Problems with TomTom, Holux GPSlim 236 and Orange M3100

nickb23 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 25

Hi all,

I have just got an Orange M3100, which I am upgrading from a Qtek S110. I have the latest TomTom 5 which worked wonderfully with my Qtek S110, and I had no problems with partnering my Holux GPSlim 236. It worked great.
No that I have got my M3100, TomTom turned out to be a bit of a chore to install. It did not install from the autostart, and I had to install the cab files individually. So I have it on there now. I then went to Partner the GPSlim with the phone. It was fine, and I put in 0000, and then it asked me to "select services to use from this device". The only option that comes up is "serial Port". I thought I would leave this for the moment. I then went into to TomTom to configure the GPslim. I go to the specify GPS hardware, click on Other Bluetooth GPS, and am hen given the following options:
Com 3
Com 7
RIL on Com 6
S2410 IRDA

I am sure I have tried every option of these, with and without Serial Port ticked. It just does not want to work.
Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

I also did a quick speed test of both the S110 and the M3100 using advanced planning from London City Centre to Liverpool City Centre. Here are the results:

S110: 15 seconds
M3100: 31 seconds

Now this to me seems very very odd. I thought that the m3100 would be the same if not a bit quicker. Not twice as slow!!! Could this be down to the fact it is running on windows mobile 5? The memory card in the m3100 is a sandisk micro sd, and the one in the s110 is a ebuyer budget one

thanks all

ketekangax · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 1

Hi.

I've got a Holux GPSlim 236 and Tomtom Navigator 5.

Try selecting Other NMEA GPS, speed 19200, and "Bluetooth Serial Port on COM n". In my particular case, I can choose between COM 5 and COM 8, and I don't really know which one I chose. Anyway, one of those two should work.

Hope this helps.

Bye.

davast · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject:

nickb23 - try this link http://www.4winmobile.com/vario-2-bluetooth-why-is-it-so-infuriating-vt3258.html

you do need to make your device "discoverable" and select "serial port", then set to comm 0.

I have an mda vario2, the t-mobile version. If you follow the instructions it should work.

alix776 · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject:

go to the bt manager on the device and go to the the comports tab then select the gps now select new outgoing comport. select either com 4 or com8 then finish

close the coms manager and now start tomtom select other bt gps and you now be able to select either com 4 or com8 which ever on you put the gps to

use other bt gps is you have 5.21
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ichilton · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2004 Posts: 142

Hi,

Please could you confirm you have TomTom Navigator 5 running on the M3100?

I tried it on one last night and it crashed out of the install.

What did you do to get it working?

Thanks

Ian

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