MAP THIS! version 0.461S (beta) with support for PSP-290 GPS accessory

**emi_tron** · February 23rd, 2007, 21:08

Hi everybody.
I'm in the same situation as you, the _ace.
I have 3.0.3OE-C with usbacc.prx from 2.71 and usbgps.prx from 3.03. The GPS is the PSP-290.
With 0.47 it takes between 7-15 minutes to fix satellites and with 0.48 only detects 1-2 satellites in the same place and don´t fix never.
I have tried everything except changing the initlocaton, because if i put 2 instead of 1, maybe it will never fix a satellite.
Which is the best configuration to work with my firm?.

Thanks.

**ivanchi69** · February 23rd, 2007, 23:31

great work but i wonder when it will be available to make routes?? in my psp it takes about 2 min to work fine (i live in the out-skirts of madrid) so i'm happy ^_^ i think that with routes and a simple voice telling you either to go right or left it'll be perfect!! I encourage you to continue on your fabulous work!!

salu2

**taspankya** · February 24th, 2007, 01:19

i am running firmware 3.10oe-a, mapthis 0.48, psp-290, and green program (290 test), and i have the 3.10 prxs. i cant get the gps to work AT ALL! here is a shot of the green program after being outside in clear skys. no buildings for about 10 minutes.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7904/greenpspuj1.jpg

the mapthis software also does nothing with the gps.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7...thispspzh9.jpg

i have the 310 prxs in the mapviewer folder... and i have 310 prxs in the 'camprx' folder in my root for the green program... still no results, it sees no satellites and feeds back no information. i cant stay outside too long testing this damn thing, its below zero outside! what am i doing wrong?

**deniska** · February 24th, 2007, 02:10

Originally Posted by taspankya

i am running firmware 3.10oe-a, mapthis 0.48, psp-290, and green program (290 test), and i have the 3.10 prxs. i cant get the gps to work AT ALL! here is a shot of the green program after being outside in clear skys. no buildings for about 10 minutes.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7904/greenpspuj1.jpg

the mapthis software also does nothing with the gps.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7...thispspzh9.jpg

i have the 310 prxs in the mapviewer folder... and i have 310 prxs in the 'camprx' folder in my root for the green program... still no results, it sees no satellites and feeds back no information. i cant stay outside too long testing this damn thing, its below zero outside! what am i doing wrong?

Your receiver seems to be busted... I don't see time runningg on those pics... does it work with Maplus software? (there is a gps info screen there that should work at any location too)

**taspankya** · February 24th, 2007, 05:19

Originally Posted by deniska

Your receiver seems to be busted... I don't see time runningg on those pics... does it work with Maplus software? (there is a gps info screen there that should work at any location too)

no luck... so i contacted the seller and he agreed to exchange the item so hopefully it was just a defect in that one unit, i have had it for less than 2 days and haven't dropped it or done anything of the sort that would break it.

before i send it off could there be any other explanation, i mean i tried it with several different softwares and it said everything was "ok" down the list for the green program and nothing happens. so based on those pictures i posted it would more than likely be the receiver?

**haizad** · February 24th, 2007, 05:47

Originally Posted by taspankya

i am running firmware 3.10oe-a, mapthis 0.48, psp-290, and green program (290 test), and i have the 3.10 prxs. i cant get the gps to work AT ALL! here is a shot of the green program after being outside in clear skys. no buildings for about 10 minutes.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7904/greenpspuj1.jpg

the mapthis software also does nothing with the gps.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7...thispspzh9.jpg

i have the 310 prxs in the mapviewer folder... and i have 310 prxs in the 'camprx' folder in my root for the green program... still no results, it sees no satellites and feeds back no information. i cant stay outside too long testing this damn thing, its below zero outside! what am i doing wrong?

Hey..i had the same problem as you until I realised that the problem was that my downgraded ta082 psp had a corrupted idstorage (whatever that is..

). This will cause your psp290 to never turn on. Anyway....search through this forum cos I remember someone posting idstorage changer prog...but you'll need a non ta082 psp..or a ta082 with a fixed idstorage to fix it. I hope this helps.. :-)

**taspankya** · February 24th, 2007, 06:40

Originally Posted by haizad

Hey..i had the same problem as you until I realised that the problem was that my downgraded ta082 psp had a corrupted idstorage (whatever that is..

). This will cause your psp290 to never turn on. Anyway....search through this forum cos I remember someone posting idstorage changer prog...but you'll need a non ta082 psp..or a ta082 with a fixed idstorage to fix it. I hope this helps.. :-)

that is my exact situation i have a ta082 that i downgraded from 2.71 so the idstorage is probably corrupt... i am trying to find the usbhostfs fix ... but all the links are broken... ugh, i want to see if this fixes it so i dont have to send it back to china... thanks alot for your post it is very helpful

**haizad** · February 24th, 2007, 07:56

Originally Posted by taspankya

that is my exact situation i have a ta082 that i downgraded from 2.71 so the idstorage is probably corrupt... i am trying to find the usbhostfs fix ... but all the links are broken... ugh, i want to see if this fixes it so i dont have to send it back to china... thanks alot for your post it is very helpful

Hey...manage to find the progs you'll need...you still need a non ta082 or a fixed ta082 psp though..try this first, cos it helped my situation..

edit:here's the 043.bin file for those who need it..hope i'm not breaking any copyright laws...if i am...mods please remove it...thanks.

**digitalkid56** · February 24th, 2007, 09:34

How does that happen? I have a downgraded TA-082 also, but I never ran into that problem.. Just the GPS is slow to make connections and has really bad reception.. but mine powered on from Day 1.

Bad flash or something? Anyways, I been fooling around with my rco and prx files in my flash.. Changing battery icons, wave patterns, volume bars, busy signals.. I just downgraded to 3.03 OE-C and gonna try MapThis! with my same configurations..

I'll let u know if it still works good.. sorry couldnt help u out more taspankya.. message me if u got any other questions.. or if u want me to zip my config and send it to u..

**haizad** · February 24th, 2007, 10:20

Originally Posted by digitalkid56

How does that happen? I have a downgraded TA-082 also, but I never ran into that problem.. Just the GPS is slow to make connections and has really bad reception.. but mine powered on from Day 1.

Bad flash or something? Anyways, I been fooling around with my rco and prx files in my flash.. Changing battery icons, wave patterns, volume bars, busy signals.. I just downgraded to 3.03 OE-C and gonna try MapThis! with my same configurations..

I'll let u know if it still works good.. sorry couldnt help u out more taspankya.. message me if u got any other questions.. or if u want me to zip my config and send it to u..

My guess is your ta082 was downgraded using the latest fw2.80 downgrader by team noobz which had an idstorage changer built into it. The previous ta082 downgrader by Dark Alex didn't have this feature...that's why the psp's downgraded using it had the corrupt idstorage. It didn't affect the psp in any way in terms of playing games,homebrew and the likes....just affect the way the psp interacts with devices connected through the usb port...like...when trying to play iso's on a pc's hard drive using usbhost..or using the psp290. I hope this info helps...I'm no expert but this is was I got to learn surfing through the net..