Here is a tutorial for installing and using the Sony GPS receiver PSP-290
What is MapThis!?
MapThis is a freeware map viewer for PSP. It is based on free map imagery and data from Google,Yahoo, MSN, etc.
Which firmware is compactable for Using PSP-290?
You should have 3.03 0E-x or above firmware to work this, because its using 3.03 Kernal. It wont support the official Sony firmwares.
What are the things required for my PSP to use GPS receiver?
1. The Lastest MapThis! software from Deniska (latest is v048 Beta)
2. 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx (at present the best working combination)
For Simple installation for users i have put all respective files in one single folder which is ready to put it in your PSP. So you don’t need to find 2.71 usbcc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx. The only thing you have to do is download this file ,extract in and put the folder ‘mapViewer’ in x://PSP/GAME303/
Download:- http://rapidshare.com/files/19483676/mapViewer.rar
Also download the map for your area(google) and copy it to the “maps” folder ie x://PSP/GAME303/mapViewer/maps
3. in7ane’s Google Maps Download Tool (for creating your own GPS maps)
To Use in7ane’s tool make sure that you install Microsoft .net 2 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Find the Latest Version of Google Maps Download Tool here
http://www.in7ane.com/psp/ and the latest version as of today is http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.11b.zip
HOW TO USE THIS :
Here is the installation procedure:
1. Make sure that you are running 3.03 kernal… this can be checked by going through Recovery Mode.
2.Transfer the downloader file to x://PSP/GAME303/
3. Download the map(google your area) and put it in ‘maps’ folder ie: x://PSP/GAME303/mapViewer/maps
4. Go to u r games menu of PSP and Memory Stick and you can find the MapThis App and Click X to start.
You can see the map name and press X again to load the Map
Once the map finished loading press the “Square button” to make the GPS ‘ON’
press the start button and scroll down to GPS info and u can see the “Various Satellite Catching on you”
There will be 5-6 satellites minimum and i got maximum of 11 as of now
Also u can see a ‘fix’ which is shows ‘0′. when this changes to ‘1′ its saying that u have been fixed to satellite… There should be atleast four fixes to it would work properly
Then u press “select” button to exit that window…..
if the map is correct it will show your current location ie the red arrow…..
you can adjust the Zoom level by changing the up , down buttons.
Here are some setting which u can change according to your wish
find the config.txt in x://PSP/GAME303/mapViewer/system and open it with ‘Notepad’. If you need to change it again, here’s what to do;
CONFIG.TXT (ms0:/PSP/GAME/mapViewer/system/config.txt)
Here you can configure specific settings for Mapthis
Baud Rate:
BAUD=38400 (Default works for HOLUX 236)
BAUD=4800 (Has been used for some other devices that did not work with default settings see top)
Read Time
READTIME=1 (try bigger values for slow GPS devices)
Slow GPS Devices
#SLOW_GPS=1 (try uncommenting this if you encounter problems with slow GPS devices)
Fake Feed:
FAKEFEED=1 (Default) Set this to 0 if you have a GPS device connected
Speed Conversion:
SPEEDFIX=1.151 gives you miles per hour
SPEEDFIX=1.8523 gives you kilometres per hour
Hight Units Fix:
ALTFIX=1 gives you metres
ALTFIX= 3.280839895 gives you feet
Time Zone:
Mapthis uses GMT as default so use this to chage the offset for your country
TIMEZONE=+1 gives you time zone of western Europe Berlin
Alert Message Warning:
WARNINGDISTANCE=35 would warn you 35 feet or metres before the next waypoint depending on what you set for “ALTFIX”
Map Scrolling:
You can try to tweak following variable in config.txt to try to make the map scroll smoother:
SPEEDFACTOR=0.96
Load Wifi Module:
LOADWIFI=0 (Default) set to 1 if you want to enable it
Screen Turn Speed:
TURNSPEED=2 (toggles speed of map rotation)
Start up map:
STARTUPMAP= (default load none) enter map you want to see when MapThis! starts and thus bypass the selection screen
