Ipaq 3830 + INS

ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

Please can someone help me, a few years ago Dixons etc were offering an Ipaq + Navman jacket GPS solution with pocket co-pilot and I have a Ipaq 3830.

I have bought TomTom vs 5.0 and installed it worksl fine, but after searching on this forum, cannot find out why the Ipaq Navigation System Jacket will not work with it, I choose NMEA device and see the navman GPS option, but tomtom keeps saying no valid GPS device.

I can see from other posts maybe I need a new driver for the Ipaq/Jacket, and would appreciate it if someone can give me some links, or maybe even tell me that it isnt compatible.

I have done a search for ages, but cannot find any links.

Cheers

ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:

If you hav a Compaq (or HP) iNS sleeve, you need this driver. It comes as a .cab file and needs to be copied across to the iPAQ and then run from there. Locate it using Explorer and 'tap' it.
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

From Navman's website

"When I try to install my software, I get a ''Failed to load OptPackBus driver error'' message.

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Take the iPAQ out of the GPS sleeve. Soft reset the iPAQ and reboot your PC. Place the iPAQ into the cradle without the GPS sleeve, then re-install the software. "
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

thanks for the help again, I have soft reset the ipaq, and then installed tomtom navigator, then reinstalled the cab file and it still says the error message, I have never updated the ipaq software, is that what they mean by reinstall? or are they talking about tomtom navigator?

Should I update my version of windows CE?

Thanks again

ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

I meant pocket pc 2002, soz

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid I'm almost out of ideas. No, they meant the Navigation software, I'm sure. I don't think it's a Win CE problem - I have had TTN5 working on a PocketPC2002 device.

Try reloading the Navman serial driver and then take the iPAQ and sleeve outside. Which GPS device setting are you using, Other wired? Try different baud settings, too.
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

Thanks for all this help Tim, much appreciated Smile

Ok the latest, I can see the sat's now on the GPS option under windows, if I use NAVMAN 3000 com port 5

But I have no option for com port 5 within tomtom, I only have navman GPS option and a com port 3, but no com port 5, I can see this is the problem Smile

Any more advice

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I'm all out of ideas. Where's Lutz when you need him? Ill try to point him in this direction.
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

Tim sorry to drag this up, but can you recommend a GPS jacket that will qork with this TOM TOM software for my IPAQ, I have been trying to get it working but cannot Sad

it just will not find the correct com port.

Maybe I could get a GPS bluetooth device, can you let me know, or anyone else with info

Thqanks

Tim Buxton · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject:

Does the 3830 have bluetooth? Sorry, but to get guaranteed compatibility I guess you'd need a Tomtom GPS. They do a wired one as well as a BT, I think.
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

All i need to know is what I will need to run tomtom 5 on a Ipaq as mentioned above, I can't belive how hard it is to search the web to actually find the products needed, the ipaq does not have Bluetooth but surely there is some type of adapter that works with 3830. I have been trying to find out for ages now, and still i keep coming up with blanks.

Tomtom don't even say that the 3830 is an IPAQ it supports, if this is the case should I just send the product back and forget about it, I may just end up buying a TOMTOM GO 300 at this rate, it just seems stupid that I have a decent Ipaq with a gps jacket and cannot use it with other software.

The Ipaq came with Pocket PC gps which is prob the worst sat nav software I have ever seen, and i phoned Ipaq who said it costs nearly 200 quid to upgrade the latest version which I think is Version 3? this was approx 6 months after I purchased the damn thing Laughing Out Loud

I would appriciate it if someone could take the time out to list the options I have, as I don't want to buy the wrong thing, and thoughtr people on this board might have done all this before.

Cheers
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ronnyuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 12

For anyone who is interested I have fixed it, you need the driver from this page http://www.winpilot.com/Files/Navman313.exe

Just take the ipaq out of the navman/INS sleeve, reset the ipaq and put the ipaq on the usb craddle, then install the .exe from your pc, it will install on the ipaq and then put the INS sleeve back on.

run tom tom and choose other NMEA device, I selected 4600 baud, and it will find the sat's Smile

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