Originally Posted by shaihkritzer (Post 922981)

hi
thanks for the app, it was the one I was really missing.

but I have a problem. the goal is to make N900 transfer GPS data to my other communicator, WM Toshiba G900 (which has no internal GPS).
I've downloaded the latest Columbus from extras-devel, launched and activated bluetooth in tools. waited for gps lock and launched gps-app on my Toshiba. but when I was trying to connect, either the colombus crashed (just closed by itself) or nothing happened at all. columbus saying "listening to channel 2" (channel mode auto) and toshiba just getting no connection.

what is bluetooth channel number? is it COM port number? at my toshiba gps settings I can adjust the COM port number from 0 to 19 (I guess, but there's a lot) or even enable all of them. but nothing changes. I've tried two different gps-apps on toshiba and both couldn't connect. at WM BT setting the new "COM port" option appeared for N900, as it should.

before I had the N95-1 to work with my toshiba and it was fine. there was JAVA-app called "ExtGPS" and it was working. on my toshiba I had to select COM port #0, 1 or 2 (can't recall exactly) and it connected at once.

what should I do to make Columbus work as a bluetooth GPS dongle?

thanks

Originally Posted by tebsu (Post 923304)

is there any application that can use the gps in windows? i mean, i installed columbus, started it and now its "Streaming to port /dev/ttyGS0". But how do i install that on my windows computer now.. Actually i dont know a lot about that topic, but for me, it would be useful to use it for my laptop. :)

regards

Originally Posted by tebsu (Post 923410)

sadly, it doesnt work. i did as you said but still, nothing happens. The USB Modem still shows up in the device manager. Have it on ttyGS2.. also tried it in different order (first starting the program, then connecting to laptop) but also no effect

Originally Posted by tebsu (Post 923429)

i never used hyperterminal, could you explain how to do that? (installed it anyway)

but shouldnt there be anything telling me that "installing new device" or something? there was no change, also nothing new in the device manager :S tried different gps software and none could recognize a gps stream

Originally Posted by tebsu (Post 923454)

suddenly it works, i reinstalled ovi suite including some new update.. dont know what was the problem. works now with google earth :) thanks

Originally Posted by tebsu (Post 923582)

to bypass that, you could start lots of applications on your N900. that gives me t he message "not enough power, not loading" or something, on my N900 ;)

another hint: when i had "autostart usb" turned on, it didnt work. I start it manually now and that way it works.

Originally Posted by tswindell (Post 901552)

That's what I'm aiming at, it already has a Nautical units mode in the options menu ;)

Originally Posted by acrux (Post 923762)

At first - thank you for creating this application - cool user interface and providing just the GPS information I'd like to get.

However, it seems to be a little unstable at moment. Sometimes it crashes just after getting GPS fix. Sometimes it works some minutes and then crashes. But today I was able to run it about a half an hour without any problems. I know, it is bad scenario for debugging, when the crash condition is not reproducible. Is there anything I could check to find a reason for such apparent "random" crashes?

Originally Posted by acrux (Post 923762)

As of nautical navigation - I'd like to have a kind of anchor alarm. For example - when the coordinates change more that 2x anchor chain/rope length then an audible alarm sounds...

Originally Posted by dontnowhy (Post 924353)

Firstly, it does not work after insert the following in XTerminal:
root
apt-get update
apt-get install columbus
exit
Then,
root
apt-get upgrade
apt-get update
apt-get install columbus
exit
This time, it works.

Please tell me why I have to insert apt-get upgrade!
I am an idiot on maemo system.

Originally Posted by handaxe (Post 924406)

ok, now I see what has happened and why I got that error. Fapman for some reason did not upgrade librxsupport. Thus as 2 previous posters observed, Columbus fails to install or update properly until the system is upgraded explicitly, as a dependency is missing.
Once I upgraded the library my updated Columbus works.

Originally Posted by stickymick (Post 924399)

Thjs stopped working for me after the last update via App manager.

Fixed it by accessing root in X-term and typing th following 2 commands:

apt-get upgrade ---> Enter.
apt-get update ---> Enter.

Originally Posted by stickymick (Post 924520)

I had a feeling I'd got that @rse about face, :p but I did update Columbus via app manager beforehand.

I have noticed though, that when I start the app, the full screen toggle icon is up near the top left of the screen with the menu button above it. Once I tap the screen they expand to their rightful positions.

I can't post a screenshot because it doesn't happen when the keyboard is open. You'll just have to take my word for it. :p

Originally Posted by handaxe (Post 925169)

another v1 suggestion: waypoint import/export
via .gpx file.

Originally Posted by anidel (Post 932084)

I searched the forum for "tty", but didn't seem to find a reference to this error I am getting on my N900:

SerialPort: Failed to open serial device "/dev/ttyGS1"

Any idea of what I may be missing?

PR1.3, pre-production device here.

Originally Posted by fwrnando (Post 932335)

Great app, I have a UI feature request though: anyway you could add a setting to stop it from opening in full screen? I like seeing the clock/battery etc without having to tap on the corner every time I launch it.

Thanks.