I have the P3600i (running WM6 out of the box), and although I can use the internal GPS for both TomTom and OziexplorerCE, when I'm using the external Bluetooth BT-338 GPS, OziexplorerCE does not even show the Outgoing Com port I have for the BT-338, whereas TomTom seems to be able to find that Com port and use it (tested simply by having the BT-338 outside, and using the P3600i inside with no sats visible).
Anyone found a workaround?
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I have bought a Falcom Navi 1 BT GPS receiver to use with my xda2 (O2 rom 1.72.187) and Destinator 3. I have also downloaded the Dell axim bt patch and have set it to COM 0. When opening the Destinator sometimes the GPS is found, but most of the times it is not! The receiver is correctly set in the Destinator program at com 0. Anyone had this sort of problems before?
BTW, I have also tried the old Bluetooth tools as well with no result.
please help.
GPS Gate
Hi I have experienced the same problems with Falcom Navi 1 BT GPS and HandyMap 2004. My solution was GPSGate from www.franson.biz
Hope this helps
http://franson.biz/gpsgate/support.asp?kb=5&platform=winxp
Kind regards
GPSGate didn't work either. Also tried the pocket bluetooth tools, but this sets the bt gps at com7 which Destinator does not see. Any more ideas guys?
I can strongly reccomend upgrading to WM2005 it works like a charm
I have a globalsat bt318 bluetooth gps.It will connect to the xda2i but the bluetooth manager only records an outgoing connection with no incoming .The software that comes with the gps has a com port scan device nad selects com 1 , although I have tried all of them.The software also suggested using baud rate 38400 , although i have tried all of the rates.I've tried everything it seems burt can not get any bluetooth input to the xda21.Any ideas?
i have a XDA2i bluetooth 1.0.3900 and i Use TOMTOM witha Ledtek BT reciever. This works well it has a connection on Bluetooth com port 6
John
Likewise...TomTom Wireless BT GPS (that grey one) and 1.0.3900 XDA2i...works through port 6 without any problems whatsoever...it's the one part of the BT stack that HASN'T p*ssed me off!!
Cheers
Anthony
Mpatterson, if com 1 is indeed being allocated, you will need to go to settings/connections and make sure the "beams" box is unchecked, also any external keyboard driver, if present will need disabling. When bonding the bluetooth gps you should be asked if you wish to use the serial profile, you should accept this, it should then allocate com5 and com6 for inbound/outbound.
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.
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. 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
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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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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