I have recently "upgraded" from xdaII to xdaIIs and I'm having a few problems. I have upgraded the BT stack to 3500 but I still can seem to connect to my tomtom gps. Device sees it but tomtom 3 cant. I'm completely confused by the connection wizard- none of the profiles seems to fit gps. I also dont seem to be able to send or receive files from my old xdaII. What am I doing wrong?
I'm also a little confused about roms. Do I need to upgrade my rom? Is there a simple way avoiding anything too technical (I've read about "country codes" and other wierd stuff). My current config is:
ROM: 1.12.62
Radio: 1.02.00
Protocol: 1337.32
ExtROM: 1.12.178
Could someone please help! I only have a few days to decide if I want to keep it or stick with my xdaII...
Gps's use the serial profile to transmit the data over - its like a virtual serial connection - so you need to tell tomtom to look on a com port AFAIK,.
For eample in my Tomtom list of connections there is one called 'BT on Com6, ' which is the bluetooth comport on my unit.
But there are also listed more com ports...
Com5
Com4
Bluetooth Serial port Com7
The XDA only actually has 1 com port (com1) so any other are virtual ports created by various software, you just need to find out which one is the one for the GPS...
So in "tomtom gps v3.07" I go to the gps tab and by default its set to infrared port. I change to "BT on com6" and click OK. When I restart the program it always resets to "infrared port" even if I try a different port. Really am stuck- never had any problems with my xdaII- just put in BT port and it picked it up automatically...
The problem is it's not always the same com port for different devices - firstly does your unit have the widcoom stack version of are you on the microsoft stack..
Whichever you have you need to find where the BT com port is configured..
On my widcomm i go to 'bluetooth setting' ; 'services' ; "serial port'; 'advanced'
in there it says...
inbound com port : 6
outbound com port : 7
so the incoming com port on my bluetooth is 6 hence the 'BT com port on 6' listed in my tomtom gps.
so you need to find your BLuetooth com port and find out which com port number it is set to. Not sure as to why tomtom gps does not save your settings, the only thing I can think of is becuase it never gets a valid signal from the comport select, and does not save the change unless it does.
Also: I assume the gps unti has a pairing with your XDA unit?
So does the widcom stack work on the xdaIIs? If so where can get it?
Sorry: I cannot be certiain the widcomm works with the IIs, but is can be downloaded from this site if you are willling to try, just do a search oin widcoom, and you will find a lot of entries...
For the MS BT stack; look under start, settings,System tab. There is a icon labeleld Bluetooth settings in there you can see/set the com ports for the bluetooth link. they also need to be enabled witch a check box before they will work...
So on "bluetooth seetings" serial port/advanced I have inbound COM port 5 and Outbound COM port 6. Below it says "Default device for outgoing serial connections: TomTom Wireless GPS. Display the device selection screen the next time an outgoing serial connection is attempted" next to a ticked box. I have tried bt com 5 and 6 in the gps settings and it wont save or recognise either. I can, however, pair and connect to the device in my BT manager but Tomtom doesnt recognise it...
Hmmm - all sound ok to me but I currently use a wired GPS, so I have not actually done it. I'm afraid I'm as stuk as you are now...
Sorry bro- I have sorted this now. Thanks...
For me, I just selected Comm 5 from the GPS status drop down and it works like magic!
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I want to connect my Garmin Geko GPS to my PocketPC Phone Edition. It seems that regardless of what I do there's no receiving any data. It's only a three wire interface, so how hard can it be? The Geko puts out a NMEA format at 4800 baud, that's what the Pocket Streets application wants.
Q1: The Pocket Streets GPS Configuration screen shows that I have available COM2, COM3, COM8 and COM9. I thought I saw a COM1 in there before, but right now this is the list I see. Which COM port is wired to the connector?
Q2: I've heard that I may need to disable IR, a keyboard driver, or ??? to get this to accept input. Help out a newbie and tell me exactly how to turn off these features (it's not obvious to me).
Q3: I've loaded ZTerm on the PocketPC Phone Edition and used a serial cable to type back and forth with Hyperterminal on my XP system. This even down to 4800 baud. So I know it's possible to exchange data via serial port. Since it's only a three wire interface from the GPS, I've connected the Tx,Rx, and Gnd to the phone, but no data to the application or to ZTerm. I've tried tying the CTS, RTS and DSR lines together on the phone and made sure there was no handshaking, but still no data to ZTerm (or Pocket Streets). Wuzzup with this?
Thanks in advance! Bewildered with some cool toys :?
Ok I had a similar problem with TomTom.
Ok to disable IR go to Start/Settings the do to the connections.
Select Beam there should be a tick box labelled Receive all incoming beams.
Then go to pocket streets start it up and you should be able to select com1
Hope this helps, Just for information if the received all incoming beams is selected then it acts as your comm1, until this is de-selected you cant talk use the seial port on your bottom connecter.
I can't seem to connect my Bluetooth GPS reciever to my BA with WM5 on, I can pair the device, but thats about it. Tomtom 5 can't see it and I can't see any way of manually connecting it to the GPS device?
Any ideas ?
Have you looked at my piece in the WM5 Wiki?
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Have you looked at my piece in the WM5 Wiki?
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Took a bit of finding but I followed instructions, installed Tomtom, paired the GPS, set the COM ports.
When I went into Tomtom setup the port (Com 7) was not in the list of available ports.
I have BT UART, COM2: Serial Cable on COM1: COM9: Ir on COM 3
but no COM 7, any ideas ??
This has been reported on a few PPCs here. I know somebody made a very small app that makes available the port you want to. You may try to search for that.
Does anyone know what this small app is called??
Hi all
Just upgraded to Helmi_WM2k5_AKU3.2_32mb_v1.3.2_16mb_bitpool_32mbRamdisk
My new config is now
P H 2 0 B W W E 5.0 4.0 6. 1.3 1.15.00 4
I have got the Phone, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth all working and can see my GlobalSat BT-388 and its Serial interface. But when I try and make a new outgoing or incoming port on com6, I get and error: "The COM port could not be created. Please check settings and try again" - COM7 an 8 work but cant get tomtom to see those ones.
I have soft reset the device and still no luck - Anyone know what I may try to fix as I am trying to pair for tomtom 5.21.
BTW - Hemi fantastic - keep up the good work.
Hi,
have the same problem here, TomTom 5.21 on Helmi AKU26. Bluetooth COM-Port doesnt show up, also some other applications that enumerate the COM Ports dont show it either.
My workaround is to use the GPS Multiplexer from OS (Settings->Connections->GPS). In AKU26 i set up Bluetooth to COM7, set Microsoft GPS to look at that Port with 33600 and set COM5 as new Multiplexer Output Port. Device 10 Seconds of, Softreset and than detected at least TomTom that COM5 and worked.
Thanks MCSchermer....
found the GPS config under the connections section. WM2003SE never had this. Changed the GPS program port to another COM port and then was able to changed the hardware port to com6.
TOMTOM now up and running.
Excellent... now able to drive across town again.
Thanks mate
I don't see the word "activesync" on the services list on my device, I only see "serial port" what could be wrong? I tried re-connecting again and again, made an incoming connection on the comport and assigned the comport number in Activesync and still it won't work. The last time I did these procedures, everything seems working fine. What could be wrong?
Any solution? Bump.
I did read the thread here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=331394 ) and tried everything there but just can not get the Activesync service to show up on my Tilt. Funny thing is it was working before I tried to get Bluetooth PAN working.
By the way, AT&T branded device, Toshiba BT stack on Win XP SP2.\
FINALLY SOLVED:
-In control panels Bluetooth Local COM
-Removed COM6
-Added COM6 as Bluetooth virtual COM port for a SERVER
Then finally Activesync service showed up and all was a breeze from there.
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I don't see the word "activesync" on the services list on my device, I only see "serial port" what could be wrong? I tried re-connecting again and again, made an incoming connection on the comport and assigned the comport number in Activesync and still it won't work. The last time I did these procedures, everything seems working fine. What could be wrong?
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had the same problem. hee is, what worked for me: delete all pairing from device and PC. connect to pc with USB and install the Kaiser as modem. in active sync - connections - select the right USB serial port. after this it worked for me
tried both solutions above , but cant get the activesync service on my device :S
FINALLY SOLVED:
-In control panels Bluetooth Local COM
-Removed COM6
-Added COM6 as Bluetooth virtual COM port for a SERVER
Can you explain this? Are those settins on the device? or pc?
thnx
yeah, a little more details would be nice. I can see the Bluetooth Local COM in the device manager but how do i install the virtual one?
problem solved here
- reinstalled activesync!!!!!
- added bluetooth paired device on ppc with my laptop
- in bluetooth settings on the laptop i added an incoming port , laptop added port 11 automaticly
- in active sync in connection settings, i said , use port 11 for incoming connections
- on pda i refreshed the services of the paired laptop , serial port service became activesync service!!
problem solved for me
If people are still having the problem (as I was using a Widcomm based BT adapter) you should go check out the registry entry at \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\ActiveSync. If you've deleted all the pairings and you still see a folder in there with some numbers, open it up and check the value of RasEntry. If it says the name of any device that you've paired your phone with, go back out to the ActiveSync folder (one level up) and delete that folder. Then re-pair and set up the serial port on your local computer to be the same as the one that ActiveSync (on your desktop) allows connections from in the Connection Settings preferences.
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If people are still having the problem (as I was using a Widcomm based BT adapter) you should go check out the registry entry at \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\ActiveSync. If you've deleted all the pairings and you still see a folder in there with some numbers, open it up and check the value of RasEntry. If it says the name of any device that you've paired your phone with, go back out to the ActiveSync folder (one level up) and delete that folder. Then re-pair and set up the serial port on your local computer to be the same as the one that ActiveSync (on your desktop) allows connections from in the Connection Settings preferences.
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Tried that, but that didn't help. I have a Anycom USB-200 Widcomm based bluetooth dongle and a O2 XDA Neo (aka HTC Prophet) with Prophet Touch IX WM6 installed and I'm using Active Sync 4.5. It worked for me with WM5 before a while ago. I don't remember what I did differently that time.
Using Belkin BT adapter and Kasier branded Wm6 ROM worked fine, no issues (XP Pro SP3)
Since doing the 6.1 HTC branded ROM, the phone has been great but I cannot get the ActivSync working on BT! Cable is fine, when I select the PC from the Kasier it does not offer Activsync as a service, only Serial and Network I think.
Really want to get this going again, any ideas?
james
If you see "serial" it means that the probem is on the PC side, and ActiveSync is not set to use the PC's incoming serial port.
When this is correct, you won't see serial naymore but will have activesync instead.
In your BT settings on the PC, check what COM port is assigned to your serial profile. Choose that COM port in AS and it should work.
Afraid i have tried that using COM3 and COM5, they are listed as BT com ports and have set one of them within the BT Config and then AS.
I noticed when I pair the devices, the phone always shows an error like wrong code, then asks again and accepts code.
It does seem to be the pc, i tried a network which has toshiba BT stack and it asked for the pin to confirm pairing which my main pc does not. it seems to kick the pda off. just downloading later drivers and reinstalling it. Should I be using the Belkin stack?