Re: Can't get a Garmin program to see a GPS on USB
From: ted (tswartz_at_arczip.com)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: 3 Jan 2005 15:09:49 -0800
i used to run VPC 4, windows 98 on a powerbook with OS 9.2.2. worked
fine with my Garmin GPS 18 once i installed the garmin USB drivers and
mapsource. but now...
i'm running VPC 7.0.1, windows XP on an iBook G4, OS10.3.7. trying to
interface with a Garmin 18 USB on either mapsource or nRoute. no luck.
neither will see the GPS even after i installed the garmin USB
drivers.
in Settings, i've enabled USB, and VPS settings sees "unknown USB
device". i check that, but everytime i go back to Settings, it's
unchecked.
if i start windows with the GPS plugged in, it stays checked, but still
won't work with the GPS.
the device manager doesn't see it either, no matter if i start with it
plugged in, or plug and unplug it. the device manager sees all other
USB devices i plug in, just not the GPS.
garmin says it may be the OpenHCD chipset that shows as the USB host
controller in the device manager, but can't offer any fix or
work-around.
any ideas?
is that OpenHCD chipset an actual chip in the iBook? or is it what VPC
emulates? any fixes?
thanks
raidl wrote:
> Michael Paine <mpaine@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
news:<eAPx6EraEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> > I gave up trying to get VPC to talk to a Garmin GPS 72 via a serial
to
> > USB device. I keep a second-hand Wintel PC around for this purpose
- it
> > is less frustrating.
> >
> > There have been earlier posts on this fourm that warn detection of
USB
> > devices by VPC can take a very long time (hours?).
> >
> > In any case, I would prefer to work directly from OS X but have not
> > found any software to do this.
> >
> > Michael Paine
> >
> >
> > John P. O'Brien wrote:
> >
> > > pumblechook@triad.rr.com (R60Joel) wrote in message
news:<be385040.0406271650.6464717d@posting.google.com>...
> > >
> > >>I used Virtual PC with a Garmin V for two years with no problem.
I
> > >>just loaded their mapsource program (latest edition) with all
updated
> > >>drivers to VPC 6.1.1 to use with a GPS 276C and can't get the
program
> > >>to see the USB GPS. The hardware is installed, and the hardware
help
> > >>says that the hardware is installed properly. There is no small
icon
> > >>for the GPS in the lower right corner of the screen (with the
printer
> > >>icon) and the mapping program can't find the device. Under the
> > >>preferences it says that two USB devices are in use, the HP
printer
> > >>and an "unknown" device. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tried to use Garmin software with my SP2610 and have been
> > > unable to do so. I was told that VPC 6.1.1 does not support USB
> > > devices above 1.0. My Garmin SP2610 is a USB 1.1. device. I was
> > > considering purchasing a Fujitsu Scanner, but upon investigation,
> > > determined that it is a USB 2.0 device, although it will work
with
> > > software compatible to USB 1.0.
> > >
> > > I hope I have made myself clear. I have been using VPC for years
and
> > > only recently have I had a problem.
> > >
> > > I hope MS has a fix or upgrade in the works.
> > >
> > > John P. O'Brien
>
> I tried for ages to get my wife's Garmin to talk to VPC and it did
not work.
>
> I tried for agres to get VPC to talk to my Honneywell KLN-90B and it
would not work.
>
> I tried to get VPC to update my Argus and that wouldn't work either.
>
> Anybody detect a pattern here?? Once is a mistake. Three times is
intentional.
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