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Trouble pairing TomTom Bluetooth GPS with XDA2s

As can be seem above, im having mucho trouble pairing successfully with my XDA2s (Win Mobile second 2003 edition ver 4.21.1088 (build 14132)
(The receiver is fine as I have paired it with other devices) It picks it up in the wizard on the xda but with a question mark against it and when I try to go to the next stage it keeps saying service discovery was unsuccessful
Any ideas?

let the receiver drain totoally then the recharge it fully an try again

as a metter of interest what makes u think that will work? It wont work even with the power supply plugged into it?
Could it not be the software on the xda2s as it wouldnt work on my friends identical model either.
I did have a rikaline 6031 x7 which worked no problem on the xda2s though
Strange and stranger

It might work because: By draining the GPS, it resets to factory defaults.
This is the only way ie. to get a Holux GR-230 / DConnex DC-230 come back to live when you acidentally messed with baudrate & protocol at the same time (on some GPS Rom versions that is).

Nope, that didnt work either, its still showing on the xda as having a problem

Just a thought but have you enabled the Receive all Beams function under the connection tab ? :?:

disabling the "receive all incoming beams" is only applicable when using COM1 (ie via a wired GPS).
BT GPS's mostly (standard anyway in ROM 1.72) connect via COM5 (the outbound port).
Also: try the Blue Angel (the XDA2s is a Blue Angel right?) forum

Make sure you download the latest GPs driver for the XDA series from the tomtom website. Worked for me.

com ports

Hi guys, I have a problem connecting a bt gps with Pocket map. I worked with Pocketap last year under wm2003se and it worked fine. It has a feature to search for your GPS device and it fids it within seconds. It doesn't work with wm2005. It only offers few com ports (1,2,3,6,and 9), but whenever I try to connect one of these com ports I get the same message "the com port could not be dreated. please check your settings and try again".
Does anyone have a solution please?

I'm not using Pocket map, but did you check if you haven't assigned your com ports already?
Installed the GPS by pairing it, selecting a free port. Then changed the GPS settings by selecting GPS under Settings -> System. Here you must select the same com port. Under the Access tab make sure that the Manage GPS automatically option is on. TT now automatically finds my GPS for me.......

My BT GPS mouse is connected to com4 and I can connect to 5 or 8, but none of them or seen by pocketmap. I can use these ports in TT5, but not in pocketmap. I need com 6 or 9! But if you try with bluetooth connection you (I) cannot connect with these ports, only 4,5 or 8!

I had the same problem
I had exactly the same problem.
I finally solved the problem by hard-resetting the device (power button + camera button + record button and the reset switch). Also clean then your registry (look for hard resetting wm2005 on xda-developers).
After that i was ably to assign the com-port for the bt-gps. (com 5) in my case.
and tomtom 5 works with my GPS (bt-gps).
good luck!
Martin Temmink
http://www.vrisned.com

Com ports
Thx for the response, but this is not working . I can connect to com4,5 or8 and I am working with TT5 since last year, but I can not connect to com6,7,9 which I need for my American pocketmap navigator.

MDA PRO and TOMTOM problems.. please help :(

Hi,
I'm hoping someone out there will be kind enough to help and solve this problem before I rip all my hair out!!!
I've installed tomtom (V5.00) on my mda pro, but I can't get it to recognise my bluetooth gps receiver.
I've set up a bluetooth partnership with an outgoing COM port. My MDA allows me to choose COM0 ,COM4,COM8
When I select other Bluetooth device from Tom Tom configuration, it gives me the options:
QCT Data Interface
Serial Cable on COM1
COM7
RIL on COM6
Infrared Port
Ir on COM3
I can't seem to align the software and the bluetooth to get it working correctly. Please help

Update your application to at least version 5,21 to get this working, have a look at http://www.tomtom.com/support/index.php?Language=1&FID=3361 for the software - Mike

Apart from the 5.21 and above (current is 6.03) software requirement, many users also have to set a COM port your MDA offers you (i.e. COM0) manually in the navigator.cfg (or was it .dat, don´t remember,try) file where the COM is stored that TT is using. Just change to navigator.txt, edit and change back to .cfg Good luck.

GPS in wm6

I'm struggling to get my GPS software and bluetooth receiver to work together in Faria's REAL THING ROM. I've paired the devices, used the wm5gpsfix.exe and all the settings under the sun but I still can't get my software to see the gps receiver.
The software is Destinator Lite (for the moment, until I can make sure everything's working fine and then I'll buy a better one) and the bluetooth GPS is a Navman something-or-other.
Is there any difference between wm5 and wm6 that would make the fix for wm5 not work any more? Has anybody else had any problems using GPS receivers and software in wm6?

No problems here. Have you set an outgoing port?

I've paired the phone to the receiver, and set the outgoing port to 5. Then, using the GPS settings in wm6, I have set the hardware port co COM5 and the program port to COM4. Destinator Lite will only let me select 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 for my COM ports, but I can't select any of those for the outgoing port which is why I'm using the GPS settings bit.
Does anyone know if the button on the receiver is supposed to do anything other than double-flash all the time and then turn off?

myk_83 said:
I've paired the phone to the receiver, and set the outgoing port to 5. Then, using the GPS settings in wm6, I have set the hardware port co COM5 and the program port to COM4. Destinator Lite will only let me select 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 for my COM ports, but I can't select any of those for the outgoing port which is why I'm using the GPS settings bit.
Does anyone know if the button on the receiver is supposed to do anything other than double-flash all the time and then turn off?
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I don't think all programs work with the GPS manager thing, I think they have to be written to that specific API. I have TomTom 6 and although this lets me select the GPS program port I have configured (COM7) it doesn't see the GPS. If I reconfigure it to work with the GPS hardware port (COM6) it works fine. I also have Pocket Streets 2006 installed and this works with either. Strangely If I start Pocket Streets first and minimise it then load TomTom it works with the GPS software port. I assume Pocket Streets kick starts something that activates COM7, whereas TomTom doesn't do this automatically.
HTH
Andy

Thanks for your help! Unfortunately, I can't set my outgoing port in bluetooth settings to any of the numbers that my program will accept. Is there any way of freeing up any of the others? At the moment, it just says "COM port could not be created. Check your settings and try again."

GPS manager sucks
I never got the gps manager working. I go direct to the GPS port and it works fine. Never applied any fixes either ... ?

I had to change my port from Com7 under WM5 to Com6 in WM6 in order for my software to "see" the bluetooth receiver. I'm using OnCourse Navigator6 with WM6 and was using their Navigator5 software with WM5. Not sure if there's a difference with the actual ROM or the software, but COM6 is the only one that works for me at this point.
However, under WM5, if I tried to pair map4pda with the bluetooth receiver, it never would detect it. But, with WM6, it found it using the COM6 port that I use with OnCourse. Strange. . . but, as long as it's working now, that's all I care about.

Working... somehow
Ok, I now have my receiver picking up through bluetooth and my program can find it. Not quite sure how it works, cos to me it looks like it shouldn't. But anyway, here goes.
First, I searched through the registry on my wizard for all references to COM3, which was one of the ports my GPS program could see but that I couldn't set as the outgoing port for my receiver. I changed all the (2) values to COM5, as COM3 is for IR which I never use.
Then I paired my receiver, and tried to set the outgoing port as 3, which still didn't work, so I went for 5, which did. Then used the GPS manager thing to set the hardware port as 5 and the program port as 3. (I don't think the GPS manager is working with my program though)
Then in my sat nav software COM5 was available, and now COM3 has disappeared (before there were 0,1,2,3,4,9 available) so now I can choose 0,1,2,4,5,9. So I selected 5, and it found it!
So now it works, but I'm not sure if this is an ideal way of doing it (messing with the registry ) and I don't know if I'd be able to use my IR port for anything now. I was thinking of playing with some of the "universal remote" programs that are knocking about, so I guess we'll see. But for now, at least my GPS is working!
Now I just need some better software...

I noticed that some programs see gps wehen it is paired and others when not paired.

I use TT6 with my Holux GPSlim 236 (both WM5 and WM6) and I set the outgoing port (in bluetooth setting not GPS setting) to COM6. Then TT6 sees the COM6 in the "Other bluetooth GSP" setup so I could select the port.

WM6 and Holux GPSlim236

After updating my wizard to WM6 I can't establish a connection to Holux GPSlim236 GPS reciever. It finds and install the device fine, but I can't pair afterwards (blue button blinking every 3 sekunds)
Any suggestions?

what rom are you using? i use a gpslim 236 also, i had a problem with faria's rom a long time ago when i upgraded. but it was only once out of probably 30 flashes. i may try just reflashing if you have the time and patience. just my 2 cents

No problem with Holux and NBD8.2

I am using TNT4 and gpslim without problems!
the only issue was that i had to use com 7, didnt accepted any other Com.
Try this!
Cheers

Holux GPSslim236
I used it on NBD8.2, XDA mobile 62a, and just paired it with WRCX 3. I have used it on other roms I haven't found a ROM here that it didn't owrk on.

Did you setup the com port
After pairing the device did you go to the comport tab and set up an outgoing comport?

TomTom with GPSlim 236 - instructions
I have used XDA Mobile 6 version and NBD (7 & 8) versions with GPSLIM 236 and i did not have any problems. Follow the instructions below and it should work.
TOM TOM SOFTWARE INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION
1. Install Tomtom 6 from Memory card.
2. Exit from Tomtom after initial Tomtom settings (Do not set up the connection with Bluetooth receiver at this time)
3. IMPORTANT: First pair the GPS BT device with the Phone. Open Bluetooth settings under Comm Manager. Add New Device -> After detecting the GPS use passcode ‘0000’.
5. Select the “GPS device” under Devices, Goto COM Ports tab, Add new outgoing port and set to COM7.
6. Leave the defaults under Connection -> Settings -> External GPS in WM6.
7. Start Tomtom and go GPS Hardware configuration.
8. Select “Other Bluetooth” device and select COM7.
9. Now GPS should be working.
10. Exit properly (Use Tomtom "Exit application" menu to exit)
11. Restart Tomtom and it should be working normally.

Can't pair
A late response - been out
Thank you for the answers, but I still can't get it to work. I'm using NBD v9.1.
Here's what I do:
1. Under bluetooth -> devices I add a new device
2. The Holux is found and I use the code 0000
3. I check the box "Serial Port"
After that I can't pair the devices. When I turn on the Holux, the blue light keeps blinking fast. Normally it start blinking slow when connect
What I'm I missing?

JesperA said:
A late response - been out
Thank you for the answers, but I still can't get it to work. I'm using NBD v9.1.
Here's what I do:
1. Under bluetooth -> devices I add a new device
2. The Holux is found and I use the code 0000
3. I check the box "Serial Port"
After that I can't pair the devices. When I turn on the Holux, the blue light keeps blinking fast. Normally it start blinking slow when connect
What I'm I missing?
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Are you sure you have the correct passcode and are entering it correctly?

Remove the battery from the GPS mouse and turn it on. Then you can try to pair it again. The Holux GPS can be finicky at times, especially if it has the old firmware. You have to use a special $20 cable from Holux to flash new firmware.

JesperA said:
A late response - been out
Thank you for the answers, but I still can't get it to work. I'm using NBD v9.1.
Here's what I do:
1. Under bluetooth -> devices I add a new device
2. The Holux is found and I use the code 0000
3. I check the box "Serial Port"
After that I can't pair the devices. When I turn on the Holux, the blue light keeps blinking fast. Normally it start blinking slow when connect
What I'm I missing?
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As i mentioned in the earlier post 'You still need to sellect your com port"
after you select serial port and select save you will see your device "highl light it" select the bottom tab and select an out going com port I used 6 I believe.

jwzg said:
Remove the battery from the GPS mouse and turn it on. Then you can try to pair it again. The Holux GPS can be finicky at times, especially if it has the old firmware. You have to use a special $20 cable from Holux to flash new firmware.
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I have same problem
according to jwzg reply message,I'd solve this problem.
you can try it.