cuff&stuff Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 i have a dell 1100 and unfortunately it only has a female 9 pin plug so i cannot hook up the sportrac map - i bought a usb adapter and can't seem to get a connection. i downloaded the usb driver and installed it, but still no go. anyone had something like this that they could help me with? thanks Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Well, first thing to check is if the COM port is already being used. Do you know which port it is? Probably COM1, I'm guessing. Do you have a dial-up modem? Is it also set to COM1? IN any case, if something (inside the PC) is using the same port as the external connector, then you need to move that device to a different COM port. If it is all hunky-dory, I dunno... Quote Link to comment
cuff&stuff Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 i think the modem is on com 3, and i do not know how to check the other ones. i went into hardware mgr and it did not show com ports. any ideas? Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 i think the modem is on com 3, and i do not know how to check the other ones. i went into hardware mgr and it did not show com ports. any ideas? On many motherboards, COM 1 and COM 3 are actually the same (so are 2 and 4). Try setting your serial port to COM 2 and leaving your modem on COM 1 or 3 Quote Link to comment
cuff&stuff Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 that is what i want to do, but don't know how. help me and get a get out of jail free card!! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 What version of Windows are you using? Quote Link to comment
n0wae Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Usually a purchased USB adapter comes with its own drivers. Are you sure you have the proper driver? If yes then on to whatever software you're trying to use. Check the settings menus for "GPS" or "ports" for a setting of "COM1", COM2" etc. You might have to experiment with different ports until you find the right one. My software has a interface "dot" that is either green, yellow or red which lets me know at a glance if it is receiving the GPS data. Is your GPS sending data to your laptop? Check in the setup screen of your GPS to make sure the Interface serial data format is set to "NMEA" (mine is set to 4800 baud) Quote Link to comment
cuff&stuff Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 Ok, i got it. this is kind of puzzling to me. i downloaded swiss army knife, and it has a utility that let me hunt around the com ports. i finally got in on com4. apparently the only ones open are 3 (modem) and 4. but the puzzling part, is when i go over to easygps, it will still not recognize my serial connection. it says it is receiving data etc. so score another victory for GSAK Version 5.0.1 aka Swiss Army Knife. thanks to all of you for helping me out of this one. now i am going out in a few days and find my first cache. that's the one we always remember, eh? thanks again Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Glad you got it working. Easy GPS is good for sending and receiving waypoints to/from your GPS, but GSAK is far better for sorting. Good luck finding your first cache, and welcome to geocaching! Quote Link to comment
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