How to test the gps?

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What is a good program that works with the TP so that I can test to see if my built in gps is working correctly?

I have TOMTOM7 installed and the application works but I can never see any satellites.

I tried mapopolis but i can't seem to establish a connection to the gps.

I updated the gps info using quick gps.

What com port and baud rate does the unit use?

What settings should I have in the "external gps" settings?

Thanks for your help!

Use the attached program to test the GPS.
It will search COM ports automatically
But I guess you can know the port from the settings tabs "External GPS" icon if it's like Kaiser
Anyway, I will be of further use in like 4 days

Originally Posted by pjmiebach

What is a good program that works with the TP so that I can test to see if my built in gps is working correctly?

I have TOMTOM7 installed and the application works but I can never see any satellites.

I tried mapopolis but i can't seem to establish a connection to the gps.

I updated the gps info using quick gps.

What com port and baud rate does the unit use?

What settings should I have in the "external gps" settings?

Thanks for your help!

ok it seems its on com 4 with baud rate of 9600.

ill put it by the window and see if any satellites come up.

The screen just right now says: GPS starting up

Edit: ok great I just got 3 satellites. I guess it works!

Great that it works
You need at least 4 though to get a fix
Kindly, post your radio info and your location and let me know how many satellites did you view (press up on dpad as the 1st screen shows only upto 8 and it can see more, hopefully)

Originally Posted by pjmiebach

ok it seems its on com 4 with baud rate of 9600.

ill put it by the window and see if any satellites come up.

The screen just right now says: GPS starting up

Edit: ok great I just got 3 satellites. I guess it works!

posting the number of satelites you receive is a bit pointless.

This will depend on many factors such as

1) The number of sats viewable at any given time in your area (the sats are not geostationary and therefore move around)
2) The location of the sats during the test - some could be close to the horizon and therefore have a week signal
3) Weather conditions, cloud rain etc,
4) Terrain

etc
etc

Basically, you are right.

But if you are fast enough, you can test several radios in the same 10 mins.
And you can judge by testing in the same place which radio is better for GPS (Fix & View).
A mention of your location will be a referrence for others.

There's a thread with more radio fuss to hold such info to be useful in the future.

Hi pjmiebach - thanks for the hint and the software - I get 4 satellits (yellow beamer) but when I tryit again with Google Maps it finds no Satellite ???

Any explanation from yur side ?

as a matter of fact, on-board GPS works with just about any baud rate you select - so choose the fastest

Originally Posted by peter7

Hi pjmiebach - thanks for the hint and the software - I get 4 satellits (yellow beamer) but when I tryit again with Google Maps it finds no Satellite ???

Any explanation from yur side ?

errr It worked find with TOMTOM7 after taking like 15 min to find it's first fix. Never tried Google maps yet cause my data plan doesn't start until the 8th of Sept.

you can start google maps and check in the right menu for gps and tap that one so it uses the internal gps instead of internetconnection.
it is also a good idea to goto connectionsettings and wipe all existing connections as activesync wont require these and you can download them later from the provider website or by running the carriersetup