Re: Garmin GPS on USB port
[ this top-post was un-top-posted for clarity -kev]
>
> On 8/29/07, Bernard < bernard.fay@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello group,
>
> I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success. I
> used to do it with a serial connection without problem. Eventually, I will
> have to plug my GPS on a laptop with USB port only so I have to find a
> solution. According to a few things read on the web I have to load the
> garmin_gps module. I did it with succes but the documentation found said
> to use /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have. Maybe I still have a few
> things to understand about the USB devices and udev!
>
> I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a Garmin
> GPS via a USB port and how you did it. Or maybe someone with a good
> understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on and
> what I should do to make it work.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Bernard
>On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 09:01:46PM -0400, Bernard wrote:
> I got it working! For those who may have the same problem, the solution is
> pretty simple. I simply changed for another adapter. At first I used an
> adapter identified as HL-340. I tried an adapter from Belkin and it worked
> like a charm. I did not need to load the module pl2303 only the module
> garmin_gps is enough.
>
> Thanks to everybody who tried to find a solution.
> Bernard
Hi Bernard,
for the sake of completeness could you give the full info of both
adapters, the one that did not work and the one that did.
Thanks,
K
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