Geocahing Swiss Army Knife program(GSAK) and The Garmin Extrex Legend.

[+drfuller]

Ok Gang

 

First off I have a Garmin Etrex Legend

 

Mode is set to Garmin.

 

Please I am using a USB to Serial Adapter Cord. I am able to use it on my other programs that require a

Serial Connection. I have down loaded all drivers that I could find for the Garmin.

 

But Can not get it to with the GSAK.

 

The Following settings are on the Garmin

The set up on the GSAK is

 

GSPr is Garmin

Com Port 5 (as verified by the Device Manager)

Speed of Port is Greyed out and set to 9600.

 

I am getting the following erroe,

 

Error sending waypoints

GFS_Packet_Read: No DLE. Data recieved, but probably not a garmin

[Error] CreateFile on on 'COM5' failed: Access denied.

 

Garmin: Can't init COM5

 

Any help would be apprecaited a lot

 

Please note that I can get the

 

Thanks

Edited February 21, 2008 by drfuller

[+WeightMan]

The best place to get help with this is the GSAK forums. There are lots of folks over there ready willing and able to help.

[+Lt.Ranger.Bob]

In GSAK click on the GPS menu option. Select Setup. Select brand - Garmin if it is not already selected, then unselect USB if it is selected. Then select Com 5 in the drop down menu for the communication port. Click on the OK tab to save your changes.

Edited February 22, 2008 by Lt.Ranger.Bob

[Mag Magician]

We found that if your Garmin is turned on and connected to the usb/serial adaptor when Windows is booted, it is then recognized. If you try to plug it in after boot up, it is not.

[+reedkickball]

Ok Gang

 

First off I have a Garmin Etrex Legend

 

Mode is set to Garmin.

 

Please I am using a USB to Serial Adapter Cord. I am able to use it on my other programs that require a

Serial Connection. I have down loaded all drivers that I could find for the Garmin.

 

But Can not get it to with the GSAK.

 

The Following settings are on the Garmin

The set up on the GSAK is

 

GSPr is Garmin

Com Port 5 (as verified by the Device Manager)

Speed of Port is Greyed out and set to 9600.

 

I am getting the following erroe,

 

Error sending waypoints

GFS_Packet_Read: No DLE. Data recieved, but probably not a garmin

[Error] CreateFile on on 'COM5' failed: Access denied.

 

Garmin: Can't init COM5

 

Any help would be apprecaited a lot

 

Please note that I can get the

 

Thanks

 

I have the same exact setup. I had to install the software for the Serial to USB adapter. But I'm assuming that you already did that. Given that once you set up the connection, it will only work in one USB slot, as each slot is mapped to a different COM port. So try each of your USB slots, and you don't need to start the computer with it connected, unless you have a very old operating system.

[Mag Magician]

I have the same exact setup. I had to install the software for the Serial to USB adapter. But I'm assuming that you already did that. Given that once you set up the connection, it will only work in one USB slot, as each slot is mapped to a different COM port. So try each of your USB slots, and you don't need to start the computer with it connected, unless you have a very old operating system.

 

Sorry, we are so computer illiterate here. We only have XP Corporate, SP2.

[+heebinator]

I've also seen one USB/Serial converter work and another not. I don't know why....