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Globalsat BT 338 & TomTom 5 Problem & Solution

Hi Guys :lol: :lol:
I have struggled to get my new Globalsat BT 338 Bluetooth GPS unit to work with TomTom 5. However it was working fine with TomTom 3.7, after several support calls to both TomTom and USGlobalsat they both could not provide a solution. But after going through all the GPS setting I could now share the solution;
I found the Globalsat BT-338 was shipped with both WAAS and NMEA PROTOCOL disabled very odd,
SIRF provide a tool called SIRF_Demo that can be downloaded from the Globalsat website below:
http://www.usglobalsat.com/custom.asp?recid=7#GPS
To re-enable, the link below explains how
http://www.usglobalsat.com/faq_details/how_to_activate_waas_on_gps_rece.htm
Depending on you PDA, XDA II its usually Com Port 5, (Note: The GPS unit should be pared with your PDA, Outbound COM PORT 5 should be selected)
Once you have done all the above you can now install and configure TomTom 5 as below;
- Run-up TomTom 5
- Tap on the opening screen and select Change Preferences (big spanner)
- Tap the black triangle until it says Preferences 4 of 6
- Select Configure
- Select 'Another cabled NMEA GPS' set the GPS Baud Rate at 38400 and press select
- Select COM Port 5 in the (GPS is Connected to) screen
That’s basically it, I’m now a happy TomTom 5 user,
Happy Cruising 8)

Great post! Thanks so much - got it working for me

Anyone know why Globalsat did this?

Great post! Thanks so much - got it working for me

Navigon 6 and Qtek 2020 GPS Problem

hi, i use a xdaii with an german mobile 5 3.00a and radio 1.08. I want to youse navigon 6 on my pda but it cant find the gps mouse navigon 5 works nice without any problems. is there any fixes for it? i try 4 days to find something but there is nothing. please help

have you paired correctly with your gps?you need to assign an incoming serial port.Mine is serial port 5 and baud rate 38400. (not on navigon but it is common in every software)

yes i try all ports but there is no connection. navigon 5 works without any problem but navigon 6 cant find gps with the same configuration.
thank you for your reply

Hi There
Try to follow the following steps these might help
mine is working
Installing TomTom Navigator
15. Using File Explorer, navigate to the .CAB file you copied to your SD card and install R-Edit
on your Pocket PC. R-Edit can be acquired from http://www.pocketfleet.homeunix.com/REGEDIT.htm
but you can also Google for any other Windows Mobile 5 Registry Editor.
16. Run R-Edit from the Programs Menu.
17. Within R-Edit, navigate to the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings"
18. Within the registry key, delete the DWORD entry marked "Hide"
19. Add a DWORD entry called "Group" and give it a Value of "2"
20. Soft reset your Pocket PC.
21. On your Pocket PC, go to Settings > Connections to ensure that the GPS icon is there.
If it is not then I can only apologise but it may not be possible to get TomTom working with
your GPS device. It is necessary for TomTom to see a specific GPS serial port that can
(as far as I can tell) only be set by this GPS connection program. After you have paired
with your Bluetooth GPS device you could try setting an Outgoing port to COM7: as that is
a default COM port that TomTom Navigator can connect to. Do step 22 then skip to step 26.
22. Turn on your Bluetooth GPS and stick it in a location that it's likely to get a signal.
On your Pocket PC, enable Bluetooth and search for new devices. Establish a bond (pair) with
your GPS device and ensure you check the "Serial Port" option.
23. Go to Settings > Connections > Bluetooth. Create a new Incoming COM Port. I chose COM8 for this.
24. Other guides on the Internet tell you to also create an Outgoing port and setting it
as COM7 but doing this would not work on the PPC that I was using so I had to create the
Outgoing COM port on COM0. Either way you need an Outgoing COM port to be set.
If you can set it as COM7: then you should do so, if not, use COM0:
25. Go to Settings > Connections > GPS. Set the GPS communication port to the same
Outgoing COM port that you set above. For the PPC I was using,
I had to set it as COM0: above so will set it here as COM0: also.
The "Manage GPS Automatically" checkbox should already be checked but if it isn't, check it and OK out.
26. Start up TomTom Navigator using the Programs menu and run through the setup procedure as
normal but select "Other Bluetooth GPS" when asked to select a GPS device.
27. TomTom will ask you to now pair your GPS device with your Pocket PC.
We've already done that so click Continue.
28. You will be given a list of ports that your GPS device is likely to be on.
Remember that this is the Outgoing port that we created earlier in steps 24 and 25.
Basically the COM port you set here must be the same as the one you set in step 24 and 25.
29. Select the relevant COM port and then click Next. You will likely be taken straight
in to the map view and with any luck your Pocket PC and GPS device will start communicating and your Pocket PC will show your position on the map.
30. If you made a mistake in setting the COM port that your GPS device lives on,
simply tap anywhere on the screen. Tap Preferences, tap Next three times until you
see an icon that looks like a satellite labelled GPS status. Tap that icon and then tap configure to change the COM port.

thank you for the instruction. but i cant change something from the settings because they are the same on my device.

Problems connecting to Holux 236Slim with Treo 750 WM 6

I had no problem pairing with my Holux 236slim external GPS but cannot locate the GPS when scanning for it using the Holux GPS View software, nor does MS Livesearch locate the GPS. Livesearch asks for a com port and I've tried them all with no success. Does anyone know which comport the Treo 750 should use? And what about the remote GPS settings which ask for both "program" and "hardware" com ports (which cannot be the same)?

The way that I understand it (from messing around, mostly) is that the "external GPS" program allows "sharing" of the BT signal by multiple programs. Here's what I did.
1) Pair the GPS via Bluetooth.
2) Set the GPS up as a comm port - BT, Settings, COM Ports, New Outgoing Port. I set my GPS up as COM 8, secure.
3) Next, go into the External GPS application. Set up the "Program" port as the port you'd like to scan from the mapping application - I used COM 0. Set up the "Hardware" port to match what you did in step 2 - in my case, COM 8, 4800 baud. Check the box on the "Access" page so you can share the BT GPS signal.
From whatever application you're using (Google Maps, WLS, or other), set up the application to look for the GPS on the "Program" comm port, in my case, COM 0. I've had WLS, GMM, and a program called "Beeline GPS" running all at the same time, sharing the same GPS.
Hope this helps,
-Craig

Thanks very much for your help!
Your solution worked like a charm -- thanks very much for your help. I used the same settings in External GPS. I'm using with Livesearch maps and that worked fine.

Try "Com 0", thats what I use with Tom Tom!

New Touch Pro: some noob questions

Hi,
I just received my HTC Touch pro, and so far I like it very much
But I have 2 questions about the settings.
First question is about the GPS Settings. On the first tab (Programs), you can set the GPS program port (COM4 is my default setting). But on the second tap (Hardware), you can set the GPS hardware port (with None as my default setting).
What's the difference between those 2 ports?
My second question is about the Wi-Fi settings:
In the 'Configure Network Adapters' you can set 'My network card connects to', and in the dropdown menu you can choose between 'The Internet' and 'Work'.
But when you independently set up the wireless networks you added, you can also set those networks for 'The internet' or 'Work'. Do those 2 settings have a different outcome then? Or what's the difference?
Thanks in advance !

the 1st tab allows you to set a port.. any GPS software will access that port to get access to GPS data
the second one is for external GPS, i.e. BT GPS... i have BT GPS for my Dell axim x51v... the BT setting is COM8 for outgoing port, so i have COM8 for this second tab, COM4 for the 1st tab... GPS program uses COM4 for access, while WinMo does the work behind the scenes forwarding data b/w COM8 and COM4

WWE05ROM64mb tomtom settings help +how can i delete old threads i made?

hi,
im using mda compact(htc magician and 05 64mb rom cotulla ) i have tomtom 7 with new maps demo works great ,only problem is can not get tomtom to see my bluetooth gps!
(gps works with a program called sky traq only settings i needed to set up is find bluetooth device and then connects, picks satellites up in a split second )
my question is there a program that will tell me what port my gps device using? is there away maybe with a registry editor to find out what port tomtom 7 is using?and possibly if needed a program to see what com port my bt 541 gps device uses or needs??
bluetooth setting
do i pair(i imagine i need to so i have
secure connection tick or untick?
bt com port?
only have choice com 6 com 7!
what are the recommended settings in external gps ?
program port?
hardware port?
manage gps automatically do i tick or untick? i have tried lots of settings i got as far as seeing no gps device in tomtom but with satellites greyed out like its stuck but i cant remember settings i used
hope some one can help me out ?????thanks for taking the time to read my post