gps fix

Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Does anyone know of a app that can test a navman 1000 as when i try im unable to get a fix on the gps system and i have downloaded a tom tom city maps on demo which i cant get to gps fix
Also does anyone know a site i can check the com port and the baud rate i need to use for the above navman

Im using a ipaq 3950

thanks

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:20 pm Post subject:

Have you installed the native Navman driver for that jacket?
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Hi
Yeh i installed the NAVMAN_3.1.6 driver from

http://www.123farmworks.com/downloads.htm

It installs the drivers for the gps and activesync helps install it over to the pda itself and it completes no problem.
When i go to the folder on the pda i get a gps set up screen with 2 options
gps comm settings which is on V8.60 2003-02-26

com 5
baud rate is 57600
data bits 8
parity none
stop bits 1
And the port is open

2ND is start configuration NMEA

when i click on start configuration it says changing to binary protocol and does nothing

Nut when i change the com to 6 and keep the rest the same theres a load of letter and numbers where are being constantly updated any ideas?

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:37 pm Post subject:

Are these letters and numbers readable (starting with $GPRMC for example? Or is it all gibberish? Can you post a screenshot?
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Hi
Yes they do start like that m8 like this

$GPGLL,00006506,N04249,7291,E1655
And it keeps going but when i click ok to get out of the folder it resets itself to com 5

If you need a screen shot where would i be able to post the jpeg to not sure if you can attatch here?

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:15 pm Post subject:

No need for screenshots - this looks like a healthy NMEA stream, exactly what you need.

After you exited the Navman configurator (and it seemingly reverted back to COM5) - have you tried to use the TomTom GPS applet and select

NMEA 0183v2 57600
COM6:

and then enabled the check box?
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Hi again thanks for the help so far this is the furthest i have gotten Laughing Out Loud

Ok opened the gps and enabled it on tom tom city map demo
Im on the gps screen on tom tom now where there are 3 folders
Status gps and log

on gps folder i have these setting s
nmea 0193v2 57600

the 2nd line seems to have this list
navman gps 1000
com 3
irda connection
com 5
serial cable on bt
serial cable on com 1
serial on usb

Theres nothing there for com 6

Originally i had the top row under navman gps 1000
and com 5 for the 2nd line

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:43 pm Post subject:

just under the world map, what version is reported?
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Im not sure its a demo mode from pdastreet the version says v1.50 227/302 on the gps part of

it keeps searching a line from a satellite to a pda goes across but thats it

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

1.50? That ain't gonna work. Get the latest driver from the TomTom site. 2.08 or 2.09. I believe they also include support for COM6:
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Ok i have version v2.09 302/393 and it wouldnt show com 6 on the pull down so what i did was switch it back to navman gps 1000 (top bar) and all of a sudden it switched to com 6 and 1 of the bars had 20 on it also the n/s/e/w had a 20 in the cross hairs but it disappeard when i moved the pda a millimetre anyway i restarted it and there are 2 bars 11 and 20
Now for some reason i cant get a fix on em again Laughing Out Loud

Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Ok i have managed to get 5 satellites to glow red and the signal has come in and direction exc is now all lit up it has dropped once so far and now and again 1 of the red stick goes or turns grey
But finally got it going thanks to you
cheers for that

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject:

glad to hear that. The Navman 1000 is one of the older receivers, so don't expect any miracles. Try to give the antenna plenty of sky view, but you may still see occasional fix losses.
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Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Yeh its only temporary for a couple of months will get the original software and sell it on and bump up to naybe a 3450 do they work ok with the ipaq 3950

It goes in and out of fix but as you said it was of the earlier models its a starting point Smile

Retribution · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 13

Too late i sold the cf expansion pack and bought a navman 3450 for use with the ipaq just going to put my navman 1000 gps up for sale on ebay as they selling for about £100
Its too much weight to stick in your pocket and walk around Laughing Out Loud

so i opted for a upgrade a bit earlier Laughing Out Loud

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