Help please. No gps

xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

Just trying out my new set up but can not get the ipac to see the gps.
I will go through what I have done to see if anybody has any ideas.
ipaq 2210 pluged into a brodit hard wired mount.
royaltek saphire gps
because ps2on mount and gps are not the same plugs have been cut and wired direct.
All 4 wires correct to brodit and royaltek diagrams
5volt feed ok to gpsfrom brodit holder
Tried to install royaltek gps checkprogram but said it is not a pda program and will not run.
The gps docs state no driver needed to run.
Loaded winfast navigator ok.
comes up message device plug in DSK2
click ok
go into port settings
message could`nt find value
click ok and try different com port and click ok
blank screen
tried all ports and nothing.
tried moving gps about as I am trying this in the house to test with a transformer and keep trying the gps in the window.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any help

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lbendlin · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject:

In Winfast Navigator, set the port to COM1 and the speed to 4800 NMEA.

Then open the port and see if you get data. If not, swap the RxD and TxD wires.
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xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

Thanks for the quick reply
Just done what you said and just the same.

xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

I dont know if this means anything but the little blue icon in the bottom right corner is flashing.

xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

I have read that when the icon is flashing it is getting data. It only does this on com1 so looks like that is ok.
I dont know what to do with this one.
First time with a pda and gps and a bag of trouble !

xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

Just wired the gps to a usb lead to my main pc running xp and windows states that the device is not working so maybe got a duff gps after all.
Got 5 volts from the usb to the gps and tried both ways with the data.
Any way of testing the gps ?
Any ideas guys Question

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject:

Don't try to connect a RS232 device to a USB port. You may have fried it by now...
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xl5 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 12

What is the difference between them if you dont mind me asking.
Oh well it works just as good now as it did when I got. That is to say it does not work at all.

thanks for the reply

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:18 am Post subject:

I am no expert in serial protocols but I'm sure Google knows the answer.
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