Hi

I'm new here, so I'm sorry if this is yet another "oh, you dumbass, that question has been asked 100 times before" thread. I have searched the forum, but have not come across anyone facing the exact problem I am.
Here goes:

My brother in law bought himself an Axim X51v along with a Holux Bluetooth GPS. I myself have an hp iPAQ rx3715 using WM2003SE, and am quite confused by WM5! I am used to having something called "Bluetooth Manager", which is this smart little place where you can activate certain connections via Bluetooth at any point of time, you might want to. So my question is this: Where in the world has this gone in WM5? There is Bluetooth Settings, sure, but here it is only possible to set up pairing, and connections, you might want to use later on - not actually using them. WHY? The main problem occurs when wanting to use the GPS unit, which you can set up for use in BT Settings, but not CONNECT to. The used hard-/software is: Axim X51v, Holux 236 slim GPS unit, Windows Mobile 5.
I dearly hope someone out there might be able to sort this out for me.

Well you have two choices. Learn to live with the WM5 microsoft application. It will work mostly but different.


Or you can put the same app on as you have on the HP.(I think) get it here: http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ghlight=widcom

I have issues

 

There's also the option of installing the Broadcom BT stack.

Seriously, guys! You are not telling me that an Axim X51v is not out-of-the-box prepared for use with a BT GPS, are you? That would be the most idiotic thing I have ever heard of! Most products are becoming more and more versatile, so why make something crippled from birth? There's even an application called GPS in the Programs menu, but the thing doesn't seem to want to talk to the Holux. It doesn't make any sense!

It works perfectly with the Dell BT GPS. But other than that it can have some Issues. It does work with some and not with others, I'm not sure about your hardware, but I'm sure someone will give you some pointers.

      

No one is telling you that. Both guys were just offering you a better alternative. Just like Box said, GPS and some basic functions works out of the box. The bluetooth manager that comes with the X51 series is not as versatile and user freindly as you are used to, but it works for GPS, DUN, A2DP,AVCRP and serial. But I'm not going out of my way to tell you that it's not crap nor it's not crippled. The two aximsite members were simply giving you another bluetooth stack (widcomm) which is superior than the microsoft stack as an option.

 

Okay, so "it works" with GPS, you say? Would you be so kind as to explain to me just how it works? What I have done so far is paired the two devices in BT Settings, checkmarked Serial Port as a service, made one port incoming, another outcoming (COM7 and 8, respectively), started Tomtom and chosen COM7/8 as the serial port for "Other Bluetooth GPS." But the yellow/black wheel in the top right corner just doesn't start rotating! And it just keeps giving me "No GPS" in the bottom left. Why?

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...hlight=widcomm

download, install and viola bluetooth manager

Okay. But this does not explain why there is no built-in Manager like iPAQ Wireless. Is that really the way it is? I am shocked!

What's there to explain? Dell gave the X51 a crappy bluetooth stack, end of story.


I don't have TomTom, I don't have the resources to help you with it.
I got the MS stack working with GPS10 and IpaqNav System. I got it working with and without the GPS utility (crap) the X51 came with. This was done several months ago, months before the the widcomm stack. Switched to the widcomm stack and never looked back ever since.

1. Paired the GPS device and clicked on "New Outgoing Port" which gave me the GPS port (com 8)

2. Opened my Ipaq Navigation System and set the GPS port to com 8 (same as outgoing port)

Ignore the GPS Utility Screenshots, you don't really need it.




If you are having problems with TomTom, others might help you with it. This is just to let you know that however crappy it is, it works with GPS out of the box.

 

I have iGuidance and it works just fine the built-in MS stack, and the the Broadcom stack.

Thanks, dvmed. I don't have the Axim right here with me, but I will try with the Widcomm BT driver (what's the deal with calling it "stack"? (Oh my goodness! De he just say that? N00b! No, just questioning by nature! )).

Bill

Hi,

my configuration is Axim X51V - Holux GPSlim Bluetooth - TomTom6 and find no problem in using it till now.

- Power on the Holux
- on axim go to Settings-Blueetooth
- in the first tab (my Axim is not in english so dont know the exact labels) enable the Bluetooth (wait some seconds for stabilization of the interface)
- go to the second tab (should be "devices") and click on "new pairing"
- as soon as the Holux is found (something like "HOLUX GPSlim236") click on it and specify the passkey (if I remember correctly should be 0000)
- Select the serial port emulation and then choose com input port 7 or 8

- no need to establish a connection, it will be done automatically as soon as both the bluetooth on axim and on Holux are on.

- using TomTom, you have to configure the software as follows:
--> go to preferences
--> Show GPS Status (again dont know the exact english label)
--> select the bottom left softkey "Configure"
--> some available configuration will be presented, choose the more generic that on my localization sound as "other GPS Bluetooth receiver"
--> push the bottom softkey "Select"
--> Continue at the next warning screen
--> finally select COM7 or COM8 depending on the pairing you did.

Mind that TOMTOM6 automatically activates the Bluetooth interface upon program launch and shut it off at the program exit.

Hope this helps.

Ciao,
Flavio

Does the Widcomm stack cause you to lose your usb activesync connection? I read this from many people on another thread. Thanks!