Igo 2008

**mcfly** · 04-25-2009, 05:41 PM

My receiver is in standby mode, all the time (it has a great power management). If I turn on the PC, Xport automatically connects to the receiver, wakes it up, and streams data, and splits it to the given ports. But noone listens to those ports, noone needs the GPS data, IGO is not started yet, and maybe it won't even be started until tomorrow or next week. So the GPS receiver sends the data stream in vain.
So, if Xport could be started only when IGO starts up, the GPS receiver's battery could be saved.

I hope I made myself clear, I'm sorry, my english may not be as perfect as it should.

The temporary solution I found is to leave the GPS receiver OFF (not in standby), so Xport can't connect to it. Then, when needed, power it on and navigate, then after reaching destination, exit IGO and power off the receiver.
(clicking on the Xport tray icon, then on the checkbox "Enable ports" on Xport GUI, on touchscreen, with fingers, is a real challenge)

**Curiosity** · 04-26-2009, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

unfortunately the new version of xport didnt solve my problem.. its funny... with xport running displays my location a good minute behind where i am until the connection just dies. If i run igo without xport it runs fine. What gives?

I got iGo8 and it worked fine with XPort. It's still in French though.

it worked just fine for me on my last computer. This new one is giving me fits with it. Figures i guess lol

**Curiosity** · 04-26-2009, 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by mcfly

So, if Xport could be started only when IGO starts up, the GPS receiver's battery could be saved.

Sounds reasonable enough. Get V1.33 and enable "Battery Saver"

**mcfly** · 04-26-2009, 08:46 AM

Thank you for implementing the Battery saver function! It now works just as I wanted it to.
Though, now, at windows start, bluetooth is off (gray icon). I have to manually start bluetooth. Could this be only a coincidence, or has Xport something to do with it?

**Curiosity** · 04-26-2009, 09:37 AM

It's just a coincidence, unless opening the com port activates it somehow?

**mcfly** · 04-26-2009, 11:36 AM

No, it has to be done manually.
Anyway, I'm reinstalling Windows now, as I started having serious standby-hibernate issues today. I hope the whole system will work again as smoothly as it did yesterday.

**mcfly** · 04-26-2009, 03:15 PM

New OS, centrafuse and iGO up and running, unfortunately standby/hibernate problems are still present. I made a few experiments and it seems the Battery save option is what causes them. Without Battery save activated, bluetooth resumes fine.

**mcfly** · 04-28-2009, 04:53 AM

Any way of lowering the music volume in Centrafuse, when iGO speaks? The Pause music option pauses the music when iGO is launched, not when it plays back instructions.

**Sonicxtacy02** · 04-28-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by mcfly

Any way of lowering the music volume in Centrafuse, when iGO speaks? The Pause music option pauses the music when iGO is launched, not when it plays back instructions.

I've been tinkering around with an RR Plugin to do this but i dont know enough about how a program outputs its sound to the sound card. Basically i was looking to copy IgNative where the volume would lower and if you weren't on the gps screen it would auto-switch.

**Spawn12336** · 04-28-2009, 11:57 AM

Short answer is no as the two just don't speak to each other. The only way would be some type of third party app like the one Sonicxtacy02 is talking about.