BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD325P2 with BC-SGPS

acj76

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My first thought is maybe all of the electronics near the dash is causing the connection issue.
Good points. I'm nearly certain it's a faulty unit. I've continued testing this week and the connection issues really just seem random. And when it does finally connect and search for satellites, it never finds them. I've even tested it away from the electronics of the car, I have a portable 12V jumper power supply with cigarette lighter plugs and tested it inside on the kitchen table. I know the reception of the GPS might not be good inside, but I was trying to figure out the connection problem first. Still having "no GPS input" problems, again randomly. It will connect and search, then drop connection, then reconnect, etc.

The main issue I had was the GPS enable box was not checked.
In the programming, the GPS enable boxes are checked for the sites/groups I want turned on/off by location.

I have my GPS box at the rear window.
Just curious, where you have it mounted at the rear window, is it face up, or is it in another orientation, say, mounted sideways? I read in one of these threads that it matters which way the puck is facing.

Thanks for the reply.
 

brcoz

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I have it facing up with the sticker is down. Mine had a red peel n stick on the bottom.
 

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and to 4800 bps for communicating with a GPS.
i know very little but saw this.

allow you to set GPS Baud Rate Allows you to set the baud rate for the serial port. You set the port to match the speed used to communicate to 4800 bps for communicating with BC-GPSK and BC-UTGC. 1. Scroll to ‘Set GPS Baud Rate’ and press E/yes. 2. Scroll to Off, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200 and press E/yes to save and exit.

 

brcoz

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BC-SGPS is the same model I have.
GPS 9600
POS format DEG
 
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