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damdifino
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: How to reset comm ports? Reply with quote

Does anyone know a way to reset all comm ports to their default values in WM5?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What device and which comm ports do you mean the GPS related ones or something else? - Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's what's happening: When I set up my Bluetooth and GPS, the only options I'm presented are comm 6 and comm 7. Then when I run Mapopolis, the only option I get is comm 4. I feel like there's something messing up my ports--a "ghost" that's grabbing them and not letting them be available. Same kind of thing is happening with GPSinfo.

I would like to force clear all the ports. I don't know how many dozens of times I've gone through the Bluetooth setup process, uninstalled Mapopolis and rinstalled it, tried Franson's GPSgate, left my GPS without it's battery for 14 hours, everything I can think of or glean from the Web. Once again, Mike...thank's for your patience.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But what device are you using? - Mike
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry... HTC Wizard and Globalsat BT-359.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One thing to bear in mind is that you need to EXIT (not just minimize) any apps using the BT serial port. If you don't do this then the port is not available for other apps. If you have several apps you want to use with eth GPS then look at something like GPSGate from Franson - this allows sharing of the port.

The other thing to check...

Are you using the in-built GPS 'sharing' software? It appears as a an icon in Settings. This tries to do the same thing as GPSgate - but I (and a few others) never had much luck with it. Make sure it's disabled.
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