configure bluetooth GPS - Google Maps for mobile

Message from discussion configure bluetooth GPS
From:  "tls" <tlswee...@gmail.com>
To:  "Google Mobile Help Group - Google Maps for mobile" <Google-Maps-for-mobile@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: configure bluetooth GPS
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:53:39 -0000
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Thank you very much for taking the time to put all this down. Worked
perfectly.

On Feb 10, 8:01 pm, "[email address]" wrote:
> I got my Holux GPSlim 240 to work with Google Maps for Mobile (WM5)
> but I don't know why it does.
>
> I have a T-Mobile MDA that is an HTC phone running Windows Mobile
> version 5 with latest patches from T-Mobile.
>
> Here's what I did.
>
> 1. I followed the instructions on the link below to unhide the GPS
> icon on the setting/system screen.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/06/07/620387.aspx
>
> 2. Deleted the key that said Redirect even though it had no value as
> instructed in the link above.
>
> 3. I got my Holux connected via bluetooth screen and set the device to
> use COM6 and activated it so it was communicating.
>
> 4. I opened the GPS app in the settings/system tab.
>
> 5. I set the GPS Program port to COM2
>
> 6. I set the GPS Hardware Port to COM6 the same as I used to link the
> Holux via Bluetooth in step 3.
>
> 7. I set the the Buad Rate to 33600 on the Hardware tab of the GPS
> app.
>
> 8. I tried to use the viewer that came with the Holux but it would not
> work when set to use COM2.  Also, this viewer only supports a baud
> rate of 38400 and that baus rate is not a choice in the GPS app. I
> quit the GPS viewer to free up the port.
>
> 9. I then tried Google Maps and, I could not believe it, it works
>
> So, Google Maps for Mobile is really cool now.  I have Traffic and GPS
> data on my phone.  The GPS puts a nice little blue dot at the present
> location.
>
> Maybe someone can tell us why this works.
>
> Pinball2K
>
> .
>
> On Feb 10, 3:07 pm, "[email address]" wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have a T-Mobile MDA and am tryng to get my Holux GPSlim 240 to
> > work.  It works with MS Street but not Google maps (I love google maps
> > mobile).
>
> > I don't have a reg editor and am cautious about messing things up.  I
> > have 2 questions:
> > 1. Did Google post any instructions on how to set up a GPS for Google
> > Maps for Mobile?
> > 2. Has anyone used the Reg entries provided by TransFXB on a T-Mobile
> > MDA?
> > Thanks.
>
> > Pinball2k.
>
> > On Feb 5, 3:26 pm, TransFXB wrote:
>
> > > On a Smartphone WM5 (HTC s620), this did the trick to get data from a
> > > bluetooth GPS:
>
> > > 1.) The following registry key must exist:
> > > "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver
> > > \Drivers"
> > > ( keys .\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers offen missed)
>
> > > 2.) The following value must exist under the key "Drivers" (type
> > > REG_SZ):
> > > CurrentDriver = "My GPS Driver"
>
> > > 3.) The following registry key must exist:
> > > "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS IntermediateDriver
> > > \Drivers\My GPS Driver"
>
> > > 4.) The following values must exist under the key "My GPS
> > > Driver" (type REG_SZ):
> > > InterfaceType = "COMM"
> > > FriendlyName = "My GPS Driver"
> > > CommPort = "COM6:"
> > > (If you set up your bluetooth device to another COM-Port you can use
> > > this value for the CommPort registry value )- Hide quoted text -
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