Bluetooth TomTom Wireless GPS (9821x)

cj82 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 1

Hey all

Does anyone know if i can use this bluetooth tomtom wireless GPS unit via a bluetooth dongle on my PC with Autoroute 2007?

I have tried but i can't get it to connect so is there a driver or anything that i can install to make it connect to the computer?

Thanks
Cj

philpugh · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject:

It depends....

Your dongle and bluetooth software (e.g. Microsoft, Widcomm etc) need to be able to support the SPP (Serial Port Profile) in order to make a connection to a GPS unit.
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Darren · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject:

It should work fine. I have yet to see a Bluetooth adapter that doesn't support SPP. The TomTom BT GPS is a standard BT device and I use one with Autoroute occasionally albeit on a laptop with built-in BT support.
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Wasteme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 5

Must admit I am having the same problems!
The Tablet PC see the device but Autoroute does not, the same bule tooth reciver works fine with my PDA but I would prefer to use the Tablet.
Any suggestions would be most welcome or if you requier further information it will be forth coming!

Darren · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject:

Wasteme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks for the prompt reply Darren.
com port for the gps is the problem as i am unable to ether identify one or assign one.
The gps reciver is the i-geo pro from polstar.
The tablet finds it ok but can detect no services so will not allow me to procced further than the pairing.
Now i know the reciver is ok as it works fine with my pda on com port 0.
I have followed Polstars instructions to the letter but they bo not reflect the windows prompts and microsofts help forums are less than helpful.
I am unable to find com port 0 on the tablet!
OK does this help any?
please advise.

Darren · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:15 am Post subject:

Do you know who provides the Bluetooth Stack on the Tablet? Is it Microsoft's BT Stack or someone elses?
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Wasteme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 5

Sorry for the delay in replying, however impatience lead me to uninstalling Wimcom? and reinstalling it.
After that everything went well.
Point of fact the original install was the factory one so it just goes to show you can not always trust the supplier!

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