Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

[ this top-post was un-top-posted for clarity -kev]


On 8/29/07, Bernard < bernard.fay@xxxxxxxxx> 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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