Garmin Etrex Vista

[steveqae]

I have a Garmin Etrex Vista which I used to use with a Windows XP computer connected to the serial port. I have now upgraded to a new computer running Windows 7 with no serial port. I have purchased an RS232 to USB cable but am unable to get it to work. Can anyone help?

 

Steve

[+PDOP's]

The RS232 to USB cable should have come with (a disk of) software drivers. Have you installed those?

[+PirateKatz]

After you install the drivers, it will likely be necessary to manually assign it a low COM port number (1-4) for it to be recognized. This can be done in Device Manager in older versions of windows -- I'm not sure about 7.

[+bluedog23]

Funny you posted this, I posted almost the same thing yesterday ! Still messing around but haven't solved the issue as of yet !

 

I have a Garmin Etrex Vista which I used to use with a Windows XP computer connected to the serial port. I have now upgraded to a new computer running Windows 7 with no serial port. I have purchased an RS232 to USB cable but am unable to get it to work. Can anyone help?

 

Steve

[steveqae]

Thanks for the info. I did get a disc with the cable, but it did not seem to have any drivers for windows 7, I just installed everything I could find which has fixed the problem, even automatically assigned the com port.

[+Guitar_Cacher]

Double check with Garmin, but Windows 7 is a relatively new OS and may not have the drivers ready yet. Windows 7 is supposed to be very similar to Windows Vista, without the headaches. The Vista driver may work, but before you install ANY drivers, check with Garmin.

[steveqae]

Thanks for the info.

 

Steve

[M.TEX]

Yeap that's not fun....and I know that...