Franklin U600 manual Enabling and Disabling GPS, Mobile-Originated Service Modes, Enabling GPS

Mobile-Originated Service Modes

There are two modes of mobile-originated GPS service. Some devices support only one mode; others support both.

●Basic – the default mode of all GPS-capable mobile broadband devices. In this mode, the Sprint network helps the device to obtain its initial fix on GPS satellites. This has the effect of allowing the device to obtain its initial position reading somewhat faster than in stand-alone mode. However, this mode requires access to the Sprint network. When the Sprint network is not available, Sprint SmartView will offer to switch to standalone mode (if your device supports it).

●Autonomous/Standalone – in this mode, your mobile broadband device acts as a completely standalone GPS receiver. It does not query the Sprint network for location data. This has the advantage of being available when you are roaming, but it may take longer to obtain initial position data from the device.

Note: If your device supports both modes, you can specify which mode will be used by default using the GPS Mode setting on the Location/GPS tab of the Settings window.

Enabling and Disabling GPS

Using the GPS receiver in your mobile broadband device requires that you enable GPS in the Sprint SmartView application. Using external third-party GPS applications requires that you enable NMEA.

Enabling GPS

GPS will be enabled automatically if you do any of the following:

●Initiate a search using the GPS Search menu

●Attempt to launch an application using the GPS Applications menu

●Enable NMEA

Enabling NMEA

When NMEA is disabled, the GPS icon will appear gray or yellow as shown below:

Using GPS

(gray)

GPS and NMEA disabled. In this state, GPS data is not received by the Sprint SmartView application.

GPS enabled/NMEA disabled. In this state, GPS data is received by the Sprint SmartView application, but the received data is not shared with third-party GPS

(yellow) applications.

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