lost Com8 0n Ipaq hx4700

ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

I have an Ipaq hx4700 and Fortuna clip on gps. The software I use it with is Tomtom 3.07 and memorymap. After some time I got it all happily working together. Today though after I had changed the Fortuna from XT mode to ST mode Memorymap stopped working. Now after uninstalling TT Gps and then reinstalling it I no longer have the Com8 port that the Fortuna needs to connect to. Does anybody know an easy way of getting it back. I really don't want to do a hard reset if I can help it.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

Uninstalling TomTom GPS has put the COM port back to where it should be. Have a look at the BT settings - the outgoing serial port is possibly COM 5 now
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ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

Thanks for the quick reply Lutz. I'm not sure I understand though. Do you mean the bluetooth settings in Tomtom GPS? I no longer have a com8 port showing in the settings their. Until I can get it back I wont be able to connect the Fortuna.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

No, the bluetooth settings in the 4700
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ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

Thanks again Lutz but I can't find anywhere in the ipaq's settings that show what the outgoing serial port is . I have looked through all the bluetooth settings but cannot find this.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:

On mine it is
Start > Settings >Connections > Bluetooth > Services > Serial Port > Advanced
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ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

Ah right. I had been through the settings a dozen times and not found that one, but it says outbound com port 8. Com 8 is still not an option in Tomtom's gps settings though.

ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

I found out I needed to apply a patch to get the com8 option back. I must have applied the patch before but I had forgotten it. Tomtom still isn't working though even though it is now set up the way it was before when it worked OK. It looks like I might have to do a hard reset and start again.

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