[Tutor] how to read over serial port

[Brian C. Lane]

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shawn bright wrote:
> Forgot some info,
> i hooked the device up and used a serial terminal and got back stuff like this
> !^V$G(R)±LL,3602.0960,N,10229.2959,W,r$4013,V*2E
> some of the above is what i am looking for.
> 

Ok, that looks bad. You have some of the right stuff, but also some
non-ascii characters. You should see lines that start with something
like $GPRMC,

You either have a hardware problem, or a mismatch in the settings.

Brian

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