You have a Navman 4400 series GPs unit (e.g. 4460, 4470 for Palm). An Apple Mac OS X user, you tried entering a passkey using Bluetooth Setup Assistant, but couldn't get it to work? Salvation in the form of a pictorial walkthrough is at hand...
First, for the record, the following instructions assume Mac OS 10.3.8 and Navman 4470 with SmartST v3 for Palm.
The passkey (PIN) for pairing the GPS unit, identifying itself as NAVAMN GPS ONE, is NAVMAN (as listed in the SmartST application user guide):
However, although the Mac OS X Bluetooth Setup Assistant insists on a passkey for pairing it will only allow you to enter a numeric passkey. Apparently, either letters or numbers make for a valid passkey. This means you cannot pair the GPS unit with your Mac, so it would seem that it cannot be utilized with Mac-based routing applications like Route 66.
By trial and error, I discovered a workaround.
Open Bluetooth Serial Utility (usually in your Applications > Utilities folder) and click New...:
Give the new port a name (e.g. Navman) and set the port direction to Outgoing and the type to RS-232:
Click Select Device... then NAVMAN GPS ONE then NAVMAN GPS followed by Select:
The GPS unit should now be listed; click OK:
With the GPS unit in your port list, close the Bluetooth Serial Utility:
Open Route 66 Route 2004 and choose GPS Status from the Window menu:
This also works with GPSNavX (formerly GPSUtility):
GPS Connect and TrueNav also work, using the NMEA protocol.
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Rock on! ... I've been trying to figure out why I can't get my GPS to work on my Mac, and this was the perfect answer!
Thanks a ton!
Hi! This is interesting reading. I downloaded software for my Navman PiN 570, Model PS1022, and was unable to get it to synch with my MacIntosh OS10.3 Powerbook -- no surprise to you.
I have two memory chips: a 1GB MyFlash Turbo MMCplus, and a Kinston 1 GB Mini SD, with a little adaptor frame around it for regular SD slots.
I also now have a Canon Powershot !530, which uses SD and MultiMedia card.
I plan to dedicate one memory chip to each device.
Is it possible to do the same trick for my Navman that you did for yours? And is it possible to use the TomTom map software in it?
Thanks for any guidance!
Mark, getting a GPS to "synch" with a Mac is not the same as pairing it via Bluetooth. As I understand it, the Navman PiN 570 is basically a Pocket PC with all the usual PDA functions, plus SmartST software and integrated GPS antenna. This being the case you might be able to use Missing Sync for Windows Mobile to sync contact/ calendar/ etc. data with a Mac.
As for paring the PiN 570 with the Mac, I don't think your device has Bluetooth since it's integrated, so there is nothing to pair. If it does have BT you'd need to ask Navman what passkey to use for your device (assuming NAVMAN or 1234 doesn't work).
I don't know if TomTom software will run on the Navman device. First you'd need to check the minimum system requirements for TomTom and see if your device meets them. I can use TomTom software with my Navman GPS unit (see here), because the TomTom software will in theory work with any NMEA-compliant GPS unit. Ask Navman if your device uses this standard; if so I'd say there's a reasonable change the TomTom software will be able to addess it.