Guest Stephen Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 I've got a Garmin 12 and a Palm Vx. My wife gave me the DeLorme TopoUSA complete topo map set on CDROM (for the entire US) for Christmas. I have a cable to plug my Garmin into the serial port on my laptop, and running the TopoUSA software while tracking with the GPS in a car is really cool. But naturally I can't lug the laptop around the sticks. I think I can load selected maps from my laptop on to the Palm via the Hotsync cable, but I can't find a cable to connect my Palm to the GPS. Can anyone recommend a vendor who would sell that cable? Is there someone familiar with my mapping software who knows if (and how) the Palm will support TopoUSA maps? The software is great, but there's very little documentation which would explain any of this. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Guest greg-o Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 I've been looking for the same thing... HEre's a place to buy the connectors - Larry's Pplug Here is a link to a discussion thread that talks a lot about palm / GPS options: Visorcentral discussion Quote Link to comment
Guest Lasivian Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 as for software compatibility, you'll need to buy the software for interfacing with the palm pilot, called "Solus" http://www.delorme.com/roadwarrior/solus3.asp ------------------ Lasivian@usa.net - ICQ 3619356 - www.fastq.com/~lasivian Quote Link to comment
Guest swangner Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 If you've got a cable that runs between the Garmin unit and a laptop already (which you say you have), here's what you'll need: 1. Palm Hotsync Cable (will plug into the Palm serial port, and the other end will be a standard PC serial connector) 2. Null modem adapter (you can find at any Radio Shack or similar store) Then you need to hook them up like this: (Garmin)-->(Garmin-to-PC-cable)-->(Null Modem Adapter)-->(Palm Hotsync Cable)-->(Palm) [This message has been edited by swangner (edited 02-14-2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest ScottJ Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 I tried getting some Pplugs not too long ago. Sent in my pledge to a Pfrank, waited a Pfew months, and never saw a Pfreaking thing. I think some of the Pfranks are a little Pflaky. Scott Quote Link to comment
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