Just recently purchased an Imate SP5 and TT5 Mobile. Both work really well with the Tomtom GPS unit.
I also have a Syson Sirf III unit, and I cannot manage to make it work with TT5. I've tried selecting "other Bluetooth GPS" in Tomtom settings with no luck at all.
Can anybody please help me???
Why don't you want to use the Tomtom GPS?
Don't use Other Bluetooth...
I assume that you know what COM port your GPS is accessible on, and what the speed is (presumably 38400). Use the Serial NMEA selection and then set the appropriate baud rate and choose the port. That usually works more reliably.
Hope this helps!
It's not that I don't want to use tomtom's GPS. I have two cars and I want to have a GPS installed in each car to the cigarrete lighter, so that I don't have to take the GPS unit with me every time (most of the time I forget).
As to NMEA selection, the Tomtom5 version for smartphone only lets you choose Tomtom GPS receive or Other GPS receiver. Period. No "other NMEA GPS" and then select the baud rate like in the PocketPC version.
I think that you can only use one GPS in your mobil phone, cause the first one you have paired is using the incoming com port, and the second one can´t reach that port becouse it is asociated with the first one.
I can´t use 2 identical GPS units in my C500. Only the first one that i have paired works.
..but maybe there is a solution for this.
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I've just purchased a TomTom bt reciever. My XDAii can pair with it and I think has created a serial port but my version of TomTom 3.0 cannot see it. It says "GPS position unreliable." I think I have installed towa's patch (if it is "Version 1.1.0.0" on the German site) a strange bt sign with a clock and what looks like 2 batteries is on the desktop- I dont understand this. I have the latest O2 build on my XDAii and I have tried various combinations of ports on the GPS setup. I am now stuck! Can someone please help!!!
Did you pair the bt reveiver AFTER installing the patch? If not then delete the pairing and redo it, towas bt tools should pop up and give you the option of serial port to set, once this is done you choose the gps from the lower drop down box in gps settings in tomtom.
Nice 1 crusin-thru. I managed 2 stumble accross this myself a few hrs ago. Works like a dream now!
Hi,
I use a BlueTrek earpiece (bluetooth) to enable handfree calling with my Qtek9100. I Also use TomTom Navigator.
When TomTom starts it enables the BlueTooth connections (if not allready active). This is usefull since I use a BlueTooth GPS with TomTom.
However, if I exit the TomTom Navigator application it is also disabeling BlueTooth, resulting in loosing the connection with the earpiece.
Does anybody know if this can be changed?
Perhaps a registry key I can change to solve this small, but annoyng, problem.
Gert-Jan
Turn on bluetooth before you start TomTom, then when you quit it should stay on. Does on my xda IIi anyway
The same on my magician. TT5.1 returns BT in the state it was before starting TT. TT5.0 however always shuts down BT on close.
Regards, M
I tested this last week, but came to the sam conclusion.
No matter what the state of BT, TomTom always disables BT on exit.
Gert-Jan
Ditto with my XDA2i running TomTom5 with a Qstarz BT-Q880. Slightly annoying.
However, if I press one of the hard buttons (such as the Contact List button), when the new window is brought up TomTom is minimised. Then, I can Switch (from hfrmobile.com) to Close All - and while this disconnects the GPS device, I've doublechecked and it doesn't disconnect my bluetooth headset, nor does it turn off the Bluetooth itself.
So, that in itself is a quick-and-dirty workaround hack, but I've not come up with any other solution thus far. Currently scouring the registry and the configuration files (what few there are) for a fix - it may be that someone with infinitely more coding ability needs to hack the TomTom .exe to disable this switchoff, though that's no mean feat.
You will probably find that if you reconfigure your GPS reciever in the Tomtom preferances as an "other wired receiver" select an appropriate baud rate, then select a Bluetooth com port, it will still work with a bluetooth GPS receiver but will completely leave your Bluetooth alone.
This does also mean it wont start it automatically if it's not allready on.
That doesn't work - the only way my Qstarz will work is if I configure it as Other Wired NMEA GPS and then run it on Bluetooth COM6, setting the baud rate appropriately (the Qstarz will accept any rate from 4800 to 115500 anyway, so that's rather irrelevant). Even if it's set as other wired GPS, the bluetooth is still disabled upon TT exiting.
This is also the info advised by the TomTom website if you're having problems getting your GPS to run with the software, so I'm guessing it's the only way. I'll have another look round the TT web site when I'm not so pushed for time.
What Tomtom version are you guys using? After a little play with mine I can say that with GPS setup as a bluetooth device. If bluetooth is on when I start Tomtom it stays on after I exit.
I use version 5.2 for Pocket PC
Well, small update - after having TomTom pop up the Bluetooth Manager box every time it starts up, and asking me which device I'd like to use as default, I managed to select the Qstarz Serial Port Connection shortcut which I created (had to manually create the link after setting up the device pairing) - I checked the option to Use this connetion by default, and now TomTom leaves the Bluetooth turned on after it exits!
Smashing stuff, means I can now use my headset and TomTom simultaneously in the car.
This is with TomTom 5.000 (4890) with GPS driver v1.20 and using the Great Britain Plus Map (v571). Bosh!
I get something different on my QTEK S100. When the QTek starts receiving the GPS signal (via bluetooth), TomTom freezes the screen for about 2 seconds and then closes TomTom.
Any ideas about this problem?
Is it because I had "MagicButton" installed? I uninstalled it, did soft reset... but the problem is still there. I can I know if it is MAgicButton doing that?
Thanks
DoubleW
Like many others I am having considerable trouble getting my exec to work with a fuzion gps receiver and tomtom navigator 5.
Although BT GPS appears in the bluetooth devices it still shows 'no gps device' when I go into tomtom.
What am I doing wrong?
have u setup the outgoing bluetooth serial port on the universal, and told tomtom to use that same serial port?
I have set the outgoing port as COM0.
How do I tell tomtom to use the same serial port?
I must be a bit dense!
change preferences->show GPS status->configure->page across to "Other bluetooth device"->select->continue->Com0
Thanks a lot.
It now works like a dream.
I had been following the instructions from the supplier that said link to 'Other Cable NMEA GPS' even though I was using a GPS receiver.
Hi All....
I have just installed TomTom for my phone, installed perfect, however i am having problems getting a GPS Signal (minor issue!)
I have 4 options of GPS receiver when i set the software up, two are bluetooth ones and two are wired ones. However, am i right in thinking that the xda serra (htc touch pro basically) has a gps receiver built in?
Can anyone point me in the right direction...I have set the baud rate to 4800 (default?) and told the tomtom software and the phone to use COM4.
Thanks in advance..
dan_1983 said:
Hi All....
I have just installed TomTom for my phone, installed perfect, however i am having problems getting a GPS Signal (minor issue!)
I have 4 options of GPS receiver when i set the software up, two are bluetooth ones and two are wired ones. However, am i right in thinking that the xda serra (htc touch pro basically) has a gps receiver built in?
Can anyone point me in the right direction...I have set the baud rate to 4800 (default?) and told the tomtom software and the phone to use COM4.
Thanks in advance..
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Welcome
Try to READ here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Raphael
Hope it helps
Fuze
I had same problem with my Fuze (Touch Pro). What I did was disable aGPS (it is in your settings-system-AGPS, both tabs set to disable) Baud rate was set at 38400 and com port 4.
I also tried to use Bluetooth GPS receiver and I got an option on Tomtom to use built-in GPS receiver. After that - no problems. I read quite a bit on xda-developers about it and have not seen anything as simple - reflashing radio etc - sounds to invasive with a risk of turning a nice neew phone into paperweight.
settings-system-AGPS
The XDA Serra does not have the above settings option, is there a cab file available that can be installed to allow you to turn off agps
Hi. I would like to know how I should configure my tomtom on my o2 xda orbit. Under gps status, I have a few choices here, other bluetooth gps receiver, other nmea gps receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, and tomtom wired gps receiver. I am not sure which one to choose. I chose a random one, and it is showing gps baud rate 4800. I do not know what a baud rate is, and whether or not I have made the right choice. There is also another choice that is confusing me. com4, com9, gps port, com0, com2, and serial port. Thanks.
To find out what settings your Orbit's GPS is using and also to check it works at all, download GPSTest. This will scan your device for it's GPS chip and then attempt to get a fix on available satellites.
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Hi. I would like to know how I should configure my tomtom on my o2 xda orbit. Under gps status, I have a few choices here, other bluetooth gps receiver, other nmea gps receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, and tomtom wired gps receiver. I am not sure which one to choose. I chose a random one, and it is showing gps baud rate 4800. I do not know what a baud rate is, and whether or not I have made the right choice. There is also another choice that is confusing me. com4, com9, gps port, com0, com2, and serial port. Thanks.
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From memory it was com4: 9600 then stand at the window for a few minutes until it gets a fix. While you are waiting if you go back into the gps settings you should see if any satellites are seen (grey bars) and locked onto (blue bars)
hth
SKYPECAST said:
Hi. I would like to know how I should configure my tomtom on my o2 xda orbit. Under gps status, I have a few choices here, other bluetooth gps receiver, other nmea gps receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, and tomtom wired gps receiver. I am not sure which one to choose. I chose a random one, and it is showing gps baud rate 4800. I do not know what a baud rate is, and whether or not I have made the right choice. There is also another choice that is confusing me. com4, com9, gps port, com0, com2, and serial port. Thanks.
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Hi,
In your phone settings you should set the External GPS applet to have HW = com8 ; SW = com6
In TomTom choose 'Other NMEA' set baud-rate to 115200, com = 6...
First fix might take some time.
Dirk