[Gvsig_english] FW: gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT

Tue Nov 8 18:38:05 CET 2011

Hi,

I managed to install gvSIG Mobile on Trimble Juno once, but I used J9 then. Hope that reading this thread will still give some help http://listserv.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_internacional/2010-October/006099.html

-Jukka Rahkonen-

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Lähettäjä: gvsig_internacional-bounces at listserv.gva.es [gvsig_internacional-bounces at listserv.gva.es] käyttäjän Maxim Jaffe [maxim_jaffe at hotmail.com] puolesta
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Aihe: [Gvsig_english] FW: gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT

Hello!

I know the thread has been inactive for a while but hoping we can have a another look at the problem I was having bak then and which I still ahve...

I tried following the instruction on the first link that Juan Lucas sent.
http://listserv.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_internacional/2010-February/004907.html

Didn't manage to try out the J9 instructions since I don't even have a clue where I'm suppose to download J9...

The problem remains after installing gvSIG mobile 0.3 in this way. The logs continue showing the same error:
"WARN [GPSNmeaDataProcessor] - ERROR: parsing an integer field in an NMEA sentence"

I guess that NMEA sentences are not getting parsed properly even though they're coming through the internal com port of the GeoXT Trimble device. Might this be because of Trimble proprietary NMEA sentences..?

Any clues on what the problem could be...?

Getting gvSIG mobile to work would be quite important for the NGO where I work here in Brazil, would save us more then 6000$ (10000 reais) or more on proprietary licenses for Trimble software and avoid using proprietary formats to store data.

The NGO and I would thank you very much..!

Maxim

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From: maxim_jaffe at hotmail.com
To: gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es
Subject: RE: gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 15:30:19 +0100

Hello Again!

Here go the logs files ;)!

I noticed that a message that is quite common in the logs files is this one:
"WARN [GPSNmeaDataProcessor] - ERROR: parsing an integer field in an NMEA sentence"

Makes sense that it is a parsing error since the GPS activity console showed NMEA sentences but nothing was happening.

I'll try what you recommend Juan Lucas and keep you posted.

Thanks for the help really appreciate it, feel like there is a light at the end of tunnel now :)!

> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 09:31:17 +0200
> From: "Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio" <jldominguez at prodevelop.es>
> Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT
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> Hello,
> Please send us all the txt files under ?gvSIGMobile\log in a zip file.
>
> Then try this:
>
> - uninstall gvSIG Mobile from the list of installed applications in Windows Mobile
> - remove manually the folders \gvSIGMobile and \phoneme in the file system root or in the SD card if you have one
> - follow these instructions:
> http://listserv.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_internacional/2010-February/004907.html
>
> - if it does not work, you can try the J9 version, see some instructions here:
>
> http://listserv.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_internacional/2010-August/005820.html
>
>
> Regards
> Juan Lucas Dom?nguez Rubio
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> De: gvsig_internacional-bounces at listserv.gva.es en nombre de Maxim Jaffe
> Enviado el: mi? 25/05/2011 21:36
> Para: gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es
> Asunto: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> First time posting on the list so apologies for any blunder on my part!
>
> I've installed gvSIG Mobile 0.3 on Trimble GeoXT that is a couple of years old (think it was bought in 2005), and although the program seems to work fine, even if a little slow, I've had some trouble in actually receviing signal form the GPS antenna
>
> Here go some details on the hardware and software of the GPS before I go any further:
>
> Hardware:
> -CPU Intel Corp StrongARM-SA1110, 206 MHz
> -RAM 64MB (8MB reserved)
> -FlashDisk 512MB (32MB reserved, 417MB free)
> -GPS Receiver GeoXT
>
> OS:
> Microsoft Pocket PC v4.20.0
>
> Relevant Software:
> -gvSIG Mobile 0.3
> -TerraSync 3.20 (Trimble proprietary software)
>
> So basically I can seem to get a GPS signal within gvSIG. I set the following configurations on the GPS preferences, under the device tab:
>
> Protocol NMEA 0183
>
> Serial device (selected)
> Port name: COM2
> Baud Rate: 4800
>
> I set this based on the info of one of the apps that came with the model "GPS Connector" . It indicates COM2 NMEA (Available).
>
> When I try to connect it beeps quite a bit (not sure if thats normal) and in the GPS activity window doesn't show much activity accept for the console tab that seems to output what I have understood to be NMEA sentences. But apart from that no signal seems to be captured, no satellites listed, no data whatsoever..
>
> I can't remember the exact details of how I got installed it since its been a while but think I got everything that was needed installed well using Microsoft ActiveSync.
>
> I've read some posts in malingi lists and forums mentioning that the Trimble software might conflict with gvSIG Mobile (and other OSS) and suggested that it should be uninstalled but I'm afraid might end up with nothing to use since the installer of Terrasync seems to have expired... The device is not my own, it's property of a foundation I work with and just trying to present to managment the possiblity of using open source both as a desktop and mobile GIS solution.
>
> Hope you can help me out, thanks in advance
> Maxim Jaffe
>