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Rev D
SECTION 4
NETWORKING
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ARMOR X10gx Tablet Computer
Activating the Optional GPS Receiver
The u-blox ® u-center™ GPS control application is bundled with your X10gx software suite.
Before you can use the application, however, you must manually obtain and enter the
communications (COM) port that was assigned to the u-center program by Windows when the
operating system was installed. To do this, follow the procedure in Table 16.
Table 16. Configuring the u-Center Com Port
Step Action Comment
1.
From the Windows desktop, select the
Start button and select
Control Panel
à
Hardware and Sound
à
Devices
and Printers
à
Device Manager
The Device Manager dialog window will
open.
2.
Open the Ports (COM & LPT) option
and scroll down to “u-blox 5 GPS and
GALILEO Receiver”
and record the
COM port number in parentheses.
Example: “u-
blox 5 GPS and GALILEO
Receiver (COM6)
”. The COM port
number is COM6.
3.
Close the Control Panel and open the u-
center application by double-clicking on
the u-center desktop icon or selecting
the u-center option from the All
Programs list.
The u-
center application window opens
as shown in Figure 58. NOTE: The
application workspace is configurable
and may not look exactly as in the figure.
4.
Select the Receiver
menu in the
application tool bar and click on the
Port option.
5.
Choose the COM port that you recorded
from Control Panel.
Your GPS receiver will automatically
begin searching for satellites.