Lil Devil

I posted a response somewhere here a couple days ago and mentioned that I use a USB-Serial adapter on my laptop. Since then I have received 4 emails asking for more info, and I just noticed another post asking about the same issue. I'm posting here to help everyone else, and to reduce the emails I receive. I have a Toshiba laptop that has no serial ports, but it does have 3 USB ports. I'm running Windows XP. I purchased an IOGear model UC232A. I have a friend who bought a USBgear adapter and never got it to work on his WinXP box. He ended up buying an IOGear one. When I got the adapter from my local computer store, IOGear didn't have an 'XP-compatible' driver, but after emailing them, they said the Win200 driver can be used on WinXP - the only 'issue' with it is that Micro$oft hasn't tested it themselves I have had no problems with the driver. I've used this adapter on a Magellan ColorTrak, Garmin GPS III+ and a GPS V with only one problem. Older versions of MapSource only supported serial ports up to COM4. When plugging in the USB-Serial adapter, I was getting COM6. A little research found that the COM port you get is dependent on which USB port is used. My 3 USB ports yielded COM4, COM5 or COM6, so using the right USB port fixed the problem. The most recent version of MapSource supports up to COM8. I hope all this helps someone out there. Happy Geocaching. Lil Devil

It means that WAAS is enabled and that satellite is using corrected data. Lil Devil

Since my computer (a Toshiba laptop) doesn't even have a serial port I had to get a USB<->Serial adapter to hook up my GPS V. It sure would be nice if I could use the USB directly and get the benefit. Lil Devil

Since my computer (a Toshiba laptop) doesn't even have a serial port I had to get a USB<->Serial adapter to hook up my GPS V. It sure would be nice if I could use the USB directly and get the benefit. Lil Devil

You'll find what you need in the section To create a waypoint by manually entering its coordinates (lat/lon) on page 28 of the manual. Lil Devil

quote: I'm surprised to see that only two other people suggested MAPS!, don't leave home without them! Maps? That's what the GPS is for! And don't forget to mark a waypoint at the car before setting out. Searching for the car after geocaching is no fun. Also after doing a multi-cache, following the "breadcrumbs" is probably not the most efficient way back. Lil Devil

quote: I'm surprised to see that only two other people suggested MAPS!, don't leave home without them! Maps? That's what the GPS is for! And don't forget to mark a waypoint at the car before setting out. Searching for the car after geocaching is no fun. Also after doing a multi-cache, following the "breadcrumbs" is probably not the most efficient way back. Lil Devil