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Problems: TomTom2 + Rikaline GPS

Hey all...
read through lots of posts, but can't think of a solution to get the gps working.
I have a Rikaline 7 series BT GPS receiver and TomTom2 (Updated to 2.4 and GPS 2.09). I have bonded the device to the xda ok, but can't get the gps to start. I have selected Tom Tom Wireless and BT on Com 6.
Also switch off beams... any tips???
I did a hard reset before i installed tomtom2, no other bt device attached at the minute.
Thanks
Fais

I got my Rikaline via post via ebay today. The instuctions were all wrong, telling me that it would be on Com8, when it appeared on Com 7 after some resetting of the PDA (it just wasnt seen at first even though it had bonded) ... sorry, but can't be of any more help than this .... make sure you get the alternative bluetooth stack at:
http://bluetooth.i-networx.de/index_e.html

Try removing the gps from your bonded devices, run the tomtom wizard making sure that bluetooth is in "discoveravble" mode, it should then prompt you to choose, click "new" in the gps manager then when it finds the gps click it and finish. Go to bluetooth manager, switch to "on" and then run tomtom. Might help.

Thanks for the replies - really appreciate it. I tried what you both mentioned, and in the end i had no choice but to use Towa's BT tool and set it on serial com 5 for tomtom2 to pick it up. Every so often i have to rebond the device to keep it working which is a pain, but it works at least.
For some peculair reason, if i take the device out of range, without exiting tomtom2, again i have to rebond the device.
Thanks for the help!
Fais

tomtom mobile

has anyone got tomtom mobile on their phone?
Can get it all working fine, but when I want to select a non tomtom gps receiver, it just goes back to the gps configuration screen, doesn't let me select the com port etc?
Thanks

anyone have a solution to this? i am trying to use it with a parrot ck3300?
Thanks
Paul

try GPS Dash. It's free too.

got it sorted. name the bluetooth device BT GPS and all is well
Paul

fine with Tomtom mobile
I have been using my SDA(US) with TOMTOM 5.20 for a few month. There is no special configuration needed, I just have to add 2 ports, for incoming and outgoing. My GPS is the Globalsta BT-338.
awesome combination.

Re: fine with Tomtom mobile
nahcyrag said:
I have been using my SDA(US) with TOMTOM 5.20 for a few month. There is no special configuration needed, I just have to add 2 ports, for incoming and outgoing. My GPS is the Globalsta BT-338.
awesome combination.
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I've found that any combination of name is accepted by the program, BUT....
there is a BUT...
the name of the device has to end with "GPS", otherwise only names coded within the executable can cannoect with the device...
I've tried with my "HBTGPSOL" (the solar powered one) for one long weekend with no luck until I tried renaming my device to "HBTGPSOL GPS" and... voila'... it started working within seconds, not minutes...
S**T HAPPENS...
Hope this helps someone else out.
Ciao

lg incite internal gps

i have been trying to use tomtom with lg ct810 incite. however no luck getting it to connect to internal gps. or any other program for that fact. does at&t lock gps to navigator somehome. any help would be appreciated

any help??

Without having the device (which almost noone here has), it's very difficult to help without a proper rom dump. With a rom dump help can be given.
If you're interested in dumping the rom and posting, here's info on how to do so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2919305

Navigation Software for the Incite.
I have not tried TOM-TOM but i have GarminXT5.0.20w woking while reading the internal GPS on it's own and I have Nav-N-Go's iGO8 working using Franson's GpsGate as a gateway between the internal GPS and the software.
and google maps tool "Locate Me" works fine on it's own with the internal GPS. NEVER change anything under "Start-Settings-System-External GPS"; that is unless you are trying to connect to any GPS other than the internal. I got the Garmin working on second install and it took 2 months for me to get a good version of iGO8 that wasn't laggy on my incite. It can't be too difficult since this is the first phone I ever owned that has an actual operating system.

Look here
Check out this thread in tha ATT wireless forum, and then find a copy of gps gate.
http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=LG&message.id=30327

13blackwolf13 said:
I have not tried TOM-TOM but i have GarminXT5.0.20w woking while reading the internal GPS on it's own and I have Nav-N-Go's iGO8 working using Franson's GpsGate as a gateway between the internal GPS and the software.
and google maps tool "Locate Me" works fine on it's own with the internal GPS. NEVER change anything under "Start-Settings-System-External GPS"; that is unless you are trying to connect to any GPS other than the internal. I got the Garmin working on second install and it took 2 months for me to get a good version of iGO8 that wasn't laggy on my incite. It can't be too difficult since this is the first phone I ever owned that has an actual operating system.
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Hi, I have a problem with Igo 8 on my LG Incite. It works fine for me when the phone is plugged in. When the phone is not plugged in, Igo8 doesn't respond to any touches. The screen goes black every time I run Igo8.
Could you share your experience with Igo8. I'd appreciate it.
Thank you.

I have the same problem with Igo8 on my LG incite?
haha20055, did you find the solution yet?
13blackwolf13, Can you give any hint?
Thanks

I own an Incite, subsidized from AT&T. The internal GPS works fine with Google Maps, as well as a geocaching program called WMMiniGPS.
I would like to use the GPS with Streets and Trips loaded on my laptop, but GPSgate on the PPC will not find my GPS port. I have version 2.5 of GPSgate, but it cannot detect anything.
I've read that other users have gotten GPSgate to work on the Incite. Am I missing something? Anyone know what COM port the GPS is on?

Nevermind. I forget to set the GPS to a virtual port through the control panel. It works fine now.

LG Incite GPS problem solved!
I got it working as well but only thanks to GPSGate. It took me some time to find a working serial for it but now it works like a charm. Google Maps works without it for some reason bypassing the GPS receiver lock. iGO8 was a little buggy first but the 14th version I installed worked ok finally It took me about a week to get everything set up.
In the end, I got them all working so if anyone is still having problems they can contact me and I will give them the solution good to go.
On the other hand, does anyone know if I can find a better ROM version? The original one is ok but a little sluggish right out of the box. Thanks

hi every1
i got gpsgate to work. does gpsgate use data on the start up because sometimes when i start gpsgate i see the data icon on the signal bar trying to connect. it connect a few a seconds with a G or a E on the signal bar than disappears. does that mean that gpsgate use data on the start up. i use stop data from lg incite forum and i know that i can not connect to medianet but when i start up gpsgate it looks like its connecting or connects because i get the G or the E on the signal bar. so any help will be appreciated
tia

i have garmin 5.0.0 w20 working on my incite

Problem solve for IGO8 on Incite Phone
I found the solution to the problem It require a line in the sys.txt file to specify the driver=GDI in the rawdisplay section.
[rawdisplay]
driver=GDI
Note: for Amigo use driver="GDI" in the system.ini in the save folder

help
hiii
I have a big trouble with this igo 8. Since I installed a software, it works well when I connect my lg to the computer(active syc. position) but when I did plug it off, software dosent open. if even it is open, dosen't respond touches on the screen. Please help I'm about to beat my mind((

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hiii
I have a big trouble with this igo 8. Since I installed a software, it works well when I connect my lg to the computer(active syc. position) but when I did plug it off, software dosent open. if even it is open, dosen't respond touches on the screen. Please help I'm about to beat my mind((
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IT is screen refresh problem . use my solution posted above.

Always gps problems with lg Garmin work fine, except speed of running. iGO & Tom Tom still without success

about help
thanks. it worked. also while it was running , 3d arrow icon or 3d car icon dosent show up on the screen. Is there anyone to help about this issue.

LG Incite CT 810 with IGO8
Hi Dismass,
Can you show me how to set Port, Baud to make LG work with IGO8
Thanks so much

If you are using GPSGate you can do it from the settings of GPSGate. Mine automatically created virtual COM2 and iGO found it instantly. If yours didn't do that automatically go to settings and create a new virtual port, it's fairly user-friendly so you shouldn't have problems doing that. After that it is just a matter of starting iGO and pointing it to the port you created, baud rate doesn't seem to make any difference on mine btw. Let me know if you are still having problems after that.

footballfan said:
hi every1
i got gpsgate to work. does gpsgate use data on the start up because sometimes when i start gpsgate i see the data icon on the signal bar trying to connect. it connect a few a seconds with a G or a E on the signal bar than disappears. does that mean that gpsgate use data on the start up. i use stop data from lg incite forum and i know that i can not connect to medianet but when i start up gpsgate it looks like its connecting or connects because i get the G or the E on the signal bar. so any help will be appreciated
tia
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GPSGate does not use a data connection, it just grabs the data coming from the gps receiver and sends it to a virtual port that it creates for other software to use simultaneously. The icons you see indicate the availability and signal strength of certain networks (EDGE, GPRS, etc.) although they've been kinda unreliable on mine so I stopped looking at those pretty soon after I got my phone.

Using GPS on the pc throughout the TP

Hello
Is there a way in which i can use a navigation program such as IGO on my pc by using the GPS on the TP with the USB cable or bluetooth ?
Thank you

I dont think so... The only way is using a program that let you "see" whats happening on the PDA like this... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...D6-1DCC-47AA-AB28-6A2B006EDFE9&displaylang=en
Good luck!

havn't tried it but this looks promising
GPS2Blue
Let me know how it works for you.

[Q] Running TomTom on the TG01?

Is there a version of TomTom that runs without GpsGate?
My TomTom does not find the GPS receiver of the TG01, i.e. i need to run GpsGate for TomTom to find a NMEA source.
Is there a TomTom version available that can directly see the built in GPS receiver of the TG01?
thanx!

No, you always need a 3rd-party-app with TT. Serach for GPSModDriver (i recommend 2.60). This prog runs in background, so you don´t have to start it before you use your TT.

i first tried gps mod driver, but this seemed to be some kind of instable (sometimes it worked, sometimes not). so i switched to gpsgate, which seems to work well.
as gpsgate is always running in background, i suspect that it keeps the gps receiver running even when the TG01 is in stand-by, and this might be a reason for the battery to discharge that fast. therefore, i would like to get rid of this intermediate tool.
is there no way to directly access the gps receiver from tomtom?
how can i see if the gps receiver is running and if it is powered down when the TG01 is in stand-by?
thanx!

Use iGO instead
bongo3 said:
i first tried gps mod driver, but this seemed to be some kind of instable (sometimes it worked, sometimes not). so i switched to gpsgate, which seems to work well.
as gpsgate is always running in background, i suspect that it keeps the gps receiver running even when the TG01 is in stand-by, and this might be a reason for the battery to discharge that fast. therefore, i would like to get rid of this intermediate tool.
is there no way to directly access the gps receiver from tomtom?
how can i see if the gps receiver is running and if it is powered down when the TG01 is in stand-by?
thanx!
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TomTom simply doesn't support the TG01's internal GPS receiver without third party software.
Needless to say I ended up switching to iGO Primo which does support the internal GPS receiver on the TG01 when you insert the attached INI file into the Primo's DATA.ZIP file.
Regards,
fitzy-boy

i've got NDrive with my TG01, i.e. this looks like an alternative to TT. but unfortunately, this does not read TT POI.
as i need to use TT POI, i think there is no alternative for TT

Use Gpsplex with TomTom- it works well and is free

my main reason to get rid of gpsgate was power consumption.
it looks like as long as gpsgate is running, the gps receiver of the TG01 is running, and the battery discharges very quick. besides this, gpsgate works fine.
i suspect that using gpsplex won't help, as this will keep the gps receiver on permanently too. i.e. the only way to go seems to start gpsgate (or gpsplex) before tomtom - and after using tomtom, the gpsgate (or gpsplex) has to be killed.

This problem has been already solved properly, in my opinion.
I don't know if you examinated the Mortscript route. Anyway...
I made a script (as many others did) that does this:
when tapping on script
-turn on GpsGate
-turn on Tomtom and wait
-when Tomtom exit close GpsGate
So, this way, the use of GpsGate is totally transparent and it consumes battery just as any other navigator does.
For me it's even better than running a navigator that turns on GPS by itself, because my PDA when in car profile and externally powered turns on GpsGate automatically. In this way whenever I need Tomtom I can turn it on and have instant fix.
If you know about this, than I have no other solution, while if you are interested I can give you more details (and the script, of course)
my 2 cents

hey, that's great!
that's what i first thought about, but i didn't think that i would be able to start and kill gpsgate from a script!
(i haven't used mortscript for years, but i think i still have it somewhere)
so it would be great if you could post the script!
thank you vey much!!

ok, this is the script:
if ( NOT ProcExists("GpsGateCE.exe") )
GGOff=0
Run( "\Programmi\GpsGate 2.0\GpsGateCE.exe" )
else
GGOff=1
endif
RunWait( "\Storage Card\Programmi\Navigator\TomTom Navigator.exe" )
Sleep( 1000 )
if ( ProcExists("GpsGateCE.exe") AND ( GGOff=0 ) )
Run( "\Programmi\GpsGate 2.0\GpsGateCE.exe" )
Sleep( 200 )
SendUp
Sleep( 200 )
SendCR
else
endif
Some explanation.
If GpsGate it is NOT already running it will be closed after Tomtom. If it is already running it will be leaved on because if I am in the car when I've finished with the navigator I still want GpsGate locked on satellites while I am driving.
This is just to let you quickly deal with the Tomtom problem. So, please, modify the script to better meet your needs.
It's very late for me now, and this weekend it's unlikely that I came back to the forum. So sorry for the short response but I have many more things to say on this. The script can be optimized, for example. And I would also tell you more about commands SendUp and SendCR.
Please, came back in this thread. I'll find time to give you more usefull informations. In the meantime begin to test your script and ask for difficulties you could encounter.
Cheers
P.S.
Please, remember to localize the path of your applications!!!

thanx very much!
i think this is exactly what i need, and i'm quite sure that i'll be able to adapt this for my needs
as i'm away now for 1 week, i will wait to check this out until i'm back.
i think there's no need for futher explanations. if i can't get it to work, i'll just ask again
thank you very much!