TOMTOM / Pocket PC Emulator / RR

**theboogieman** · 07-09-2005, 10:52 AM

it does support the gps but it has to be a serial type not a usb for some reason, but it will support a bluetooth gps aslong as you set up the emulator for a gps handheld

**stevieg** · 07-09-2005, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by theboogieman

i've tried this today with tomtom v3 and it runs like a dream and should with most people aslong are your not running crud like EPIA boards that are only good for running 'tic tac toe' and strain with anything more than that, with my 1.5 via it only takes up 48%cpu so still able to run media car and all the other things i run on it

Yeah right.. I suppose you've tried routing in it with a Live GPS?

**stevieg** · 07-09-2005, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by theboogieman

it does support the gps but it has to be a serial type not a usb for some reason, but it will support a bluetooth gps aslong as you set up the emulator for a gps handheld

It supports USB GPS' with com port emulators, which is pretty much every USB GPS out there!

**theboogieman** · 07-09-2005, 01:11 PM

i've used both usb and serial and only the serial worked, the usb only updated the screen about 2 times a min

**SAPiens** · 07-12-2005, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by theboogieman

i've tried this today with tomtom v3 and it runs like a dream and should with most people aslong are your not running crud like EPIA boards that are only good for running 'tic tac toe' and strain with anything more than that, with my 1.5 via it only takes up 48%cpu so still able to run media car and all the other things i run on it

Cool, I'll try it as soon as I'm back from holiday. Off to curacao for a few weeks.

**00christian00** · 07-18-2005, 06:10 AM

I don't know what is your problem guys,but it take 30-40 sec to calculate a long route on a celeron d 2.4 ghz and about 10 sec for a short route.
That is with tom tom 5.

**stevieg** · 07-18-2005, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by 00christian00

I don't know what is your problem guys,but it take 30-40 sec to calculate a long route on a celeron d 2.4 ghz and about 10 sec for a short route.
That is with tom tom 5.

Yeah, is that normal? If you're used to MapPoint's 3-4 seconds and Destinator's near instant makes it feel like an age, especially if you auto-re-route.

**00christian00** · 07-19-2005, 07:34 PM

Well,it would not be normal,but hell if that is not usable!
Were are you going in such a hurry,not even taxi do need faster times

**stevieg** · 07-20-2005, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by 00christian00

Well,it would not be normal,but hell if that is not usable!
Were are you going in such a hurry,not even taxi do need faster times

OK, you miss a turn by accident or decide you don't want to go that was as it looks congested.. You don't want to wait 30 seconds for it to re-route..

Either way, I'm not gonna sit there for 30 seconds waiting for it just to generate a new route when I could be doing something better!

**triplese7en** · 08-05-2005, 01:23 PM

Hello guys,

You may have already answer to this question (perhaps) ? But i didn't found any information about placing the maps for TomTom. When i open the program on the emulator everything works fine but at the end he tells me he didn't found the maps. So i would like to know where i should place those maps. Can somebody tell me how to do it.

Greetz from Belgium

Nicolas