Spotter Network & GPS Puck location Question

[Larry Bell]

I am registered on Spotter Network & have a GPS Puck for my laptop. What is the website or page that I can go to and have it report my location via my GPS puck automatically ?

I use a cell phone booster and by having Radarscope report my location I have had it states away (1 day I was in Illinois chasing & it showed me in Kearney, Nebraska).

I could only find the "manual location update" on www.spotternetwork.org website.

Thanks in advance,
Larry

 

[Robert Forry]

Larry, depends on the puck and your OS. @Nick Nolte has some good advice here on set up: http://www.nicknoltewx.com/blog/2013/03/15/gps-devices-in-windows-8-apps/ Without your virtual com being set up right, you're GPS will not work with SN or your mapping software/apps. Rob

 

[Larry Bell]

Ok thanks, I will read over his post!

Sent from my SM-N920V using Stormtrack mobile app

 

[John Wetter]

If it's a Windows laptop, the most widely used combination is a BU-353-v4 + Franson GPSgate + SN Windows client.

 

[B. Dean Berry]

For what it's worth, I prefer holes to magnets, so I highly recommend the GlobalSat MR350P-S4 puck with the PS/2 to USB cable. On Windows 8 and up, you will have to manually download the authentic Prolific PL2303 driver set and install before plugging the cable in, then check in the COM settings to make sure it works properly before doing anything else. Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 have an issue with those that won't properly recognize the drivers from the cable itself.