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GPSTester

GPSTester is a GPS library sample program which can test and verify the connectivity between your Palm handheld and your Bluetooth GPS receiver. It shows NMEA sentences recieved, current fix details such as latitude, longitude, speed, no. of satellites being tracked, fixed quality, etc.

Features:

• Supports Bluetooth SPP GPS receivers
• Supports NMEA 0183
• Displays NMEA sentences received
• Cold start GPS receiver
• Shows fix details such as:
  - current position (WGS84 latitude/longitude)
  - speed (km/hour)
  - date and time
  - course (degree)
  - altitude (meter)
  - no. of satellites being tracked
  - no. of satellites in view
  - fix quality (no fix, 2D fix, 3D fix)
  - satellite ID and signal strenth (0-99dbHz)

Requirements:

• Palm OS 4.x or above with bluetooth enabled
• Bluetooth GPS receiver

Current Version: 1.0.1

Changes & Updates

Version 1.0.1 - 29 Aug 2005

• Fixed the problem on some Palm OS 4.0 devices that report incompatible OS version

WARNING: GPSTester will disable auto-power-off once it connects to a GPS receiver until connection loss or you disconnect it manually.

Screen Shot

Screen 1: Shows the NMEA sentence received

Screen 2: Shows the current position, speed, height, etc..

Its FREE!.