OziexplorerCE

Thanks for that Peter, i am starting to think maybe its a crappy CD of OziexplorerCE

OK got it working OK.

With the BlueTooth Manager I browsed and found my GPS. I explored it and set it up as an SPP slave. (SPP is Serial Port)

Then using the Holux GPS Viewer that you can download from the Holux Wesite I discovered the GPS on Com 8.

In OziCE I set the GPS options in the NMEA section to "COM8: Bluetooth Serial Port COM8:" and the baud rate to 38,400 (Although 4800 worked too)
Turned on the GPS in Ozi by clicking on the GPS icon and away we went.

Peter

ps. I'm using the latest version of OziCE from the OziExplorer web site and ROM 1.1 in the iPaq.

A friend of mine had major problems with bluetooth (I have CF..no problems) - main issue was tuning unit off without turning bluetooth connection off first - required reset (the little button inside small hole on back of PDA). Other issue was making sure correct com port selected in confirguration of OziCe. Good Luck.

From OziCE Web page

Bluetooth issues with PocketPC 2003

Bluetooth Port: The Bluetooth com port to use for connection may be Com 8 or Com 5 depending on the Make, model and ROM version of the PDA.

When using a Bluetooth GPS and the map images are on a SD or CF card: Bluetooth disconnections may be more frequent - it may somehow relate to cpu load. Seems to happen a lot more if map images are loaded from a SD card.

If the PDA is turned off and on when connected to a Bluetooth GPS the connection may no longer work: Even if disconnected and reconnected it cannot be made to work, a reset may be required.

On the iPaq 2200 and 5500 series and possibly others, if you turn off the PDA with an active Bluetooth connection the PDA will not turn on again, you must press the reset button to get the PDA working again. : ROM upgrades are available from the HP web site support pages.

Bluetooth in PocketPC 2003 will always ask for a device before connecting: (PocketPC 2002 only asks the first time and does not ask again once the devices are paired).

If you would like the PocketPC 2002 behavior there is a registry entry which can be made. You will need a registry editor like RegEdit.

Under the registry key HKLM\Software\Widcomm\BtConfig\AutoConnect\0005 or HKLM\Software\Widcomm\BtConfig\AutoConnect\0008 ; it may be one or the other of these depending on the PDA make, model or ROM version. Create a new DWORD value called : BtBrowserEnabled and set it to: 0

Bluetooth should now connect to a paired device without asking.

Thanks guys, been down the oze update page and tried all these, as mentioned elsewhere I think I will go and gets me a CF GPS. Thanks for all the feedback though.

Yep John, It is working in Bluetooth Manager, I am starting to think a CF GPS may be the best bet.