GPS Error on F3507g & Windows 7 "The GPS NMEA COM Port is not available" x200

[chriswwwww]

I have an X200 with a WWAN Card 43R153 (Ericsson F3507g) running Window 7.

The WWAN reliably connects to Vodafone but I can't get the GPS to work.

Device manager shows this port Enabled:-

Ericsson E3507G Mobile Broadband MiniCard GPS Port (Com8)

Driver Invogps.sys from Ericsson AB, Version 1.0.0.28  29/09/2008.

Thinkvantage GPS version 2.50 is also installed and Lenovo System Update says everything is up to date.

When I "Turn on GPS" or run 'Lenovs GPS"  I get this message:-

The GPS NMEA COM port is not available. You need to check the following things.

- Another GPS application is using the COM port.

- COM ports is disabled. You can enable the COM port in the Device Manager.

Location and Other Sensors shows nothing installed.

I've tried deleting all the drivers and reinstalling but not luck.

Has anyone else had the same problem and found a solution. I can't think of anything else to try.

[chriswwwww]

I've just updated to GPS 2.60 and Power Manger 3.20 and now get this message:-

"The current wireless WAN connection is being managed by another client utility. Close the client utility and try again."

Don't understand what the other client utility is that is using my GPS.

[chriswwwww]

Get this message when ever I try to use GPS

"The current wireless WAN connection is being managed by another client utility. Close the client utility and try again."

X200

Windows 7

ThinkVantage GPS                                                                                      2.60

Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard GPS Port (COM8)      Ericcson AB 1.0.0.28

Mobile Broadband Drivers                                                                         Ericsson AB 6.1.4.2

Ericsson WIreless Module Core                                                              Ericsson AB 1.0.1046.227

Vodafone SIM (connects ok)

Lenovo - Update and Drivers (says everything is up to date)

If anyone else has this problem please can you leave a message?

Or a solution?

[RO-TPfor]

I am getting the exact same message after an upgrade from Vista Business to Win 7 Pro on a T-400s.

[ronin]

Have you tried going to the ff. registry keys and changing their values to 0?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WMCore\GPSAutoSensingEnable

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WMCore\GPSAutoSensingEnableDefault

If this still doesnt work, reinstall the driver using the ff. method:

1. Unzip the ZIP file.
2. At the command line, execute setup.exe with the "/wNOAUTOSENSING", "/wNOSELSUSP", and /wUSELASTKNOWNRADIOSTATE options.
Example: [Path where the files were extracted]\setup /wNOAUTOSENSING /wNOSELSUSP /wUSELASTKNOWNRADIOSTATE
3. After installation, restart.

Will you let me know if this does not work?

[mikiano]

Had the same message "The current wireless WAN connection is being managed by another client utility. Close the client utility and try again." on my Thinkpad SL500.

This worked for me:

- Uninstall the  Ericsson F3507g driver for GPS AND WWAN (only the GPS is not enough, Mobile Broadband drivers must also be removed)

- Restart

- Use the System Update tool to install the latest drivers for this

Reason: older driver versions seem to leave registry settings and/or files on the system, which are not removed or replaced by just installing newer versions. You have to completely remove the drivers!!

[Baseboy]

this doesn't help for me tried both solutions but still in Use.

[billbolton Community Moderator]

If you are running a Windows 7 Weather Gadget on your desktop, try shutting it down entirely and see if that changes your GPS "in use" problem.

Cheers,

Bill