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Garmin e-Trex GPS -> XDA

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has successfully hooked up a Garmin E-Trex to an XDA. It should be possible using the serial connector from both (null-modem!?!). If so what software was being used on the XDA.
Cheers
Jeff

Garmin eTrex - XDA
The eTrex and XDA make a great combination even with Pocket Streets: the eTrex gives you the vector to your destination and the XDA shows you where you are on the map at zilch cost. The draw back is that you can find your target destination on PStreets but there doesn't seem to be a way of extracting the coordinates to feed into your eTrex.
So I got the TomTom Citymap of London to try that out and after a poor user experience when the supplied gps driver locked the XDA up and I had to download another, plus no explanations of various 2.06 driver features plus finding that parts of the M25 London orbital were chopped off, I have the best of both worlds. It only cost me 10UKP.
Oh yes, connections. You can buy a TomTom power/gps cable for the XDA that is meant to take the TomTom gps mouse via a 4 connector phone type socket. So all you have to do is come up with a 4 connector phone type plug leading off to you eTrex. If you have the eTrex car cable for power and RS232, which you might want to use with a laptop, you will not want to cut this. So get a cheap RS232 cable and chop the appropriate end off for your phone type connection. Marry everything up, ignore the wife's complaints about wires and delayed departures while you fiddle with the eTrex and XDA, and you are off.
The TomTom cable phone socket housing can be taken apart briefly to check which are the Common, TX and Rx wires, and the tiny circuit board even tells you which is which. If you want I can give you the pin outs but at the risk of misinterpretation.

Etrex GPS
Managed to get it to work with Navigator and am well impressed.
Got a cable from http://pc-mobile.net/gps.htm. However had a few problems to start off with. The XDA ground to a halt (I have updated the ROM to the latest O2 release and apprently TomTom 1.4 has a problem with later version). Updated TomTom to 1.51 and still no joy. Change the interface from Garmin to IMEA 4800 baud on both GPS and TomTom and had a great weekend driving up and down the motorway and country roads in Derbyshire.
Jeff

Jeff,
Cool, isn't it! Perhaps you can enlighten me about Navigator. Not knowing much about TomTom I rather expected voice prompts on the citymap thingy I downloaded. Question: what do you have to do to get the voice prompts invoked (spend more money probably) and can you hear them from the XDA? :?:
Ken

Navigator Talking
I have Navigator 1.51 installed (downloaded from Tom Tom site) only you need at least a previous version as otherwise there are no maps.
When you do a route plan (rather than just have it in map mode), it does the "300 yards turn right......turn right.....find the next convenient place and turn round"
Not sure what happens with previous versions as I had 1.4ish on before and that interfered with Windows as I had upgraded PPC2002 to a newer version and it odesn't like that too well.
Cheers
Jeff

Hi guys, do you know if the connector for the Garmin Geko 201 is the same as the Etrex? I was looking at buying the Geko and the cable from the site listed above but they don't say specifically for the Geko. I put an email question in to the cable guys but you never know how long it will take to get an answer. It's definitely a flat connector and not a round pin type. Thanks - Jim

Hi,
I've bought a Fortuna U2 GPS receiver with an O2 XDA lead.
I've downloaded some software (GPSeasyCE), but when I try and connect to the GPS unit, I get "unable to open COM1".
Any suggestoins please?
I have tuned my keyboard driver to IR & serial, and I think I'm using the correct com port settings (4800bps, NMEA 0183).
I'd really like to just check that the hardware is working.
Can I download some free demo software that will do that?
What's best?
Thanks in advance, for any help anyone can offer,
Muddy

You have to turn off the IR port.
Muddy said:
Hi,
I've bought a Fortuna U2 GPS receiver with an O2 XDA lead.
I've downloaded some software (GPSeasyCE), but when I try and connect to the GPS unit, I get "unable to open COM1".
Any suggestoins please?
I have tuned my keyboard driver to IR & serial, and I think I'm using the correct com port settings (4800bps, NMEA 0183).
I'd really like to just check that the hardware is working.
Can I download some free demo software that will do that?
What's best?
Thanks in advance, for any help anyone can offer,
Muddy
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disable your infra red port under setting, connections/beam, it will then work. A point about cables to work with gps, if you get a serial xda cable, and you also have a pc serial cable that links to your gps, all you need to do is get a 9 pin male to 9 pin male null modem adaptor, or make one, you need to join pin 2 on one to pin 3 on the other, pin 3 to pin 2 and pin 5 to pin 5, plug your xda lead one end, gps lead the other, and away you go.

GPS software for Digitraveler/Wi Fi

I recently purchased and modified an old RS Digitraveler and modified it for my MDA with the instructions here. Works great ... Thanks to Yorch and Cellfreak. Now I am wondering if anyone tried a better mapping software that will go with it. I would be very interested especially in creating my own maps for countries outside US for travels.
Also does anyone have a solution for SD 802.11b network card without SDIO port maybe using the usb connection etc on the craddle connector?
Cheers.
HB

I have attempted many direct cable and USB W-Fi solutions ( with Wireless Acess points from CISCO, Lynksis and others).
The biggest challenge is finding a unit that is self powered( does not draw power from the USB port itself) and for the device to recognize it.
I managed to get the device to recognize a WAP connected to a powered USB hub...but it was tricky and it defies the purpose of wireless connectivity because it is plugged in...
I open to ideas...
There is a thread called WIFI for the XDA with more details.

Qtek 2020i - cannot use cable connection

Hi, I have a Qtek 2020i, and, for a few months, the cable connection into the device has been broken so I cannot connect it via USB.
I have tried various methods of connecting via bluetooth and wifi and none appear to work. I charge the battery (and the spare I keep), in the spare battery slot on the cradle.
Recently, I was out all day using the device heavily and both my batteries expired. As I had to recharge both batteries, the device was left unpowered for some time, and has now completely reset.
My problem is that I need to restore many of the programmes I had on the machine, but cannot do so via PC connection. I have found cab files for some programmes, and have been able to re-install these by copying the cab files onto an SD memory card. I cannot find cab files for some of the programmes I need, however. I am particularly missing Real Player for Pocket PC.
Could somebody please point me towards sources of cab files, or, alternatively, give me some tips for syncing via bluetooth or wifi. Many thanks.

Answering my own question
I have now found the Real Player cab file on the Internet.
Could do with some answers to the other questions, though

Activesync Problem (Tytn2)

When i connect my device to usb, nothing happens.
I looked up the forum for solutions, but was unable to find them.
It shows nothing in network connections, nothing in device manager, en activesyc shows nothing at all.
I tried the following:
- Other USB cable/port
- Reinstall activesync or use older version.
- Uncheked advanced networking in my device.
- Turned off firewall
I cant think of any other solutions at this time, maybe someone can help me.
(sorry for my bad English, i'm Dutch)

Ciao,
did you try to remove your older connection from your telephone? I mean programs -> system tools -> activesync -> menu -> options -> delete existing connections.
This works for me whenever i have some connection problems.

No luck =(
Still the same

No one has any idea?

Reboot the PC. Make sure you check Device Manager for any issues. Maybe disconnect all USB peripherals and then try the phone first. Did you try a different machine (PC)?

kimtyson said:
Reboot the PC. Make sure you check Device Manager for any issues. Maybe disconnect all USB peripherals and then try the phone first. Did you try a different machine (PC)?
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yes, i tried 3 machines.
But the problem is, the devices is reconized by none of them

What is the operating system of your pc´s
Windows XP sp3???
If so there are some issues that relates to sp3 but i dont know any resolution for it thou.

Nope, fully updated SP2

The HTC proprietary extUSB connector on the bottom of the TyTN II has been known to fail in a few cases (if you search in this forum there are many posts about it). When you plug in the charger or wired headphones do these work fully? Does your battery charge when connected to a PCs USB port? Not that these are 100% foolproof tests because different pins are used for the USB signal connection. What changes did you make or incidents occurred before this problem occurred e.g. started using a different charging cradle etc? Have you inspected the connector for damage and tried the original HTC cable?

Flying Kiwi said:
The HTC proprietary extUSB connector on the bottom of the TyTN II has been known to fail in a few cases (if you search in this forum there are many posts about it). When you plug in the charger or wired headphones do these work fully? Does your battery charge when connected to a PCs USB port? Not that these are 100% foolproof tests because different pins are used for the USB signal connection. What changes did you make or incidents occurred before this problem occurred e.g. started using a different charging cradle etc? Have you inspected the connector for damage and tried the original HTC cable?
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The battery still charges via USB (via my pc), i used a charger in my car.
This is a USBport in the car, difficult to explain.
http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/L10369942.jpg
I can't tell you of my headphone works, because i lost it.
I can't dectect any damage to my USB port.

Update:
I've been looking at my USB port on mt PDA, and did a little bending, now when i connect my device, the screen flips to horizontal view.
So i guess the problem has to do with the USB connector after all.
Upd: OMG :O it keeps flipping from horizontal to vertical, even when it's not plugged in.

addict1337 said:
i used a charger in my car.
This is a USBport in the car, difficult to explain.
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Be careful about using just any old car charger system. If you search this forum you'll see that there was one model which could damage the TyTN II due to overloading the UBS port on it (something to do with reverse flow under periods of heavy electrical load). I believe that model was subsequently modified to prevent this problem but it doesn't mean other car chargers with the same affliction wont arrive on the scene. Maybe it's time to hard reset the device and if it still plays up, return it to the supplier for a warranty claim.

Flying Kiwi said:
Be careful about using just any old car charger system. If you search this forum you'll see that there was one model which could damage the TyTN II due to overloading the UBS port on it (something to do with reverse flow under periods of heavy electrical load). I believe that model was subsequently modified to prevent this problem but it doesn't mean other car chargers with the same affliction wont arrive on the scene. Maybe it's time to hard reset the device and if it still plays up, return it to the supplier for a warranty claim.
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=(
I have insurance on my phone.
Maybe i'll contact them then.
Thanks for the help!

Tytn II charging and usb problem?

Hi guys,
i have one very strange problem regarding TYTN II. It is almost new device, barely used but following things are happening:
1. Can not be charged while it is switched ON. In order to charge the battery i have to turn device OFF and than to connect it to the charger. Red light is instantly on and charging.
2. While it is ON and i connect it to the PC using USB cable, it is not recognized from operating system (it is not charging as well, it will charge though if i switch it OFF, same as with charger)
I can connect to my Tytn II using bluetooth and i have some questions.
Can i do HARDSPL 7 while conected to Tytn II via Bluetooth?
I want to upgrade my ROM using upgrade from SD card because obviously upgrade can not be performed using USB cable.
I did hard reset before i put this issue on the forum, can this be caused by the software or only hardware?
Thanks for input.
Jeremija

Check the settings->System->power. check whether the option "When device is turned on,do not charge the battery when connected to the pc" is selected. if so unselect it.

Already did that before first post, that option is not selected.
It is not only charging but TYTN II is not recognized while connected to the computer via usb cable.
this tytn ii is getting charged only and only if it is switched OFF, source can be computer or original charger.
I can get connected via bluetooth for data and my other question is if i can do HARDSPL 7 through bluetooth conection?
thanks.

jeremija_de_niro said:
Already did that before first post, that option is not selected.
It is not only charging but TYTN II is not recognized while connected to the computer via usb cable.
this tytn ii is getting charged only and only if it is switched OFF, source can be computer or original charger.
I can get connected via bluetooth for data and my other question is if i can do HARDSPL 7 through bluetooth conection?
thanks.
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If its vista system then you probably need to disable the advanced USb functionality and try again.
To your next question, i havent seen anything till now that talks about flashing through bluetooth.

it is happening on both, vista and xp.
that is interesting question actually. Did anyone tried to flash over bluetooth connection, without using cable?
I would certainly prefer to use cable but my tytn ii does not get recognized when connected with the cable.
thanks

What have you done on the PCs to prepare them first?
Have you installed the software in the box on your PC before connecting the USB cable (Activesync 4.5) for Win XP desktops or the latest Windows Mobile Device Centre for Windows Vista? You need these before it'll connect/sync even though it's possible to use bluetooth without it.

Yes, on XP is installed Active Sync 4.5 and on vista i am using is latest Windows mobile device center.

Did you try disabling Advanced Network Functionality on the phone?
So other than trying what was already suggested and disabling Advanced Network functionality on the phone, I think it's time to call your countries HTC Support people.
FWIW whether or not you can use Advanced Networking Functionality is determined by the capability of the USB ports on your desktop PC. When I first got my TyTN II I couldn't get it to connect/sync at all and through trial and experimentation I came across the disable advanced networking workaround. Even with it disabled though I still found my Activesync connections to be unreliable and subject to frequent disconnections. I was using the native (and old as the hills) Via Appolo Pro USB 1.1 ports on my motherboard. I decided to upgrade to USB 2.0 so installed a quality NEC chipped PCI USB 2.0 adapter card. That means I now can use Enhanced Networking Functionality and I have not had an Activesync connection fail since. It was well woth the £9 it cost me for the card.

Everything is clear, thank you very much for your replies and advices. I`ll try to find HTC authorized service and let them judge
Thanks once again.
Jeremija

Is WiFi on?
My Vodafone v1615 (Kaiser) will not connect over USB if WiFi is enabled. No connection problem when WiFi is disabled via Comm Manager. Suggest you try this.

I tried everything i could think of, with or without sim card, with flight mode on, with GSM on but wireless off, name combination i tried it. Gave the phone to the friend who has exactly same model to try with his battery and if that does not work than i`m out of ideas except to send it for service.
I also noticed that if i leave phone on charger and OFF, red light lit for charging.
It can sit on charger for 24 hours but light does not change color to green (Full battery) but remains red.
I believe there is a problem either with battery or some component which is tightly connected to the usb socket/battery.
Will post results on monday/tuesday when i get my phone back.
Thanks everyone for input.
Jeremija

Same Problem
Just so you know i have EXACTLEY the same problem as you Jeremija... i have NO idea what is Causing it have you had any glory yet??
Kindest
Ben

Same problem as well
I just got my phone yesterday, and it had the same problem out of the box
it will not charge unless it's completely off, and it will not sync through a usb cable, when i connect it through USB it just keeps restarting, If anyone can come up with a solution short of returning my brand new phone back to the factory I would greatly appreciate it

USB charge & sync problem
What you have with your phones must be a hardware defect. I have the exact same problem with my Tytn II, but I know how it happened -- out of full stupidity. While at work, I connected it to a mini USB plug to charge, however to my surprise I found out that it was not 5v but 12v. I bought two external chargers and two extra batteries and I've been carrying around a pair of charged batteries since then. To be honest, because the phone notoriously drains the batteries very quickly having spare batteries is more practical than pluging it in and waiting for it to charge.