# EM7303 Activate port COM instead of "Location sensor" - windwos 10 x64

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**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")\
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**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")

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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):
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> 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)

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