Please Help! I'm pulling my hair out!! Fortuna/GPS software

twotonemark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 85

Hi,

Received my Fortuna with PrymeNav gps software (Navtech) today from global positioning systems.

I have put the maps on my 256mb card

I have powered up the fortuna BT receiver and made a connection with my Dell Axim X30 through BT manager. When looking at active connections it shows under 'Incoming'.

I opened the PrymeNav on my Axim and set to COM 8 and baud 38400.

But I do not seem to have any communication between the receiver and the software. The receiver GPS led is lit green and the BT led is blinking.

Also the BT link drops after a couple of minutes yet BT is still on on my Axim but I have to double tap the Clip on icon again.

So any ideas guys and girls I could relly do with some help. I'm pulling my hair out. I have read quite a few old posts before troubling you all but they haven't helped my situation. Thanks in advance. I'm off to bed to try and sleep but I bet I'll be awake all night being annoyed by my problem.

By the way I printed out the 'In Depth' review of this bundle from the site I bought it from see http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/editors_reviews.php?product_id=742&category_id=&rp=viewprod.php

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:21 am Post subject:

Do you have a chnce to try with another Pocket PC or another BT receiver? (Maybe at a friend's place?) Thant way you can isolate the problem better. It should have worked if you follewd the review you mentioned.
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twotonemark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 85

Waltzer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 16, 2004 Posts: 2

Try using COM7 - it's the only port I could get to work with my X30.

nej · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:11 am Post subject:

Is 38000 baud definately the one to be using? Standard NMEA is 4800.

twotonemark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 85

twotonemark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 85

I have just looked at my Bluetooth Serial Port Settings.....could these be the issue?

At the moment they are:

Ports:
Inbound Com port 8
Outbound Com port 7

Or am I clutching at straws....

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject:

inbound means the Pocket PC is consuming the service (the SPP of the receiver) . Outboud means the Pocket PC is ready to serve other devices with a serial port . So yes, you are clutching at straws. COM8 it is. Definitely.
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nej · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject:

NMEA = National Maritime Electonics Assosciation. A NMEA string (or sentance) is a standard way of transmitting data containing a header, the body of the message with the main data and a checksum at the end. It's used for many applications, of which GPS is one. Each header has a unique identity (i.e. $GPRMC is one of the ones used by GPS) to identify it.

Have a look at http://www.kh-gps.de/nmea-faq.htm which explains the details of the different GPS NMEA strings (if you are that bothered!)

twotonemark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 85

nej thank you for that info.

Good news Waltzer i tried Com 7 and it worked straight away. I've only used XT not ST.

Do I need to leave it sitting on XTRAC for 45 minutes before trying ST?
Will I only get gps connection on ST when outdoors?

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO REPLIED SO QUICKLY AND GAVE YOUR HELP AND ADVICE!!!: )

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