Seeing 60CSx on a computer

[+HikingSeal]

A friend has a 60CSx which she asked me to help with. I have had no problem getting my computer to talk with several different Oregons, eTrexes and a Colorado. Although I was able to load caches on to her 60CSx using the send waypoint feature of my GSAK, I could not for the life of me figure out how to put a file onto her GPS. In every other computer GPS interaction I've seen the computer sees the GPS as a mass storage device. I've even seen a Colorado hooked up to a computer with the NEMA (sp?)/Garmin Spanner mode turned on. (That's the mode where the computer can use the GPS with a program like Microsoft Streets & Roads.) Even in that mode the GPS can still be seen by the computer as a storage device. I've had no luck googling or reading the manual for the thing.

 

So two questions for you.

 

That was a Colorado I saw hooked to a computer in that mode. Is what I saw true of the 60CSx too? Otherwise where is that setting so I can see if that is the problem.

 

What else would keep a computer from seeing a 60CSx as a mass storage device where gpx files can be dragged and dropped? (She said the same thing happens on her computer so it's not just mine.)

 

Thanks for the help!

Chris

[+Chuy!]

I have a Vista HCx and to my understanding, the mass storage feature and loading gpx files are the same. You can save a gpx file in the GPS after setting it up in m-s mode, but the GPS will not read it. It was just sit there as if the GPS was a thumb drive. To load the gpx file, you will need to install it as a custom POI using the POI Loader.

[+DonB]

I think the 60CSx might have the same menus as the 76CSx. If so you have to go to the main menu and choose setup, then interface, then go down to the bottom of the screen and pick mass storage.