thedogsbollox Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 Hello again. I am contemplating buying a Garmin Etrex and it has suddenly dawned upon me that i own a PDA that i use a TomTom Mobile Satelite Reciever with. Is there any software out there that will utilise the TomTom reciever that is bluetoothed to my PDA. Obviously i use TomTom Mobile software with it but when you go offroad it don't wanna play ball and you cannot mark waypoints by co-ordinates. I just downloaded Garmin Que software but i find that can only be used with The Que device itself and will not utilise my reciever at all. That software looks the dogs doodaas by the way and has everything i would need and more. Thankin you for your replys in advance Tony Quote
fraggle69 Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 Try a google for 'Cetus'. What PDA do you have? Pocket PC software seems to be better but you'll find for the palm it's free. I use GSAK to export my waypoints to my satnav and you can do the same with your tom tom. It'll get you to the right location and then you can use your BT GPSr and PDA to get to GZ. I steal the boys Etrex now and again because the bat life is superb compared to that of the pocket PC or Palm, I use the latter for cache info using cachemate. Quote
thedogsbollox Posted June 30, 2007 Author Posted June 30, 2007 Try a google for 'Cetus'. What PDA do you have? Pocket PC software seems to be better but you'll find for the palm it's free. I use GSAK to export my waypoints to my satnav and you can do the same with your tom tom. It'll get you to the right location and then you can use your BT GPSr and PDA to get to GZ. I steal the boys Etrex now and again because the bat life is superb compared to that of the pocket PC or Palm, I use the latter for cache info using cachemate. I have a o2 XDA IIs (its a B.T. Mobile Phone/PDA) it has Pocket PC OS. Sorry i am a newbie, what's GZ? Quote
+Matrix Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 I have a o2 XDA IIs (its a B.T. Mobile Phone/PDA) it has Pocket PC OS. Sorry i am a newbie, what's GZ? GZ = Ground Zero or the cache location . I use cachemate with the cachenav plugin and that works well enough . Quote
fraggle69 Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 ground zero = GZ aka the cache!! I think this should get you started in the right direction so to speak. Someone may even pop on here and give you a better software soloution as I am a palm user and I am not completely on top of what PPC software is available for geocaching. Have yourself a good read of software on this page Quote
thedogsbollox Posted June 30, 2007 Author Posted June 30, 2007 I have a o2 XDA IIs (its a B.T. Mobile Phone/PDA) it has Pocket PC OS. Sorry i am a newbie, what's GZ? GZ = Ground Zero or the cache location . I use cachemate with the cachenav plugin and that works well enough . I tried Cachemate and it still wont utilise my bluetooth reciever. When trying to configure the cachenav plugin it requires a port, well there is no port that i know of. Thanks for your help tho Tony Quote
thedogsbollox Posted July 1, 2007 Author Posted July 1, 2007 It'll be your bluetooth serial port...... I am not a big computer geek but i just stumbled across it so i am a happy bunny. I just downloaded Bee Line and that seems to be doing the trick. Thanks alot everyone. Tony Quote
+The Blorenges Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 If you use GSAK you can export waypoints as a TomTom POI file and then use TT to get to cache locations, and BeeLine for the final bit. You can also run Memory Map (OS maps) on the PDA and see exactly where you are! One tip.... I use a program called Franson GPS gate to create a virtual comm port on my Mio 550. This allows multiple applications (like TomTom and Memory Map) to all 'share' the GPS device. I found that Windows Mobile doesn't do this on it's own very well. Chris Quote
+Delta68 Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 If you use GSAK you can export waypoints as a TomTom POI file ... I tried this yesterday but I can't see how to import the POI file into TomTom... Thanks Quote
+Bob Smith Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Copy the ov2 file created by GSAK to the directory where the local road maps for TT are. As an alternative to GPS gate which costs, try Port splitter, which is free from here http://www.gpsmeter.com/. Bob S Quote
+The Blorenges Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 If you use GSAK you can export waypoints as a TomTom POI file ... I tried this yesterday but I can't see how to import the POI file into TomTom... Thanks As Bob says, GSAK exports (creates) the POI files (one .bmp and one .ovl). You just copy these into the Great Britain map folder of the TT using Windows - they'll then appear on the TT when you look for a POI. You can also rename the two files to suit yourself - e.g. in Cornwall last week I created a GeoCornwall.ovl - easier to find in the TT! Chris Quote
+Delta68 Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Er.. that's as clear as mud. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I'm using TomTom 6 on a Mio P550. How do I do it ? Do I copy straight to the pda or do I need to use the TomTom HOME application? Thanks Mark Quote
+PopUpPirate Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Copy the POIs to your storage card, can't remember the directory off the top of me head but it may be self-explanatory? Quote
thedogsbollox Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 Thankyou all. I now use my PDA with Beeline and the Bluetooth GPSr. I can download waypoints directly from Geocaching.com straight onto the pda and also directly onto Google Earth. I have just discovered how to transfer my track from the pda to google earth too which is pretty cool. Thanks once again, Tony Quote
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