I've successfully used my Garmin foretrex 201 with my old desktop for many years.
However, I've recently purchased a new laptop, and after the purchase, I discovered that it doesn't have the correct 15 pin male connector to connect to the 15 pin female GPS connector.
Can anyone suggest a way to connect my existing GPS to my new laptop? Is there an adaptor available? Can I use a USB cable?
Hi Yagon,
Just another thing for you to keep in mind. If you have windows vista you will find the software that comes with the serial to usb cable may not work. I went through the painful fun of buying and trying and wasting alot of time in the end to buy a navi and keep the garmin as a backup and still download on old computer.
Hope this helps,
Carl
Thanks for the help. I am using Windows Vista. Is there anyway to use the Garmin with Vista? I won't have an old computer to download files.
Just make sure that the serial to USB adapter has Windows Vista compatible software. The serial port should just look like a normal serial port to the computer when the drivers are loaded.
OK. I've bought a Manhattan USB to Serial Converter model 205146.
I've installed the drivers and connected the GPS (Foretrex 201). In G7toWin, I've gone into the Configuration setting and changed the Com port to USB.
However, G7toWin can't 'see' the GPS unit. I receive an error message that says "USB Error: open_Garmin_USB: Failed getting USB Handle".
Can anyone help me connect this?
Depends on your computer, but I think for most it would be COM3 -- a 'serial' port, not a USB port.
OK, I've finally got it working - after much trial and error, COM6 is the port that worked.
Thanks for everyone's help.
