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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:14 pm Post subject: Having problems getting signal on my iPAQ from Fortuna BT |
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Hi there guys,
I have a problem in that I have a Compaq iPAQ 3970 together with a Fortuna Clip-On BT receiver. I am using Tomtom3.
I've managed to install Tomtom3 successfully and it seems to work, however I havn't managed to get both PDA and GPS receiver to work together.
I have tried a lot of different settings, obtained from the fortuna documentation and this website. However none seems to work successfully.
I was wondering whether anyone out there has an answer to this problem.
If you do, then please feel free to post a reply on this matter.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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here's what you need to do
- softt reset
- remove TomTom GPS driver
- soft reset
- make sure the TomTom GPS driver is really removed. If not, try again.
- install TomTom GPS 2.07 (from our downloads page)
- in BT Manager, find the Fortuna and connect to its serial port
- Start > Settings >System > GPS - go to the GPS tab and select NMEA 38400 in the top dropdown and Bluetooth COM8 in the bottom dropdown
- check the checkbox
- go to the status tab and see if the black dots are running _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help matey, however after doing all of the above I still do not get any black dots in the status tab. Maybe ther's something I'm not doing.
Do I need to uninstall Tomtom3 Navigator first?
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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No, the TTN is not of concern at that time.
Can you confirm that you REALLY have the TomTom GPS 2.07 installed? What does the version number say?
Have you tried a GPS utility like Crux_View? _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I definately have the right version installed, as it says v2.07. I have not tried crux view, so I will do that now.
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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I've installed CRUX VIEW, However how the hell do you use it? There are no help files with it so I havn't a clue to be honest with you. Maybe someone on the forum knows more about this.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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select port COM7 and speed 38400, and then tap "open"... _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:24 am Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | select port COM7 and speed 38400, and then tap "open"... |
Hi there,
Tried all of the above 2-3 times. All I get is a "READ ERROR!!RESET GPS?" Wonder if that makes sense to any of you guys on the forum?
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:40 am Post subject: |
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it may not be COM 7 after all...My fault. It should have read COM8 on the 3970. _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | it may not be COM 7 after all...My fault. It should have read COM8 on the 3970. |
Hi there,
I have tried that as well, and I get the same error as last time. I don't know what else to do.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:56 am Post subject: |
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what other ports are listed in the TomTom GPS utility? _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | what other ports are listed in the TomTom GPS utility? |
The other ports that are listed are as follows:
COM3,
IRDA,
COM5,
SERIAL CABLE ON BT,
SERIAL CABLE ON COM 1,
SERIAL ON USB,
BT SERIAL PORT COM8,
BT SERIAL PORT COM7.
Hope all of the above is of help to you.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Looks normal, and COM8 should work. Do you have a chance to test other BT gear with the iPAQ? _________________ Lutz
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Donn Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | Looks normal, and COM8 should work. Do you have a chance to test other BT gear with the iPAQ? |
Yes I agree it should work, but for some strange reason it doesn't. I can get the iPAQ to bond with the BT receiver and the blue led on the receiver seems to flash very quickly, which is a good sign. And so everything seems to be up and running till that point.
However nothing happens after that, in that there is no visable indication that anything is happening.
I do have other BT gear, namely a BT phone, which I have used sucessfully. I sent a contacts contact details via BT to my iPAQ and it worked on the first try. So I know it does work, now all I need to do is get the iPAQ and the BT receiver to work . Easier said that done I suppose.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Maybe the Fortuna can use a little hard reset? _________________ Lutz
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