User`s manual

PRELIMINARY
V0.5 – Feb-11 User’s Manual Page 8 of 22
2 Quick Start
(1) Connect the EVA2100-A with your PC using the included USB cable.
(2) When the PC asks for drivers select the folder “Tools\Drivers” on the included CD
ROM.
Note: Two drivers need to be installed, the EVA2100-A FTDI driver and the USB
serial driver.
Note: During the driver installation process your Windows system will probably
notify you, that the driver did not pass Windows logo testing with a warning:
Figure 5: Windows driver installation warning
(3) Connect the included active GPS antenna to the antenna connector of the
EVA2100-A; make sure that the antenna has a good view to the sky!
(4) Make sure all DIP switches are in ON position except for the BOOTSEL DIP
switch which must be in OFF position.
(5) To start the GPS Cockpit software which visualizes the NMEA output data coming
from the GPS receiver, copy all files from the included CD ROM “Tools/GPS
Cockpit” to a folder of you choice on your PC. Then double click the GPSC.exe file.
The GPS cockpit software starts without additional software installation. A
detailed description of the GPS Cockpit software is included on the CD ROM.