TomTom How To (PocketPC Emulator) - Page 9

sama · 03-18-2007, 07:53 PM

device manager, I meant the host pc, to see if the virtual serial port is showing up there.

I've not tried to share the port to be honest, so I don't know anything about the alternative methods. Have you tried to type the serial port name in anyway? because I know you can type text in that field directly (in the emulator config I mean)

lambosprit · 03-19-2007, 08:16 AM

I can see the serial port on my pc and RR connects to it.

I will try just typing the port number when I get home tonight. Thanks

vwp99 · 03-23-2007, 08:59 PM

The RTM of the deviceemulator v2.0 has just been released. Any experiences yet? Testing it now.

Download details: Microsoft Device Emulator 2.0

Mastiff · 03-24-2007, 02:28 PM

Has anybody had their Graphics card crash because of the device emulator? I have had a few very unpleasant experiences where I get a green stripe pattern that normally indicates memory problems, but only comes if I have the version 1 of the emulator running or version 2 (not this last RTM, the previous release) installed (that one doesn't have to be running). Annoying as hell! I have two Radeon X1600 in my carputer.

Edit: This may have been caused by a quirk in the motherboard, with a Molex plug on the board that should not be used.

lambosprit · 03-24-2007, 07:27 PM

Typing the port number didn't work. Maybe the new emulator release will solve this. Will download and have a try.

lambosprit · 03-25-2007, 10:20 AM

Hurray. Just tried the new emulator release and the saving com port problem is fixed

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You need to change the batch file to point to a new location though. For some reason it gets installed in Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0 ?? go figure.

Still cant get a port splitter to work with the emulator and RoadRunner for example. Any ideas on that would be greatly appreciated

Mastiff · 03-26-2007, 05:15 AM

Yeah, I saw the same thing about installation. Talk about stupid mistake! But I too have the port problem solved, so that in itself is worth the upgrade! But I too am trying to get a port splitter working, and I too come up empty. Annoying as heck!

But is this version eathing more CPU than the previous 2.0 version? It seems like that to me, but I may be wrong.

scaff · 03-26-2007, 01:38 PM

Well after 2 days of messing around and reading through this thread, I finaly got tomtom 6 working with usb gps @ 640x480x16 /memsize 256.

So Thank you for all your advice.

I am using mde v2 8.0.60317.00 and this has the port problem when saved while its working, I see from the 2 replys above there is now a fix for this, could someone point me in the right direction ?

Thanks again

lambosprit · 03-26-2007, 04:15 PM

here you go. Just down load and reinstall. I found you needed to uninstall the old version because the new one installs in a new directory (under version 1.o for some strange reason). You'll also need to change your batch file to the new directory location

Download details: Microsoft Device Emulator 2.0

scaff · 04-04-2007, 05:08 PM

I dont know if its me but tomtom started out ok, now all it does is wait for signal I know the gps is ok as I can see the data with gps eye. any ideas ?

ShawJohn · 04-05-2007, 03:03 PM

well I can't get the emulator to save a saved state file, it creates pocketpc.dess in c:\ but the file doesn't work, anyone fancy sharing their .DESS file?

mechanix20 · 04-06-2007, 01:02 PM

Hi guys ..
This solution is it skinable ??
Have a skin for wm5 emulator ?

Thanks

ShawJohn · 04-06-2007, 01:40 PM

you can skin the emulator, but why would you want to if its embedded in a front end

And if I'd gone to all this trouble and actually got it working I wouldn't want to skin the TomTom bit, as I'd want every ****er in the world to see that it WAS TomTom running on a PC.

mechanix20 · 04-06-2007, 06:18 PM

Hi !!
Escuse me for my en. , I don't speak english very well ...
I can't skin th emulator my question is :
Is it possible skinnig the emulator in RR ?
Have a plugin for this?

Thanks...

sama · 04-08-2007, 08:24 AM

I've tried just to use the emulator's window name in RR so that it embeds it, but it locks up everytime I try that.

I know that someone one here built a plugin for cf once (coolcow I think). would be good to hear from anyone that's managed to embed it into RR. I know that the emulator can accept keys, so it should be possible to create macros from RR buttons that would make it easier to quickly navigate by postcode for instance.

john, did you sort your issues out with the dss file? if you do use someone else's file, then dont' forget you'll also need the storage card directory they used, and for it to be on the same drive letter they used, as well as the serial port to be in the same place. you may get an error and the option to change them if they're not found. I've not tried it, but I wouldn't bank on it.