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  Re: Using eTrex with Google Earth
| Jack Erbes | 09-02-2009 |
   Re: Using eTrex with Google Earth
| Craig Wallace | 09-05-2009 |
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Has anyone succeeded in connecting a garmin etrex to Google Earth?
According to the GE help, you just attach the GPS as a USB or serial
device, then tell GE that you have a garmin gps, and it will import
waypoints, tracks etc, and presumably overlay them on the GE screen.
I connect my etrex to my computer using a serial-to-usb converter.
Fugawi recognises this as a device on COM9 with no problem but GE
runs thru USB,COM1,COM2...COM20 without finding the device. What am
I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
hugh wrote:
Have you tried changing the communications protocol? There are two
generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
not using.
It is on the System > Interface menu.
Jack
wrote:
>Have you tried changing the communications protocol? There are two
>generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>not using.
>It is on the System > Interface menu.
>Jack
>generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>not using.
>It is on the System > Interface menu.
>Jack
Yes I set it to "Garmin" as per the GE instructions.
Still no joy!
> wrote:
>>Have you tried changing the communications protocol? There are two
>>generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>>not using.
>>It is on the System > Interface menu.
>>Jack
>>generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>>not using.
>>It is on the System > Interface menu.
>>Jack
> Yes I set it to "Garmin" as per the GE instructions.
I think Jack's question was whether the eTrex Setup | Interface setting is
showing Garmin, rather than what options you have selected in GE.
OG wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> Have you tried changing the communications protocol? There are two
>>> generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>>> not using.
>>> It is on the System > Interface menu.
>>> Jack
>>> generally, Garmin and NMEA, and GE may be looking for the one you are
>>> not using.
>>> It is on the System > Interface menu.
>>> Jack
>> Yes I set it to "Garmin" as per the GE instructions.
>
> I think Jack's question was whether the eTrex Setup | Interface setting is
> showing Garmin, rather than what options you have selected in GE.
>
> I think Jack's question was whether the eTrex Setup | Interface setting is
> showing Garmin, rather than what options you have selected in GE.
>
Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, as a matter of fact it was.
Jack
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>
> According to the GE help, you just attach the GPS as a USB or serial
> device, then tell GE that you have a garmin gps, and it will import
> waypoints, tracks etc, and presumably overlay them on the GE screen.
>
> I connect my etrex to my computer using a serial-to-usb converter.
> Fugawi recognises this as a device on COM9 with no problem but GE
> runs thru USB,COM1,COM2...COM20 without finding the device. What am
> I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance