Anyone successfully using Spanner with a Venture Cx?

[passdump]

I am having a bit of difficulty trying to get Garmin Spanner to find my Venture CX. I have tried various different permutations but without any success.

 

I have been told Spanner should work with the Venture CX and also that it shouldn't! Is there anybody out there successfully using Spanner with a Venture CX or a Legend Cx? I would love to know if it definitively does (or doesn’t) work with the Venture Cx and at least I’d know if I was going down a dead end or not.

 

Thanks

 

See here for my similar post: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=162338

[+hogrod]

Today I finally got around to testing spanner 2.1 with my vista CX.... sure enough it doesn't work! I can plug in my gps18 or 60cx and it works fine. strange thing is I remember using spanner with my legendC in the past if I'm not mistaken.

 

Did garmin remove the color etrex models as spanner compatible units? or am I mistaken thinking I have used my legendC with spanner?

 

Either way I know that GPSgate works with my legendC, so I'm sure that option will also work for my vista CX.

Edited May 15, 2007 by hogrod

[passdump]

Thanks for testing that. At least it will help clarify the issue.

 

Thanks again

[Smac999]

tryed today with my vista HCX and doesn't work. anyone had any luck using spanner with a newer gps?

 

is there there any other free programs that work?

 

GPSgate looks like it does. but I'd rather get one feature for free then pay for a whole bunch I don't need