If you are hooking this up to a computer, I would recommend 115200 for the
fastest possible speed. Serial ports on computers for a long time have
supported these high bit rates without problems. Take for instance a 56K
modem. Even though the throughput is only 56,000, you would still setup the
connection between the computer and modem as 115200. The reason is that the
modem could compress data so you need to let it empty and fill its buffers
quicker than 56K.

Jeff


"Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message
...
I can change my baud rate from between 1200 baud and 115200 baud on NMEA
data, what or why would different settings be chosen over another setting?
My default baud is 9600. I do not have a DGPS receiver installed (yet) on
the GPS unit. Is this a worth while option? I do have a "pinning"
setting
on the GPS, is there a Baud setting that best compliments "pinning"?
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