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ndx

Hello.

In an effort to make use of an "old"/out-of-date Packard Bell Compasseo 600 unit I installed Navigator 11 Free. The GPS receiver itself is not detected by Navigator and I'm not really sure how to make it so. The questions are these, then: Is the SiRF Star III chipset supported? And if so, how do I force Navigator Free to recognize it? Specs are listed below. Thanks in advance.

Specifications

Operating System

Windows CE 5.00 (Build 1400)

Hardware

Processor: Samsung S3C2410X02/A26 with internal clock speed 266MHz

On Board Memory

FLASH: 32MB for OS image and applications

DRAM: 64MB

Display

LCD: 3.5” TFT-LCD

Backlight: six levels of intensity (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100% of the maximum level)

Touch Panel: 300 DPI touch screen; Finger-tapping type

Audio

CODEC:16-bits stereo; 44.1KHz max sample rate.

Earphone Jack: 3.5 mm stereo earphone jack

Speaker

Battery

Battery Pack: 3.7 volt Lithium-Ion cell (non-removable), 1 100 mAh.

Capacity Detection: six levels of battery capacity (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100%).

I/O connectors

USB: USB (v1.1).Mini USB connector.

SD/MMC Slot: supports SD/MMC memory cards (up to 1G bytes)

External GPS Antenna Connector (MMCX type)

Environment

Temperature

Operating Temperature: 0 to 40 C°

Storage temperature: -20 to 60 C°

Humidity 20-95% non-condensing

ESD: +/-8kv air discharge, +/-4kv direct discharge.

Vibration: 2.60 Grms, 5 ~ 500 Hz

Regulatory/Certification

Complies with CE standards.

EMI/RFI:

In Emission: Radio R&TTE directive 99/5/EC 301-440

In Immunity: EN-55024

Safety: EN60950

GPS Receiver

Module

Chipset: SiRF Star III solution.

Frequency: 1575.42 MHz

C/A code: 1.023 MHz chip rate.

Channel: 20 channels.

Sensitivity: -159 dBm.

Performance

Position Accuracy: 10 meters, 2D RMS

Altitude: max. altitude 18000 m.

Velocity: max. velocity 515 m/s.

Interface

Baud rate: 4800 ~ 57600 bps adjustable

Output Message: SiRF binary or NMEA-0183 GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC, VTG

mdx

Hello,
make sure you have GPS output set as NMEA and it should work. If the COM port is not properly detected, select any and change it manually in settings.xml file.
good luck
Martin

ndx

Hi.

I appreciate your reply.
I have been looking through the settings but cannot seem to find any place where I can set GPS output to NMEA or at all.

Here is the relevant part of the settings.xml:

<GPSTMC>
    <gps>
      <device>
        <type>com</type>
        <com>
          <port>COM7</port>
          <speed>115200</speed>
          <friendly_name>COM7</friendly_name>
        </com>
        <bluetooth>
          <address></address>
          <service></service>
          <friendly_name></friendly_name>
        </bluetooth>
        <timeout>15000</timeout>
      </device>
      <trail_length>200</trail_length>
      <file_accelerate_replay>0</file_accelerate_replay>
      <gpspositioncentered>yes</gpspositioncentered>
      <rotatemap>no</rotatemap>
      <turn_on_start>no</turn_on_start>
      <show_target>no</show_target>
      <timesync>no</timesync>
      <autosave>no</autosave>
      <autosave_dir/>
      <ffix_data/>
      <lfix_data/>
    </gps>
    <tmc>
      <device>
        <type>none</type>
        <com>
          <port>COM5</port>
          <speed>2400</speed>
          <friendly_name>COM5</friendly_name>
        </com>
        <bluetooth>
          <address></address>
          <service></service>
          <friendly_name></friendly_name>
        </bluetooth>
        <http>
          <address/>
        </http>
        <file/>
        <timeout>0</timeout>
      </device>
      <turn_on_start>yes</turn_on_start>
      <show_in_map>yes</show_in_map>
      <record_file/>

      <protocol>none</protocol>

      <frequency>0</frequency>
    </tmc>
    <com_autodetection_disabled>no</com_autodetection_disabled>
    <com_autodetection_speeds>57600, 38400, 19200, 14400, 9600, 4800</com_autodetection_speeds>
    <com_ports_hidden/>
    <com_ports_present/>
    <pane>
      <number_panes>4</number_panes>

      <zero>POS</zero>
      <top>SPD</top>
      <middle>SAT</middle>
      <bottom>AZI</bottom>
    </pane>
</GPSTMC>

tomas

I think you misunderstood - you can edit com port and baud rate, but your gps must be outputing NMEA
<port>COM7</port>

<speed>115200</speed>

baud rate is usually 4800, sometimes 9600 or 38400

ndx

Guess I did, then. Setting

<type>com</type>
<com>
<port>COM1</port>
<speed>4800</speed>

seems to do it. Should I be using the same settings for TMC?

tomas

if you you have a tmc receiver, then yes
if you have Navigator FREE, then TMC is available in Germany only, in commercial maps it is in many more countries

ndx

I'm running Navigator 11 Free and not living in Germany so that settles it. I appreciate your help.
Regards.

glynhamp

hi i had problem to connect my garmin gps60csx via usb navigator wont detect it so found garmin made a little prog for usb connections to 3rd party software it just adds a virtual comport enableing nav 9 to see the gps works for me here is a link to the program called garmin spanner

http://www8.garmin.com/software/Spanner_21.exe

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