M8 compatible/incompatible GPS Receivers

I thought it would be nice to know wich GPS Receivers are compatible and wich are not.

I tested a blumax gps-710 wich is NOT compatible.

Now it's your turn folks.

What's a GPS mouse and how would it be compatible with M8?

he means which bluetooth gps receivers work with the M8

I tested 2 SiRF-III gps receivers and they both worked with route66, i have one with bluetooth 1.0/1.1 running at the moment, dont know if V2.0 bluetooth also works with the M8.

I have tested Route66 with a Holux GPSlim236, and it worked like a charm

Originally Posted by LVL

I tested 2 SiRF-III gps receivers and they both worked with route66,

which are??

If a gps-receiver doesn't work, is it a issue with the M8 or with the navigation software?
Has anyone had the case where a receiver worked with one software but didn't work with another? Any case suggesting that it's a problem with the M8 or a problem with the software would help...

Navigon Triceiver (SirfIII, Bluetooth, TMC) works with Route66 v8.

Originally Posted by adamL

which are??

Sorry, but i dont know it exactly, i thought sysonchip SiRF-III and a navicore SiRF-III. I only know that is was bluetooth 1.0 and a SiRF-III chip inside.

I think all basic SiRF-III gps receivers will work on your M8.
Cant guarantee it.......

Cheers

I have a royaltek rbt-2200 sirf III gps receiver but it seems it doesn't works with Igo8 and my M8. Don't know wich com port and bautrate I need to choose.
Just try with Route 66 and it's working like a charm. Is there a way to find wich port is used on route66? So I can do the same with Igo8.

royaltek rbt 1000

does not work really good either

Originally Posted by MeisterLampe1

If a gps-receiver doesn't work, is it a issue with the M8 or with the navigation software?
Has anyone had the case where a receiver worked with one software but didn't work with another? Any case suggesting that it's a problem with the M8 or a problem with the software would help...

I tested the blumax gps-710 receiver with igo8 and it did not work. but yesterday i tested it with route 66 and it works!

Can anyone figure out how this could be?

Before people use their gps receivers, please always try with route66. I think that many people posting that is doesnt work, haven't even tryed route66. Seems that Igo8 doesn't quite work, does it?

Did somebody already tryed a MTK-chipset?(instead of SiRF-III)

Originally Posted by LVL

Before people use their gps receivers, please always try with route66.

Thanks LVL, Using your suggestion, I was able to successfully use a Globalsat BT-359 GPS receiver. It worked on the first try.

it's weird that igo doesn't work with sirf III chipset...

Now that we now that some gps receivers work on route 66 but not on igo we have to find a way to get it working on igo because igo has the better interface for me. has anyone an idea how to manage this?

the problem why igo cant detect most of the gps receivers is that it cant comunicate with a bluetooth device directly like route 66.
you need to create a serial connection over the bluetooth stack on the m8.
unfortunately you cant create a serial connection to the gps receiver on the m8, you just get an error message.
the question is, is something missing in the bluetooth stack on the m8 or is it simple the btconfig that doesnt allow it?
i spent hours finding a solution for this problem, tryed the bluetooth connetion over the control.exe from wince, searched for programs on then net that would aid me with this problem without any luck.
so i think without a proper bluetooth stack/configuration(that let us create a serial connection) added to the firmware from meizu itself we are stuck with route 66.
or hopefully a programmer is able to create a little tool that lets us use a serial connection over bt(com0/3/4/8 still free for use).

Maybe is there a way in editing the sys.txt files in Igo8?

igo8 needs the gps receiver connectet on one of the comports 1-9, and with most bt gps receivers you simply create a serial connection in the bt config(like com4 baudrate9600) so igo8 can find it on the port you configurated.
the problem is the M8 bt config wont let you create a serial connection with get gps receiver(you just get an error msg), and igo8 has no built in bluetooth config to comunicate directly with the bt gps like route66(it creates the serial connection himself).
so editing the sys.txt gets you sadly nowhere.
creation a serial connection on a pc with a normal bt stack is such a simple and quick task(takes a few seconds to connect my bt gps on my pc), sadly it isnt on the m8.
with a normal bt stack/config on the m8 this problems would be long histroy, and everyone could use his bt gps receiver with the programm he likes most.
i really hope that meizu is changing that or that a programmer creates a tool for it.

There is a bluetooth app on Meizu bbs forum that route the bluetooth reciever to a COM-port. I dont have a direct link right now.
I have the .cab package at home, so I can upload it later on today so you guys can test it with igo.

thats awsome news!
if this works we can finally use igo8 with all receivers