BLUENEXT 903s GPS Dongle

[Biscay 36]

I had this installed on my old laptop and am now trying to install it on an Advent netbook. I don't have a driver disc and can't source them online, neither can I locate the BLUENEXT web site, it seems to have vanished! Anybody any ideas?

 

[MoodySabre]

I never found mine to be reliable. Bought a Globalsat and worked straight outof the box. Bluenext.co.uk no longer there.
Maybe someone has a disc to lend you. Mine went in the bin.

 

[sailorman]

ebay it
go to maplins & buy a £20 usb dongle & extension cable ( i just got 2 x 1m cables from ebay for £1.50 delivered nxt day)

I had this installed on my old laptop and am now trying to install it on an Advent netbook. I don't have a driver disc and can't source them online, neither can I locate the BLUENEXT web site, it seems to have vanished! Anybody any ideas?

 

[Biscay 36]

Not sure what Sailorman means but hey they are still selling these dongles on E bay yet no support available. May be buy another one, Globalstat sounds ok. Thanks all

 

[jdc]

generic serial port

I had this installed on my old laptop and am now trying to install it on an Advent netbook. I don't have a driver disc and can't source them online, neither can I locate the BLUENEXT web site, it seems to have vanished! Anybody any ideas?

It's almost certainly not a special driver. The dongle will be a GPS chip producing standard NMEA sentences, and the USB port will enumerate as a serial port (it need to to appear as a COM port, which is what all plotter programs require).

So its worth installing a generic serial port driver, loads of free ones on the internet, and give it a go before tossing the dongle away.