Re: detecting GPS

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Only way I could think of is to open the device and try to get data from
it - if you get some, you can then decode the data and check whether it has
a position fix. You can also look in the registry and enumerate the various
device drivers to get information on how the various ports are configured.

I didn't think it was possible to connect a USB GPS device to a pocket PC
because they are both USB 'slave' devices - I might be wrong on that, it has
happened before.

Mike.

"Lisa Pearlson" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eh5ss5J9GHA.4632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Is there a way to detect whether an (external USB) gps device is in use
(avtive)?




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