tomtom serial connection

[Vittorio De Martino]

What I would like to do is to read gps data position in NMEA format (I've read 
somewhere that this is the standard for tomtom). In other words by means of a 
terminal like minicom and a /dev/somethingIdontknow I would read the flow of 
data position while read by the gps device. In a nutshell to capture them.
Ciao
Vittorio  

Il Tuesday 17 April 2007 19:20:02 Maksim Yevmenkin ha scritto:
> On 4/17/07, Vittorio De Martino <vittorio at de-martino.it> wrote:
> > Il Thursday 12 April 2007 00:30:15 Maksim Yevmenkin ha scritto:
> > > On 4/11/07, Vittorio De Martino <vittorio at de-martino.it> wrote:
> > > > <To Maksim>:
> > > > Yes, I can smoothly pair the tomtom gps to my nokia cellular phone
> > > > e61. No pin is required. The connection via umts is required from
> > > > time to time by the tomtom site to pdate traffic news .
> > > > </To Maksim>
> > >
> > > did you try to pair your tomtom gps with your pc?
> >
> > Yes, it works but no services seem to be available.
> >
> > > > I tried the following but  SP doesn't seem to exist
> > > >
> > > > victor$ sudo l2ping -a tomtom
> > > > 44 bytes from tomtom seq_no=0 time=246.214 ms result=0
> > > > 44 bytes from tomtom seq_no=1 time=28.889 ms result=0
> > > > 44 bytes from tomtom seq_no=2 time=31.084 ms result=0
> > >
> > > ??? l2ping has nothing to do with sp, just tells you that remote side
> > > answers l2cap, but we already know this, because sdpcontrol returns
> > > stuff.
> > >
> > > > victor$ sudo sdpcontrol -a tomtom search sp
> > > > victor$
> > >
> > > ok, stupid question, is your tomtom a complete unit with screen and
> > > buttons, etc. or just a standalone bluetooth gps receiver with no user
> > > interface at all?
> >
> > Yes of course, it's a complete device. The name is "TomTom ONE Europe
> > v.2". Plenty of pictures in the internet!
>
> ok. in this case i have to ask what exactly are you trying to do?
>
> 1) are you trying to get raw gps data out of your tomtom device?
>
> or
>
> 2) are you trying to make your tomtom device use your computer's
> internet connection (for tomtom plus services) instead of your cell
> phone gprs connection?
>
> > Look at http://opentom.org/ for some interesting info
>
> ok, so from what i can see standalone tomtom units can do bluetooth
> hands free, send and receive sms and manage contact lists. there is
> also something called tomtom plus which is a real time information
> about traffic, weather etc.
>
> > > could you please provide model number for your tomtom device?
> > >
> > > can you force your tomtom gps into pairing mode and then try
> > > 'sdpcontrol -a tomtom search sp'?
> >
> > As  a matter of fact there's only a procedure in the tomtom to connect to
> > a cellular gprs phone via BT. You do not have any other option to control
> > the BT device of your tomtom. Nopin is required.
>
> well, yes. that's obviously for "dialing out" via gprs using your cell
> phone as modem (i.e. for tomtom plus). in other words tomtom is a
> client and cell phone is a server.
>
> thanks,
> max