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rmarshp Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: TomTom Navigator 5 on a MDA Compact III |
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Hi. I've been running TT Nav 5 on my MDA Compact III happily for some months. Only complaint is that it sometimes takes an inordinate amount of time to lock on to a signal.
However the phone recently locked up completely, after which TT couldn't locate a GPS device. Can anybody out there with a similar HTC variant advise what configuration settings I should choose (GPS hardware, port etc).
I forgot what I set it to by trial and error last time. It's working but takes 15 mins to burst into life. Phil
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Other NMEA GPS device
Baud rate 9600
Comm 4
Also have you recently updated the aGPS by downloading new data, keeping this upto date every three days help with quicker gps signal acquisition - Mike |
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rmarshp Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Thanks .Tried that but there isn't a comm 4 option. just com7 com9 GPS Port com0 com2 & Serial Port. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Have you been messing with the GPS applet on the phone? Start/ Settings_System Tab/ External GPS
GPS program Port "COM4"
Hardware Port (None) Baud Rate 9600
Access Manage GPS Automatically ticked
With the above settings dialed into the phone, go back to TomTom GPS setup and re-select as I defined above - what version of TomTom Navigator have you got on the device? - Mike |
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rmarshp Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | Have you been messing with the GPS applet on the phone? Start/ Settings_System Tab/ External GPS
GPS program Port "COM4"
Hardware Port (None) Baud Rate 9600
Access Manage GPS Automatically ticked
With the above settings dialed into the phone, go back to TomTom GPS setup and re-select as I defined above - what version of TomTom Navigator have you got on the device? - Mike |
I'm not aware of ever touching those settings Mike. I'm running Navigator 5. I've set up as you suggested and I'm still waiting for the unit to find a valid GPS signal. It actually (hey! just found a signal - about 3 minutes but I am in the house!) started to work yesterday on Other NMEA, Comm 7 and 9600 baud, but it was about 30 mins into the drive. Fortunately I knew where I was going!!
Thanks for your help on this Mike. Phil |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Moving off before your GPS receiver has acquired a signal will compound the problem of time to first fix, it should only take around 30 seconds to achieve this when stationary, switch the unit on as you leave the house, by the time you set off it will have worked out where it is - Mike |
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rmarshp Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | Moving off before your GPS receiver has acquired a signal will compound the problem of time to first fix, it should only take around 30 seconds to achieve this when stationary, switch the unit on as you leave the house, by the time you set off it will have worked out where it is - Mike |
Mike. Really grateful to you for your help. It's all working well now.
Thanks again.... Phil |
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