Garmin GPS 18 Technical Specifications

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GPS 18 Technical Specifications (190-00307-00) Rev. DPage 33File MenuThe File Menu allows you to open, save, and print sensor configurations. The items in the File Menu worklike most Windows-based programs.Comm MenuThe Comm (Communication) Menu allows you to set the port number, baud rate, and then connect anddisconnect from the sensor.Setup: Opens the Comm Setup Window, shown to the left. Selectthe Serial Port to which the sensor is connected from the drop-down list. Then select Auto (the program determines the baud rateon its own) or Manual (you then enter the baud rate) for the BaudRate entry.Connect: Select Connect to connect to the sensor to change orview the configuration.Disconnect: Select Disconnect to disconnect from the sensor.Config MenuThe Config (Configuration) Menu allows youconfigure the sensor as it is connected.Sensor Configuration (F6): Opens the SensorConfiguration Window, shown to the right.Many of the fields in this window should be leftalone. Please refer to the beginning of thismanual for clarification about some of thesefields. For the most part, this window is used toenter a new Latitude, Longitude, and Altitudefor the sensor. This is especially helpful whenyou are programming the sensor for use in aparticular geographic location.Resetting the Unit (Reset Unit) performs a reseton the unit, much like cycling the power.Resetting the non-volatile memory (ResetNonVol) will clear all of the data from the non-volatile memory.NMEA Sentence Selections (F7): Displays theNMEA Sentence Selections Window. If thesentence is enabled, a check mark appears in thebox to the left of the sentence name. Click thebox to enable or disable to the sentence.

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