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Run Many GPS Applications Using One GPS August 30, 2006 [Pocket PC] | By Edward J. R. We have no idea, why there is a need for this program at all, because Windows Mobile 5.0 can do it with built-in functionality too, but well, we are just reporting... Update: Johan Franson from Franson Technology explains: We asked: why this program is needed at all ? Now in Windows Mobile 5.0 such functionality - virtual ports for one GPS - is built-in into OS??? Johan Franson answers: Yes, that is true for WM5 but not earlier versions of WinCE But that is only some of the functionality of GpsGate. Using GpsGate you can: -> Share the GPS to other devices or a laptop using Bluetooth, ActiveSync or IP. -> You can log and replay GPS data -> You can simulate a GPS -> GpsGate keeps the connection to a Bluetooth GPS much more stable then the WM5.0 mux -> You can use Ipaq 6515/6915 and other Pocket PCs with built in GPS:es as a Bluetooth GPS to other devices, or connect it to a Laptop using ActiveSync -> It is true that 6915 uses WM5.0 but the built in "shared" port is named GPD1: and no GPS applications finds that port today. GpsGate fixes that. -> GpsGate handles Garmin devices and Garmin Que. More information from the software vendor follows. * * * * * Franson Technology has released Franson GpsGate 2.0, a Windows and PocketPC utility that lets you run many GPS applications using a single GPS. New features in GpsGate 2.0 are the ability to share a GPS over ActiveSync, or Bluetooth. Support for Garmin software and GPS receivers. And GpsGate 2.0 will let you connect Google Earth to a normal GPS, something that otherwise isn't possible. Serious GPS users often have several applications that they want to run simultaneously. Without Franson GpsGate, it's necessary to shut down one application before beginning another. With Franson GpsGate, you can share one GPS among several applications. Simply create additional virtual serial ports, and any GPS applications can connect to them. With Franson GpsGate, power boaters and sailors can access their navigation systems and, at the same time, use other GPS software. Car drivers will benefit by being able to switch between their route-planning software and driver's journal. Amateur pilots can simultaneously access their flight plans and weather data. Franson GpsGate has a built-in simulator. Define a set of waypoints, and Franson GpsGate will simulate a GPS traveling between those waypoints. Franson GpsGate also has a built-in logger. It's easy to log and play back real-time GPS data. You can save real-time scenarios, and use them for analysis, demonstration, or software development back in the office. In addition to sharing, simulating, and logging GPS functions, Franson GpsGate can be used to perform a number of specialized GPS-related functions. For example, many NMEA GPS applications cannot communicate with the Garmin GPS 18 because it is a USB device. Franson GpsGate lets you connect your USB hardware and GPS software. Franson GpsGate can be used by people on a LAN, with several mobile Windows computers and a single GPS device. Every month, more and more GPS applications are being released for both the Windows and PocketPC platforms. With Franson GpsGate, you can assign each application to a virtual serial port and run them simultaneously, using a single GPS. Franson GpsGate Standard for Windows or for PocketPC costs $29.95(US) for a single-user license. Franson GpsGate Express, a light version of Franson GpsGate Standard, is available for $9.95(US) for either platform. You can download free, 14-day trial versions. An OEM version of Franson GpsGate Express is available. The OEM kit allows software and hardware developers to make their offerings more valuable by letting other GPS applications coexist with mapping software. Developers can extend GpsGate using the new GpsGate SDK. For more information, visit http://franson.com/gpsgate/.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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