Got some new Apache Toys today

[ststephen]

Just got my armorcase and Holux 1000 GPS today. I was getting frustrated getting the GPS to work. After searching and reading other posts, I realized that you MAY need to try many different COM ports to find one that works.

Mine works on COM0 other have had success with COM6 & COM8.

YAAAAAAA! New toys! I am going to take a trip and check out the GPS!

Thanks!!!

[Pibe38]

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[varaff]

GPS with the Holux 1000 is awsome. Look into getting Tomtom, you will like it.

[iomega71]

I spent hours working on GPS com ports with Holux GPSlim. Still having issues... with Google Maps finding GPS receiver.

[badfrog]

ok.. dumb question... what do you do with the GPS? cary it around in your pocket everywhere you go?

[ststephen]

I had it in my shirt pocket earlier, but for the most part it will stay in my car. It is pretty small, about the size of a zippo lighter.

iomega: Assuming you have the bluetooth connection setup, in Google Maps, go to Menu>options>trak location setting. Here I set mine to COM0 (or whatever com port you have GPS on) and set the baud rate to 38400, which is what the manual for my m1000 said to set it at.

I hope that helps.

[Karmashock]

Originally Posted by badfrog

ok.. dumb question... what do you do with the GPS? cary it around in your pocket everywhere you go?

I keep it in my car... Rarely am I walking anywhere that I might get lost. But I do drive to some pretty strange places sometimes. Furthermore, most GPS systems are designed for road navigation.

So I keep it in my glove compartment and then whenever I travel someplace that is "strange" I take it out, turn it on, and boot up Tomtom. Then John Cleese shows me how to get there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w

[MTavis]

Ever have trouble setting up a GPS device on Windows Mobile 5? Ever wonder what that GPS control panel really does? Well, wonder no more...
Windows Mobile 5 introduced a new feature called the GPS Intermediate Driver which allows multiple apps to share one GPS device. In the past, if one app had the GPS COM port open, no other app could use it. But the Intermediate Driver creates a virtual COM port that multiplexes the real GPS port, and can handle multiple client apps simultaneously.
Windows Mobile 5 also introduced a GPS control panel to allow you to configure the Intermediate Driver. The control panel lets you set the Hardware Port, which is the real port the GPS device is actually on, and the Program Port, which is the virtual COM port the Intermediate Driver exposes. It is called the Program Port because it is the COM port that GPS programs talk to. (They no longer talk directly to the Hardware Port, so it can be shared.)
Unfortunately, there are two complications. First, only Pocket PC has this control panel. Smartphone does not, which makes the GPS Intermediate Driver unusable on Smartphone. We hope to announce a solution to this very soon. Second, some Pocket PC OEMs hid the GPS control panel. However, it can be unhidden by going into the registry and deleting any "Redirect" or "Hide" keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings.
The Program Port can be any unused COM port. But you may be wondering how you know what the Hardware Port is. Well, if your device has a built-in GPS, then it is on a fixed port, and you need to figure out what that port number is. There are any number of ways to do this; I usually just do a web search on live.com for the model name, "port", and "GPS".
If you have a Bluetooth GPS, you need to set up the Hardware Port yourself (regardless of whether you are using the Intermediate Driver or not). Since this process can be a bit confusing, here are the step-by-step instructions:
For Pocket PC:
Start/Settings/Connnections/Bluetooth
Check the "Turn on Bluetooth" checkbox.
Press the Device tab.
Press "Add new device..."
select your GPS device and press Next.
Check the "Serial Port" checkbox and press Finish.
Press the COM Ports tab.
Press "New outgoing port..."
Select your device and press Next.
You will see a COM port that has been chosen for your GPS. For example, COM0.
Press Finish.
Now your GPS is set up on COM0. If you do not want to use the Intermediate Driver to share the GPS port, just start your GPS app and configure it to use COM0. If you do want to use the Intermediate Driver:
Start/Settings/System/GPS. (If you do not see GPS listed, see the registry hack above.)
Set the "GPS Program Port" to any unused COM port, for example, COM9.
Press the Hardware tab.
Set the Hardware Port to COM0.
Set the baud rate to the baud rate of your Bluetooth GPS (usually 4800, or 9600).
Press OK.
Start your GPS app and configure it to use COM9.

[bugsysiegals]

THANK YOU for getting WM6 to work on the PPC6700!!

The new display looks AWESOME!! I can see the clock from across the room when it is in its cradle. The new features seem awesome so far. I'm still learning how to navigate around and where to find everything.

I downloaded googlemaps which I was never able to download before this upgrade. I wish they would release some sort of update to this phone so that it has Rev A and possibly GPS capabilities like people are rumoring about the Mogul.

The only problem I've come across so far is trying to connect to my wireless router at home. I used to turn on wifi or whatever the wireless option was and it would connect without any problems. I did a soft reset when the install was going to do custom configurations so I dunno if that has anything to do with it?? What settings do I need to connect to my router at home?

[badfrog]

I got my M1000 today so far so good, need to do some driving and try out a couple of map programs to see how well they work. I like tracky so far, has some very cook features, including (for those that I tell my info to) to track me online in real time while I am on the road.

and it really isn't much bigger than a zippo...