sanfairyanne Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I found out my old 60cs was no longer supported, so I went out and bought a 60csx on ebay. Basecamp recognises the GPS and I can add waypoints, however, the unit only has 64mb of internal memory so I need to use an SD card. Basecamp does not appear to see the SD card. I have tried 3 SD cards ranging from 256mb - 4gb. I have tried FAT and FAT32. I have tried Mac and PC. Garmin Mapsource see's the unit but tells me it is not supported. I hope this doesn't mean that one of the best GPS's ever made is now unable to receive maps. I'd hate to have to use one of the newer stupid touch screen devices. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Upgrading from a 16 y/o model to a 14 year old model isn't much of an update. :-) . You're trying to bridge a couple of generations so it's not impossible that a Mapsource new enough to run on a current OS doesn't still support a GPS that old and so on. As is covered in the FAQ at the top of this group, waypoints on the SD card of that device aren't a thing, for either read or write. The SD card really is used for maps and storing recorded tracks on that model, not much else. We'd really need better hints on what software you were using, exactly the steps you took, any errors or other messages displayed on the computer or the GPS and such. Version numbers, the OS used, and details really matter. GPSBabel for both MacOS and Windows still supports that model and both the .loc and .gpx files used by this site. On both OSes, use "-o garmin" and a device "file" of "usb::". "The bit thing I remember weird with that generation was that you really had to have the Garmin driver for Windows software to see the device. "gpsbabel -i gpx -f pocketquery.gpx -o garmin -F usb:" should copy the PQ to the device on any of the OSes. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) You need to connect the GPS in "mass storage" mode to see the card in Basecamp or Mapsource. Look in the "interface" settings on the GPS. As above, the card is only for maps and custom POIS. Edited January 6, 2020 by Red90 Quote Link to comment
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