just wondering. if its possible to use the titan, specifically its gps chip, as a gps receiver for a computer. like with google earth, or some other computer program that can use a usb or bluetooth gps reciever.
any thoughts?
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Yes,
I believe it is possible. There is a very informative thread here that deals with your question and a lot of other stuff concerning the internal gps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363431&highlight=gps+external
The post you want to want to look at at #3. The program that will allow you to do this is here http://users.skynet.be/hofinger/GPS2Blue.html and it's FREE.
Thanks to TalynOne for this great thread.
You will need GPS2Blue for the PPC and HW Virtual Serial Port for the PC. these 2 combined will allow you to use your phone as a GPS device for your computer. I read the instructions somewhere, just not sure where. I will try and find them but it is pretty easy.
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ANyone know of any program that can turn your tytn into a remote control?
Things like to open your garage door and such?
There are utilities to do it, but the IRDA port on the hermes obviously was designed for short range data transfer, you wont get much distance out of it unfortunatly.
Do a search on this topic im sure theres a thread somewhere with some details.
ic... thanks for the info
I use tt6 and was looking for a backup and since iGuidance call the street names I picked this one...
Testing iGuidance on my vx6800 has been bad...first:
1. The GPS does not move properly or track as I drive. It just sits there then eventually it will move
2. Keep in mind #1...when I purposely miss a turn it takes it forever to recalculate. I can be a 1/4 or 1/2 mile down the road before the screen moves or do anything as in #1
This is iGuidance v4 and I am on rom 3.12 radio 3.39. Keep in mind that tt6 works like a charm fast, accurate as I drive, recalculates instantly...for iGuidance I do have the maps & app running on my sd card just like tt6..
so what gives with this app..?
I'm having the same problem. Subscribing to this thread for further feedback.
Sorry to here that...hoping others who use it have found a tweak fix...
Out of curiosity, do you use GPSGate and the instructions here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=248345&postcount=282
GPS Gate is, definately, the solution. I have been using it since the GPS was enabled in March with no problems. www.gpsgate.com
matt
bassett & livejazz
I will read this but can you two give a layout on how you use this and how it works for you? This thread is on iGuidance so my initial assumption is the info you posted will help us with iGuidance and overcome it's lack of not tracking with the car....???
Pls advise...
thx
I've only played with Iguidance on a friend's Mogul (I'm a bit more tech savvy so I often help him out). All I can say is we were unable to get it to work properly for weeks....until we found the above information. Prior to GPSGate the maps would not load (hang) or routing would be extremely slow. Now it is snappy with no lags...no lost signal...etc.. The steps are rather clear in the above link.
bassett said:
Out of curiosity, do you use GPSGate and the instructions here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=248345&postcount=282
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I can't get that link to work. Can someone give me the low down on how to use GPSGate to fix this? I'd like to see if IGuidance can work for me. I've played with iGO a bit and while it looks really nice, it also just about locks up me device in terms of all the memory used. iGuiance uses a LOT less memory so I can actually use some other stuff with it.
As I understand it, GPSGate works as an intermediary driver between IGuidance and the Windows Mobile GPS driver, by emulating the output of the GPS onto another port (user selectable), which IGuidance reads without a problem (and updates in realtime, no lag). It fixed the problem for me. More info can be found in the GPS internal FAQ. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363431
The Astro launcher & script written by TalynOne is very good for launching GPS Gate, Astro launcher and IGuidance all at the same time.
Just start GPSGate when you start Iguidance. Make sure your ports are setup correct and it will just work.
Good luck.
Have any of you tried iGo 8? It's fantastic, and by far the BEST interface of any of the GPS progs out there.
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Have any of you tried iGo 8? It's fantastic, and by far the BEST interface of any of the GPS progs out there.
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Yes, I have, and I do like the appearance far more than iGuidance. However, iGO chews up HUGE amounts of RAM. iGuidance runs much leaner, meaning I can have more going on without locking up my device.
I still have to completely test iGuidance, but it appears to do what I need it to do, a little less pretty, but I can live with that if it works better for me.
Ok, I'll chime in but not sure how much this will help...
I'm running the stock Verizon 6.1 ROM with Valhalla's MR1 GPS fix and Franson's GPS Gate. What I have to do is make sure that GPS is open under WM GPS (allowing me to use the built-in GPS chipset in conjuction with Valhalla's program). Once the GPS Icon is green (under 7 seconds) then I can launch IGuidance and everything works fine.
I noticed you mentioned that you are using 4.0 - the version I have is 4.0.2 which is supposed to fix some bugs that 4.0 had.
I've been searching high and low for help but I haven't yet found anything with resolutions that apply to me. I admit to being completely inexperienced so my searches were limited to how I phrased things...my apologies if I missed obvious posts.
I'd like to be able to transfer photos from my digital camera to the tablet as well as be able to transfer waypoints and geocaches from my pocket queries online to my handheld GPS.
I have a Viewsonic G-Tab that I rooted out to Vegan-Tab. I can't seem to find which edition but it's been a few years since I've done it (and have never updated it). My searches suggest that I need to go to iFileManager and usbdisk to find files from external devices. I do that with these items plugged in and on but nothing shows up. I've tried looking in other folders but nothing pops up. My GPS thinks it is connected because, as it does when plugged into my computer, it asks "Connect to PC?" I say yes, of course, but nothing happens on the tablet (at least that I can see).
My searches lead me to Google Play Store program called Nexus Media Importer which sounded promising....except it's not compatible with his device. Then there was talk about an OTG cable. If performing these tasks is even possible on my device as it is, do I need these things?
Geocaching.com allows people to make pocket queries which you then download/unzip and transfer to the connected GPS. I thought finding an unzip program was going to be the challenge, but turns out I can't seem to figure out how to do anything with external devices.
Does anyone know where I should be looking or solutions or have advice for me? Thanks!
Hi Devs!
I imagine this should be already discussed and explained somewhere, but I just can't find it as the word "android driver" is ambiguos and directs me to different topics.
Here we go with the question: nowadays many Android devices come with otgusb, so you can connect usb sticks, and all sorts of compatible devices. But: how to make a device compatible?
Since Android is linux, I assume loading a driver cannot be loaded just by installing an app, so do you need to call google and say "hey I got this new device, can you load the driver in your next kernel?" (sarcasm!!) or ...well...in short:
what the heck should one do if he wants to make a device compatible with android phones/tablets, even assuming he is able to write the driver by himself?
the question may be applicable to a variety of devices... a new remote one bought, a new BT wristband one wants to launch into the market, a usb sensor of some kind, etc etc etc.
thank you!
Ok, so I see there's apparently something called USB Host API, I read a little bit how it works, but I still have questions:
1. Does this mean basically that Android phone/tablet will provide RAW access via the USB Host API to any usb data stream received, and all I need is to write an app to decode that data?
2. If so, what makes a device compatible/incompatible?
3. If all of the above assumptions are wrong, please help
4. this still doesn't answer the bluetooth part, sorry for being so slow
Hi guys, I've been an avid reader of the xda forum, and it's great, so far it has been an awesome source of knowledge, however up until now I had found everything I needed...
Long story short, I want to be able to use the sensors in my smartphone (Rooted Moto G XT1032, 16 GB) in the open source software Processing. Could somebody please point me in the right direction?
Basically I want to:
Connect my phone to my PC via BT or WiFi
Read the value of the sensors within my phone and transmit them to my PC
Somehow read those values in Processing and create nice graphs and stuff
I know how to program Processing, I've looked into the Amarino Project, but it does require the Arduino Part, and I know how to interface Arduino and Processing (I've done some PID control and other stuff with those), but I want to skip the whole Arduino part (at least for now).
Could somebody please point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance, cheers!
Update 17/09/2014: Currently looking into the SensoDuino project, which apparently will solve my problems in the Android Front.
I tested it following the video in the main page of the project in the part Pairing and Establishing a Serial Connection between Windows 7 and SensoDuino (sorry I still can't post links), I have been able to read the data using Tera Term
Just mind the COM ports, and that you are actually transmitting over bluetooth, you can check this in the services tab of the properties of the paired device within Windows (If anybody wonders why not Linux, which I use the most, in which I do my main work and in which this would be pretty much a native feature, I intend to use this with a Windows Only Software)
Special thanks to TheBeano!
P.S. Depending on what the rules of this forum regarding solved threads are, I'll either update or publish whatever the outcome of this project is, cheers!
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Hi guys, I've been an avid reader of the xda forum, and it's great, so far it has been an awesome source of knowledge, however up until now I had found everything I needed...
Long story short, I want to be able to use the sensors in my smartphone (Rooted Moto G XT1032, 16 GB) in the open source software Processing. Could somebody please point me in the right direction?
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Look at SensoDuino, they have a demo of connecting to Windows 7 via Bluetooth serial. Once you have a Bluetooth serial connection you can use Processing's serial comms to read the phone sensors. You could do the same sort of thing with Amarino, that is just read from the serial port, but it might be more work to decode the binary protocol that it uses from Processing. Sensoduino sends ASCII I think.
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Look at SensoDuino, they have a demo of connecting to Windows 7 via Bluetooth serial. Once you have a Bluetooth serial connection you can use Processing's serial comms to read the phone sensors. You could do the same sort of thing with Amarino, that is just read from the serial port, but it might be more work to decode the binary protocol that it uses from Processing. Sensoduino sends ASCII I think.
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Thanks a lot, it looks exactly like the thing that could fulfil my needs.
I'll update this post or publish whatever I come up with cheers, and thanks again!