Testing GPS

[jviss]

What is "navigator?"

[DJACID]

pc navigator,
there are afew softwares you can use to play about with navigon is one which you can do lots of things with????????

[jviss]

Right! I forgot. I have it. I only see sentences with no fix, I guess I have to lease it with a view of satellites for a longer time. How long to a 3D fix from "cold" for you?

[DJACID]

well from cold start it depends the longest it has been is a minute or so, but most of the time it normaly just take half a minute(30secs) to get a fix,
but after that the rest of the day it roughly takes 8-10secs.....

where are you trying to get a fix from, best place is outside for a much quicker fix, once it has the first fix you will be fine after that and it will only take afew secounds then, but like more gps devices the first fix does take just over a minute, my mates old sat nav system takes around 3-5minutes to get a fix from cold start....

[Toughbook]

I have a really stupid question for you guys lucky enough to have GPS built in to your laptops... Can you get a fix/signal from indoors or must you be outside? What about driving down the road? Do you have to prop it up on the dashboard to get a signal or is this GPS pretty strong? I'm really leaning toward buying a 1Ghz with GPS built in but don't want to waste my $ if it really isn't that good.

[DJACID]

well funny enough thats exactly how i use mine, i have made a little stand on my dash by welding acouple of pieces of metal together and the toughbook just sits there fine, i normaly just use it for navigation for off road, cakmping etc.....
from where it sits on my dash i never have had a problem even before that when it just used to sit on the front passenger seat i'll still get a signal, only time you'll have to wait is from a cold start which can take afew minutes depending on where you have left the laptop, if from in-doors it does take afew minutes to get a full fix from cold, but if you start it from out side it will only take about a minute,
just checking now and i do get a good signal upstairs and downstairs only the rooms in between is where i dont get a signal....
previouly i checked it with my brother n95 to see how the signal was and there both worked out even, the n95 got a fix from cold withing 2mins from my living room and the toughbook took within 3min to get a fix....
i really do perfer the gps of the toughbook main reason i always take it when i go on my little trips...

[jviss]

There are also Bluetooth GPS receivers to consider - under $50.

[DJACID]

jviss is right if you sort out the bluetooth hack, you will be able to use it with a bluetooth gps reciever, my mate bought one the other day for £22quid,
you can use velcros or something to attach it to the casing and away you go.....

[Toughbook]

Hmmmm... Now THAT is a good reason to put BT in the Toughbook!

[DJACID]

finally we are going to be getting bluetooth in our laptops.....lol!!!
cant wait for you to finish it....