I recently got a Navmav Spin 100 which is actually the Navman 4400 receiver plus SmartST software. I seem to be able to pair successfully but I can not get tomtom 6 to talk to it, it just doesn't see the device ("no GPS device"). I have tried the SmartST software but can't install it as I need to transfer it over to mini-sd and it insists on checking the original sd card which I obviously can't plug in.
Anyone ever got this Navman 4400 to connect to an O2 XDS Mini-S or similar? I have flashed to WM6 but I don't think that should be a problem as I tried it on a friend's Vario unflashed and had the same problems.
gz5ztg said:
I recently got a Navmav Spin 100 which is actually the Navman 4400 receiver plus SmartST software. I seem to be able to pair successfully but I can not get tomtom 6 to talk to it, it just doesn't see the device ("no GPS device"). I have tried the SmartST software but can't install it as I need to transfer it over to mini-sd and it insists on checking the original sd card which I obviously can't plug in.
Anyone ever got this Navman 4400 to connect to an O2 XDS Mini-S or similar? I have flashed to WM6 but I don't think that should be a problem as I tried it on a friend's Vario unflashed and had the same problems.
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Did you try the GPS manager? The GPS needs to be on a COMM port, or example I set mine to Comm 6. GPS manager will then allow you to set a different comm for other programs to use it. For example, I set that comm to 7, so the GPS device is actually using 6, but the software is connecting to it via GPS manager on 7. You should already have GPS manager if your running WM6. It should be somewhere in your systems menus.
yes I did try that and I have tried various combinations, e.g. hardware on COM 7 and program on COM 9, it doesn't seem to make much difference. On one setup with hardware on COM 7 and getting tomtom to connect to a generic GPS bluetooth adapter on COM 7, bypassing the GPS manager it looks like the spinny circle turns 1/4 and swaps between no gps device and no gps signal.
In this scenario the blue flash LED stops flashing twice quickly onto a slower single flash, I think this means it is conencted?? it only does this for a short period of time though before going back to the double flashing.
im using a bt-gps(nokia) receiver and tom tom 6.
i set up a new partnership between the receiver and the phone via bluetooth first. then set up the bt-gps as an outgoing comm port (com6).
then restarted.......then installed tomtom6.......found and connect to com6 no problem.
I ended up getting a navicore really small unit (rebadged holux 240) and it worked first time. No idea why the navman wouldn't work.
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I'm just recently using tom tom for first time and TOM TOM tells me everytime that COM1 doesn't exist.
I'm able to downgrade back to plain old 2003 to try it , however I'd rather have a fix or work around before I do so....
any thoughts or experiences?
Hi,
This will happen if the GPS cable is not connected correctly. Disconnect the cable and reconnect then start TomTom. I get this now and then. Everytime i reconnect it works just fine. Also check within TomTom if it is configured to use COM1 via serial and not Bluetooth.
Cheers
Jay
Right, just been down to the car, everythings plugged in correctly, tried multiple soft resets but keep getting the message "cannot open COM1: Port Does not Exist"
I tried using the serial on USB option instead (just clutching at straws) and get no error messages, just GPS Position unreliable. As far as I can see TOM TOM knows something is being plugged in as the flashing disconnct icon dissapears when i plug in the GPS reciever.
Any further ideas? I want to try it having downgraded back to 2003 but I don't have any backup software apart from xBackup and I'm reall yfond of SE.
Solution to Com 1 problem
Hi,
Go to connections, and disable the IR search for other devices, and IR in total, then the COM 1 is released.
Took me quite some time to figure that out my selv when having the problem.
Cheers.
Esor
Missing COM1 Port
This happened to me too and I discovered that it was being caused by the IR Beam being on receive by default. This inhibits the use of COM1. Solution - Navigate through the System functions to find the IR Beam option. Disable that and this may solve your problem.
Cheers Hissing Syd, I was just about to try flashing my rom but this fixed the com1 issue, next to try it in the car..
MDA-Vario (T-Mobile) Pocket Wind. 2005
All,
I tried to install a Bluetooth-GPS-Antenna (Mod. Xaiox -Skysurf V3) - this seemed to be partially successful. The GPS-device was identified - but with a ?-Mark - so I don't know the status as such. Just 2 references were given - incoming-port COM6 and outgoing COM7.
Second I tried to activate the GPS-Antenna with the Navigon 5.1-Software - this program normally identiefies the GPS-Antenna automatically - didn't work. Optionally the user may define ports being scanned ond the MDA. There were only the ports
COM1(ser), COM2(Xpanel), COM3(IrCom), COM4(Infrared), COM8(Serial USB) an COM9(QDATA).
The ports 5, 6 an 7 are not listet and shown.
Finally I have not been able to install the application with GPS-support.
I would like to find out who has similar experiences and possibly found solutions to it.
Thanks in advance.
Prima
bluetoouth GPs antenna issue
hi,
I add a similar trouble with my niki100.
I just boot a niki100, with orange provider in france. I'm tryng to use a bluetouth gps antena.
both equipement (phone & antenna) are copled but when I'm launching the navigor software then the gps peripheric is shown. that it good but this is only during approximatively 10 seconds.
I checked all configurable possible, including the verification of the saving alimentation rule.
withou success, all is working well but onlyfor a very short period.
I tried the antenna with another pda, it is working well. all tests were done with success. I don't understand whynot with the niki.
I did a complementary test, I tried the niki with another gps antenna and it is working well too.
I conclud about a compability issue between my antenna and the niki. maybdo to the bluetooth version.
is it existing a .cab to update the bluetooth driver?
thank you.
after to have tried many rom and radio without success I finaly booth a new antenna buetooth v2.0
I will sale my old antenna to someone having a older phone.
I am trying to run tomtom 5 navigator on my xda1 (wallaby).
Although the program installs and runs okay, it will not connect to or see the attached gps device. I have tried a later spv1500 or similar to Xda2 and it sees the gps device straight away.The cradle i use was originally for a XDA!!i but an xda, xda II and a spv all share the same connection interface there, so shouldnt be a problem.
I read somewhere about changing the rom to a later windows 2003second edition, which i have succesfully done. The SPV and xdaII both have the above rom version, and both work okay on the cradle. Allthree devices also work okay and all connect using activesync on the PC cradle.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Askmeanother2
Have you disabled beam?
Stefan
Thank you Lumpistefan,
I have spent Hours/days trying to get this old girl working, and now in a space of two mins switching the beam off, its working great!!!
Thanks very much.
Andy
Thanks
omg thanks Stefan !
Spent 3-4 hrs and couldnt make it work, tought that gps not function properly, and how stupid I am, in searching for the solution found this answer but didnt realized that you are speaking about IRDA BEAM, tought that that is some satellite gps beam
But in the end, couple of hours later I ve realized which beam you mentioned
Thanks man !
Query on Tom Tom on Wallaby (xda 1)
This thread indicates that Blue Tooth can be enabled on XDA 1 Wallabys. I have not been successful in finding an SD Blue tooth adaptor for this model. Is there a conversion that is possible to convert SD to SDIO or is this Tom Tom an SD only GPS card?
no it dont it's about freeing a com port which the wired gps needs to work by disabling ir beam which takes hold of the same com port
no way i ever heard about can add bluetooth to wallabys
I've connected bluetooth GPS to 3125, seemed to be OK (it asked about pin and after that info about equipment beeing connected).
Unfortunatelly GPS software doesn't communicate with GPS equipment. It is searching for bluetooth GPS but doesn't find it. I tried to set connection (port, baud rate) manually but I don't know which COM port is assigned to bluetooth
Is there any way to check this on ?
P.S. I've installed WM6.1 standard by Erofich
try 6.1 pro
I found that bluetooth is using COM6.
The biggest problem was in finding properly working GPS software
hi bchrubas,
Which GPS software are you actually using on WM6.1 standard?
I tried WM6.1 pro for a while but found WM6.1 standard more handsome since I manly want to use my phone simply as a phone
Anyway I'm still missing a good GPS program for navigation which is not intended for touch screen devices.
For now I stucked with Sygic McGuider (http://www.sygic.com/)
It doesn't need touch screen and StarTrek (or At&T 3125) is on the list of compatibile devices. MCGuider runs on STK quite fairly, I didn't noticed any major errors, maybe if it was little faster? (I know that it is possible to overclock this phone but i'm not quite sure about it
Anyhow, I'm stiil searching for some simple GPS track loging software
I looked around a bit and on smartphone-freeware.com I found these two programs:
gpsVP
chtiGPS
both seem to be able to do the loging. And the first one might even be worth trying as a navigation software for me.
not bad, especially this gpsVP
if it really support Garmin format maps it could be very useful
Hi guys
could any one please be so kind as to help me with a problem im having.
i have a spv m5000 on orange which i have change the mother board over with a o2 exec mother board running windows mobile 6.1 seems to be working fine no issues however i have tried to pair both my gps units with it but to no avail, i have a Holox BT-541 and a navicore BT-GPS-32354D i have tried both of them and have same problem,
my xda see's them and adds them fine but when i try to connect to one in the xda it says unable to connect or wrong passkey i have used 0000 for holox which thats what it says in the holox pdf but have also tried 1234 but i think this is a com port problem i have tried all com ports some will go in ok but still cant connect to gps i also tried this "go into TomTom and use the NMEA devices with baud rate of 38400" this did not work, before i changed mother board i had these working fine on older tomtom and original spv m5000 mother board so i dont know if this is a win mobile 6.1 problem or not i see quite a few people with same problem but no solution that worked for me any way.
i have seen thred taking about pairing before tomtom installation but not sure that will fix my issue as i think i tried to pair before i installed any way.
has any one any ideas on this any help would be really appreciated this is getting to be a pain in the rear!.
also there is an icon in the system tab "external gps" can any one tell me the correct settings in there ie for program tab and hardware tab what com port and baud rate should be and whether the manage gps auto should be ticked
many Thanks in avance for any help you can give here.
Kind regards
Daz
Ok found solution,
after spending way too much time on this crap! I finally found the issue as I stated I thought
it was a mobile 6.1 issue and I was right, in mobile 6.1 they have added a external GPS shortcut
in system tab it is here the problem exists.
my problem was resolved by the following procedure.
On your XDA go to Start/Settings/Connections click on Bluetooth short then add new device once it has found it
enter passkey 0000 or whatever yours is once it has made the first connection then do the following,
1. Under "device tab" click on your unit and make sure the serial port is "UNCHECKED" disabled then click save.
2. Under "Mode tab" make sure (Turn on blue tooth) and (Make this device visible to other devices) are "CHECKED" enable them.
3. Under "COM ports" select a port, I chose 0 don't think it matters but if so chose another but remember what one you choose.
4. Under "Security tab" Authentication (passkey) required "CHECK" enable it click ok to come out of Bluetooth.
5. Under "System tab" click on "External GPS short cut.
6 Under "Programs tab" select (None) for GPS program port.
7. Under "Hardware tab" select port 0 or same as you gave your Bluetooth com port and issue the "Baud rate" 115200 or lower rate.
8. Under "Access tab" Manage GPS automatically (recommended) "CHECK" enable
9. Finally check your xda is blinking a blue light and turn on your tom-tom software it should now pick it up, all done.
Final note it seems that Microsoft have made one more buggy operating system, no change there then LOL
and as a result you can't seem to use the blue tooth pairing process as intended so this is a working work around
one more thing there is a 2nd bug found and that is when you turn off your GPS unit and try to use your xda you might
find that your last page froze up here you will have to mess around with it i.e. try turning off your tom-tom software first
and then your GPS, Thanks to bill gates for yet another windows operating system that doesn't work as advertised.
Well we had Hendrix king of rock, Marley king of reggae, Elvis king of rock'n'role then there's you bill gates king of crap!
Long live the king!!!!! LOVL
A big thank you goes' out markanthonypr on xda-developers for pointing this out, nice one m8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-476940.html
hope this comes in handy for others "knowledge is the real king give it freely"
regards to all
Muzz