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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 16, 2004 Posts: 8
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:04 am Post subject: Using PiN with other software |
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As the PiN is a Mitac Mio 168 what is required to run other software with it?
I would like to use it as a general GPS with software like GPSDash (for example). I'm running the software but it doesn't seem to see the GPS (Com2, 4800). Any ideas? |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:17 am Post subject: |
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This should work out of the box. Are you sure there is no other program running in th background? Do you hae TomTom Navigator installed? _________________ Lutz
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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:24 am Post subject: |
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It uses SmartST but it's not running at the same time.
I'll try again and see what it does. |
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icsys Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 20, 2004 Posts: 1154 Location: South Lancashire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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You will need to make sure that SmartST is not running as only one application can use the GPS data at a time, unless you use a utility such as GpsGate which allows you to share the GPS data with several applications on a virtual COM port. _________________ Ian.
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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Had another try. Wathcing the 'Data' paletteI see a lot of timeouts, but also plenty of GPS data (including the correct co-ordinates for my location).
But none of the dash screens show anything meaningful. |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Is trickle mode enabled? maybe a factory reset of the GPS is in order. _________________ Lutz
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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Where is 'Trickle Mode' set?
I'll try a basic reset, then a full factory one and see what happens. |
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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Here's some screen shots.
This is the type of data I'm seeing:
And if I scroll across I see my co-ordinates:
Mind you, I bring the unit inside and it keeps scrolling this data. Does the GPS keep sending the same data if it doesn't get new data? This whole GPS thing is a bit new to me. |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Timeouts will occur if you don't have a good view of the sky. Any GPS application will work with the Mio 168, PiN 100 and PiN 300 as I have half a dozen other utils working on these without problem.
You need to set the app to use COM2 NMEA 9600 as this is what the GPS Receiver is configured to. |
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AusS2000 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Really! Everything I've seen (including the SmartST manual) says it's 4800. |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:50 am Post subject: |
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It depends, checking one of the Mio's last night it's set at 9600 and I haven't changed the baud rate, but another one is running at 4800. It really depends on what baud rate yours is set at. If 4800 isn't working then I'd try 9600. |
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