[OSM-talk] Serial to USB for GPS downloading

[Nick Black]

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Serial_to_USB

Has answered all of my questions in the past.  I have had problems
with my Garmin GPS being set  to the wrong download mode.  On the GPS
60 you can select between NMEA and Garmin formats, GPS babel needs to
be told which one it is receiving.

Failing this, post to the GPS babel mailing list - they usually answer
questions really quickly.

	 gpsbabel-misc at lists.sourceforge.net


Good luck

Nick


On 8/18/06, Steve Chilton <S.L.Chilton at mdx.ac.uk> wrote:
> Naïve question for a Friday.
> Can I download GPX files from my Garmin etrex Venture which has a serial connection to a USB-only computer (ie no serial port).
> I have been doing downloads succesfully through work PC using this serial cable, and using GPSbabelwrapper (via Quakemake) - ie serial, com1. etc and all is fine and dandy. Now I need to be able to do so on home PC. I have brought a serial to USB cable but everything I have tried on GPSbaelwrapper and GPSbabel has failed.
> Can anyone give me step-wise clues as to setup that I need to use?
> Failing this it is week's holiday for me with no GPSing (boo-hoo!) and no data for OSM for while!
>
> Cheers
> STEVE
>
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