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  1. Interesting.

     

    It looks like this cable is no longer listed as a Colorado accessory as it was several weeks ago. I wonder if this support was removed in 2.4/2.51 with the Spanner support. I saw several reports back in Feb that this cable did work.

     

    Garmin Serial should be the setting to use with this cable. If the serial cable isn't supported any longer it isn't clear to me what the other Interface modes mean (I understood that they were supported only over the USB/serial interface).

     

    GO$Rs

     

    I think the support for this cable has been removed as you said. I reinstalled 2.40 software, and I can see the NMEA sentences coming in and that's it! No Satellite info, etc. I cannot do anything else like reading the software version, sending commands to the Colorado, etc. Hopefully Garmin will enable some kind of serial cable support. Can you Garmin?

  2. Any idea any body?

     

    You can hook up with a USB cable and use Garmin's "Spanner" program to emulate a serial port or if you want more flexibility, Franson's GPSGate.

     

    Yes, I got this program Franson's GPSGate, but this is a program, it reads from the Colorado only, the serial cable is two way communication, it can send and receive. I am interested in sending commands to the Colorado. There are a bunch of them.

  3. I bought the Garmin USB to Serial Cable , connected it to the Colorado 400T, but the Colorado says that "This accessory is not supported" I changed the interface to Garmin Spanner, to Garmin Serial, etc, but the Colorado keeps saying the same thing: "This Accessory is not Supported." Per the Garmin Colorado FAQ at wikispaces.com step H11 says that the Colorado 400t supports this cable, this is not my case. Was this cable supported by the Colorado originally and not anymore? I have a couple applications that are looking for a GPS serial cable and not USB.

     

    Any idea any body?

  4. Here is a picture of the GPS cheap inside your Colorado 400T.

     

    Here are the specs:

     

    1.Frequency:L1, 1575.42 MHz

    2.C/A Code:1.023 MHz

    3.Channels:14 / 32 <-- This don't match, Garmin is using 12 channels only.

    4.DGPS:RTCM protocolWAAS, EGNOS, MSAS

    5.Dimension(LxWxH):9 x 6 x 1.3 mm

    6.Reacquisition Time:<1s

    7.Hot start:1s

    8.Warm start:33s

    9.Cold start:36s

    10.Sensitivity:Acquisition: -146dBm(Cold start)

    Reacquistion: -156dBm

    Tracking: -159dBm

    11.Update Rate:Up to 5 Hz

    12.Power Consumption:Acquisition: 37mA

    Tracking: 22mA

    13.Operating Temperature:-30 ~ 85

    14.Storage Temperature:-40 ~ 125

    15.Operating Humidity:5% ~ 95%(no condensing)

  5. Thomas Distributing.

     

    I would recommend 2700mAh PowerEx (Maha) batteries.

     

    BTW, I think this whole business of Garmin telling people that their Colorado won't work unless you have high capacity NiMH batteries is bogus. Where does it say that in any of their specs?

     

    Either Garmin needs to let people know that this as part of the product specification (so they know they'll have to spend an additional $40-$50 on batteries and a good charger), fix the problem in software if possible or replace the units if they are defective.

     

    GO$Rs

     

    Yes, this is true. So far I have expended about 100 Dollars on batteries, charger, etc. I re-read 10 times the specs, and I could not find anything talking about that: Need to expend extra money on batteries!'

  6. I have the Colorado 400T, and I know this issue has been addressed somehow all over this forum, but I have not read anything about my problem. Take a look at this picture The blue arrow is where I am actually driving, however, the Colorado "thinks" that I am still on the freeway! It take forever to update my new route.

     

    I contacted Garmin about this problem, they told me to disable the TOPO map which I did, that improve my issue a little bit, but still happening. The same happens on the street specially the first time I deviated from a route. I have NT 2009 and the Beta 2.51 code loaded.

     

    On top of that, I have all the problems addressed on this forum, here are the most annoying to me:

     

    1) Barometer does not work when POWER is off.

    2) Jumping around infrequently and unpredictably.

     

    I have the Etrex Vista HCx as well, and this baby updates the route very quick!

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