[time-nuts] CF-28 Laptop GPS Driver?

Dave Baxter dave at uk-ar.co.uk
Sat Oct 24 14:06:38 UTC 2009


Hi...

You don't make mention if XP keeps announcing it's "found new hardware"
or it complains of an otherwise unknowd device.

Look in the Control Pannel, for a "GPS" aplet.  If that's there explore
it.

If not, look in the System applet, go to Hardware, and then the Device
Manager.

Look for any items with a yellow ! symbol.  Chances are if there is one,
it's the GPS device.  If you right click on that, there are options you
can use to re-enable it, re-load drivers etc.  For drivers, make sure
you have a live internet connection, then see if Windows can find one
for itself, you will have to say yes when it asks if it can look at
Windows Update (or similar) for any drivers.  It's suprising what
drivers for odd hardware MS seem to keep on record.

If no "problem" devices exist, then look in the Ports (COM & LPT)
subsection, and see what serial ports exist as far as XP knows.  Maybe
you have one at an unusual location COM7 for example, or even one
showing, when you have no hardware serial ports!   If so, try connecting
to it with Hyperterminal and see if there is any typical GPS like NMEA
activity.  Of course, you may have just found a built in modem!  (send
the command AT&V and see what comes back, if it's a modem.)

I don't know that hardware in detail, but many such odd devices show up
in that sort of way, that's why XP may not be complainging about
anything as such, as far as it is concerned, it's all OK hardware wise.

Of course, if XP is whinging about thigs all the time, there is some
work to be done to make it happy.  In the short term, just disabling the
problem devices so Windows can sort itself out (there has recently been
the largest Windows Update ever!) then you can start to work to find any
needed missing device drivers.

I cant immagine even if its a unique thing, that it would be too
dificult to find a specific driver.   Take a look on Driverguide.com
(one of many driver archive sites, but beware of malware though, check
anything you download BEFORE you try it!)  Sometimes people archive
setup disks on sites like that for the common good (not what the OEMs
think I suspect!)

Cheers.

Dave B.


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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:06:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: brooke at pacific.net
Subject: [time-nuts] CF-28 Laptop GPS Driver?
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Hi:

I've got a well used Panasonic CF-28S (Mk 3) Toughbook laptop computer
that has an embedded GPS receiver but it came with the commercial
version
of WIN XP Pro.
http://www.prc68.com/I/CF28Toughbook.shtml
Is there a driver for this GPS receiver that's marked:
Ref No. CN-GX0100A, s/n: 10128, Label: YEFM011059  ?

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke



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