+fireman121 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I just bought a used Garmin Etrex Vista and I can’t seem to send waypoints to it. I am using CacheMate software but it keeps giving me an error message that says. Error sending waypoints: GPS packet read Timed out Garmin Cant init COM4 I have tried every serial port that the cable will fit into with no luck. I have also made sure that the Garmin is selected as the GPS in the setup menu. Any ideals? Quote Link to comment
+Olar Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I just bought a used Garmin Etrex Vista and I can’t seem to send waypoints to it. I am using CacheMate software but it keeps giving me an error message that says. Error sending waypoints: GPS packet read Timed out Garmin Cant init COM4 I have tried every serial port that the cable will fit into with no luck. I have also made sure that the Garmin is selected as the GPS in the setup menu. Any ideals? The three most popular programs to send waypoints to your Vista would be EasyGPS, GSAK, and Mapsource. CacheMate is for use on a Palm PDA and will not send waypoints to a GPSr. EasyGPS would probably be the fastest to try initially. Download a handfull of caches in .loc file format, open in Easy and send them to the Vista. Olar Quote Link to comment
+Olar Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I just bought a used Garmin Etrex Vista and I can’t seem to send waypoints to it. I am using CacheMate software but it keeps giving me an error message that says. Error sending waypoints: GPS packet read Timed out Garmin Cant init COM4 I have tried every serial port that the cable will fit into with no luck. I have also made sure that the Garmin is selected as the GPS in the setup menu. Any ideals? The three most popular programs to send waypoints to your Vista would be EasyGPS, GSAK, and Mapsource. CacheMate is for use on a Palm PDA and will not send waypoints to a GPSr. EasyGPS would probably be the fastest to try initially. Download a handfull of caches in .loc file format, open in Easy and send them to the Vista. Olar Oops! Just noticed you are a premium member so you can try either .loc or .gpx format. Olar Quote Link to comment
+fireman121 Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 And I screwed up I am using GSAK, what an idiot. Quote Link to comment
+fireman121 Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 (edited) Just a note of thanks to those who responded to this thread, I had the wrong comm. port selected. I got the waypoints to load. Again thank you. Edited April 1, 2006 by fireman121 Quote Link to comment
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