Problems with Garmin etrexH and computer windows 11

[+TalderSquad]

Hello everyone

 

from my unfortuantely deceased girlfriend, who was my partner in geocashing so many years ago I inherited the Garmin etrex H. So far so good.

 

since I don't wanna put all those waypoints manually in the device I want to connect my device with the PC. So I downloaded the Garmin express software, updated it, updated my garmin device and also downloaded the garmin usb drivers.

But the software don't recognize my device, so I downloaded easy gps, but they say I have to download the usb drivers - which I already did. But it still doesn't work.

 

so yeah, I do have windows 11 pro edition. Is there a possibiltiy to get this thing going, or am I doomed to put the waypoint manually in the device?? oh yeah, I also have a special thing called Digitus that connects my device with my PC. I can see the device in my PC.

 

so pls help if you can.

thank you

[+cerberus1]

IIRC, the H was out about a year after my long-discontinued GPSr, a 60CSx.   

You're not a "power Cacher", do you plan on being one? If so, scrolling down brings you to the "GPS technology and devices" forums.

Someone there might be able to rig something...    

I've loaded caches manually since I got it in 2005 (had a blue etrex Legend earlier).  A small notepad for hints, parking, or other info, and I'm set.

[JaVaWa]

You don't need the Garmin USB drivers, they are only needed for old devices with a USB connector (which your eTrex H doesn't have). You do need drivers for your Digitus adapter, but since your eTrex can bee seen by your PC they are already installed.

Garmin Express is not suited for older devices, it simply doesn't see them. Garmin MapSource or Garmin BaseCamp can send waypoints to your eTrex H.

[+GeoElmo6000]

My first GPS receiver was an eTrex H.  It had a weird serial connector and I had to buy a serial to USB adapter that didn't really work great.  I wound up entering coordinates by hand, oftentimes waiting to enter them until I was relatively near the cache I was looking for so I wouldn't have to modify so many digits.  I'd say give the serial to USB thing a try and hopefully it works better for you.  I didn't have Windows 11 back then.

 

The eTrex H wound up breaking, and I painted it red and used it as a fake new GPS receiver called the "Geocaching Express 6000 GPS Receiver" in a Geocaching Film Festival entry that was shown at the film festival in 2019 I believe.