eTrex Venture and TopoUSA ver 2.0

[+Sabby]

I am new to this and cannot get my Venture to communicate with Topo 2.0. Has anyone done this and could you provide the settings you used on both the Venture and in the Topo program.

[+benjamin921]

Are you trying to load maps from 2.0 into the Venture or just trying to download waypoints and tracks?

If you are trying to load the map into that unit it will not work.

[+Sabby]

I am just trying to read waypoints and tracks from the Venture and will want to load waypoints to it. As I understand it it does not have the capability of actual maps, only the built in city database. I can aslo get a disk from GARMIN that has additional data such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, etc. I dont feel i need these.

[+GPS Guy]

Sabby,

You need to have your garmin's interface setting on "garmin", and in TOPO on the GPS tab,click edit device, set the interface to "garmin/garmin". Set the com port to 1 or whatever port# your serial port is on. Settings should be 9600,8,N,1. Click done. Check the box to auto detect GPS. These work for my GPSIII+.

Good luck. Marc

[+GPS Guy]

Also click the navigation tab, click exchange, and in the GPS download box click the desired button to download tracks, waypoints, or routes.

It is helpful to FIRST open a new file to download to.

[+embra]

If you are still having trouble with the connection, try the Netlink tab/Topo USA Add-Ons button. I seem to remember that one of the add-ons was for GPS communication improvement (but I'm not certain...once you download it, it no longer shows up on the DeLorme web page).

 

max

Just visiting this planet

[+Sabby]

Marc

This was a big help, I was using the wrong settings, but it still didn't work

 

Embra

Thanks also. I was able to access the DeLorme web site and down load a fix, which when combined with Marc's information got things going. I still need to learn how to download just one of the saved tracks but am on my way.

 

Thanks again for the help