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gpspassion
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Posted - 11 sept. 2005 : 19:54:28
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One of the recurring questions for the meeting organized by TomTom in July in Amsterdam was whether they had plans for a Windows PC version of their Navigation software. Although they do run the software on PCs internally for development and testing purposes, they do not plan to release it at this time. Until that happens (or not) there is a workaround that will work provided you have a reasonably powerful Laptop/PC and a remaining activation code for the TomTom software *. All you need to do is install the Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Community Preview that can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/emulatorpreview/default.aspx (sign in with your Passport and then use guest id : MSDEVICE).

I have been able to run it successfully on my IBM X31 laptop using a Bluetooth GPS. You can of course run any other PocketPC program.
* You will use up an activation code that will not be replaced if you change PDAs in the future
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
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Posted - 11 sept. 2005 : 23:47:31
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That's very interesting indeed. I often wonder why TomTom and other developers of PDA navigation software don't make their products available on PC platform as well when it would seem so easy to do.
Is it possible to switch to full screen mode and avoid having to see the PDA image?
Marvin Hlavac - Toronto, Canada |
Edited by - Marvin Hlavac on 11 sept. 2005 23:49:22 |
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gpspassion
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jhansman
USA
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Posted - 12 sept. 2005 : 06:45:16
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| The login works, but the link to the emulator download is for an 8k file called 'bvVault.asp'. Is this correct? |
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gpspassion
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badbob001
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Posted - 12 sept. 2005 : 15:35:16
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While you can't run the emu in full-screen, you can change the resolution of it. The maximum horizontal or vertical resolution is 800 so you could make it run at 800x600 and reduce your laptop resolution to match. Then have your laptop LCD set to zoom non-native resolutions and presto... you have full screen. Oh, 800x800 doesn't work since the emu complains that the frame buffer is limited to 1MB.
Of course, I haven't tried tomtom to see if it likes this resolution so please test before getting in the car. :)
You can run the emulator from the command line which makes it easier to change settings. I use the following batch file, which runs the VGA PPC rom at 800x600x16bit, 128MB ram, and no skin.
@echo off
set vmname=PPC_VGA_2003
set vwidth=800
set vheight=600
set vcolors=16
set imagefile=PPC_2003_SE_WWE_ARMv4.bin
set memsize=128
:: Put batch in the same folder as deviceemulator.exe
set emupath=.
set emufile=deviceemulator.exe
:: Subfolder where the rom images go (eg: PPC_2003_SE_WWE_ARMv4.bin)
set imagepath=.\bin
:: Subfolder where system state is stored.
set savepath=.\save
set flashfile=%savepath%\%vmname%_flash.dat
set statefile=%savepath%\%vmname%_state.dat
:: Subfolder where storage card contents are stored.
set sharedfolder=.\storage_card
:: The emu can be too cpu intensive so I like to put it down a notch.
set priority=/belownormal
:: If statefile exist, run with minimal parameters so it'll reload the previous state.
if exist %statefile% (
start "%vmname%" %priority% "%emupath%\%emufile%" /s "%statefile%" /nosecurityprompt
) else (
:: The following is one line but split for forum posting.
start "%vmname%" %priority% "%emupath%\%emufile%" "%imagepath%\%imagefile%" /video %vwidth%x%vheight%x%vcolors%
/flash "%flashfile%" /s "%statefile%" /sharedfolder "%sharedfolder%" /memsize %memsize% /vmname %vmname%
)
I am also able to run the emu against WM5. You can download the WM5 images and extract the images and not have to have visual studio.
Download wm5 images: English rom: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=83A52AF2-F524-4EC5-9155-717CBE5D25ED&displaylang=en
rom in other languages: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=eec33ae3-c129-4c25-abaa-18e8e842178f&displaylang=en
Extract contents by running: msiexec /a <name of msi file>
It will prompt you for where to extract the files to. After extraction, there should be a subfolder called 0409 with a bunch of .bin files. These are the emulator images. Copy them to your emulator rom folder and go play. |
Edited by - badbob001 on 18 sept. 2005 20:54:00 |
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badbob001
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Posted - 12 sept. 2005 : 15:36:40
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| You have to use IE and not another browser like firefox to download the emulator else you end up downloading bvVault.asp. |
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jhansman
USA
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Posted - 12 sept. 2005 : 16:22:07
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Right. By now I should have figured that out (along with yet another ActiveX control on my system) ;>)
Thanks. |
Edited by - jhansman on 12 sept. 2005 16:26:24 |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 12 sept. 2005 : 16:49:14
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Thanks for the tips, especially WM5.0, let's hope the most excellent nPop email program still works ! Is there an actual ENG/USA image available for WM5.0?
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weatheryoko
USA
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Posted - 13 sept. 2005 : 05:27:46
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| This may sound like a dumb question, but does TomTom Navigator 5 run on WM 5.0? I can't find on their site a statement which says "Yes it does" or "No it doesn't" |
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gpspassion
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igurevich38
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 14 sept. 2005 : 14:35:30
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| WM 5 images site has every language except for English. Where do you get the English image? |
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badbob001
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weatheryoko
USA
290 Posts |
Posted - 15 sept. 2005 : 16:24:04
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I was able to successfully load and run TT Navigator 5 on my imate JasJar (running WM5.0). You have to install the .cab files individually. The desktop installer does not work with either MS ActiveSync or the whole new WM5 platform. Side Note: One nice feature of WM5 is that you can still specify where you want the program to be installed (i.e. Storage Card or persistent memory).
The only problem I found so far is a "slow" refresh rate (usable, but just not a smooth as I'm used to with my "old" 4155) when using TT5 in landscape mode. This is probably due to my VGA screen and a slower processor (520MHz). I'd be curious to know if any of the Dell x50v owners who are using TT5 notice the same problem while using landscape mode in TT5. They have a graphics accelerator built into the machine so they may not. |
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Saman
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Posted - 15 sept. 2005 : 16:51:26
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How can i connect this emulator with activesync? Do I need special (4.0) version? If something must be set in Device Emulator Mangager i'm done, because i cannot get this run.
HP iPAQ 2210, GPS GlobalSat BT-338 + Nemerix one |
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Saman
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Posted - 15 sept. 2005 : 17:31:28
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I've found the readme document in emulator instalation, where everything is described. Now I must figure out, why device manager is not able to run..
HP iPAQ 2210, GPS GlobalSat BT-338 + Nemerix one |
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