For the love of all that is holy ....

[Lee C. Bussy]

... please help me come up with a working setup?

I picked up a Delorme BT-20 today and had ... mixed results. I'm not by any means a computer neophyte, but this kicked my ass. Various permutations of USB and Bluetooth connections and some word work for a while, then for whatever reason after a reboot, whatever, not work anymore.

I have two laptops available to me, I would prefer to use the Netbook (An HP 311 with Win7 32 bit). I was able to get it working ONCE with bluetooth, GPS Gate, GRLevel3 and mapping software ... then not so much. After I went into the store it had suspended. Thinking it was a power management thing I rebooted ... removed/reinstalled bluetooth device, re-detected (and this time it's not there in GPS Gate) ... no luck.

I tried it on the Presario laptop with XP, the same sort of mixed results (although different each time). I would have posted on the GPS Gate website but I didn't see too many answers there.

I don't even mind bringing this GPS receiver back if there's a better one ... maybe better software? Please, someone has to be using a reliable setup on Win 7?

 

[Jason Foster]

One thing that I think has been suggested in similar threads is to make sure you run GPS gate as the Administration (right click and select "run as administrator"). I think that certainly seem to help me.

I am on 7.

I'm no techie, but I have a guy if you need (as a last resort).

 

[Wes Carter]

Lee, this is an ongoing issue. The problem I had and everyone I've talked to has been the DeLorme GPS. Read through the following threads, you will probably find a lot of good info that will help you out.


http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23522&highlight=DeLorme
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23453&highlight=DeLorme
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22406&highlight=DeLorme
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23317&highlight=DeLorme

 

[D. Hayes]

To get things running I have to start GPS Gate first, then start the Delorme serial emulator. If I allow anything to autostart with windows it's rarely works right.

 

[Lee C. Bussy]

Morning folks, thanks for the answers. I'll give those threads a read, and see if a different approach will work.

It's too bad, the physical setup of the Delorme is one that I like. If I can;t get this to work out for me, is there a "sure fire setup" out there?

 

[Chris Gullikson]

I have no idea how the support for Windows 7 is...but the Globalsat BU-353 is a proven combination with Fransongate and XP.

 

[Lee C. Bussy]

Well I have it the 'ol college try, and I'm pretty convinced that even if I did get it to work, it's too much of a pain in the @$$ to worry about during a chase. Brought it back and will be ordering the GlobalSat BU-353.

Thanks for the replies.