help and advice please

nighthawk · Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:32 pm Post subject: help and advice please

Hi guys

I have just taken delivery of an ipaq 2210 and tom tom 3 is in the post somewhere. but I need to get a few other bits covered.

I own a realtek sapphire gps mouse, which was used with my laptop and infomap navigator and i've bought a car cable for the ipaq which will also power the gps receiver.

will I need a driver to make the ipaq and tom tom use the royaltek gps?

if so, where can I get it from?

I'm also interested in adding on the speed camera points of interest file (the main reason for the ipaq)
will the scamera add on give a voice warning of proximity as well as a visual?

please forgive the questions, untill I have all the bits together, i don't really know what to expect.

nej · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:19 am Post subject:

You won't need a driver to make your GPS work with TomTom - TomTom has various built in specific settings (although I don't think yours is one of them) and various generic settings. You should find that NMEA 0183v2 4800 using Serial cable on Com1 should work.

As for the speed camera stuff - yes it does work and will give you audible and visual warnings. Using CheckPOInt you can specify WAV files to play as a first warning (say at 30 seconds), a second warning (say at 10 seconds), and if applicable, a speed warning. It's possible to download some specific WAV files for this - or you could make your own.

Bear in mind that the database for cameras is not complete (and never will be) but it is fairly comprehensive and is updated all the time.

nighthawk · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject:

thanks for the reply nej

I realise that the scamera database will never be 100%, but i'd guess at it being as upto date as the one on my road angel and that most of the fixed cams errected in the last couple of years are on there.

tom tom should be here tomorrow with luck, so i'll try what you suggest.

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