So I bought a BT GPS receiver... Now how do I make it work?

[pandaboy]

I bought a Bluetooth GPS receiver one eBay for $80 (32 channels)
I got my PPC 6700 to recognize it. Unlock the GPS setting.
in the bluetooth setting
I added
a outgoing Port to my receiver - Com 4
added an extra incoming Port (Com 6) to test

In the GPS setting, I choose no Com for software (because in tomtom6, there is no option for this)... and Chose COM 4 for hardware.

I launch tomtom 6, and all I get is "no map" found.
I go back to the storage card, and add a folder name "TomTom" in Storage/My Documents... add a map into TomTom...

Launch the program again, nothing "no map found" that's all I get.
am I missing something?
Please help me out. I only have 1 week left to test this... after that Ill be gone on vacation

Tony

[schettj]

ok I just did this myself, found the info somewhere else but this works

discover, partner you did fine

make new outbound port, at serial port 6 - only 6 works for me
make no inbound port at all

Now, you'll need to hack your registry to get the GPS control panel to show

http://ppcgeeks.com/add-gps-settings...light,gps.html

In the GPS control panel set the program port to none, hardware port to 6, and then...

your app should find the GPS @ com6

[pandaboy]

My first guess was right. I did exactly what you said, but it didn't work before...
Until I found out why... the reason it didn't work, is because I added an incoming port. If I delete every other port, it work like a charm.

the second thing is I should not put the maps on storage/my documents/tomtom... but directly into Storage/Canada_maps
Here is the complete guide to install TomTom

1. Create a folder on the SD Card called ?TomTom?.
2. Cut the files from the folder ?Navigator? which is in main memory under ?\Program Files?.
These files are ?TomTom Navigator.exe? & ?data.chk?.
3. Paste these files into the folder ?\Storage Card\TomTom?.
PLEASE NOTE:
Without the presence of a TomTom folder here the full postcode lookup, voices and schemes will fail if you move them to the Storage Card.
& Don?t forget to change the path of the shortcut under Start>Programs
You can use a 3rd party explorer like Resco Explorer for this
4. You can delete the ?Navigator? folder from main memory now.
5. Create a folder called ?voices? in the root of SD Card.
IE: ?\Storage Card\voices?.
6. Cut the files inside ?\My Documents\tomtom? which is in main memory, these files are the English UK voices. (You may have more).
?data04.chk?, ?data04.vif?, ?data05.chk? & ?data05.vif?.
7. Created a folder called ?schemes? in the root of SD Card.
IE: ?\Storage Card\schemes?.
This is where I put all my downloaded schemes & the ones I created.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you are using a custom scheme don?t be alarmed when you load TomTom and your display looks a little bland, your custom scheme will appear when you have a valid GPS signal.
8. In the main memory there is ?\TomTom? with the following files inside it.
?_do_not_remove.txt?, ?go1108m.wav?, ?tttoday.bmp?, ?tttoday.dll? & ?tttodayvga.bmp?.
These files are for the today screen pluggin.
Apparently, although I cannot confirm, these files can be deleted if you don?t use the TomTom today pluggin.
BUT THE FOLDER MUST REMAIN!
I suppose you could use Activesynch to remove this pluggin.

9. If you use custom menus you will have a folder inside this ?TomTom? folder called ?SDKRegistry?
and inside this folder will be a file called ?TomTom.mnu ?
I don?t use custom menu?s so I?m assuming this must stay where it is.
10. Now you need to create a text file called ?CurrentMap.dat?.

Open the file & type & \Storage Card\Great_Britain-Map\
or whatever the name of your main map folder is on your SD card.
Do not forget to add the final backslash and a have a space between the ampersand and the first backslash.

Save the file as "CurrentMap.dat". Make sure it doesn't end up as CurrentMap.dat.txt!

Put this file in the main memory of your PPC under ?\My Documents\TomTom?.

PLEASE NOTE:
Without this file TomTom will tell you that you have no maps installed!

11. In the main memory, under ?Program Files? there is a folder called ?Conatcts Navigation?
IE: ?\Program Files\Contacts Navigation?.
I think this needs to stay where it is in order for the contacts <> TomTom ?navigate to/find on map? integration feature to work.
(Eg. Select a contact from your address book and find them on the map/navigate to them)




At this stage you should pair your Bluetooth GPS Receiver before launching TomTom.


1. Start>Settings>Connections>Bluetooth> Turn on bluetooth.
2. Turn on your Bluetooth GPS receiver.
3. Click on ?devices? tab and then on ?new Partnership?
Wait for the scan.
4. Select ?BT GPS? (or whatever your's is called).
5. Click on "next" Enter passkey (mine was "0000")
Check your GPS Receiver's manual.
6. Click on "next"
Once properly paired, put a check next to "Serial Port" as the device's available service.
7. click "Finish".
8. Click on "COM Ports" Tab
9. Click "New Outgoing Port", select "BT GPS" (or whatever your's is called).
10. click "next".
11. Set COM port to "COM4", while leaving Secured Connection still checked.
If that doesn?t work, choose a different COM port.
12. Click "Finish" and your device should now be listed with (COM4) next to it.




Now load up TomTom.

During setup you will be asked to specify your GPS hardware.

Select "Other Bluetooth GPS" then select "COM4".

[TambourineMan]

I have TomTom on my Treo 650 and it works good, but I gave up on trying to get TomTom to work on my PPC 6700 and went with iGuidance instead. Thanks for you very complete installation instructions. Maybe I'll give it another go.

[pandaboy]

How is iGuidance. I got the Version 3. I haven't give it a chance yet.
So far I really like TomTom. It's amazing.
except for the maps. They are HUGE... for North America Maps, they are like 1gb already. My storage card is 1GB...
haha
I'm buying a 2GB on Frys.com for only $20, I hope to get it before I go to US

[TambourineMan]

IGuidance is equivalent to TomTom, for what I want/need. I use the two programs interchangeably depending on which device I need (phone calls versus an internet connection. I carry both the 650 and the 6700 with me. The 650 is much, much better in bright daylight.

If you really want the details - go here:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...65&whichpage=1

[wingzero]

I am using iguidance 3.0 and I like it. You don't have to load the whole us map in your card. Instead just load the states you're traveling to.