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assad · 02-28-06, 07:12 AM

Hi I have a Dell Axim X 51v.
I'm having connecting a cable GPS to it.
I have read a thread on this forum regarding the coms 1 error which requires registry hacking not sure how to do this.
I have down loaded a PHM Registry software not sure how to use it or what to do with it.
Any help would be greatly appreiciated.

Original Thread

use TT5 with the navteq dell cabled receiver that comes with the dell navigation system. I indicated (under GPS status) "another NMEA GPS" and choose the "Serial Cable on COM1:" option. It now works great.
By the way, I had to change the value in the registry using a registry editor. This is how I got it working (I got the information thanks to MiDiMan888 from www.aximusers.com whom I thank for). This is waht he says:

"The problem is due to the corrupted serial driver name in the registry, that is why you see "Se???a?? ?a??d?? st?? COM1: " in Tom Tom GPS menu.

1. Use a registry editor, e.g. PHM Registry Editor v0.70
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities...ryeditor.shtml

2. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial

3. You will see the value name "FriendlyName" has some Russian characters for the value data

4. Change that to Serial Cable on COM1:

5. Make sure you exit registry editor from Tools -> Exit, that will save the changes properly.

6. Now go to Tom Tom and your wired GPS should be working. You may need to do a soft reset if Tom Tom is still not picking up your wired GPS.

Credits: I got partial information from below threads:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ht=Tomtom+5.21

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/module...r=asc&start=45"

Hope it works for you!!

Please help.

Regards Assad

02-28-06, 07:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
assad Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dell Axim X 51v cable GPS problems Hi I have a Dell Axim X 51v. I'm having connecting a cable GPS to it. I have read a thread on this forum regarding the coms 1 error which requires registry hacking not sure how to do this. I have down loaded a PHM Registry software not sure how to use it or what to do with it. Any help would be greatly appreiciated. Original Thread use TT5 with the navteq dell cabled receiver that comes with the dell navigation system. I indicated (under GPS status) "another NMEA GPS" and choose the "Serial Cable on COM1:" option. It now works great. By the way, I had to change the value in the registry using a registry editor. This is how I got it working (I got the information thanks to MiDiMan888 from www.aximusers.com whom I thank for). This is waht he says: "The problem is due to the corrupted serial driver name in the registry, that is why you see "Se???a?? ?a??d?? st?? COM1: " in Tom Tom GPS menu. 1. Use a registry editor, e.g. PHM Registry Editor v0.70 http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities...ryeditor.shtml 2. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial 3. You will see the value name "FriendlyName" has some Russian characters for the value data 4. Change that to Serial Cable on COM1: 5. Make sure you exit registry editor from Tools -> Exit, that will save the changes properly. 6. Now go to Tom Tom and your wired GPS should be working. You may need to do a soft reset if Tom Tom is still not picking up your wired GPS. Credits: I got partial information from below threads: http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ht=Tomtom+5.21 http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/module...r=asc&start=45" Hope it works for you!! Please help. Regards Assad