[GeoStL] Re: cable adapter
- From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 20:28:13 -0600
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Greg,
Yeah, isn't progress great?
I bought a Toshiba laptop about 10 months ago and it has 3 USB's but no
serial or floppy. I ended up with a Belkin FSU409 USB/serial adaptor from
Compusa for $39 (I think).
Not sure what GPS you are using, but make sure you can return the adaptor if
it doesn't work. Reading the newsgroups seems like some work fine and others
won't.
I have the Garmin Legend and the adaptor works fine for transferring
waypoints, routes, etc (both ways) and also feeding the laptop for
navigation using Mapsource. The problem I had was with downloading the
mapsource maps into the GPS. It would almost always hang after a minute or
so. I played with the settings in mapsource and it seems that lowering the
baud rate from 115K to 57K solved everything. Maps, WP, etc transfer fine.
And there really isn't a hit on time to transfer the maps since the GPS
serial port is only 9600, I think. I guess the adaptor chokes on data coming
in at 115K when it can only send it out at 9600. Works fine at 57K though so
I guess the buffer can handle that data speed.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg & Bobbi Crouch" <mocrouchs@xxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:16 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] cable adapter
> -
> Any one know if they make an adapter to make a serial cable fit a usb
port.
> If so what can I expect to pay for it? My new computer doesn't have a
serial
> port but hey, it's got 7 usb's. Now I just have to buy all new gadgets so
it
> will only be obsolete by 6 or 8 months. Isn't technology great.
> HereFishyFishy
>
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