Thread: Maemo Mapper: GPS for the Nokia 770
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mgedmin is offline mgedmin
2006-05-14 , 19:36
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Originally Posted by zApe
I have one problem when using maemo-mapper: I use Globalsat BT-338 as GPS receiver. Maemo-mapper can`t connect whith it. After enter MAC and "enable GPS" apears banner "Searching fo GPS receiver", after some time, when bt-338 connected to 770 banner start blinging. The GPS position be about Africa i point whith coordinates (1,1). I have waiting and i have`t right result. Can anybody help me?
I had this problem too. In my case it was caused by gpsdrive -- it switched my NaviLock/Globalsat BT-308 into Garmin-compatible binary mode and did not switch it back into NMEA mode.

I had to find the binary protocol description and write a Python script to switch it back into NMEA mode: http://mg.pov.lt/blog/maemo-mapper.html

(I suppose you can find some Windows program that would let you do that. I don't have Windows.)