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Reference
GPSToolKit Class
Properties
BaudRate
ExtendedFixData
IsGPSConnected
IsPortOpen
LastPositionUpdateTime
NavigationData
PortName
Protocol
Position
Satellites
Speed
TrueCourse
Methods
AddRoute
AddTrack
AddWaypoint
AutoDetectGPS
Close
GetAvailableSystemPorts
GetGPSInfo
GetRoutes
GetSystemPorts
GetTracks
GetWaypoints
Open
ShutOffGPS
WriteRawBinaryToGPS
WriteRawToGPS
Events
FileComplete
GPSConnected
GPSDisconnected
NavigationUpdate
PositionUpdate
RawDataReceived
SatelliteUpdate
Supporting Classes
Altitude
Angle
Distance
ExtendedFixData
Properties
DGPSRefStationID
EstimatedHorizontalError
EstimatedPositionError
EstimatedVerticalError
FixMode
GeoidHeightAboveWGS84
HDOP
MagneticVariation
NumSatellitesInView
PDOP
TimeSinceLastDGPSUpdate
VDOP
GPSInfo
Latitude
Methods
ToDecimalDegreesString
ToDegreesMinutesString
ToDegreesMinutesSecondsString
Longitude
Methods
ToDecimalDegreesString
ToDegreesMinutesString
ToDegreesMinutesSecondsString
NavData
Properties
ActiveRoute
ArrivedAtDest
CrossTrackError
DestWptName
DestWptPosition
IsValid
MagBearingFromOriginToDest
OriginWptName
TrueBearingFromOriginToDest
TrueBearingToDestWpt
VelocityTowardDestWpt
Position
Methods
BearingFrom
BearingTo
DistanceTo
Route
Properties
Name
Waypoints
Satellite
Speed
Track
Properties
Color
DisplayTrack
Name
TrackPoints
TrackPoint
Waypoint
Collections
RouteCollection
SatelliteCollection
TrackCollection
TrackPointCollection
WaypointCollection

GPSInfo Class

Contains information about the connected GPS, including software version and product description.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
Dim instance As GPSInfo

[C#]
GPSInfo instance

[C++]
GPSInfo* instance

Remarks

If the NMEA 0183 protocol is currently in use, the product description will be "GPS Supporting NMEA 0183 Protocol" and the value of the ProductID and SoftwareVersion properties will be 0.

Instance Hierarchy

SciCom
   SciCom.GPSToolKit
     SciCom.GPSToolKit.GPSInfo

Thread Safety

GPSInfo is thread safe for use by multiple threads.

Properties

Property Description
ProductDescription property A string containing a textual description of the GPS product
ProductID property An integer containing the internal product ID of the device
SoftwareVersion property An integer containing the software version of the device

See Also

GPSToolKit class