Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

On 9/11/07, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:

[ 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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