TTN5 turns off battery charging

Rutger · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 9

Anyone else have this problem?

When I plug in the my iPaq 3870 and then plan a route, when I get to the route overview screen the battery charge light stops flashing. I mean no power going to the device at all. If I close TTN5 and look at the battery status screen the light starts to flash again and the battery appears to charge.

I initially thought this was something to do with the battery charge indicator on the route overview screen but resuming a journey after restarting TTN5 where the overview screen is not shown and the charge light will stop flashing again of its own accord, usually within about 2 minutes of starting TomTom.

This effectively cuts power to the device and sooner or later the battery will run completely flat and we all know what happens then.....

iancjc · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject:

I have seen this on my x50v - I thought it was my car charger unable to cope with bluetooth/wifi and the dell running at 624mhz with the back light full on - but I may have also had this when I set it to power save (208mhz).

Is this another bug?
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Rutger · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 9

I think it may be, this one possibly more serious than any other.
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iPaq 3870
Navman 3400 Jacket (TT5 no like)
TomTom Navigator 5
Arkon CM805 GPS powered car mount
Lexar 512Mb SD

johnmar · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

I am having similar problems with my EMTAC GPS Sleave/Jacket which works very well with TTN3 and TTN2 before it.

In fact the charging light goes out whilst TT is trying to obtain a sattelite fix which it doesn't really achieve. I believe the problem may lie with their GPS 'driver' which is now integrated within the programme. The system as such is not useable.

I have in fact reinstalled TTN3 and hope that TT will provide a fix shortly Evil or Very Mad

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iPAQ3830 (32MB) PPC2002 ROM 1.20
CF Expansion Pack
Holux GR-213 GPS Mouse (GSW3.1.1 -3.1.00.07 C23B1.00)
Kingston Elite Pro 1 GB CF Card for maps
Viking 512MB SD Card (not used for navigating)
TTNav 5.210 (5430) Maps of W Europe

Rutger · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 9

I think your Emtac Jacket not obtaining a fix is a separate issue. In fact I have had so many problems with my Navman 3400 Jacket that I have abandoned it and replaced it with the Arkon mount seen in my sig.

This works flawlessly and gets a fix before TTN5 is started as it is powered by the lighter socket. I also get at least 40% more sats in view compared with the Navman jacket.

The charging problem happens when using either. I think 'jacket' and CF card problems experienced by myself and other users of this forum is because TTN5 only officially supports Bluetooth and serial connected devices.
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iPaq 3870
Navman 3400 Jacket (TT5 no like)
TomTom Navigator 5
Arkon CM805 GPS powered car mount
Lexar 512Mb SD

johnmar · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks for clearing that point.

John
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iPAQ3830 (32MB) PPC2002 ROM 1.20
CF Expansion Pack
Holux GR-213 GPS Mouse (GSW3.1.1 -3.1.00.07 C23B1.00)
Kingston Elite Pro 1 GB CF Card for maps
Viking 512MB SD Card (not used for navigating)
TTNav 5.210 (5430) Maps of W Europe

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