and course per second (simulate
circling in thermals) |
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- wind speed and direction (wind speed component will be
added to the plane speed) |
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| After that you can press button Start and to
start the simulation. |
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| File - Use file as
a source for simulation |
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| As a source for the simulation you can use IGC
file or NMEA file. NMEA file is actual GPS output that was saved
during flight. flyWithCE Navigator
can save this file and one nice feature is that this file also
contains additional sentences with information about airspeed,
vario information and sometimes wind information (calculated by
soaring instrument). To open file press the Open button and than
select file. |
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| Than press the Start button to start the
simulation. On the bottom of the screen you can notice the
slider where you can select the file position. During simulation
you will be able to see the simulation parameters (like
position, altitude, speed, course and time). |
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| When you would like to stop (or pause) the simulation
press Stop button. |
