Is my Tomtom BT receiver working correctly?

psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

Just got an ipaq 4150 for Christmas with TTN3 and BT. Very pleased with the 4150 but incredibly frustrated with the TTN.

I have followed the instructions for setup from TT support and the bluetooth connection seems to be working well. The problem is that with two exceptions I cant get a satellite fix. The latest attempt was a soft restart, establish the BT connection then go into GPS in setup, reset the device and port (COM6) and then fire up the receiver. In most cases it seems to do something - even seemingly getting four bars - but then stalls without getting me a fix. I have left this in the open air on a clear day for over an hour. At no stage have I seen an animation between the little satellite image and the pda image.

When it has worked (twice) it has been great but at the moment is unusable. What am I missing?

GeoffH · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject:

make sure the blue box on the GPS settings page has not unticked itsself, my 4150 did this if I started TomTom before switching the bluetooth on. Just a outside chance it may be this

psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

Thanks for this Geoff but I have ensured that this stays ticked as it was the only suggestion I have had from the TomTom helpdesk so far.

It does seem to ensure I get some form of signal but its just rarely enough. I was expecting that I would get in the car - power up the Bluetooth and away we go... was I expecting too much?

alix776 · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:58 am Post subject:

try letting the battery totallyt discharge then recharge it fully and leave it for a while where it can see plenty of clear sky
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psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

I'm tring this as i Write. A daft question though - does the receiver communicate with satellites as soon as it is switched on - regardless of whether it is commuicating with the PDA -or does the PDA initiate some kind of signalling sequence to enable it?

At the moment the battery was discharged fully and recharged in preparation for any instructions. I have just switched it on and left it in the garden with no connection to the PDA.

Darren · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:31 pm Post subject:

What selection have you set in the FPS Applet for TomTom? i.e. What Com Port and GPS Receiver Type?
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psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

I have chosen " TomTom Wireless GPS" and "Bluetooth Serial Port COM6"

GeoffH · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: The box tick stays ticked!

psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

I have discharged the receiver, recharged it and left it out for over three hours in clear skies switched on.

I then soft reset the PDA, unticked and ticked the connections box (set at Wireless Bluetooth and COM6), before restarting the reciever. I got one bar in two minutes but still no animation between the dish symbol and the PDA symbol and the digits over the bars stuck at 2004 10 31 00:00:00.

What should I be seeing? On the two occasions I have been up and running I had a green light prominent on the receiver and I have seen the numbers above the bars slowly ticking over.

Many thanks

GeoffH · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:

I don't have the same reciever as you but my lights are
solid green = no satellites
flashing green = connected to satellites
slow flashing blue = no bluetooth conection
faster flashing blue = bluetooth conected ok
As for the numbers you have put they are the date and time, mine as I write this are 2005 01 16 14:37:45 I'm sitting at my laptop in the dinning room and the reciever is in the conservatry,On the GPS status page on my 4150 it's showing 10 satellites (7 are red (locked on) 3 light blue(not locked on))I'm on COM6, NMEA 0183v2 38400, maybe try another setting in the top box, hope this helps a bit

GeoffH · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

Thinking about the date stuck at 2004 10 31 00:00:00. maybe it's a faulty unit, try getting a replacement from where you got it from.

alix776 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

have you done this in the house or out side if you have double glazing with a heat reflective coating then put the receiver out side and see if that makes any difference if you tried it in the car and the car has a heatreflective windscreen hold it out side and see if that makes any difference
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currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .

Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

I have tried the unit both inside and out. Most recently I have tried everything outside to eliminate any of these problems.

alix776 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:

as a guess uncheck the blue box in the comport selection select bluetooth gps and then check the box you never know or try going through the tt wizzard
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currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .

Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

psmiller461 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 7

Thanks for all your help folks. I have replaced the TomTom kit today and after fully charging the reciever it worked first time.

I don't know how I would ever have been confident enough in condemning it without your responses.

Hurrah

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