i´m trying to connect a rs232 gps in my XD2 ( rom 1.72). But as soo n as the pda receive data from the external serial port, the PDA "gets crazy" (dial application appears, there are some sounds, ....) it is like the pda thinks that an external keyboard with crazy data is attached. After a full reset, the same problem. I do not have an external keyborad or drivers , etc. I turn IR off, radio off, the same problem. The GPS application is able to receive data but the "dial application" always appears ...
OI´connecting only RX,TX and GND, as explained in the "connector" page in this web.
The fatc is that as soon as the serial port receive data, the pda gets "crazy".
Any idea?
solved !
I was using pin 2 for GND, but if I use other GND pin , work with no problem. Conclusion is that pin 2 is a reference not valid for rs232 port. Hope can help !
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I have purchased a Polstar Gmouse GPS with XDA serial and power cable. The GPS seems to be powered up but the software on the XDa says it does not recognise a connection. All possible com port settings and speeds have been tried. My first question is Has any one connected a gps device through an XDa o2 serial / sync connector succesfully ?
My second question are there any settings in the windows software to control the serial connection to plug in devices ?
I am about to return the GPS products for a refund but I thought I should ask for help first.
Cheers
John
Mandurang South
Victoria
Go to settings/connections, make sure that the recive incoming beams box is UNCHECKED. If you have the driver for external keyboard loaded make sure the driver is disabled. In your gps software choose nmea 4800 and Com 1. If you have done all that then I would suspect the cable or the gps. I have used many different serial gps devices on xda and xda 2 and it works 100 percent.
Fan bloody tastic
Well I was going to post a similar question as the OP but with a little browsing, it looks like I may have found my answer. Will go & experiment, if it fails.....I'll be back!!! Watch this space! 8)
Cannot open com1 port does not exist
I have had a major problems connecting my GPS recently and not thinking!!! I had recently bought a infrared keyboard. You're instructions worked perfectly. You have just solved my problem. Many Thanks
Kevin :wink:
I cannot open COM1 on the Blue Angel
As far as I know this COM1 relates to the Pin headers RS232 connection.
I want to feed a GPS signal via this COM1 path.
Has anyone manage to make use of the COM1?? :?
Martin, go to Settings/ Connection tab IrDA and uncheck the "recieve all beams" check box, this ties up the serial port on the device, also if you use an external keyboard with the unit, or it has external keyboard software loaded open this application and switch the software from Keyboard to IrDA/ Serial - hope this gives you a clue - Mike
thanks this helped me too
Thanks
This sorted out my problem...TomTom is now alive and kicking
OK so this may sound like a broken record, but i will NOT ask 4 help if i feel if i haven't already tried everything else. So here goes (takes a biiig deep breath) .......
This has worked exactly one time since i've upgraded to the kavana 6.1 ROM. I know it's not something wrong with the ROM that would require a reset, since this currently works on my work PC which uses the bluesoleil BT stack.
These are the many many steps I have already tried ( with a little assistance by a few of you already) :
I have made sure that i have gone on my PC to control panel-->bluetooth local COM. Created a toshiba COM port (server-side not client) and have created COM ports ranging from COM Port(s) 2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,16,17,18&19 and each time I've created those COM Ports, I have also mirrored that COM port in Activesync (v 4.5) on my PC to read that COM Port. Second, I have removed any previous pairings from both the PC and from my phone. I then start activesync on my phone and of course it does not detect a partnership, so I search for BT devices and find my PC. I pair to it and when I get to services, it shows wireless stereo and serial port. At this point, I know that I am connected to the PC via BT since my BT icon on my sytem tray has gone from blue w/white BT log to blue w/green BT logo. I then refresh my services several times only for it to give me the same previous 2 services as before. So I thought "maybe it's detecting a serial port that im not assigning Activesync to?"
I then delete the serial COM port I just added in the control panel and refresh my services again on my phone and low and behold, the only service it now shows is wireless stereo. ( SO THIS MUST MEAN THAT IT IS ONLY DETECTING THE SERIAL COM PORT THAT I AM CREATING RIGHT?) I have tried creating a new outgoing COM port on my phone. ( have tried both COM 6 & 7 and also secure connection checked and unchecked. I have also turned on and off OBEX security on my phone. ) I have even tried completely removing activesync and the toshiba bluetooth stack from my PC and re-installing. I have even gone as far as installing toshiba BT stack ver. 4,5 & 6.
Heck, I even found a trial version of bluesoliel just to see if it worked and it didn't even work, same thing with the default MS BT stack. Same issue. I have tried the pairing process from my PC but the only service it wants to connect going that route is wireless file transfer. I have my security on my toshiba BT stack set to low, ( I've even tried standard too) I have tried turning off my firewall (windows firewall only). I have tried disabling my anti-virus ( avast! home edition). I even tried chaning the device name to see if that would work. But no go. Both devices (PC & Phone) have been reset a multitude of times. I have absolutely no problems connecting my device via ActiveSync using the USB Cable. I have tried checking and uncheking the allow USB Connections in connection settings in AS.) I have even tried connecting via connection settings to sniff out the COM ports while I'm trying to refresh the services on my phone at the exact same time it shows smiffing the com port I'm connected to.
So, as you can see by my book I have now written. I am at my wits end on this. Hopefully that wasnt too much to read. I felt like it was important to give you everything I have done so far as not to leave no stone unturned. I really hope this is some sort of simple oversigt on my part. and will welcome any suggestions from anyone, but please, only post a suggestion if you have read what I've already been through. I am not a novice, not a noob and and extremely proficient on my own handling these issues usually. However, I am humbling myself this time for any suggestions that might be a great help.
Thank you and Godspeed.
Anyway. I'm closing my thread. I didnt necessarily figure out exactly what the problem was, but i did somehow, some way fix it.
What id did do in addition to the aforementioned steps was:
i went into regedit on my PC @ HKCU-->Software-->Windows CE Services and i noticed the "defname" value was set to a previous name i had set for the phone. So i changed that to reflect my current phone name. I also changed HKCU-->Software-->Windows CE Services the "serialport" value from COM7 to COM6.
I then went to HKLM-->Software-->Microsoft-->Windows CE Services and Set the "serialport" value to from COM7 to COM6.
So i then opened up control panel and went to bluetooth local COM and deleted any com ports that windows would let me. I then created Com port 6 to be server side serial port. Then i went into activesync on my PC--> connection settings and set it to read COM Port 6. I then removed any pairings from both my PC and my phone and from the phone, I searched for new bluetooth device. When it found the PC it I then saw the bluetooth icon change to green in my taskbar and the active sync symbol started spinning for a couple of seconds. Once i finished adding the device on my phone, I then attempted a connectiion via bluetooth from my phone and voila! i was connected! I went ahead and rebooted both my phone and my PC after i saw that it worked to see if it wasn't a fluke and tried again once both devices were rebooted. And this time......wait for it......It works still! Hooray! So now that i have less than half of the hair in my head since starting this gauntlet of terror. I can now say. PROBLEM SOLVED. Maybe this will help others that may have had this issue b-4. The one thing i read on another forum that i hadn't tried yet (which is most likely what solved it 4 me) was that i made sure i removed any com ports, whether it me server or client side com ports on my PC and i left them off when i created just one new server serial COM port.
got the unit without the cradle , and usb cable, i managed to make a usb cable from a lg connector and it work well.
the problems : igo8 does not find the internal gps module and i cannot connect to wi-fi networks, i find thye networks but cannot connect.
i try to update to wm6 or reflash wm5 but the pc installer won't work without external power. the phone charges trough usb , but the application ask's for wall adapter plugged in. I tried to trick the phone by making him see a charger using the connector circuit found on pinouts.ru bun doesn't doo the trick .
does someone have a cradle internal schematic , or there is a workaround on updating the pda ? thank's in advance
please help me
nobody has any ideea on how to workaround that protection ? so i could instal wm 6 without the wall charger ?
Is it possible to use a Touch Pro2 GPS on a laptop via bluetooth?
I wouldnt bother. You can probably get a gps reciever for your comp for pretty cheap. Then you wouldnt have to use your phone at all. Using your phone as a gps reciever and sending the signal to your laptop might run your phones battery dead faster, so if you were gonna use your phone as gps reciever, youd probly want to use usb rather than bluetooth, then the phone is charging and you have your bluetooth freed up for phone calls. But I would still suggest a reciever for your laptop, you wouldnt have to bother hooking your phone up n setting everything up every time you want to use gps
But yes i believe it is possible, Im pretty sure I saw a program for windows phones somewhere, that did send the phones gps info thru bluetooth to comp
It is called GPS2Blue and I never had any luck with it on bluetooth, but have via USB.
i just tried gps2blue again after years , now with rhodium and could get to work both tcp -> com and bluetooth -> com
WORKS GREAT with garmin on my tablet pc. and garmin-pc is even kind of made the way to use it on touch screens.
what do you have for a software?
here's what I have done:
cable:
on PC, install the Czech program called 'virtual serial port for tcp/ip'
Instructions where to get it and how to set it are here: http://users.skynet.be/hofinger/GPS2BlueFAQ.html#USB
on pda in gps2blue check TCP and choose com4 (or your gps SW EMULATED com port)
in gps program on pc choose to connect to the com port you just created with 'virtual serial port'
bluetooth:
choose com2 in gps2blue and click ON, rhodium's bluetooth manager should popup asking what to do, create a new port for your PC and go.
there is a little mess with this, it created two com2 ports on pda, till one was asking for a pairing code, the other just get connected. And is not showing them in list, or sometimes showing one, but then not showing activesync port. But nevermind. it's working.