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Originally Posted by bedoig

iGuidance does require the use of another program to prime the GPS. In this case, GPSGate is the program doing the priming. It initiates the GPS, then redirects the output to whatever you tell it to (BT, a particular com port, etc).

You are not "Priming" it with GPSGate, your operating it with GPSGate because GPSGate better emulates a COM port than the native one supplied with Windows Mobile.

Even if the GPS was "Primed" iGuidnace will not properly use COM4.

So yes, there is confusion.

Nothing needs priming. I think some tools just give better intermiediate progress towards a lock than others and it feels like better progress.

That said I think the Window Mobile API has a richer interface than the COM interface and apps that use that work better and are more stable. That's why I suggest folks that use GPSGate use "WM GPS" as input because other wise you are going through TWO levels of COM port emulation which is asking for trouble.

And if you use Google Maps don't use COM4. Leave it default and it will use the Windows Mobile GPS API which is more robust and gives app more control.