Navman 3400 Jacket IPAQ 3630 and tomtom5

[coopersim]

Has anyone managed to get this combination working?

Compaq IPAQ 3630 16 mb ROM 32 mb RAM running PPC 2002
Navman 3400 Jacket with 128 mb Compact flash card
Tomtom 5

I have tried just about everything and am still getting "no valid GPS signal"

1/ uninstalled and reinstalled tomtom 5 - including a hard reset, and several soft resets as well

2/ installed navman driver from navman website - which does now appear in the list of wired devices in tomtom

3/ installed v3.07 of the tomtom navigator - which appears to have more GPS drivers for wired receivers(?)

4/ removed and reinstalled the maps on the CF card (although not sure this is of any relevance)

5/ installed navman's own GPS software to test signals - this picks up 4 satellites almost straight away - but when i go in to check the GPS status in tomtom, it can only find maybe 3, but is unable to lock on to the signal - although it does show the correct time in GMT.....?


any suggestions would be welcome, as I have now been stood out in the rain walking around the garden trying to pick up satellite signals for the past several hours, and am totally fed up!

thanks, simon.

[wobbs]

Originally Posted by coopersim

Has anyone managed to get this combination working?

Compaq IPAQ 3630 16 mb ROM 32 mb RAM running PPC 2002
Navman 3400 Jacket with 128 mb Compact flash card
Tomtom 5

I have tried just about everything and am still getting "no valid GPS signal"

1/ uninstalled and reinstalled tomtom 5 - including a hard reset, and several soft resets as well

2/ installed navman driver from navman website - which does now appear in the list of wired devices in tomtom

3/ installed v3.07 of the tomtom navigator - which appears to have more GPS drivers for wired receivers(?)

4/ removed and reinstalled the maps on the CF card (although not sure this is of any relevance)

5/ installed navman's own GPS software to test signals - this picks up 4 satellites almost straight away - but when i go in to check the GPS status in tomtom, it can only find maybe 3, but is unable to lock on to the signal - although it does show the correct time in GMT.....?


any suggestions would be welcome, as I have now been stood out in the rain walking around the garden trying to pick up satellite signals for the past several hours, and am totally fed up!

thanks, simon.

using 3870 and ipaq navigation jacket ( are they the same hardware )

Tried all that and the ( install foil between the receiver and ipaq ) - i can see 11 sats in gps config screen - but when i drop back to tom tom navigation view it says it cant find a valid signal - arghhhhhhhh

copilot works fine - just old - and I cant understand a damn word the thing says ( even when the car is stood still )

I think i may cave in and buy a medion - had one at last job never had a problem,other than it didnt have the m6 toll on it ( despite telling me when i entered the thing i was on it ) 2004 maps

the gps is working and talking to the ipaq - its tom tom that seems to be the problem any ideas

other than sell the jacket on ebay and buy a bluetooth receiver

[markie76]

HI,

There is a known issue with the Navman GPS 3400 and Tomtom 5 where the data from the jacket is not read/interpreted correctly.

The problem is the driver in TomTom 5 is crap with the Navman jacket and the solution is to install TomTom 5 without the Tomtom driver but to use the navman driver.. I'm not clear on the process but some info is starting to appear on the internet.

[pmarley]

Hi,

I have TomTom installed and running on a customers setup which is identical to yours. Not sure why your having trouble. I would do the following steps if I was you.

1) remove all instances of TomTom & Navman driver from the Ipaq via Add/Remove programs in Control Panel -> Settings -> Remove Programs
2) install the V3.1.6 Navman serial driver from http://www.navman.com/land/serial_driver.html
3) perform a soft reset of the ipaq out of the sleeve.
4) insert the IPAQ into the sleeve and you should see it initialize
5) install TOMTOM including the bluetooth driver
6) Run through the TomTom welcome setup and when you get to the GPS config set it to Other Cable NMEA GPS and click Select.
7) set the Baud rate to 4800 and click Done.
8) in the list of the 'GPS is connected to' select the NavMan Driver.

In the top right corner you should now see the little logo begin to rotate. this shows the GPS and the IPAQ are talking.

You can now go outside and it will eventually (upto half an hour on these) begin to locate satelites.

any probs feel free to email me.

Paul

Originally Posted by coopersim

Has anyone managed to get this combination working?

Compaq IPAQ 3630 16 mb ROM 32 mb RAM running PPC 2002
Navman 3400 Jacket with 128 mb Compact flash card
Tomtom 5

I have tried just about everything and am still getting "no valid GPS signal"

1/ uninstalled and reinstalled tomtom 5 - including a hard reset, and several soft resets as well

2/ installed navman driver from navman website - which does now appear in the list of wired devices in tomtom

3/ installed v3.07 of the tomtom navigator - which appears to have more GPS drivers for wired receivers(?)

4/ removed and reinstalled the maps on the CF card (although not sure this is of any relevance)

5/ installed navman's own GPS software to test signals - this picks up 4 satellites almost straight away - but when i go in to check the GPS status in tomtom, it can only find maybe 3, but is unable to lock on to the signal - although it does show the correct time in GMT.....?


any suggestions would be welcome, as I have now been stood out in the rain walking around the garden trying to pick up satellite signals for the past several hours, and am totally fed up!

thanks, simon.

[cat1kite]

I would be interested to know if anyone sorted this problem as I have this combination and I am having the same problem.

Thanks

Cat1kite

[theblackbag]

Just tried the instructions from pmarley (found on a google search) , worked a treat!

[WirralPaul]

Originally Posted by coopersim

Has anyone managed to get this combination working?

Compaq IPAQ 3630 16 mb ROM 32 mb RAM running PPC 2002
Navman 3400 Jacket with 128 mb Compact flash card
Tomtom 5

I have tried just about everything and am still getting "no valid GPS signal"

1/ uninstalled and reinstalled tomtom 5 - including a hard reset, and several soft resets as well

2/ installed navman driver from navman website - which does now appear in the list of wired devices in tomtom

3/ installed v3.07 of the tomtom navigator - which appears to have more GPS drivers for wired receivers(?)

4/ removed and reinstalled the maps on the CF card (although not sure this is of any relevance)

5/ installed navman's own GPS software to test signals - this picks up 4 satellites almost straight away - but when i go in to check the GPS status in tomtom, it can only find maybe 3, but is unable to lock on to the signal - although it does show the correct time in GMT.....?


any suggestions would be welcome, as I have now been stood out in the rain walking around the garden trying to pick up satellite signals for the past several hours, and am totally fed up!

thanks, simon.

Hi, I have exactly the same problem and would be grateful if you could let me know if you a solution. See below

Could anyone who has successfully got this combination working help?



I have been running Smart ST with NAVman jacket on my Ipaq successfully for a few years and seeing TT5 decided to upgrade the software but use the same hardware set-up.



I have uninstalled Smart ST and installed TT5 then downloaded the NAVman Jacket driver from the NAVman site. Unfortunately although the software recognises the jacket and searches for a "valid GPS signal" it never actually gets a fix. I don't have a heat resistant windscreen and have had the thing searching for over an hour. I have set the baud rate to a setting where it detects the jacket quickly.



Are there different drivers for different NAVman jackets and I may have the wrong one or is there another problem? I did have both Smart ST running and TT5 initially and TT5 worked for a teasing 20 minutes and then didn't after that. That is why I uninstalled Smart ST and downloaded a new NAVman driver because I thought there was a conflict. If you can help I would gladly appreciate it.



Thanks, Paul, Wirral UK