help with tomtom2 ipaq3970

[minesapint]

have i got this set up right,

i have got new tomtom2 with the new 9533 mouse

on a ipaq 3970

in the gps settings is as follows-

tomtom navigator gps

serial cable on com1

but on the status screen ther is nothing from the little pic of the satellite to the little pda

and no satellite at oll. after 30 min sat in the car

i have tryed ver2 ver 2.2

settings connections beam un check- {receive oll incoming beams and discoverable mode}. still nothing

is the y cable 4 a ipaq3800 the same as a ipaq3970

as this is the only thing i think off.

any help

[Darren]

OK, 3 things to check:

1. Power to GPS Receiver?

2. In GPS Status | GPS Tab is The box next to The GPS Receiver and COM Port settings ticked?

3. Do you have a keyboard driver installed? If so disable or remove it.
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Darren Griffin

[minesapint]

1 yes light on

2 yes tick in the bow

3 no

the only thing i have added to me ipaq 3970 is tom tom oll new,

oll came as a set i look at the y cable that came with it its got on it

ipaq 3800 so i dont no if this is the problem.

[Dave]

Plug the Leadtek into the Pocket PC, run up TomTom Navigator 2, then go into the GPS Status screen, on the GPS tab make sure you select TomTom Navigator GPS and Serial Cable on COM1 and retick the box. The goto Status and the satellite to Pocket PC line of dots should start animating. If it doesn't, you have a problem.



You can also try selecting the driver NMEA 0183v2 4800 and Serial Cable on COM1.

[minesapint]

i did oll of the above still nothing

thanks anyway.

[Dave]

Ok, you're going to have to do a bit of tech work to see if it's a problem with the receiver, or the software.



Download WinFast Navigator on our downloads page, install this to the Pocket PC and it will give you an icon on the start menu called Navigator.



Run up Navigator from your Start Menu on the Pocket PC. Tap View | Development, then Tools | Port Settings and select NMEA, select COM1 4800 and tap OK. This will start a connection to your GPS Receiver.



Do you see text coming down the screen ? or a blank screen ? Or do you get an error ? There's a round circle far bottom right, is this flashing away nineteen to the dozen ?

[minesapint]

hi dave

oll i can see is a blank screen,

the circle far bottom right is NOT flashing

HELP

this is the secound gps mouse now so dont think its that.

could it be the y cable,oll lights are on so power is ok.

i just dont no now,only thing left is the pda itself.

[minesapint]

is there any way to find out what ports are being

used like you can on desktop

like, my computer,-control panel,-systems,-device mangager.on the pda

[Dave]

If you use a package like WinFast Navigator (on our downloads page), it will tell you what COM port is being used by which when you go to select it under CONNECTIONS.

[minesapint]

with winfast navigator under connections it look like this.

seriail 7 com 7

seriail 8 com 8

seriail com 1

serial usb com 9

blue tooth com 4

cir uart com 5

irda com 2

ir comm com 3

must be some one out there with the same set up as me

ipaq 3970 tomtom2 with 9533 mouse.

thanks dave i keep looking, and try not to pull oll me hair out.

[Dave]

Because you're plugging it in via the bottom sync port, it will always be COM1. The receiver should be in NMEA mode, so the only other option is the baud rate. Leadtek receivers use 4800, which pretty much is the standard for all NMEA receivers, although some can run a little faster.



If you are getting no connections on COM1, NMEA, 4800, and you have no keyboard drivers enabled on the iPAQ (and no other devices apart from the cradle or power charger that plugs into that bottom socket), then try and connect on COM1, NMEA and each available baud rate. I suspect it will fail on every baud rate. If it does, there's one of two problems here, either another faulty receiver, -or- you have a faulty connector on the bottom of your iPAQ. Perhaps a pin's bent or snapped, or just isn't connecting with the circuit board.



The 3800 cables for the mouse will work with the 3850, 3870, 3950, 3970 and 5450.

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