# EM7303 Activate port COM instead of "Location sensor" - windwos 10 x64 **URL:** \ **Category:** MC/EM Series\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751 "2021-02-03T19:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/1 "2021-02-03T19:40:13Z")
Hello world, I’ve tried my best, i’m usally not so noob but i can’t find how i can configure my EM7303 card on a Dell E7250 to be on a port com so i could use it for navigation system such as openCPN (NMEA) I’ve tried all the driver, and read the maximum I found with no success… If anyone is able to help and guide me I will be very greatfull. TIA ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/2 "2021-02-03T23:57:54Z")
Did you see the nmea frame in the nmea port? ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/3 "2021-02-04T08:19:16Z")
Thx for your reply, but i dont see anything at the moment because i’ve got no port com to listen to… I just have sierra wireless location sensor on windows computer management windows… ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/4 "2021-02-04T08:31:12Z")
do you mean you need a serial port which is COM port in device manager? Did you install the USB driver for your windows? ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/5 "2021-02-04T08:33:07Z")
it’s a internal WWAN card i’ve got (mini PCI ? ) on a dell e7250, do I still need to install a USB driver for it ? Yes I mean a serial port, for now i havn’t one and GPS location is only working with MAP of Windows 10 ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/6 "2021-02-04T08:37:05Z")
I think so, did you see any unrecognized port in device manager? ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/7 "2021-02-04T08:38:53Z")
No, not at all, everything listed as working fine and it is, but instead of a serial port it created a device named ‘sierra wireless location sensor’ in sensor category of device manager… I’m ok to istall another driver if it could help but i don’t see any other on sierra wireless website ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/8 "2021-02-04T09:12:25Z")
you can see here that other user has the NMEA and DM port: > [@EM7330 Hardware ID issue](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7330-hardware-id-issue/7727): > > Hi, i have a EM7330,the DM port and NMEA port can be detected by device manager normally,but have no AT command response.The hardware ID is:USB\Vid\_1199&Pid\_9041&MI\_03. for good sample,the hardware ID is:USB\Vid\_1199&Pid\_9041&Rev\_0006&MI\_03. What’s the “Rev\_0006” here? What’s the possible rootcause for “Rev\_0006” lost? Can i modify the hardware ID? Can you help on this? Thanks! slight_smile ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/9 "2021-02-04T09:29:59Z")
I see, but mine no… it’s just listed like the pic in attachment ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/sierrawireless/original/2X/9/926c213630829b365b2b57206e2cf095b03b34a1.jpeg) And I’ve nothing related to sierra wireless in serial port ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/sierrawireless/original/2X/5/5c19e1b436f7a30e6c7d661fd2913c630c80ff37.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/10 "2021-02-04T09:46:15Z")
I followed the step provided here : [EM7305 Windows 10 - #3 by radupontg3](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7305-windows-10/9824/3) and i finally got my sierra wireless card on COM9 ! 😃 Still get nothing to read tho neither on putty or my navigation software ‘opencpn’ 😅 ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/11 "2021-02-04T11:20:38Z")
Do you mean you can see nmea serial com port in device manager? Btw, see if this helps > [@EM7355 - cannot get NMEA working](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7355-cannot-get-nmea-working/8121/2): > > I haven’t tried this on anything newer than an MC7710, but there you have to use the “well known” Qualcomm trick to start NMEA: echo "\$GPS\_START" \> /dev/ttyUSB1 # use GPS echo "\$GPS\_STOP" \> /dev/ttyUSB1 ref [thinkwiki.org/wiki/Qualcomm\_Gobi\_2000](http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Gobi_2000) ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/12 "2021-02-04T13:21:03Z")
> [@EM7355 - cannot get NMEA working](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7355-cannot-get-nmea-working/8121/2): > > $GPS\_START" \> /dev/ttyUSB1 Yes I can see 'dell wireless gobi 5808 […] COM6" in device manager but when i connect to it, nothing… I took a look at the link but isn’t it unix command ? ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/sierrawireless/original/2X/a/ae681d3d483d78e7accf68e93b036ef884aff1db.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/13 "2021-02-04T14:12:55Z")
Com6 is dm port, not nmea port!!! ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/14 "2021-02-04T17:22:38Z")
hmm ok not sure i’m getting what ure saying but so how do i get nmea sentence on a port COM ? ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/15 "2021-02-04T21:19:05Z")
Do you see modem port in device manager? ---
**Author:** ![damien.ritter06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@damien.ritter06](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/damien.ritter06)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/16 "2021-02-04T21:35:12Z")
Yes its on COM8 but cant read anything from it thru putty ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/sierrawireless/original/2X/e/e65028c07f5429631bd98cd7edf23ba2fbdc694f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/17 "2021-02-05T01:11:07Z")
use putty to open this modem port and type the following: AT!ENTERCND=“A710” AT!UDUSBCOMP=? AT!UDUSBCOMP? ---
**Author:** ![aschaefer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@aschaefer](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/aschaefer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/18 "2024-06-25T00:45:28Z")
Hello, I am absolutely not computer savvy, but I am having the similar issue that was described above. I have a CF-31 Panasonic Toughbook with an internal GPS, which is showing up under my Sensors as “Sierra Wireless Location Sensor”. I need to use this internal GPS to communicate with a mapping program I use for seabird surveys. The program needs NMEA stream data through a COM port. How do I get the Sierra Wireless Location data to read as NMEA through the COM port? I tried to follow the steps outlined above, but I was not able to get it to work. Thank you for any help you can offer! ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/jyijyi/32/4766_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/19 "2024-06-25T01:33:36Z")
what port did you see in device manager? ---
**Author:** ![aschaefer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@aschaefer](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/aschaefer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751/20 "2024-06-25T03:12:08Z")
It doesn’t show up under “Ports”. It only shows up under Sensors. Under ports, my options are COM1, COM2, COM3. [Next page](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/em7303-activate-port-com-instead-of-location-sensor-windwos-10-x64/22751.md?page=2)