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Tom Tom Nav 2 and the XDA 2

Hi Chaps
Great web site !! I wonder if any body can help.I have Tom Tom Nav 2 and have just picked up a GPS receiver from ebay with a dual power/data cable. I pluged in both XDA and res and it seems to power up the receiver OK. I started Nav application tried to set up receiver with no luck...I have tried most settings .ie Serial on Com 1 this comes back with no Com 1, USB on serial etc..it still cannot see the receiver.
The receiver came with no instuctions..it could ge a Mitec (Blue small mouse like)
Could anybody Help
Thanks David

Assuming the receiver has the correct XDA cable and you have the GPS connected to a 12v power source, untick 'Receive all incoming beams' in Start | Settings - Connections/Beam.
You should then be able to configure COM1 in TTNav. Use 'NMEA 0183v2 4800' as the Port Speed.

Once you have unchecked the recive beams box you will find that choosing tomtom gps on com 1 will work for most gps mouse that run 4800 nmea.

Thank you to both for the help. The sat nav is working GREAT!!
Thank you again
David

thanks guys, i had the same problem and now satnav works perfectly!!

Bluetooth problems from a newbie

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!

GPS Reveiver issues

Hi All
Thanks for creating such a great site - its become a total lifeline for me with my XDA.
I need some help on setting up my sat nav. I have Tom Tom 5 put on a 1gig SD card, and I'm using a fortuna GPS U2 receiver which has a USB connector one end, a connector to the PDA in the middle and a PS2 connector to the GPS antenna on the other end.
Been trying to configure it in Tom Tom, I know I need to set the baud rate to 4800 as per fortuna's website, but does anyone know what I should tell the system the GPS is connected to? I have a number of options:
Com9
Serial Cable on Com 1
Serial on USB
Infared Port
Serial cable on Com 2.
I've sat out in the car an played around but can't get it to pick up a signal and I'm ondering whether its me setting it up wrong that isn't helping.
Please...can anyone help me?
Simon

try this
on your phone go into settings then connections then beam and untick beam then in tomtom go into change preferences then show gps status then into configure select other gps receiver then select com1 try this if you search wallaby forum there is lots of post on this
jay

try this
on your phone go into settings then connections then beam and untick beam then in tomtom go into change preferences then show gps status then into configure select other gps receiver then select com1 try this if you search wallaby forum there is lots of post on this some of these cables don't work i got one off ebay said it would work but never had to change the wiring look at thishttp://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Connectors
jay

Thanks Jay - after lots of swearing and soldering I have now reassigned the pins and so far all seems well. The only thing I'm not getting at the moment is audio out of the speaker - however I do get audio when the headset is connected. Does anyone have any ideas?

audio
turn the audio on in tomtom its in the settings

tom tom not geting gps signal in c_shekhar

i have tom tom 6.000 and gps driver v1.20 but its show GPS signal not found or no gps signal in my spv 1000 can any one help me how it will work in c_shekhar"s Rom

tomtom
Hello you must make a com 5 for it to work and then go to tomtom and give it in by the gps settings.

hello
can you explain me more please ?how to do it ?

This is from the wiki, so in future, have a look at it first. I say this because your problem could have been solved much earlier had you read it. It will save you time. If you can't find answers there though, then please do come and ask us.
Tom Tom 6/Garmin/GPS Software seems to restart my Himalaya when looking for my external bluetooth connection?
Pair your bluetooth GPS device with your Himalaya first. After this, make sure to choose the advanced option which will give you the choice of choosing the serial connection and then which port you want to use. I always choose Com 5 as this seems to work fastest, most stable etc. After this, you then leave bluetooth on and in discoverable mode. After this, load up your software. The correct com port should then appear in the list of possible com ports for you to choose from (Com 5). After that, all should be well with the world. The reset seems to be caused when your Himalaya looks for an external bluetooth GPS device on the incorrect com port.

S730- EXTERNAL GPS Setting, help me

Hi,
I've a S730. I'd like to use an external GPS.
The GPS is a Holux GPSlìm. This Morning I try to use it with My S730 and it work
(I used GPSTest 1.4). But with TomTom don't work because my version need port Com2 or Com3 only.
So I've used an external tool to setup gps setting to set Program Port, Hardware Port, Hardware Port Baud Rate.
But now it no longer works even with GPSTEst.
I try to set
Program Port <-COM2
Hardware Port<- COM4
HardwarePortBaudRade<-4800
with Manage Automaticaly setted...
but it not work.
Whar are the correct settings ?
Thanks in andvance and forgive me for my bad english!