mio a210

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

i have the above gadget but all of a sudden on the tom tom it displays message no GPS device can any body help?

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

Lets start with a basic check, start TomTom and tap the sat strength meter in the lower right corner of the screen, the next screen has a few areas of information one of which is another sat strength meter (much smaller upper righthand side) tap this to get to the "GPS Status" screen, top right is a small yellow/ blue circle is this rotating or stationary, leave it for at least 30 seconds before deciding, then post back with the results - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

circle is stationary mike

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

Have you recently altered any of the settings within the GPS applet which is found in settings?

It should be set as follows:

Hardware COM port: COM 2
Baud rate: 4800.
Software COM port: COM 4

Assuming the above is correct and the yellow/ blue disk still doesn't spin Go to the "GPS Status" page (as before) and tap the configure button
Select "Other NMEA GPS Receiver", Baud Rate 9600 followed by COM 4 then see if the disk spins, if it does take it outside and wait for a position fix - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

ve got on screen com 3
ivt virtual com 9
ivt virtual com 8
ivt virtual com 7
gps hwcom
com 0
com1 but not com 4

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject:

But what have you got set in the GPS applet in Start/ Settings as it could be this that is messing up the configuration, alternately simply work through the list one at a time until it starts to spin (don't bother with the ivt virtual com ports though) - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

what is gps applet?

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject:

Exit TomTom and press Start/ Settings on one of the tabs (System probably) will be an icon called GPS or External GPS tap this to get at the GPS port settings of the device, this is best left alone, but the settings I previously posted are what should be selected on your device - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

gone through settings and still nothing mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

Hello mike
came home tonight and tried mio got the disc spinning but it is saying waiting for a valid gps signalstood outside for 10 mins and still nothing?

mikealder · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Lower down the GPS Status screen is a bar chart, does this show any sign of activity, probably in grey, if so wait longer until they turn Blue and you get a resltant fix, after 10 minutes I would expect to see some bar graph activity - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

nothing at all just disc spinning

mikealder · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

Have a read of This Thread, as I am not too sure what is wrong - Mike

pilotvan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 8

got it going by checking last post settings
thanks lads

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