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Chapter 1 Getting Started

Installing the Automated SatStat Program for Continual Status

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1-18 Getting Started Guide

Installing the Automated SatStat Program

for Continual Status Updates

This Windows program provides, among other things, continual status

updates of the GPS Receiver or Receiver Status screen. Your PC must

have Windows

, or Windows

95, or Windows NT

4.0 installed to

operate the program. The program is easy to install and operate.

1 Insert the SatStat disk into the 3.5-inch disk drive (or A: drive).

2 If using Windows 95 or NT, start Windows, open Windows Explorer,

and double-click on the A: drive and then the setup.exe file to install

the SatStat program. The SatStat Setup screen will appear, and

installation will proceed. Next, perform step 3.

If you are using Windows 3.1, get into either Program Manager or File

Manager. Then perform the following:

a. Select File menu, and choose Run.

b. Type a:setup, and click OK or press Enter (Return). The SatStat

Setup screen will appear, and installation will proceed.

3 Once the program is installed, you can start it by double-clicking the

SatStat icon that was created during the installation.

4 You should establish communication with the Receiver. This requires

connection from a serial RS-232 port on your PC to the GPS Receiver’s

PORT 1 port. Assuming you’ve got the cable attached to make this

connection, you may want to check the settings.

a. Select CommPort, then choose Settings.

The Communication Settings dialog box is displayed. Unless

someone has reprogrammed the CommPort settings on the GPS

Receiver, these settings are probably OK. The one setting that is

likely to need changing is the Com Port. The application defaults it

to Com1, but the serial port on your PC may be assigned to a

different Com Port. Select the appropriate setting. If you are unsure,

Com1 will be your best bet (worst case, you can cycle through all of

them until it works).

b. If you made any changes on this Settings form, select OK,

otherwise you can just Cancel.

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