[OSM-newbies] Making Garmin eTrex Vista responsive to a Linux system

Fri Dec 26 22:00:19 GMT 2008

Andy Street <mail at andystreet.me.uk> [Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:51:16PM CET]:
> The workaround I found was to run gpsbabel as root so the problem is
> probably related to the device permissions.

This is a bit more like it!

sudo gpsbabel -D9 -i garmin -f usb:-1
[sudo] password for hannes:
GPSBabel Version: 1.3.3
TX [12]:00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(SESREQ  )
TX [12]:00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(SESREQ  )
TX [12]:00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(SESREQ  )
RX (intr) [16]:00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 cf 19 6d d0 ..............m.(ACK     )
TX [12]:14 00 00 00 fe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(PRDREQ  )
RX (intr) [16]:00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 cf 19 6d d0 ..............m.(ACK     )
RX (intr) [12]:00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(REQBLK  )
RX (bulk) [113]:14 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 65 00 00 00 b6 02 04 01 65 54 72 65 78 20 56 69 73 74 61 20 48 43 78 20 53 6f 66 74 77        61 72 65 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 36 30 00 56 45 52 42 4d 41 50 20 52 65 63 20 52 6f 75 74 61 62 6c 65 20 48 77 79 20 4       2 61 73 65 6d 61 70 2c 20 41 54 4c 20 76 32 20 32 2e 30 30 00 56 45 52 53 4d 41 50 20 4e 6f 6e 65 00 ........e.......eTrex.Vist       a.HCx.Software.Version.2.60.VERBMAP.Rec.Routable.Hwy.Basemap..ATL.v2.2.00.VERSMAP.None.(PRDDAT  )
RX (bulk) [65]:14 00 00 00 f8 00 00 00 35 00 00 00 56 45 52 47 50 52 4f 4d 20 4e 6f 6e 65 00 47 50 53 20 4d 54 33 33 31 38 20 3       0 2e 39 36 56 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 36 30 00 ........5...VERGPROM.None.GPS.MT3318.0.96V.S       oftware.Version.2.60.(UNKNOWN )
RX (bulk) [150]:14 00 00 00 fd 00 00 00 8a 00 00 00 50 00 00 4c 01 00 41 0a 00 54 01 00 41 64 00 44 6e 00 41 c9 00 44 ca 00 44        6e 00 44 d2 00 41 2d 01 44 38 01 44 2e 01 41 90 01 44 6e 00 41 f4 01 44 f5 01 41 58 02 44 58 02 41 59 02 44 59 02 41 bc 02 44 b       c 02 41 20 03 44 20 03 41 21 03 44 21 03 41 84 03 41 86 03 41 87 03 41 88 03 41 89 03 44 84 03 41 8b 03 44 8b 03 44 8c 03 44 8d        03 44 8e 03 41 8c 03 44 8f 03 41 92 03 41 94 03 41 95 03 44 95 03 41 96 03 44 96 03 ............P..L..A..T..Ad.Dn.A..D..Dn.D..       A..D8.D..A..Dn.A..D..AX.DX.AY.DY.A..D..A..D..A..D..A..A..A..A..A..D..A..D..D..D..D..A..D..A..A..A..D..A..D..(PRTARR  )
TX [12]:00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(SESREQ  )
RX (intr) [16]:00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 cf 19 6d d0 ..............m.(ACK     )
TX [12]:14 00 00 00 fe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(PRDREQ  )
RX (intr) [12]:00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............(REQBLK  )
RX (bulk) [113]:14 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 65 00 00 00 b6 02 04 01 65 54 72 65 78 20 56 69 73 74 61 20 48 43 78 20 53 6f 66 74 77        61 72 65 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 36 30 00 56 45 52 42 4d 41 50 20 52 65 63 20 52 6f 75 74 61 62 6c 65 20 48 77 79 20 4       2 61 73 65 6d 61 70 2c 20 41 54 4c 20 76 32 20 32 2e 30 30 00 56 45 52 53 4d 41 50 20 4e 6f 6e 65 00 ........e.......eTrex.Vist       a.HCx.Software.Version.2.60.VERBMAP.Rec.Routable.Hwy.Basemap..ATL.v2.2.00.VERSMAP.None.(PRDDAT  )
RX (bulk) [65]:14 00 00 00 f8 00 00 00 35 00 00 00 56 45 52 47 50 52 4f 4d 20 4e 6f 6e 65 00 47 50 53 20 4d 54 33 33 31 38 20 3       0 2e 39 36 56 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 36 30 00 ........5...VERGPROM.None.GPS.MT3318.0.96V.S       oftware.Version.2.60.(UNKNOWN )
RX (bulk) [150]:14 00 00 00 fd 00 00 00 8a 00 00 00 50 00 00 4c 01 00 41 0a 00 54 01 00 41 64 00 44 6e 00 41 c9 00 44 ca 00 44        6e 00 44 d2 00 41 2d 01 44 38 01 44 2e 01 41 90 01 44 6e 00 41 f4 01 44 f5 01 41 58 02 44 58 02 41 59 02 44 59 02 41 bc 02 44 b       c 02 41 20 03 44 20 03 41 21 03 44 21 03 41 84 03 41 86 03 41 87 03 41 88 03 41 89 03 44 84 03 41 8b 03 44 8b 03 44 8c 03 44 8d        03 44 8e 03 41 8c 03 44 8f 03 41 92 03 41 94 03 41 95 03 44 95 03 41 96 03 44 96 03 ............P..L..A..T..Ad.Dn.A..D..Dn.D..       A..D8.D..A..Dn.A..D..AX.DX.AY.DY.A..D..A..D..A..D..A..A..A..A..A..D..A..D..D..D..D..A..D..A..A..A..D..A..D..(PRTARR  )
RX (bulk) [0]:(RET2INTR)
0 3496810959 694 eTrex Vista HCx Software Version 2.60

I'm looking where I can get from here.

Thank you

Johannes

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