GPSGate
GPSGate allows
you to share one GPS between several applications; it creates a GPS virtual
port. It also allows for automatic connection to Bluetooth GPS's without
the Bluetooth browser selection process every time you use the GPS.
Windows
Mobile 5 has a similar utility built into the operating system, Settings -
System - GPS, so GPSGate is not needed for this functionality.
GPSGate Installation
1.
Install GPSGate
software on your iPAQ from your PC with ActiveSync active.
2.
Create a shortcut
to start GPSGate automatically every time you start the PPC
-
Connect the PPC to your PC with active sync.
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On your PC navigate to your PPC device, the \Program Files\GpsGate
directory, and right click on the GpsGateCE.EXE file and copy this file.
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Navigate to the \Windows\StartUp directory and Paste a
Shortcut. Rename the shortcut to
GpsGateCE.
3.
GpsGate Setup
-
Turn the PPC Bluetooth radio on
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Soft reset your PPC and after it reboots in the lower right
corner of the today screen right next to the Bluetooth Icon you will see the
GPSGate Icon.
-
GPSGate automatically starts (if it doesn’t or you are
resetting the GPS, click on the GPSGate icon and select Settings).
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Select
Com
Port
as the Input then click
Close
-
Select Com 8 as the
Com
Port
and 4800 as the baud rate.
-
Below the
Add
Virtual
Port
button click the down arrow and select an available
Com
Port
for the virtual port, usually Com 6 or Com 7. This
is the port that all your programs will need to use to read the GPS when
GPSGate is active.
-
Click Add Virtual Port. (check
Com
Port
setting again, this changes sometimes to Com 1)
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For "Retry connection", select "On
timeout"
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Click "Open"
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Select the GPS from the Bluetooth browser.
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Close GPSGate by clicking anywhere on the screen (not an edit
area) and then the OK button in the upper right.
-
Exit GPS Gate - Click and hold the GPSGate Icon in lower
right corner of the Today screen and select Exit.
-
Soft reset iPAQ.
4.
License GPSGate – Click on the GPSGate icon and select License.
GPSGate
will automatically connect to the GPS when the PPC is started, the Bluetooth
radio is on, and the GPS is on.
GPSGate
needs about 5-10 seconds to connect automatically and the status of the
connection is indicated by the icon color
- Red
– No GPS available.
- Yellow
– the GPS is available and connected but a valid GPS reading is not
available.
- Green
– the GPS is connected and a valid reading is being received.
*Tip:
If GPSGate does not connect automatically, do a soft reset of the PPC.
This happens sometimes when the GPS is turned off before the PPC and then
the PPC is turned off before GPSGate has time to disconnect from the GPS (before
the GPSGate icon turns red).
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