GPSInt - Microsoft GPS Intermediate Driver Interface

[taximania]

Sorry

I'm giving up on this one, I cant get a working dll.

'GpsGate' and 'Port Splitter' both work.

My RawIR.dll also works, but you need to buy a Franson licence,
just like you would for GpsGate

I'm sat in the house with a full GPS signal,
and my Basic4ppc GPS app running via 'Port Splitter'.


So I suggest using 'Port Splitter'.
Link to port splitter.

If your connection port via the 'Input' dropdown menu doesn't show,
enter your own port via the SIP. eg, COM4

[wolfgang]

Hi hsandy,
I tested your dll on a HTC 3650 Cruise WM6.0 Pro and it works. Sometimes the app has to be started twice and the speed won't be updated. One problem is, when I close the app the GPS device is still on (LED flashes). In standby modus the GPS is off but after wakeup the system GPS on again. I have to do a softreset to turn GPS off!?

[derez]

Hi hsandy
I tried again and this time it works (I have a MIO 350) - I can use the soft port.
It also runs faster

Some questions:
1. if the lat is south - will it be negative ?
2. same for longitude which is west.
3. If not - then I need the N/S and E/W methods as well.
4. is it possible to supply the streams as recieved from the gps ? I use it to show the position of the sattelites.

Thank a lot, nice work !

[derez]

running the program on a device (HTC) with WM6 I get the following error.
What is missing ?

[agraham]

Originally Posted by derez

What is missing ?

Probably this error messages on device You are getting a secondary error because the cause of the primary error can't be displayed.

I'd give up on this library for the time being . It, or more probably Microsoft.Win....on.dll, is causing termination problems for me. Erel and I are playing with it as Erel intends to create a new GPS library using the API that this library exposes. So rather than struggle with the dll someone else compiled, or trying to tinker with the dll source myself, I'm waiting for Erel to come up with something. I'd rather spend time playing with something that will form the base for the official library rather than spend time playing with something that will be thrown away.

[derez]

I agree with your logic and wait patiently for the coming (soon...) library.

Thanks for your continuous support

[derez]

Can anybody with HTC please check the attached small program and tell me if it runs and shows GPS data ?

It is written to run on both QVGA and VGA using the old way, before the new compiler (because compiling with it cause the above error...)

Thanks

[taximania]

#1: I get STATUS 'true' and SATS '7'

Thats after being stood outside for a few minutes,
then coming back in the house.

It's currently 'true' with '6' SATS, that's indoors

O2 XDA Orbit with WM6.1 ROM installed.
My own GPS apps don't work

@#1: 'That', is using the compiled app from your zip.
The SBP file in the zip file won't run on my machine.
Crashes big time

[derez]

Thanks Taximania

Have you compiled the "device exe " or the "forced QVGA" ? the second does not work, the first should.
Anyway - good news.

[derez]

Erel
In the attached program you can see the difference in cycle time between the hardware port (using GPS.dll) and the soft port (using GPSint.dll).

I noticed it in my navigation program but thought its because of the load of activities, but then its the same in this simple program.

The hardport gps is refreshed every 3-4 seconds, mostly 4 !
The soft - every second, as expected.

I'm sure it was not like that in the older versions of B4PPC (I checked only in 6.30 and its the same there).

I checked it on two mio 350 devices, so it is not a specific device problem.

I wonder if on other machines it appears the same.

Any explanation ?

edit: use only normal compilation, not forced vga

edit2: I succeeded in testing an old version from 9/2007 - it is still 4 seconds, maybe it was like that all the time...