conecting bt 338 and dell axim x50v with blue tooth HELP PLZ

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

Could somebody plz help with conecting these two with blue tooth as i now have on the pda an icon with bt-gps-305f8b: bt-gps com .... but cannot get a conection do i need any sofware on the pda?

shane

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

Ok

Somehow i have a connection to my pda with the gps but still no connection shows in tomtom5 Sad

Could somebody plz help as need at 5am GMT in morning for a journey!

Thanks shane

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

I don't know how but i just had it all working then i switched of dell pda and now i cannot get a connection again Sad

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

Hi all

I don't know how but this morning i set off on my journey and it worked switched o unit set in destnation and off i went BUT

on the way back was differant i swiched on pda switched on gps unit but nothing it would not connect to gps so for the first two hours no gps i stopped for a drink had a fddle Managed to lock the pda somehow!! did a soft restart and it all worked again gps found and off we went ok!!

Can anyone help as to why it finds it sometimes and not others?

Also when i switch on the pda should it find the gps unit straight away or can it take a while also when i had my stop i connected the gps myself by going to bluetooth manager and doubble clicking the shortcut to the gps and it conected is this normal or not?

shane

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

nobody can help Sad

gw · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 28

Id love to help but sadly i use a cf card, however i have ordered a 338.
My cf card has to be in place to be recognised on start up before i launch tom tom, it then finds it as generic cf card.
You may have to make the bluetooth connection before launching tom tom.
Hope this helps or some expert comes to your rescue as you seem to be getting no response to your Question

Come on help the lad Smile

footman · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject:

what connection settings do you have in GPS window?
I have the same setup as you and my system is : NMEA 0183v2 38400 in the top window and Bluetooth Serial Port Com7 in the bottom window.

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

Sorry to sound dumb footman but how do i find that info ?

shane

footman · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

I havnt yet got TT5, still "limping" along on TT3!
In TT3 if you tap navigator screen all sorts of options come up, on of them is to view the gps info (connection etc)

russgps · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 22, 2005 Posts: 3

Shane, I have the same set up and I can only say what mine does: I switch on the GPS and get it "warmed up". The I switch on the Dell Axi x50 and make sure the blue light is flasjhing ie bluetooth is enabled. Then, I open Dell Navigation software and agree not to use the unit whilst driving - yeah right! At this point, the Bluetooth manager kicks in and asks which bluetooth device I want to link up with. Inevitibly, it gives me the BT-GPS icon and I click on it once. Bingo - both systems are talking to each other. Then look at the GPS signal page because it can take a few minutes to pick up satelites.

Hope some of that makes sense
Russ

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

Ok m8

I think i have it sorted now its not to do with my BT connection its the time for the sats to connect to my gps unit my fault

Thanks for all the help

footman · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

how quick is your time to fix?

biccus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 51

footman · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:

I just checked mine cold start with clear view etc was 45 seconds. I dont know whether thats average or what.

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