+Tantor Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 I have been running my StreetPilot III, and GPS III+ on my computer without any problems. I upgraded to Mapsource 6 and now my MapSourse cannot communicate with my GPSIII+. I get an error message saying that it can locate a device but teh device is not capable enough to work with the program. BUT I NEED BOTH! So without warning I'm down one device and have to reload MapSource off the CD. Oh but wait, I had done some upgrades since I bought the CD and now the old version I have cant read the data sets made after one of my previous upgrades. Thanks for the warning Garmin! So my question is this, what is the latest version of MapSource that WILL talk to my GPS III+ and where can I get a copy as it appears Garmin does not make older versions available. My thanks for any help you can provide. Evan Quote
+Tantor Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 I called Garmin. They were very helpful in resolving this problem. Apparently this will require a new software update. Until then, they said they would provide me a copy of the MapSource softwarew I need. It's nice to have good things like this to report. Evan Quote
robertlipe Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Huh, so it's not just external developers (like me) they torment with their endless stream of incompatible upgrades - they can't get it right for even their own products. Quote
+david&diana Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 What's interesting is that I just pulled out my old GPS III and tried it with Mapsource 6.3 and they worked fine together. Quote
+Tantor Posted July 23, 2004 Author Posted July 23, 2004 I'm not sure just what point the previous poster was trying to make but no matter. As a follow up, I got version 5.4 back on and everything is working fine again. I am told they have identified a compatability issue with the new MapSource, the GPS III+, and certian operating systems. Quote
+Tantor Posted August 25, 2004 Author Posted August 25, 2004 Garmin fixed the issue in the release of MapSource 6.3. Way to go!!! Quote
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