GPS Bluetooth and Treo700wx setup - Treo Forum

KevinK · 01-08-2007, 08:17 PM

I have the GPT-801 with sirf-iii to use with tomtom 6. Now please bare with me as I am a newb to this stuff.

I partner the BT GPS to the treo and then proceed to run tomtom 6. From there I try to setup under another bluetooth device, it asked which com port. This is where I think the error is. how do I know which com port to pick? I've tried them all and still get no GPS device found. Do I have to set a com port on the phone itself? If so which com do I select?

Again this is all new to me.

TazUk · 01-09-2007, 05:27 AM

When you paired the device did you go into COM ports and add a new outgoing port?

KevinK · 01-09-2007, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TazUk

When you paired the device did you go into COM ports and add a new outgoing port?

Thats where I'm confussed. Does it matter which port I use? Also when I pair do I select serial port?

TazUk · 01-09-2007, 02:59 PM

I use TomTom's own GPS reciever which works differently than the others so I can't say for sure but what I would think you do is, pair the device, go to the COM Ports tab, click on New Outgoing Port, select your GPS reciever then assign a COM port to it. I don't think it matters which one you choose as long as it's the same one specified in TomTom.

LoVoltage · 02-14-2007, 10:31 PM

you need to use COM7 for a bluetooth GPS rcvr.

01-08-2007, 08:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
KevinK A Few Questions.... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GPS Bluetooth and Treo700wx setup I have the GPT-801 with sirf-iii to use with tomtom 6. Now please bare with me as I am a newb to this stuff. I partner the BT GPS to the treo and then proceed to run tomtom 6. From there I try to setup under another bluetooth device, it asked which com port. This is where I think the error is. how do I know which com port to pick? I've tried them all and still get no GPS device found. Do I have to set a com port on the phone itself? If so which com do I select? Again this is all new to me.

01-09-2007, 05:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
TazUk Mostly harmless Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kent, UK My Treo: Treo 750v My Carrier: Vodaphone My OS: XP Posts: 3,793 Thanks: 169 Thanked 442 Times in 341 Posts	When you paired the device did you go into COM ports and add a new outgoing port? __________________ Treo 180 > Treo 270 > Treo 650 > Treo 750v (Running WM6) + Treo 500v + Treo Pro "Going to church no more makes you a christian than sleeping in your garage makes you a car." *Garrison Keillor*

01-09-2007, 02:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
TazUk Mostly harmless Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kent, UK My Treo: Treo 750v My Carrier: Vodaphone My OS: XP Posts: 3,793 Thanks: 169 Thanked 442 Times in 341 Posts	I use TomTom's own GPS reciever which works differently than the others so I can't say for sure but what I would think you do is, pair the device, go to the COM Ports tab, click on New Outgoing Port, select your GPS reciever then assign a COM port to it. I don't think it matters which one you choose as long as it's the same one specified in TomTom. __________________ Treo 180 > Treo 270 > Treo 650 > Treo 750v (Running WM6) + Treo 500v + Treo Pro "Going to church no more makes you a christian than sleeping in your garage makes you a car." *Garrison Keillor*

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02-14-2007, 10:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
LoVoltage A Few Questions.... Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Iowa My Treo: Treo 700wx Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	you need to use COM7 for a bluetooth GPS rcvr.