Re: can't make connection between Palm Tungsten T3 and GPS receiver
- From: Dale DePriest <Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:39:41 -0700
Jos?001 wrote:
Hi there,
I'm not sure whether this is the right group to post this too but maybe someone might be able to help me?! hopefully!!I have been scanning the net especially http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/Palm/phardware.htm but don't seem to find anything relating to my problem. I purchased a GPS unit from ebay a few months ago with the intention of using it alongside my palm t3 but have had no luck in getting it to work. Sadley I jumped in with both feet when buying it since I had spent no time at all researching GPS. Nevertheless, the unit itself is small and transparent blue but has no markings to indicate its manufacturer. It connects to the palm via the serial port which has another cable which feeds power from the cigarette lighter. Around the same time, my uncle purchased the same gps receiver but with a different cable to connect to his Siemens pocket PC. His seems to be working fine and I noticed a small green blinking led inside the unit which dosent seem to come on in mine. I've no idea whether this is an indication that my unit is faulty or whether the light only comes on when the receiver makes contact with the PDA. I have tried to use ptelnet to test the serial port whilst connected to the receiver with no luck since after enabling all the settings I just get a blinking line which dosn't do much else. So my question is this....do i need to install a special driver on the palm (T3) to enable it to communicate with the gps, does it sound like the unit is faulty and is there anyway I can test it by perhaps plugging it into my pc (the power connection to the lighter has a USB plug). Also, the connection from the serial to the gps is made via a six pin male to femae plug, could this be the problem? Any help/advice anyone could give me at this point would be most gratfully appreciated.
Thanks
Jose
If the light isn't coming one then the unit is faulty or you aren't getting power to the unit. It should behave like your uncle's.
Dale
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