Streets and Trips 2007 paired with Bluetooth GPS
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:20 am
A coworker gave me his old Bluetooth GPS receiver to use with my Streets and Trips 2007 on my x60 tablet. I've previously used the USB dongle that came with the 2006 version, and that worked fine with my 2007 as well. However, after I paired the unit with my x60, I fired up S&T, worked fine during the first hour, until I took a wrong turn, on my way to baltimore, and S&T partially hung. It stopped telling me my current position(the tracker just stopped on my last correct position according to the directions), and keeps telling me I'm off route, and wouldn't reroute no matter what I do. I checked task manager, and S&T was registering a flat 50% CPU utilization. 
So I killed S&T, relaunched the app, but it gave me some message about the serial port connection has no signal or whatever. I checked under bluetooth devices, and it shows the serial connection to the GPS receiver isn't connected. I reconnected it, launched S&T, but as soon as I activate the GPS, it disconnects. So I ended up removing the Bluetooth GPS's profile, and re-pairing the unit with my x60, and that seems to allow my S&T to activate it again. But I had the same problem again when I went off route. I didn't have that problem with the USB GPS antennae, so I'm not sure if this problem lies within the Bluetooth interface, or S&T.
So I killed S&T, relaunched the app, but it gave me some message about the serial port connection has no signal or whatever. I checked under bluetooth devices, and it shows the serial connection to the GPS receiver isn't connected. I reconnected it, launched S&T, but as soon as I activate the GPS, it disconnects. So I ended up removing the Bluetooth GPS's profile, and re-pairing the unit with my x60, and that seems to allow my S&T to activate it again. But I had the same problem again when I went off route. I didn't have that problem with the USB GPS antennae, so I'm not sure if this problem lies within the Bluetooth interface, or S&T.