![]() ![]() It's not clear from the system requirements whether it will run on a Windows 8 tablet with a built-in GPS sensor. Does she suppose Microsoft consumers are all programers?.ĭoes Microsoft Autoroute 2013 support this new set of APIs, or does it continue to use the legacy virtual COM port interfaces? On the first reply Janet gives clues for programing drivers. So, for now, geolocation, on win 8 is useless I din't try Franson's GPSGate because win 8 is not mention in their requirements and it needs, in any case, a com port I've tried an external GPS via bluetooth and the system created another two virtual com ports but, if I get a connection, on second usage it doesn't recognise my device. On the other hand the useless bing Maps only run on internet connexion giving erratic positioning wich is worth than having no position at all. I has by default two virtual com ports Silicon Labs cp210x USB to UART bridge (comx) wich I supposed should run the GNSS sensor data I have the same problem on Samsung XE700. I don't understand this quote coming from someone on behalf of Microsof. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You should contact the manufacturer for information on their Windows 8 support plans. Please see the links in my original answer for information about how to access location. ![]() You cannot use the COM port directly in Windows 8. This has solved our problem in the short term, but with WindowsĨ being forced upon us both in marketing and hardware terms, what of the future? Where do we go when the current hardware fails? Why have Microsoft not included support for this feature which has worked well for decades? The newer Windows 8 laptops will not allow you to install Windows 7, and so in our case we had to return a new Toshiba Ultrabook and scrounge around for an older model supplied with Windows 7. Franson say that they have no solution so we are forced to stay with Windows 7. These programs which detect GPS data on bluetooth or a USB port and distribute it to several programs via virtual ports simply will not function on Windows 8. Now our ability to input GPS data to our software via virtual port creation software such as Xport or Franson GPS After installing another and rolling back it seems to be resolved.We, like many thousands of other seafarers have successfully run our navigation software on Windows platforms - until Windows 8 came along. It didn't help that there seemed to be an issue with my Broadcom GNSS driver. This has been acknowledged by Mark at the company on pages 10 and 11 of their Localizer 4 thread on their forum Update 28Apr2014 Localizer 4.1.14.424 version seems to be working well. Update 16Apr2014 Localizer 4.1.13.405 version of Localizer isn't reporting Altitude correctly although it otherwise seems ok and reliable. Once correctly installed and RUN as administrator, assigning a COM port (eg COM6) is easy. Must be installed and RUN as administrator or it crashes. Start up reading of the datastream can be slow. Generic Sat Nav software Memory Map and SkyDemon now able to use inbuilt Broadcom GNSS in Win8.1 Asus Vivotab Altitude and position reporting seems accurate enough with acceptable update interval. New Localizer version 4 and new licence file installed April 2014. ![]() It's a mess that leaves us consumers very frustrated I had some success using the Lenovo GNSS driver under win 8.1 but it wasn't perfect - often taking 5 to 10 mins to find satellites, so for the time being I've rolled back to the default GNSS driver and use this for M Map and a Bluetooth GPS receiver for SD Richard ![]() Since upgrading to Win 8.1 I have had little luck getting the SD Navigation mode to run using Localizer (M Map still works ok) Solutions seen to revolve around SD writing the navigation element to address the Win Location platform instead of (or as well as) com ports and so removing the need for a product like Localizer or Broadcomm/Asus producing an updated GNSS driver or Centrafuze doing some reprogramming People using generic marine software are having exactly the same issues. Under win 8.0 the localizer software and SD (and another Sat nav Mapping application) worked well enough. Asus Vivotab, WIN8.1, Broadcomm GNSS, Centrafuse Localizer To say that the failure of Microsoft to make provision for Existing Generic GPS software to access inbuilt GNSS under WIN8 is short sighted is an understatement. ![]()
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