Satellites

Number of satellites used in the current GPS fix.

 

 

Altitude

Altitude, in feet.

 

 

Last fix

Date/time that the GPS values were last acquired.

 

 

GPS Port

The current NMEA port. (For information on NMEA, see “What is

 

NMEA?” on page 90.)

 

This information is useful when configuring a GPS application to use

 

your GPS-capable device (page 90).

 

 

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Current direction, in degrees.

 

 

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Sprint Connection Manager may display, depending on the settings of your USB modem, the following buttons and text:

Menu or the button — Displays the Sprint Connection Manager menu (page 61).

(upper right corner of the window) — Minimizes Sprint Connection Manager (page 49).

— Exits Sprint Connection Manager (page 49).

(Mobile Broadband window) — Expands the Mobile Broadband window (page 46) and displays the amount of data transferred (when Connected), or, when disconnected, the lock status of your USB modem (locked or unlocked ).

(Displayed when the Mobile Broadband window is expanded) — Hides the amount of data transferred and the lock status of your USB modem (page 46).

GO (Mobile Broadband window) — Starts the Sprint Power Vision or Sprint Vision connection (page 50).

Stop (Mobile Broadband window) — Ends the data connection (visible when a connection is established; page 54); also ends the NMEA output.

(GPS Receiver window) — Expands the GPS Receiver window (page 46) and displays location information.

(Displayed when the GPS Receiver window is expanded) — Hides the location information.

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