Obtained Fuze two days ago and had a BT GPS receiver that I wanted to use. Took me two days of searching and finally trying non-intuitive procedure to get the connection to go through.
Step 1
Make a BT connection between the BT GPS receiver and Fuze.
Step 2
Afterwards go to Settings -> Bluetooth -> “COM Ports” Tab -> Select “New Outgoing Port” -> select “Telenav” -> Next -> Select “COM1” -> make sure “Secure Connection” has a tick mark -> Finish
Step 3
Fire up Live Search or whatever GPS app floats your boat.
In settings, be sure that COM1 is selected for the port.
All done.
Enjoy.
BTW: BT GPS receiver is telenav brand which I picked up from Best Buy- when I picked up it was 50 USD- on clearance, I have seen it now for 25 USD. Go get em while ya can.
Thanks for this info, it may come in handy if I wind up getting the Fuze.
Just curious, why did you want to connect an external GPS over the internal? Is battery consumption on the internal GPS higher than the BT connection? Slow to acquire fix? Not able to get a GPS fix exactly where the phone needs to be when you're using navigation software?
I didn't want to add an additional drain on the Fuze's battery by using the internal GPS receiver. From what I remember reading, an internal GPS receiver will suck up as much battery as the LCD on the device.
A BT connection should be less of a battery drain than an internal GPS drain- I'll have to look it up to confirm it.
You can use the TBattery app posted here (battery.zip)
It will give you a real time readout of current draw in mAh.. so you can compare values directly
So my FUZE with GPSone (and in airplane mode) it draws around 220mAh.
With my QStarz BT-1000X (only BT on) it draws 180mAh.
A bluetooth GPS definitely drains your battery less then the internal but is it worth the time you spent figuring out how it works?
Why don't you use a car charger to keep your phone "alive" more? That's what I do...
hmmm... when i had my Dell x51v and a BT GPS, what i had to do was
(assuming starting afresh, no other pairings)
1) Pair with authentication (enter the passkey on your BT GPS
2) Set up an outgoing COM port (usually it's COM7 or COM8)
3) Go to Settings>Hardware>External GPS
-- Internal GPS port (for GPS software) - COM4
-- Hardware GPS port (for BT GPS) ----- what you set in (2)... COM7 or COM8... BAUD rate according to your BT GPS
-- Allow auto management of GPS
4) Start your BT GPS, BT on your device, go to your GPS software and edit it to connect via COM4... if it fails, then use the com port in (2)
benefits to using BT GPS vs internal GPS on the Touch Pro
-- Tbattery says it uses 300-450mAh with a GPS software running with medium backlight... the back of the phone feels real hot... not burning hot, but hot..... you might not be able to charge the phone via the cigarette because of this extreme temp
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I inherited my sons XDA 2 when he moved to Cyprus.
It came complete with TT5 which worked fine in his car.
Due to a fault, the XDA had to go to the menders before I had tried it in my car and when it was returned everything installed had been lost.
I reinstalled TT5 but cannot get the XDA to recognise the wired GPS.
The only ID I have for the GPS is that it is marked:-
'FPA01' and has a serial number G270501447.
The GPS light flashes and the yellow and black spinner in the top right corner of the Tomtom screen rotates 90 degrees every 10 seconds but despite leaving it to run for 40 minutes I still get the 'no GPS receiver' message.
Any ideas what settings I should enter for the GPS?
Am I going to have constant problems as I drive a Scenic with heat reflective screens? (It definitely cut down the effectiveness of my Snooper).
If I have to change the GPS, what do you suggest to replace it with?
If I opt for BlueTooth, do I have to wear one of those posey ear jobbies or can I have it broadcast?
Sorry for all the questions. Not only am I a newbie but I'm also an old fart!
not sure if its the same on xda2 but on my xda1 i have to go to start > settings > connections > Beam and uncheck 'receive all incoming beams'
This allows com1 to function correctly
you should set the gps in tomtom to other wired gps, 4800 baud and serial port com 1
as for the reflective screen, one of my vans has this and the gps struggles to lock in there. I put it as near to a side window as possible and can usually get a decent lock
hope this helps
Not sure if this was addressed before (GPS is too short of a word for the search engine to return any results on).
Does the GPS Control Panel actually do anything on the Hermes? I read that it is supposed to allow more than one software to access the GPS at the same time. I've never actually been able to get it to do anything at all though.
I have a bluetooth GPS. I paired it, and opened an outgoing COM port (COM2). Telling GPS software to access that port directly works just fine. However, if I use the GPS control panel to use COM2 as my hardware port, COM9 as my "Program Port," and tell my programs to use COM9 instead, it just sits there, never even activating the GPS.
In summary:
BT-GPS -> BT on TYTN -> Outgoing COM2 -> GPS Control Panel -> COM9 software port -> GPS software
That above there is not working. Am I missing something?
(Secure connection is unchecked, and letting the software controll GPS automatically IS checked)
Same problem here. Tomorrow when I get some time I'm going to fiddle with the registry and see what's up. I'll post back with my results.
Ninja1
it allows you to run 2 gps application at the same time ie tomtom and memory map for example it usually hdden as unless you are running 2 gps apps its not needed
I would like to run 2 or more GPS apps at the same time. This thing just doesn't seem to actually do aything. GPS never turns on.
Hi,
I am using GPS mod Driver in the newest version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571266
The great thing is that gps mod driver - beside it´s other functions - is scanning now different ports to find gps receiver sources, which is quite usefull if using the HD2 in a rental car and lay down the HD2 between the chairs (bad internal gps reception) and put a BT gps receiver under the wind chill window for good reception (a BT gps receiver needs quite less space than a HD2 fixture for the wind chill).
While on power gps mod driver is scanning apporx all 30s the specified ports to find a better gps source (on battery not to save battery obviously).
Now the problem:
If I am on "power" but have no BT gps receiver attached (using the internal gps source) I am getting now approx all 30s a full screen pop up which is asking me to switch ON BT, or if BT is ON (because I want to use my BT head set for example) to select my paired gps receiver.
This is not realy convinient because as said it is a full screen pop up and is hiding therefore the entire navigation software AND is requesting a confirmation press to go away (and this every 30s ...).
This behaviour is not only related to the HD2 and it looks like it depends on the BT stack which is used on the smartphone. Ohter HTC smart phones with a different BT stack are not showing this full screen pop up meassage.
Question:
Does anybody have an idea to influence this behaviour on the HD2 by any reg setting or configuration?
To put BT notice in a "silent" mode?
Best regards,
dingolino
Hi,
I just bought an iPad wifi (the version without GPS).
Now I'm trying to get the GPS to work using BTStack GPS on the iPad and GPS2Blue on my HD2.
I can get the iPad to connect to my HD2, however there arent any information transfered to the ipad. It just says connected, but without any satelite information.
Now the app on the iPad works fine with a regular bluetooth gps dongle. So I'm thinking that there is something I've missed in the settings in GPS2Blue.
Has anyone tried anything like this before?
I'm using gps2blue version 2.0, with the gps on com4 and bluetooth on com6.
Any help is really appriciated.
/Erik
Hello,
I had the same issues trying to figure out how to get gps2blue to work. I finally got it to work by changing a particular setting. Here are the steps:
1) Go to Settings > All Settings
2) Go to Bluetooth
3) Tap on Discoverable (right above "Advanced")
4) Make sure that the it's set to "Always Visible"
5) Under the "Advanced" section, click on "Serial Ports". You should see that COM1 is set to the incoming port. This is the port we should use in the GPS2blue settings for the bluetooth.
I configured gps2blue like this:
GPS: COM4
Speed: 4800
BT: COM1
Hit the "On" button and you will might still see an error. This is ok, try your iPad or your bluetooth device and you should see your HD2/LEO. Select it and it should prompt you to create a passkey. Just use 0000 and the prompt will appear on your iPad.
I hope this helps. For some reason the "Discoverable" section didn't appear for me (or I didn't notice it) until I did this:
1) Turn off bluetooth
2) Restart device
3) Turn on bluetooth using the settings in settings>allsettings>bluetooth (the bluetooth icon looks different at the top of the device now too).
-leonowski
Is this also applicable on the HTC Diamond?
I have bought one from everbuying.com last month .There is no problem with it all the time.
HD2 has built in GPS antenna which is great to use in most cases, but not in every case. Some time, while in the car for example, I would rather use external bluetooth GPS device. I know this is possible to use external GPS antenna and even set it up on my device for TomTom . However it was not a one click solution, plus, I do not remember exactly what I have done and how to reverse it... As a result, my TomTom only works with external BT GPS antenna (can't make it to use internal one) and NaviComputer uses internal GPS antenna (can't make it to use external one).
What I am looking for is an easy selector for GPS device. It would have several options:
1. Internal GPS
2. External BT GPS 1
3. External BT GPS 2
4. ... if needed
and more if needed. User could with one click of the button tell WM device what device to use for all apps that need GPS. Furthermore, if I select external BT GPS device, it could also automatically enable BT on the phone, which is normally disabled to save battery.
Is it possible? Or am I wishing too much?
I don't know if there is a unversal solution. I think all apps that use gps default to the gps module in the phone.
as for tomtom, go to Change Preferences > Configure GPS > Configure and then you can choose which module to use.
Hope that helps.
I went through some steps to enable external GPS for NaviComputer:
http://navicomputer.com/blog/?p=14
After those settings, my internal GPS is no longer working in TomTom. I have, of course, tried to go to Preferences > Configure GPS > Configure and chose built in GPS but that didn't help.
Anyway, I think I could spend some time reversing what I have done in the first place and get TomTom to use internal GPS again, but that is not the point. What I would like to have is an easy Switch On/Off button for External GPS, so that I would never need to remember all those setting changes and be able to do it with a click of the button....
You could try GPSGate (http://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client), it's not free but you can set all your programs to use the GPS gate port then use GPS gate to switch between your BT/Internal GPS in one "bulk setting". Then you only need to change one program each time and all your nav programs will be updated.
Hope that makes sense...
Dave
sounds good, will try that