Enabling external BT GPS for MOgul?
 

im currently running googlemaps for my mogul and they said their a way to enable gps to lock on location

The steps I followed were...

Go into Settings>Connections>Bluetooth and add a new device.
It found the GPS and I selected Serial Com Part and hit Next.
Then I went to the Com Ports tab and selected the new GPS device and selected COM4 for it.

Next I went into >Settings>System>GPS and set the Program COM Port to COM6 and the GPS Hardware COM Port to COM4.

When I setup Google Maps, I've tried selecting COM6 or COM4, and also just let it do it automatically via Windows, and they all end in the same result. I may try to load my old copy of Mapopolis to see if it will work. quouted from this link

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6...gps-mogul.html

and i cant even get that to work

anyone else have this problem or solution?

MOST of those ports are use or reserved for other shit...
Do this...

In BT settings-

Set GPS com port to: COM5

In GPS settings -
set program port to: COM3
and hardware port to: COM5 @ 115200

Hope that helps...

Also, google maps rocks, but you can either have directions or track your location, not at the same time, but you can switch back and forth instantly...
Id try Mapquest's app as that can do live tracking and turn by turn directions with VOICE... I have that on my old bb, dunno if there is a windows mobile
version, since i use tomtom...

gps reciver
 

i just wanted to no do u need a gps receiver and where can i find one of them

ebay is a great source... i picked one up for 50 bucks.

you said when you did the bluetooth search it found a gps... how is that possible if you dont have one? the bluetooth doesnt see the internal agps...


????

Umm.... please check who the OP was...

hahahahah im a dumb ass... its weird that someone came in and asked a random question...
Whoopsy...

well i set the external gps to those things but i cant seem to put the com port for my bluetooth because it dosent shwo any says im soppose to do it to a bluetooth connections but still didnt help when i connected a phone help?

You need to look at the pairing instructions for your specific GPS device. It may have a special way to set it in pairing mode then you will have to enter a key usually 0000 to pair it on the mogul.

are you saying that you cant get the BT GPS to pair with the phone?

i cant enter the com thing with my BT i dont have any gps cab or anyhting installed i just want to get google maps to work for i can track my location

Thanks for the help on this. I was getting frustrated with my new BT GPS was just not hooking up but the above settings got me in and working. I got the GPS-BT760Y from Wonde X at http://www.semsons.com/wobtbtgpss44.html I am using Google Maps, iGuidance, and Wififofum with GPS service working perfectly. Thanks a bunch for the help.

Your Welcome...
WTF...
54 CHANNEL GPS...
THATS NUTS...
but it has no point... except im sure it locks in in about 30 seconds from a cold boot...
there are only 12 gps satellites in orbit...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_G...y_put_in_orbit

I have it set up this way, but TomTom tells me that there is no valid GPS signal. Walked outside to see if the receiver would catch a signal an no luck.

Any other ideas? I'm using the Holux M-1200 as my receiver...

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your phone is FOR sure synced with the bt gps from the bt settings menu... and you selected serial port when you connected to it so it uses the virtual serial port?


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or
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Yes, and then I used the COM settings from your post above.

Working on something now...but I'll hit you up on AIM in a few minutes...

The TomTom software is different as it connects directly to the GPS rather than using WM's "application" comm port.

I have an M-1200 as well (this thing rocks, BTW. Small, stays on my keychain and works great EVEN IN MY POCKET!). After I paired it, I set up a new outgoing port under COM Ports in the Bluetooth settings. Once that was done, I went into the external GPS settings and use the software port to 0 and the hardware port to com5.

Now when I use TomTom, I have to tell it to use comm 5 but all other programs, like Google maps, use comm 0.

Btw, I haven't been able to find ANY comm ports that are "reserved" by default. There is nothing that could reserve them.

They arnt being used, it just gives you an error saying th port isnt free... or at least it always does on mine...

Ugh...i feel like a noob all over again...

I've tried everything from a configuration standpoint, so let me ask this...

For those who have the Holux M-1200, does your orange LED blink or remain solid?

When the unit is searching for satelites, the light is solid. Once it has found enough satelites to determine your location, the light blinks. Blinking is the normal state.

The orange LED is on steady until it gets a GPS lock. Once it has a GPS lock it flashes about every second.

Therein lies my problem. The orange LED has never blinked. I live in a 30 story building and took the unit to the roof and sat outside for 30 minutes trying to get it to connect, but to no avail. I guess I have a faulty unit and need to send it back.

my Holux works great! I use iGuidance 4.0 and it's wonderful.

so who here hid their gps under their dash? I tried to put my nokia under my stereo n it could not grab a good sattelite fix so I returned it

my friend sticks his in his sunroof and it works great.

I carry mine on me, so i can use it when im bored skating biking or walking around, lol

mine doesn't seem to like staying connected through BT in iGuidance... anyone had this problem? i'm constantly having to re-pair it... this can be dangerous while driving.

Has anyone looked at this one? Seems like its similar in size and cost to the i.trek but has a solar panel (useful when its sitting on your car dash?)

What one?...

Thats a strait BT GPS issue, with your specific receiver... OR something is interfering with your bt signal (almost impossible)

Sorry i cant help... its such a phone, device and app specific error that it can happen for a million reasons

Randomly started working this weekend. Works with TomTom 6 like a charm!!!

Where are you seeing an option in TomTom to tell it which port to use? After I select "Other Bluetooth GPS receiver" as my GPS receiver (I have a Holux m-1200) and I hit continue on the "Please establish a Bluetooth connection..." screen, I get a screen that says:

GPS is connected to:

COM3:
Virtual COM9:
RIL on COM6:
COM7:
7500 IRDA
COM2:

Am I supposed to be able to select a different port (Port 5?) on this page? If so, how?

Forget about my question above - I got it figured out. This is awesome! I wish we had internal GPS but this is a damn good alternative