Tosh e400 / rikaline gps help

TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: Tosh e400 / rikaline gps help

Hi,

I have a tosh e400 running medion navigator and have recently purchased a rikaline gps receiver/charger cable.

I am having problems in getting the PDA to recognise the gps.

Thus far I have tried the driver that is available on Rikalines website (pl2303) but when I try to install I get an error message saying that it is not compatible with my operating system (pocket pc 2003).

Is there a recommended driver for PPC 2003? or any other ideas....

thanks in advance.

DavidW · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:15 pm Post subject:

Hello and

Is that the error that says that the selected software may be for a previous version of the operating system, but allows you to press OK? If so, what happens if you press OK - that error is usually completely benign. Do things work then?

David

TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject:

It does seem to work when I press OK but Medion still has "GPS!" in the top right corner - apparently this means that it cannot see the GPSr.

I am also using GPSdash - and I may be having some progress.

If I set it to COM2, 4800 NMEA, I do get something more legible on the data screen... GPGSV, $GPRMC messages and the like - is this a sign of progress....

If so, then I guess I have to figure a way of getting medion to talk to Com2......

DavidW · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject:

You've got GPS input on COM2 - lines that begin $GPGGA, $GPGSA, $GPRMC etc are what NMEA GPS input looks like.

It sounds like the challenge now is to configure the software.

David

TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject:

This is bizarre.

Gps dash shows 5 sats, position etc...

Medion - nothing. Even though I have set up the correct comport (Com2: USBSER) and the baud rate is the same as GPSDash...

any ideas?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

Please post a few lines of the NMEA data stream. Maybe your receiver is not sending some of the NMEA sequences that the Navigon program needs.
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TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

Here are a few lines garnered from GPS Dash

$GPGGA,004754,5050.705078,N,00105.1170,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*50
$GPVTG,149.9,T,149.9,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46
$GPGGA,004755,5050.701660,N,00105.1138,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*56
$GPVTG,149.9,T,149.9,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46
$GPGGA,004756,5050.701660,N,00105.1138,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*55
$GPVTG,141.2,T,141.2,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46
$GPGGA,004757,5050.697754,N,00105.1084,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*5A
$GPVTG,141.2,T,141.2,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46
$GPGGA,004758,5050.693359,N,00105.1030,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*57
$GPVTG,141.2,T,141.2,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46
$GPGGA,004759,5050.693359,N,00105.1030,W,1,08,1.1,203.9,M,48.0,M,,*56
$GPVTG,141.2,T,141.2,M,0019.5,N,0036.0,K*46

TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

There were also some GPRMC, GPGSV and GPGGA messages too

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

You seem to be missing GSA

Here's the preferred setup

GGA every second
GSA every second
GSV every 5 seconds
RMC every second

Can you try this? (You can set it with Crux_View)
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TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

I think the logger wasn't working right...

I actually get:

GGA 1 message every sec
GSV 3 messages /sec
RMC 1 message /sec
GSA 1 message /sec

but have now changed these to your suggested settings using the crux utility, and.....

Bah! Still no recognition of the GPSr Sad

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

Are you sure that no other program is running in the background when you try the Medion? Do a soft reset, start the Medion software and try to configure the GPS again.
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TheTillerman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

Absolutely nothing else running at all.
Even after a soft reset, no change.....

Bizarre...eh?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:

Indeed.

Can you install Mapopolis and see if that works? (they have downloadable demo maps, too)
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TheTillerman · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:05 am Post subject:

Thanks for the tip.

Will try this over the next day or so and will post results.....

Thanks again.

TheTillerman · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

Okay, Tried mapopolis and it works an absolute treat. :D

I guess my next move is to re-install the medion software.
Failing that I will have to look at another package - any suggestions...??

thanks again for all the help thus far...

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