Thread: Maemo Mapper v1.2 Released
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2006-11-13 , 00:47
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#141
Originally Posted by gnuite
Since you can use maemo-bt-plugin, try connecting to the GPS receiver with it, then enter "/dev/rfcomm0" as the Receiver MAC in Maemo Mapper's settings. Does it remain fixed at "Establishing GPS Fix"?

Also, is the "progress bar" next to the "Establishing GPS Fix" text filled at all, or is it empty?
After I post my message, I left the GPS device on and let the mapper stay at "Establishing GPS Fix" while maemo-bt-lugin was connected to GPS and MAC address was at 00:0B:etc and left home for about 6 hrs. At that time, the progress bar was totally blank. When I came back, I saw that mapper finally had the connection to the GPS. Then, I close the mapper and started again to see if it will talk to the GPS device and in less than 30 sec, it did. Then, I uninstalled the maemo-bt-plugin and restarted the 770 and clicked on the mapper and it did talked to the GPS device in a minute. And many closing and restating the application, it talked to the device each time. During all these test, I didn't change the MAC.

So, it is either a mistery or the mapper takes long time to make the initial talk with the device and once it does, it seems to be fine after that.

gnuite thanks for the reply and thanks again for this great application. BTW, would the ability to change the font size of announcements be available in the future releases? I sometimes finding it hard to read while driving in busy roads.

Thanks!