GPS receiver and bluetooth

[melly99]

Hi, Need help.

I've just got an xda exec and i wanted to use tomtom on it so i purchased a Holux GPSlim 236 bluetooth receiver to use with it.
I bought this receiver as i saw that someone on ebay had the same set up and said it worked fine.

The problem i have is that the exec will find the gps receiver but will not seem to talk to it, the instructions that came with it say to go through bluetooth manager but on exec there is no bluetooth manager only option to turn on etc.

Pls help

[LinuxGeek]

I use the exact same receiver Holux 236.

I just start bluetooth on XDA EXEC then start Holux ..wait 20 seconds ... turn on TomTom wait for about 60 seconds and it works.

The only think to remeber is that when you first pair the Holux with your XDA EXEC you must tick serial port and make sure it is using COM0.

If COM0 is in use by any other bluetooth device. Delete that device, pair the Holux allocating COM0 and then pair the gadget you deleted again and it should work.

Hope this makes sense and works for you.

Holux 236 is a great device so you will be pleased once all working.

[melly99]

I've paired the device ok. i've selected incoming com as com 0 and turned everything on in that order.

When i go into tomtom to configure the gps i now get the option com 0 but still no joy any ideas.

Cheers
Simon

[LinuxGeek]

sounds like it should work. Thats all I did to get it to work.

Is the blue light on Holux flashing ? and the orange light on ?

Go into tomtom , setup a route and see if that helps.

[cgrillo]

You need the port set up as an OUTGOING post - not an incoming.

Then it should work fine (whatever com# you have got)
Also ensure the name of the BT GPS when paired/found actually ends in "GPS" - then TomTom will find it fine..

Charlie Grillo

[melly99]

You truly are a legend, i'm now up and running

Thank you very much

Simon

[pug]

I often had a problem with BT GPS connections being unreliable, constantly losing a signal and taking upwards of 10 minutes getting a lock again. What I found out is that when setting up the outgoing connection to COM0 is to uncheck the secure connection box. Since I did that I had no connection, stability or drop off issues. It seems the secure connection actually blocks the GPS signal and messes up the receiver. I have used 3 different Holux units (sent back suspect faulty, now I know different), BT-77 and now Zycast. It happened with my mates Holux as well.

If it doesn't help you it may help others with the same problem anyway.

[scousegitt]

You need the port set up as an OUTGOING post - not an incoming.

Then it should work fine (whatever com# you have got)
Also ensure the name of the BT GPS when paired/found actually ends in "GPS" - then TomTom will find it fine..

Charlie Grillo

Do you know how to get the XDA EXEC to work with BT GPS
FGPXBT02 as I am really struggling to get this device to work. My phone can see the device in bluetooth but when I run TomTom 5 on the phone the program cannot see the GPS device in the connection.

Any ideas?