User's Manual Part 3

6 Getting Connected
100 GeoExplorer 2008 Series User Guide
Outputting GPS data to other devices using Bluetooth wireless
technology
To provide GPS positions from the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld to another
device using a Bluetooth wireless connection, you must:
1. Connect the other device to the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld.
2. Configure the handheld to output data to the other device.
3. Configure the other device to receive data from the handheld.
Step 1: Connecting the other device to the GeoExplorer series handheld
1. Turn on the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld’s Bluetooth radio and make the
handheld visible to other devices (see page 80).
2. On the other device, turn on the Bluetooth radio.
3. Use the Bluetooth management software on the other device to scan for other
Bluetooth devices and then set up a serial port connection to the GeoExplorer
2008 series handheld.
4. If prompted to enter a passcode on the other device, enter a passcode of your
choice that you will easily remember.
5. When prompted on the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld, accept the
connection to the other device.
6. Enter the same passcode on the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld that you
entered on the other device and then tap
Next on the right softkey on the
handheld.
7. On the handheld, tap
Finish on the right softkey.
Step 2: Configuring the handheld to output data
to the other device
1. On the GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld, tap
/ Settings / Connections / GPS Connector to
open the GPS Connector software.
2. Use the GPS Connector software to output NMEA
or TSIP messages to COM9. This is the
GeoExplorer 2008 series handheld's Host
Bluetooth serial port.
3. Use the Trimble GPS field software to ensure
NMEA output is set to on, to configure the NMEA
output settings (output rate and messages), and
to configure the GPS settings.