The GPS Bluetooth driver for Palm OS is an extension for Satellite Forms. It allows you to develop applications for Palm OS with GPS functionality using GPS receivers with Bluetooth Wireless Technology. Without the need for establishing and maintaining the Bluetooth connection between a Bluetooth equipped Palm OS device and a GPS Bluetooth receiver, the developer can extend existing applications or develop new applications which offer GPS navigation functionality to the user. This driver offers all the required functionality for navigation purposes using GPS Bluetooth receivers:

• Discover Bluetooth Devices from within your application
• Connect to selected Bluetooth GPS receiver
• Check the status of the Bluetooth connection and the GPS receiver
• Receive NMEA-0183 GPS data from the GPS device
• Extract required data from the received GPS data string
• Disconnect from Bluetooth device

A full featured sample application is included.

DocID: 10101  DocDate: 2005-07-12