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Frequently Asked Questions


Q1: (All) How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?
A1: 42




Q2: (Windows Mobile) I can't get my bluetooth gps to work! When i want to start up GPS i just got "gps starting up" at the top of the screen but nothing else. What can I do?

A2: The navxs client use the Microsoft GPS Intermediate Driver to communicate with gps devices.
For some smartphones there is no gps application to change needed registry settings.
At the moment you have to set up this information with a registry editor to activate this feature manually for your smartphone.
You can get more information about GPS Intermediate Driver from Microsoft MSDN.

RegEditor for mobile devices.

RegEditor to edit registry settings using the desktop PC.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Use this ALL at your own risk! We are currently working on a better solution.

How to set up needed registry settings.
1.) The following registry key must exist:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers"
( keys .\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers offen missed)

2.) The following value must exist under the key "Drivers" (type REG_SZ):
CurrentDriver = "My GPS Driver"

3.) The following registry key must exist:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS IntermediateDriver\Drivers\My GPS Driver"

4.) The following values must exist under the key "My GPS Driver" (type REG_SZ):
InterfaceType = "COMM"
FriendlyName = "My GPS Driver"
CommPort = "COM6:"
(If you set up your bluetooth device to another COM-Port you can use this value for the CommPort registry value )


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