GPSmart and XDAII

fredfox · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 3

Hi

I have bought a Fortuna GPSmartBT and a sync cable. Nice piece of kit, locks and holds the satelites quite quickly with a decent signal strength. However ( Wink

) a few issues. Using the 2.26 firmware, you can't set the baud rate of the com port to 4800 so that you can use the device with MS Autoroute, but on 2.24 you can.

Most importantly I can't get the unit to work with my XDAII and TomTom3 Sad

I've tried all sorts of setting but with no luck. Does anyone have any hints ? What setting should I be using ?

nej · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:

I had it working fine with my HP2210 - Either COM5 or COM8 (can't remember which) and it was fine.

fredfox · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks, but what other settings did you use ? In the version of TomTom I have (v3) there's two drop down boxes - the first is a list of device, which the GPSmartBT is not listed in, the second is the com ports. So do I choose NMEA 0183v2 Bluethooth and COM5 (8 is not listed) ? Or one of the other device options ? Do I have to bond the devices first ?

I'm so confused ! 8O

nej · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

Bond the devices first and then choose the NMEA 0183v2 Bluetooth on Com5. The speed is either 4800 or 38400, I can't remember which - I haven't used it with my PDA for about a year.

fredfox · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 11, 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks nej. Just what I've been doing, so I'm not as mad as I thought !!! Must be something wrong with the BT part of the devices Sad

Oh well, back to the supplier it goes.

The_Pilgrim · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject:

Hi Fredfox

what is the rom version of the xda2?

i have had this setup working so i know it is possible.

Regards

The Pilgrim

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