How employ other gps software with EMTAC BT antenna than TT

[praetal]

I have the tomtom navigator 3 and a EMTAC bluetooth antenna and this works perfectly

My problem is that when I'am trying to employ other softwares like VITONAVIGATOR, GPSDASH ,INTELLIGOLF, and so on I cannot configure the softwares to recognize my antenna.

Kindest regards


@l@in

[buzz_lightyear]

hi,
solution is simple...
sorry to say it, but uninstall TomTom GPS or better the whole TomTom and use Mapsonic or Mapopolis instead of it...

i did the same.

buzz

[praetal]

Yes of course but i already bought tomtom, is there any other solution?

[griffog]

Simple, in Remove Programs uninstall TomTom~GPS.

This won't prevent TomTom from working but will stop TomTom locking the BT Com Port for its own exclusive use.

Plenty of discussion of this on our website, see our detailed explanation here (http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-navigator-bt-dummy-guide.php).

[buzz_lightyear]

@griffog

man, that's an excellent guide there... really good one...

;o) basically i meant the same... ;o)))

but, tomtom needs also far more processing power than other comparable programs, that means battery drains 30% faster, slower UI response, etc.

i know, battery is not any issue if you are driving, but i sometimes walk as well... :o)))

anyway, i don't like tomtom...

do you maybe know, is it possible to do crossborder routing in newer tomtom versions? like you can in mapopolis?

THANX
buzz

[griffog]

It looks like TomTom v5 will do cross border-routing yes. I have never experienced slow response to the UI except when using SD for map storage on iPAQ2210's. Using CF resolves this.

v5 also introduces walking and cycling modes which alter the route calculations. What PDA/GPS/memory Card Combo do you use?

[alix776]

darren it our work around doesnt work for xda2

[buzz_lightyear]

It looks like TomTom v5 will do cross border-routing yes. I have never experienced slow response to the UI except when using SD for map storage on iPAQ2210's. Using CF resolves this.

v5 also introduces walking and cycling modes which alter the route calculations. What PDA/GPS/memory Card Combo do you use?

hi griffog,
i'm using XDA2 + EMTAC BT + Mapsonic or Mapopolis.
Maps are on Transcend 64Mb SD card.

i'm very satisfied with this combination

buzz

[alix776]

just being playing with mine :lol: :shock: eerrrr right
first delete gps 2.07 or above then soft reset the device install pocket bluetooth tools delete the pairing with your receiver repair then ( during which you will be asked to create a serial port for this device select NO at this point then intall gps 2.06 available from www.pocketgpsworld.com this available in the downloads section under tomtom gps drivers.
download the cab file and copy it to the xda2 and then exicute it from file explorer select you reciver and away you go

well thats how i did it hopefully the above ramblings make sense :lol:

[cruisin-thru]

Alix, how will he configure the other gps software if no serial port has been assigned, I understand this works under tomtom as "bluetooth gps" but I am not so sure it will work with the software he mentions.unless you have tried it, if so how did you configure it.?

[alix776]

bluetooth tools asigns the comport to com7 not sure hows these thing work really it just worked for me i can run tomtom 3 and copoilt 5 on the same machine