Dell Axim x51v tt5.21 and Haicom III

Jazza1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 3

I have a Dell axim x50v with 2003se and it has worked well for almost 1 year with a hi-204III gps. 1 week ago I bought an upgrade to WM5 from Dell. Now I have the same problem which means that I get the message "no gps device" so obviously the problem is that Dell- WM5 and Hi-gps wont work together. I see no other solution then to go back to use 2003se in my pda. Sad because there are many improvements in the new OS.

Regards Ronny from Sweden

mikealder · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:40 am Post subject:

Ronny, A work mate of mine upgraded his x50v to WM2005 and found it didn't work too well at all, the power management was rubish, it would flatten the battery even when switched off if the CF or SD memory cards were fitted, in the end he binned it and rolled back to 2003SE.

Dell said they were aware of the problem and looking to ship an update to the ROM some time mid Feb - guess what - still waiting, I would leave 2005 alone unless the device was designed and supplied with it from new, the upgrade is always going to throw odd faults, unless they get it 100% correct, now that would be first wouldn't it, by and manufacturer - Mike

floepie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 26, 2005 Posts: 24

Maybe some of you have found the "fix" for this before I did, but here's a link to a patch that was created by HTC, the OEM of the Axims.

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1103899#post1103899

Please report back if this works or doesn't for any of you.

Chorlie · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

binns1012 · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: WM5 + Haicom 305111 on HP 2790

Hi I have been reading this thread about the 305111 CF card GPS not working on the Axim , well I have just bought a HP 2790 running WM5 and a Haicom 305111 CF Gps and I cant get it to work using Memory Map and also I cant get it to find Sats using the GPSinfo program . In Gpsinfo Haicom is on com 4 but still cant get it to work any suggestions ?
regards Tony

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

Tony, Welcome to the forums, when you are setting up Memory Map, try the following settings.
Open Memory Map application, then tap "Menu" GPS, Set-up
Maufacturer NMEA
Model (will be greyed out)
Port Com4 CF_CARD-Generic (or similar to this)
Baud 4800.
Then tap OK.
Now select Menu, GPS Satellites, take the unit out side and wait for upto 30 mins, you should see the strength bars start to appear in grey before they turn green indicating a position fix has been attained - Mike

binns1012 · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:19 am Post subject:

Thanks for the reply Mike I have tried all of that but maybe I did not wait for long enough so I will try again and let you know how it all went
regards Tony

philpugh · Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

Further update

I now have the AXIM X51v and Haicom 305III working fine with all my nav/topo apps.

I upgraded to the latest DELL firmware for the X51v (Version A12) and it all appears to work well.

You get a couple of pop ups when you install the card (used to get only one) but you can safely dismiss these and get on with using it.

Phil

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