Neanderthal

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I've got a Holux GR-230 bluetooth gps reciever. I've also got a laptop with USB bluetooth dongle and I'm trying to get the two to comunicate so that I can use it with autoroute etc.
I can get as far as XP (with SP2 on it) bonding with the GPS with no passkey BUT when I fire up anything that wants to access the GPS I get a info bubble on the PC saying the GPS is trying to connect and I have to click on the bubble to allow connection but then I get told to put a passkey in. I've tried leaving this blank and tried it with numbers but the result is the same as when I click <next> I get told..

The operation being requested was not performed because the user has not been authenticated.

Can anyone help? I'm sure it's meant to be easier than this?

Matt

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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You are meant to "bond" with a passkey before attempting to use the device. Typically it seems that 0000 is the default for most things.

Bond first, then try it out.

Neanderthal

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Right, tried bonding first, using a passkey. Came up with
but when I go back and pick "no passkey" it then goes thru and says my bluetooth hardware is ready to use (and the light on the GPS reciever indicates it's bonded).

and yet when I go and use anything that uses the GPS I get the balloon at the bottom saying "a bluetooth device is trying to connect to this PC, click to allow connection" and then when I click it it's back to the "enter a passkey" screen (but this time with no option than to put a code in.

bloody thing

Neanderthal

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Sorry, should say I have checked with Holux's tech support page, but the database has been down for over a week

wellard

Just had a look at the pdf for the GR-230 and the passkey is 6268, give that a try.

Neanderthal

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Awesome! thought I'd read the PDF carefully but completely missed that. All the kit's at home so I'll try it later. Cheers
Matt

Neanderthal

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Nice one Wellard, works a treat now