[OSM-talk] [HOT] Problem with an Etrex 20

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 19/11/2012 20:50, Kevin Peat wrote:
>
> On Nov 19, 2012 7:32 PM, "Tim Waters" <chippy2005 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chippy2005 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > The supplied cable is a small one, about 1ft long, if that helps.
>
> Same here, I have a 20 and it only mounts with the supplied cable 
> which is about 15cm.
>
On a some forums I noticed a few reports of Garmin devices misbehaving 
with standard USB cables - for example charging but not supporting data 
transfer. As far as I could find, this does not look like Garmin 
misimplementing the USB specification at the electrical level but could 
be an issue with Garmin connectors just fitting better : some other 
cables might connect the VBUS wire and maybe the ground wire correctly, 
thus powering the device while sometimes having at least one of the 
other pins loose - thus interfering with data transfer.

Try with the Garmin cable to test this hypothesis. If the data transfer 
succeeds, then testing other cables might be interesting to determine 
what connector shapes hinder proper seating.

Or just wiggle the connector... That may work too !

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