Globalsat SD-502 Compatibility

RoyalHawk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2006 Posts: 2

Hi, I bought an SD-502 GPS receiver on 20 Jan 2006. The GPS worked on my HP IPAQ rz1710 (Windows Mobile 2003 SE) until few days ago with TT 5. Now I have this problem:

The GPS is recognized by the PCC , led is ON, COM port assigned to COM 4 and when GPS signal is available the led will normally blink, but no data are exchanged between GPS and navigation program. The same happen using the included GPS Info utility. Probably the communication part of the SDIO GPS card is fault. I tested with all versions of the driver including the last one Version 1.33.

Another question is: What is the SPP Modem program installed togheter with GPS Info?

Thanks.

korndog · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

xda · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

The SD-502 can not be used with a card reader, whilst the device can be seen it can not be read or written to as an additional driver is required that Globalsat haven't produced as yet.
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Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8

korndog · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

I've read the rest of the thread now and the review (better late than never :D )
I have an XDA2i and I cannot get the 502 to work at all. I can't see comm port 7 or the card in file explorer. So I'm rather stuck Sad

korndog · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:48 am Post subject:

Right. I think I'm getting there. :D. I borrowed an earlier version of the XDAII from a work colleague, installed gps info and the lastest driver. I can see all the satellites ingps info but can't get TomTom5 to open the right port. gps info says it should be comm 4. Any ideas anyone?

snarf2948 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1

I have a Hatichi G1000.. has anyone found a gps reciever that works with this brick? ( I would imagine this is the transmitter by the size of my phone Smile

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korndog · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

I still can't get TomTom (v5.21) to open. It can't find the map.
I can see the map using file explorer but that's as far as I get with it.
I think i might sell it on ebay Sad

korndog · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject:

Woo Hoo!!!!! sorted!!
Somehow a dat file in the map folder didn't get copied over. Works brilliantly but seems to drain the battery as much as bluetooth!!
Good job I carry a spare :D
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TomTom Go 600

rlukey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 1

After 3 SD502 units and 2 rz1710s I have to conclude that they are not compatible.

I have tried all permutations of PDA, SD-502 and drivers (1.32 & 1.33)
together with various installation steps (1.32 driver then 1.33 then GPSInfo then soft reset / 1.33 driver then soft reset then GPSInfo then soft reset etc.)
None of the combinations were successful, each test was carried out after a hard reset (there's no other sw on the device ).

The card is not recognised in any of the tests.

From what I am reading, even if they do work together then the reliability of the memeory card is somewhat suspect...

RoyalHawk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2006 Posts: 2

Hallo. I had an SD-502 GPS unit working with my HP RZ1710. After some time the gps part of the card stopped working but I can still access the memory. The seller (SEMSONS.COM) send me another unit but at this time I can't recognize the card (no memory and gps recognized by the PDA). I tested the card on another pda, not HP and is working. I think that some changes have been done on the firmware of the card and now is not working anymore with the hp rz1710. Could you please help me ? Thanks.

pmali · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 13, 2006 Posts: 2

hello everybody, do you know if GlobalSat SD-502 SDIO GPS Receiver
works with the ipaq 3870 and the mapsonic software from michelin? it is known now as michelin navigator i think.

thnaks!!

xda · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

These SD-502 can be quite problematic with various PDA's. My first one worked perfectly for the first couple of months, until the SD part of the device decided to open up along the seam. That was replaced with a new unit, which although it installed correctly, the GPSDisk card could be seen, TomTom and my POI's copied over correctly, I could not get a GPS data stream even though the green led was flashing and it was using the same com port 7 that the previous one worked on.
In the end it to was returned and exchanged for a GlobalSat BT-338.
The other problem with the first device was that reading and writing data to the GPSDisK card was very slow in comparison to my original Panasonic SD Card even though they both had identical amounts of data.
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Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8

xda · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject:

Also as an addition with the SD-502 it was necessary to revert back to the TomTom GPS driver V.206 from the V.307
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Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8

ondrej · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 19, 2006 Posts: 3

I would be grateful for the latest on the compatibility/success stories of the GlobalSat SD-502 and O2 Xda IIi.

I have got it working on Xda IIs ROM 1.40.00 WWE, ExtROM 1.40.237 WWE using the 1.33 driver. GPSInfo sees port COM7 and GPSDisk Card is operational. Memory Map 5 is happy too.

The O2 Xda IIi should be a similar device. I have first tried on a new unit prior to the latest firmware upgrade, so currently ROM 1.11.0 WWE and ExtROM 1.11.169 WWE. I have tried both 1.32 and 1.33 drivers. I have also tested on the latest firmware - ROM 1.11.0 WWE and ExtROM 1.11.171 WWE with the same result. While the card gets a fix (flashes LED), it is not visible as a GPSDisk Card. I would guess part of the same problem is that GPSInfo on the unit does not see ports COM7 and COM8. Soft resets after the card is inserted do not help.

I expect that if GPSInfo could communicate with COM7 it would herald everything else falling into place. Ditto for being able to see the GPSDisk. Does anybody know about how to work with the COM ports? Is the phone manipulating its COM ports in a way which hinder the GPS driver?

Cheers,
Ondrej

xda · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: O2 Xda IIi compatibility

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