Comments for Stephen Kingston http://stephen.kingston.name Technical Weblog Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:09:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on About by Charlie Angus http://stephen.kingston.name/about/comment-page-1/#comment-50268 Charlie Angus Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:09:16 +0000 #comment-50268 hello mr K, haven't a clue what you're talking about on these pages, but you sound happy. peace and love to you and yours x hello mr K, haven’t a clue what you’re talking about on these pages, but you sound happy. peace and love to you and yours x

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Sentinel Jones http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-15017 Sentinel Jones Sun, 11 May 2008 01:30:10 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-15017 Purchased a GO730 a few days ago. For some reason so far, it appears that putting the SDKRegistry and wildtom directories onto the SD card doesn't work. That is to say, the menu options do not appear until SDKRegistry is moved to the internal memory, and said menu options have no effect until the wildtom directory is also placed on the internal memory. It seems as if the path in the .cap file is being partially ignored. I haven't gotten far enough yet to test KisMac, but hopefully this will help someone else's confusion. On the computer side, MacStumbler crashes as soon as it loads on my Leopard macbook. I have a copy of KisMac, and the most current site for that seems to be http://trac.kismac-ng.org/ (other sites either lead to dead ends or older versions) Purchased a GO730 a few days ago. For some reason so far, it appears that putting the SDKRegistry and wildtom directories onto the SD card doesn’t work. That is to say, the menu options do not appear until SDKRegistry is moved to the internal memory, and said menu options have no effect until the wildtom directory is also placed on the internal memory. It seems as if the path in the .cap file is being partially ignored. I haven’t gotten far enough yet to test KisMac, but hopefully this will help someone else’s confusion.

On the computer side, MacStumbler crashes as soon as it loads on my Leopard macbook. I have a copy of KisMac, and the most current site for that seems to be http://trac.kismac-ng.org/ (other sites either lead to dead ends or older versions)

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by dbmoodb http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-9155 dbmoodb Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:48:40 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-9155 I have a tomtom one (4n00.001) sitting on the desk. Yes I can connect to it... however, it seems to like rebooting when you try to use the bluetooth. This is not instant it takes a few minutes. I'm using the updated software ... app 6.560 (7914/061211ish) os 1713 and 29mb ram. Oh and GPS v1.21, boot 5.05 So is this a real v1 or a v2 or something else - could be a regional thing... I am using linux- gpsd and I am connecting to its rfcommm ports and opening kismet after i get a lock. Any suggestions ? I have a tomtom one (4n00.001) sitting on the desk. Yes I can connect to it… however, it seems to like rebooting when you try to use the bluetooth. This is not instant it takes a few minutes. I’m using the updated software … app 6.560 (7914/061211ish) os 1713 and 29mb ram. Oh and GPS v1.21, boot 5.05

So is this a real v1 or a v2 or something else – could be a regional thing…
I am using linux- gpsd and I am connecting to its rfcommm ports and opening kismet after i get a lock. Any suggestions ?

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Bob http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-7944 Bob Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:36:44 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-7944 Hello, What a great tutorial. I've been fighting some problems with the new bluetooth software on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, but I can consistently set a connection now. Can someone please post on the next steps on setting up the shell to get to the console. I added the lines to the start up script. Thanks! Hello,

What a great tutorial. I’ve been fighting some problems with the new bluetooth software on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, but I can consistently set a connection now.

Can someone please post on the next steps on setting up the shell to get to the console. I added the lines to the start up script.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Jonathan http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Jonathan Sat, 19 May 2007 17:37:36 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-2689 hi, just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work on the TomTom 700 unit? Ive tried many times without success (different directory structure because of hard drive instead of SD?) any help is appreciated! hi, just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work on the TomTom 700 unit? Ive tried many times without success (different directory structure because of hard drive instead of SD?) any help is appreciated!

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Stephen Kingston http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Stephen Kingston Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:06:52 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-1010 Many thanks for taking the time to post this. Regards, Stephen Many thanks for taking the time to post this.

Regards,
Stephen

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Zibri http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Zibri Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:21:33 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-981 The solution is really simple: Add this line to startbt script: sdptool add --channel 2 SP and this line to btstop script: sdptool del 0x10004 -------------------------------- In this way the bluetooth channel 2 (console) is discoverable by windows and any other OS The solution is really simple:

Add this line to startbt script:

sdptool add –channel 2 SP

and this line to btstop script:

sdptool del 0×10004

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In this way the bluetooth channel 2 (console) is discoverable by windows and any other OS

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Daniele (Jollino) http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Daniele (Jollino) Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:41:07 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-530 Thanks to you for putting the tutorial online. :) I suppose that with some hacking the BT service could made to work in the background, but I'm not sure if that would leave enough cpu power for the Tomtom to do its usual work. Anyway, good stuff. I still haven't had the chance to try it on the road, but I can't wait to do it. Thank you again! Thanks to you for putting the tutorial online. :) I suppose that with some hacking the BT service could made to work in the background, but I’m not sure if that would leave enough cpu power for the Tomtom to do its usual work.
Anyway, good stuff. I still haven’t had the chance to try it on the road, but I can’t wait to do it.
Thank you again!

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Stephen Kingston http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Stephen Kingston Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:59:30 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-512 Hi Daniele, I'm glad you got it working. Unfortunately, yes - unless you do a bit of extra work to hook up a shell session, the only way to stop the bluetooth service is to reset the device. I keep a paperclip taped to the back of the unit for this purpose. Thanks for the feedback. Stephen Hi Daniele,

I’m glad you got it working. Unfortunately, yes – unless you do a bit of extra work to hook up a shell session, the only way to stop the bluetooth service is to reset the device. I keep a paperclip taped to the back of the unit for this purpose.

Thanks for the feedback.

Stephen

]]> Comment on TomTom One and Mac GPS by Daniele (Jollino) http://stephen.kingston.name/2006/11/17/tomtom-one-and-mac-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Daniele (Jollino) Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:21:08 +0000 http://stephen.kingston.name/?p=22#comment-490 Hello, I managed to make it work following your instructions and pairing it using "no key" (I found it to be needed, otherwise it just woudln't work), and everything seems okay although I haven't tried it in the field yet. It can find my own network's position, so I think there should be no problem. The only issue is that while it's connected to my Mac I get a shell-like black screen on the Tomtom, with the BT connection status. I don't mind not being able to use it as usual (with the maps and the like), but how exactly am I supposed to get out of that mode? I ended up forcing a reset using the button on the bottom, because even turning the unit off and on brings back the BT connection status. Is that how it's supposed to be? I suppose that you use the "Stop BT network" menu item after forcing the Tomtom reboot, to help save on battery life when you don't have the computer around... am I wrong? Thank you :) Hello,
I managed to make it work following your instructions and pairing it using “no key” (I found it to be needed, otherwise it just woudln’t work), and everything seems okay although I haven’t tried it in the field yet. It can find my own network’s position, so I think there should be no problem. The only issue is that while it’s connected to my Mac I get a shell-like black screen on the Tomtom, with the BT connection status. I don’t mind not being able to use it as usual (with the maps and the like), but how exactly am I supposed to get out of that mode? I ended up forcing a reset using the button on the bottom, because even turning the unit off and on brings back the BT connection status. Is that how it’s supposed to be? I suppose that you use the “Stop BT network” menu item after forcing the Tomtom reboot, to help save on battery life when you don’t have the computer around… am I wrong?
Thank you :)

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