GPS and Mac chases

[ChristianTerry]

I have already seen the other post about chasing with a mac, but Im still a little confused. I see that if you have GRlevel3 on you need Bootcamp or a file converter to run Windows on a mac. I am also a little confused about the GPS programs to show your location on the radar. If anyone could clear this up I would really appreciate it.

 

[Jerry Prsha]

I have already seen the other post about chasing with a mac, but Im still a little confused. I see that if you have GRlevel3 on you need Bootcamp or a file converter to run Windows on a mac. I am also a little confused about the GPS programs to show your location on the radar. If anyone could clear this up I would really appreciate it.

Christian,

Either way the GPS is received by Windows the same as it would be on any standard Windows laptop. If you run BootCamp, Windows is running on the Mac and the BootCamp drivers will allow all of the laptop features and BE any Windows PC.

In emulations (such as Fusion or Parallels) you can tell the program that Windows is running within to grab the USB port and take it away from the Mac side of things if you'd wish. The Mac won't even know the GPS is there because Windows grabbed it and used it as if there was no Mac OS running underneath.

It's really not an issue at all. This can be done with GPS, USB Internet Dongle or any USB device and it's very simple to do. And once it's set, it will work that way until you change it.

Once Windows can see it, your GRLevel Product or others can use the data.