GPS problem

Dgege · 04-07-2008, 10:13 PM

Hi,
I'm trying out Centrafuse (I got fed up with RR, too slow) and so far, I'm very impressed. However, I have a big problem with GPS. As soon as I activate it, I get random movements and keypresses. For example, when I try to enter a street name, I get random presses of the character ÿ. Go figure! And that only happens when I activate the GPS. If I set up the wrong COM port on purpose and reboot, I have no problems.
I tried searching to no avail. Anyone got a clue?

smeesseman · 04-08-2008, 05:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Dgege

Hi,
I'm trying out Centrafuse (I got fed up with RR, too slow) and so far, I'm very impressed. However, I have a big problem with GPS. As soon as I activate it, I get random movements and keypresses. For example, when I try to enter a street name, I get random presses of the character ÿ. Go figure! And that only happens when I activate the GPS. If I set up the wrong COM port on purpose and reboot, I have no problems.
I tried searching to no avail. Anyone got a clue?

Do you have the GPS adapter plugged into a USB hub? And is there a keyboard/mouse plugged into that hub? When you mentioned that you set up the wrong com port on purpose, did you mean setting the com port in Centrafuse Nav Settings?

Dgege · 04-08-2008, 08:56 PM

No, GPS is plugged directly. I have gpsgate, so I thought that might be the problem. But I removed and same problem

Mouse and keyb are PS2. For the COM port, yeah, it's in Centrafuse Nav Settings.
Btw, thanx for trying to help me

Curiosity · 04-08-2008, 10:23 PM

Windows is probably detecting it as a mouse or KB.

Save this as a .reg file and run it, then reboot.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sermouse]
"Start"=dword:00000004

Dgege · 04-09-2008, 12:19 PM

Ok, I'll try that tonight and post my result.
Thanks.

Dgege · 04-09-2008, 05:34 PM

Bad news, that was not it

I checked the device list, and there's no mice besides the one I use (a PS2 one). I wonder what the problem is. I tried some other solutions I found while googling the problem, to no avail

Any other ideas?

Dgege · 04-09-2008, 06:01 PM

Weird thing... if I remove my PS2 mouse/key and plug them using the USB port, no more problem, it seems! So I guess there's some sort of conflict either with the PS2 ports or with the KVM switch I'm using. I'll test it out later. At least, I identified the problem

rgandhre · 04-13-2008, 01:37 AM

go to device manager...u will see a serial mouse...right click & select disable....u r done

Dgege · 04-13-2008, 03:02 AM

I don't see it. Anyways, I reinstalled windows and so far, it works no problem. Crossing my fingers!

Dgege · 04-20-2008, 11:43 AM

I actually found what my problem was! It was the stupid mouse (wireless BenQ). When I press on of the buttons, the mouse jumps! Go figure. I found out when I tried it on another computer and got the same symptoms. Now I changed my mouse and all is good

(This has nothing to do with my GPS receiver after all)