I was able to connect to it with some Java code that I wrote. Thanks for you willingness to help though, much appreciated.

Has anyone done anything similar to this in windows?

I am pretty sure it does, from what I have read from other forums. I just have not been able to find any code (even simple code) that connects to a NMEA device and make simple queries.

I recently purchased a Navman 4400 GPS device and would like to use it on my laptop. I have read from other threads that people have sucessfully connected this device to a Bluetooth dongle on thier laptop and used it with different mapping software. What I am curious is if anyone has written thier o...