I have just recently purchased a Holux CF GPS reciver. My problem lies with Tomtom 6. I can see the satellites with the satellite viewer program but am unable to see them in tomtom. Can anyone explain the setup as the options in tomtom are for bluetooth ports 5 & 8 whilst the 4700 says port 6 is the one to use.
Greetings Private4587! Welcome to the MobilitySite forums!
I'm just going to guess that you have the right port, but you might be in the wrong "mode" for TT6 to read the GPS Reciever. Most GPS Applications want to talk to their GPS Receiver in NMEA mode, and yours maybe in Sirf mode...
Maybe we can work this out (with a little luck). I am using TomTom 6 with several of my devices and have used it with three different GPS receivers so I know it works fine. Let's just go through the process you are using.
First, I assume you have paired it with the 4700
next, did you set up a NEW outgoing Com port with the 4700?
Let me know that answer and we will try to move on from there
You are correct spud42 ... clearly a poor choice of words
Private4587 has indicated that the "4700 says port 6" so I am assuming that what ever the install was with the CF device was done and is correct.
Similar to a bluetooth device, I believe that there has to be a means to communicate between the GPS and the program.
In TomTom, if you go to the Preferences menu and then to Show GPS Status, the option to configure the GPS is on that screen. I assume that he would pick "other GPS receiver" and after that screen he will have to pick how the GPS is connected.
Because I do not have a CF GPS, I am not sure what that screen says so he will have to give us that information. It may well be that he will have to setup a COM port for it to communicate with similar to what you would do with a bluetooth GPS.
He did indicate that the 4700 is saying port 6. It may well be that he will have to configure a different port, reset then start TomTom again. My hope is that will be the trick ... we will see.
thanks for all your quick replies, I thought it would be just a matter of plugging the Cf card in load program and away. It stated that it could not find a BT device, so I started BT and then within the GPS viewer I found 20 satellites and it stated that port 6 Discovered GPS. How do I pair it with 4700 or how do I open another port. When I tried to use port 5 nothing happened when I used port 8 it kept looking for a BT device. These 2 ports where the optins in tomtom's other BT device. The option for CF was generic and that did not work either. Hope this is the info you required to help me.
Keep in mind Private4587 that my choice of words using "paired" was incorrect as Spud42 was kind enough to point out. It appears from your comments that it was installed correctly because you were able to see 20 satellites. You indicated that it said it was using port 6 so my question is were you able to verify what Elrendhel had asked about what mode it was set at?
It should be set at NMEA but it just might be at SiRF. Is there a utility that came with the CF GPS that will let you check (and change) that? If there is, make sure the protocol set to NMEA and a baud rate of 4800. If that is set correctly, then when you enter the configure option in TomTom, I think I would pick "Other NMEA GPS receiver", make sure the GPS baud rate is set 4800 and when you click done, hopefully you will see COM6 in that list that appears.
Unfortunately, I have only used bluetooth solutions so my comments are strickly guesswork on my end ... I do expect that we will reach a solution (hopefully sooner than later).
May be I can offer some info with my CF GPS experience (mine is a GlobalSAT BC-337)...
I guess when you see the GPS working (locking on satellites) it would be from a utility/diagnostic program that came with the GPS? In my case, before I can use TomTom (6), I would have to "Stop GPS" from that utility first. This is for releasing COM 6 back to the system. Now entering TomTom and go thru the setup screen, select other GPS type and select the COM port (6). If it has been released, you would see it in the choices of COM ports... You will only have to do this once in Tom tom. The next time Tom Tom starts, it will attempt to use that COM Port, until you change it to something else.
Some other program (GPS Gate) or the WM5 built-in Shared GPS com port may work for you (without releasing the GPS from one program), but in my case, only releasing the COM port from other program has been working consistently. I think WM5 is not very user friendly with CF GPS...
I have upgraded mine to a Bluetooth GPS since, however, and keep the CF one as back up only. The CF module has some advantages, but I've found it a bit cumbersome and drawing too much power from my hx4700...
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