TomTom 5.21 not detecting Altina GPS device on Dell Axim X51v

[kennethx]

I have a problem om my Dell Axim X51v with a Altina G-Mouse GPS receiver (Model GGM308).

In Tomtom I select Other NMEA GPS, 4800 baud (which is correct for the GPS I have). Then TomTom asks where the GPS is connected, and I only have the choices:
Native IR:
COM3:
BT UART on COM5:
Se???a?? ?a??d?? st?? COM1:


I've tried all of the above, all resulting in TomTom saying, No GPS.

Out of curuosity, I downloaded a trial version of a program called GPS Tuner.
I started that up, hit auto configure GPS, and BOOM, receiving GPS signal at 4800 baud at COM1 like there was no tomorow!

My guess is that TomTom is not compatible with the GPS receiver. The messed up name string on COM1: in TomTom also indicates this.

Anyone have some suggestions what to try next?

[getsurfers]

Search this forum using the garbage listed for Com 1.

Sure someone else had this and another user posted a fix.

[kennethx]

Originally Posted by getsurfers

Search this forum using the garbage listed for Com 1.

Sure someone else had this and another user posted a fix.

I did try searching the forums, but it resulted in "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." :-/

Google did get quite a lot of hits however

From: http://www.aximusers.com/forum/archi...hp/t-5995.html

Originally Posted by MiDiMaN888

01-01-2006, 01:57 PM

I had the exact same problem like others and just got mine working.

The problem is due to the corrupted serial driver name in the registry, that is why you see "Se???a?? ?a??d?? st?? COM1: " in Tom Tom GPS menu.

1. Use a registry editor, e.g. PHM Registry Editor v0.70
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities...ryeditor.shtml

2. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial

3. You will see the value name "FriendlyName" has some Russian characters for the value data

4. Change that to Serial Cable on COM1:

5. Make sure you exit registry editor from Tools -> Exit, that will save the changes properly.

6. Now go to Tom Tom and your wired GPS should be working. You may need to do a soft reset if Tom Tom is still not picking up your wired GPS.

Credits: I got partial information from below threads:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ht=Tomtom+5.21

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/module...r=asc&start=45

Happy New Year!

I'm going to try this when I come home today

[kennethx]

I can comfirm. This fixes the issue! I'm a happy camper now