Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:

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.

Your documentation may not have taken udev into account. Assuming that
you're using standard Etch, run tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plug in
the gps and see if a message appears that tells you what device it
connects to. I've never hooked my GPS up to the computer. However, for
comparison, my Palm comes up as something like /dev/pilot.

Doug.


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