Destinator with tom tom BT gps

stoneman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 21

I have a Tom Tom BT gps receiver and i am trying to run destinator 3 software but it won't work.

Through the destinator software i slect gps settings but when i search i get the salt shaker and nothing happens.

My outbound com port is com 5 and i've tried different baud rates and still wont find the gps.

I kept on getting lock ups with tom tom so i thought i'd try my Dad's destinator instead.

Not much luck with this sat nav lark.

I am using a XDA II

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:

If TomTom is still installed then it locks the BT Com Port for its own exclusive use.

To resolve uninstall 'TomTom~GPS' in 'Remove Programs'. This won't affect TomTom but will allow other apps to see the BT Com Port.
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stoneman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 21

I have removed Tom Tom~gps from my system but to no avail

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

What ROM Version are you running on the XDAII? 1.72 is the latest which fixes numerous BT Issues.
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stoneman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 21

Rom Version 1.72
Rom date 03/15/04

stoneman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 21

managed to solve the problem by loading a program called bttools found the satellites straight away.

Destinator now running.

Tango · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 6

Hi Darren,

I have just bought an XDA II from a friend, I know the ROM version is not the latest V1.72.

Where can I download the latest file?

Thanks,

Iain

Darren · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

The latest update including the v1.72 Rom can be found at O2's XDA Microsite:

http://www.my-xda.com/xda2_soft.html
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Tango · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 6

Thanks Darren,

I'll download today!

Sorry to be a continued pain, but I'm about to purchase Destinator 3.0.75 for my XDA II and am looking for a compatable BT GPS Receiver. Can you recommend one?

Would the Globalsat BT338 or Royaltek Blue GPS Mini RBT-1000 fit the bill?

Thanks again.

Darren · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:

Firstly where are you located, which country?

Secondly may I ask why you have decided to go with Destinator?

Re. the BT GPS, the Globalat BT338 is a superb receiver, that would eb my choice.
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Tango · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 6

Hi Darren,

Sorry, I should have given you all the details to allow you to advise me correctly.

I currently live in the UK but am about to emigrare to Perth Australia.

After a fair bit of research on this and Ozi GPS websites I concluded that Destinator, Copilot or Navman SmartST were systems that had good map support in Australia.

Thanks in anticipation of your continued help.

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