Having problems getting signal on my iPAQ from Fortuna BT

Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

Hi there guys,

I have a problem in that I have a Compaq iPAQ 3970 together with a Fortuna Clip-On BT receiver. I am using Tomtom3.
I've managed to install Tomtom3 successfully and it seems to work, however I havn't managed to get both PDA and GPS receiver to work together.
I have tried a lot of different settings, obtained from the fortuna documentation and this website. However none seems to work successfully.
I was wondering whether anyone out there has an answer to this problem.
If you do, then please feel free to post a reply on this matter.

Regards

Donn Sad

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject:

here's what you need to do

- softt reset
- remove TomTom GPS driver
- soft reset
- make sure the TomTom GPS driver is really removed. If not, try again.
- install TomTom GPS 2.07 (from our downloads page)
- in BT Manager, find the Fortuna and connect to its serial port
- Start > Settings >System > GPS - go to the GPS tab and select NMEA 38400 in the top dropdown and Bluetooth COM8 in the bottom dropdown
- check the checkbox
- go to the status tab and see if the black dots are running
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

Thanks for the help matey, however after doing all of the above I still do not get any black dots in the status tab. Maybe ther's something I'm not doing.
Do I need to uninstall Tomtom3 Navigator first?

Regards

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lbendlin · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

No, the TTN is not of concern at that time.

Can you confirm that you REALLY have the TomTom GPS 2.07 installed? What does the version number say?

Have you tried a GPS utility like Crux_View?
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

Yes I definately have the right version installed, as it says v2.07. I have not tried crux view, so I will do that now.

Regards

Donn

Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

I've installed CRUX VIEW, However how the hell do you use it? There are no help files with it so I havn't a clue to be honest with you. Maybe someone on the forum knows more about this.

Regards

Donn

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject:

select port COM7 and speed 38400, and then tap "open"...
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:40 am Post subject:

it may not be COM 7 after all...My fault. It should have read COM8 on the 3970.
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:56 am Post subject:

what other ports are listed in the TomTom GPS utility?
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

Looks normal, and COM8 should work. Do you have a chance to test other BT gear with the iPAQ?
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Donn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 12

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:11 am Post subject:

Maybe the Fortuna can use a little hard reset?
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