by mrlongest » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:07 pm
Tendriver
In my HOME\Download\complete\ephemeris folder are 3 folders at the moment (corresponding to the most recent update dates):
QuickGPSfix, QuickGPSfix-1, and QuickGPSfix-2.
Each has 3 files:
Ephemeris.toc, ephemeris.png, and Ephemeris.cab.
All those updates were produced by an earlier SD card (possibly not a relevant one to this problem), not the latest one (where I've the problem).
Before we both go off on a ‘wild goose chase’, let me put my problem again, hopefully more clearly.
My old card: TTHOME recognises and updates QuickGPSfix as a free service.
My new card: TTHOME recognises only that QuickGPSfix is a subscription service, not available for free. The evidence for that is that in ‘Operating my device’ onscreen the simulated menus show QuickGPSfix as a sub-menu of the LIVE services.
Both cards use the same navcore. The only known difference is the different map folders, and the associated file changes in the root.
Does that help clarify my problem and query: how do I fool TTHOME into accepting my new card as eligible for free QuickGPSfix updates?
I’ve just re-visited TTHOME with my new card. Looking further into the ‘Operating my device’ menus reveals that QuickGPSfix is actually a submenu of ‘TomTom Services’ – don’t know where ‘LIVE services came from! And clicking upon the QuickGPSfix option in that submenu actually produced a downloading progress screen. The end result is that ‘Manage my ONE XL’ now lists QuickGPSfix as updated.
And checking in Windows on my PC reveals two new files in the card’s ephem folder: ee_meta.txt, and packedephemeris.ee.
Switching-on my ONE XL with the new card inserted, it took well over 2 minutes to get a GPS fix. Clearly my ONE XL can’t deal with those two new files, which I understand can only be used by different GPS chipped devices. My query remains: how do I fool TTHOME into accepting my new card as eligible for the appropriate free QuickGPSfix updates?
Further information:
Repeating the above performance with my old card in TTHOME revealed that exactly the same menu options appeared and the same inappropriate QuickGPSfix was downloaded…
Does this mean I’m on a ‘wild goose chase’ with these simulated menus in TTHOME?
Is there another diagnosis that makes sense?
I'd like to understand what's going on so the problem can be sorted.