AlpineQuest & OfflineMaps

Hi - I would like to try to use AQ with an external TomTom Bluetooth GPS, but not sure how to configure AQ to work with this device.

I have successfully paired my phone with the GPS (appears in paired devices as "TomTom Wireless GPS"), but I can't see how to get AQ to talk to it - probably some simple setting, but not immediately obvious.

On my PC I can pair with the TomTom, then (using Memory Map) can see that it has successfully accessed 7 or more satellites, and gives me a fix no problem.

The GPS device settings are Manufacturer="NMEA" - serial-port=Com3: baud-rate=9600; parity=none; data-bits=8; stop-bits=1

Cheers, Geoff

Hi,
You won't be able to use your bluetooth GPS directly from AQ.
What you'll have to do is to use a "wrapper" that will get locations from the GPS and forward them to the "passive" location provider that you'll be able to select in AQ (from the Localisation details panel).
Here is a thread talking about that (it's quite simple don't worry)
Let me know if you need more help,
Best regards

Wow - thanks for your quick response.

All makes sense now (in fact I'd already selected "External Locations" under GPS localisation, and was actually getting a fix under Source=passive, but had assumed that was through network geo-location). I was doing this all from my sofa, so the fix wasn't moving, thus it was not immediately obvious

Love the app - been using the Lite version for several months - just upgraded to the fully functional paid version

Cheers, Geoff

Ok perfect, thanks for the feedback and for your support!

Oops - double post...

I've now found an even better solution, which may be worth adding to your online help.....

• Download Bluetooth GPS (by GG Moblab)

• Select paired device and connect

• Make sure that "Enable mock GPS provider" is checked in its settings

• Select "Outdoor GPS" in AQ - it now thinks it is using the device's onboard GPS

Bluetooth GPS has a great interface which allows you to see which satellites are being accessed etc

Thanks for the details.
However are you sure that the locations are really coming from your bluetooth device and not from the internal GPS?