Are PPC/BT/GPS solutions "production quality"?

MacDude · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 16, 2003 Posts: 3

Hi

I am currently struggling with a Rikaline BT GPS with Ipaq 5450 / PPC2002 with all the normal frustrating problems of BT just plain not working as it should Crying or Very sad

(see the Rikaline forum if you can help). In looking round to try and find the solution it seems that there are numerous issues, from the HP/Widcomm BT stack having many latent problems with no sign of a fix (at least on PPC2002 - pun intended), BT receivers suffering regular premature deaths, etc etc.

So my question is "are there proven combinations of PDA, OS and BT receiver that work day in day out, and if so what are they?" I think it would be really useful to get chapter and verse as there seems to be a lot of frustration around right now.

Looking forward to hearing your views.

rgds/andy

Stevie · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:25 pm Post subject:

My setup which works fine is:

Ipaq 3970
Globalsat BT308
TomTom latest versions

With Pocketpc2002 I loaded the hard to find Widcomm BT software which needed a registry edit but worked fine (automatically found the BT308 when I ran TomTom).

Have just updated to PocketPC2003 and apart from the com port changing from 8 to 5 it works, though I have to connect the BT308 each time.

Commander · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:24 pm Post subject:

No problems with my BT setup

2210
TomTom BT receiver
TomTom Navigator 2 software.

GPS receiver cradle hardwired into car switches on and off with ignition, receiver easily unclips for use outside the car (fully charged).

Definitely recommended

Peter

bigfatjohn · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:36 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid that if you want "production quality" then you must buy production equipment. Garmin perhaps?

Cobbling together a system with a PDA from one manufacturer, GPS receiver from another, navigation software from a third, warning software from a fourth and extra memory from a fifth, not to mention anything else you might install, is just asking for trouble.

None of the above folks, whilst probably providing perfectly adequate products in their own right have any control over how we use it and can't really be held responsible for problems of our own making or be expected to ensure that their product does not clash with every possible other combination of kit. And that's today - what about new stuff that is introduced tomorrow. It's askng too much of them but even if it was possible we would not want to pay the cost that it woud entail.

I use a 2210 with TomTom software and bluetooth GPS receiver together with CheckPOInt. It works fine. I would much prefer to just switch on the ignition and have it work and hate having to go through all the rigmarole to get it running each time I get in my car but that is the price I have to pay for versatility.

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