BA not receiving data from Garmin GPS on serial connection - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

Hello Guru's,
I have a GSM BA with the latest SW upgrades & have not been able to make communication with my Garmin GPS III. I connect the BA & Garmin with 2 serial cables (one is a BA serial cable & the other is a Garmin Serial cable w/ car charger) with a gender changer between these 2 cables. I have tried the following with no luck:
- GPS is set to NMEA standard (4800 speed). It works fine & shows location data on it's screen.
- BA is on COM1 with 4800 speed. I tried all the ports including AUTO configuration.
- I tried Navio & Mapopolis as receiving SW on BA.
- I connected the GPS to computer & could see the data coming on a hyperterminal.
- 'Incoming Beams' is off on BA.
Any help getting me to make the GPS work with BA would be appreciated.
Thanks

A gender changer is not enough, you need a null modem adaptor between the 2 cables otherwise the serial connection is reversed and will not function.

Thanks a lot, I got a Null Modem adapter & it works like a charm

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