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Serial to USB conversion - Emap
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| BarryS 2005-06-17, 4:55 pm |
| My laptop does not have any serial ports for use with my Garmin Emap.
Is anyone using a serial to USB adapter successfully with a Garmin
unit?
Thanks
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| Nico Bartels 2005-06-18, 6:55 am |
| On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:33:14 -0400, BarryS wrote:
quote:
>My laptop does not have any serial ports for use with my Garmin Emap.
>Is anyone using a serial to USB adapter successfully with a Garmin
>unit?
I have successfully used a serial to usb adapter for my Emap for about
two years without problems.
Nico
--
Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough
of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.
-- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead
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| Calle. 2005-06-18, 6:55 am |
| BarryS wrote:
quote:
> My laptop does not have any serial ports for use with my Garmin Emap.
> Is anyone using a serial to USB adapter successfully with a Garmin
> unit?
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Yes! No problem
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Calle.
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| tallen 2005-06-19, 10:55 pm |
| Yup. I use a Belkin N10117 serial to USB adapter and it works the nuts.
T
BarryS wrote:
quote:
>My laptop does not have any serial ports for use with my Garmin Emap.
>Is anyone using a serial to USB adapter successfully with a Garmin
>unit?
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>Thanks
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| Yep. I got one from TVNAV that works just fine (usual disclaimers...no
affiliation...just a satisfied customer).
"BarryS" <ng@ffodos.mailshell.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> My laptop does not have any serial ports for use with my Garmin Emap.
> Is anyone using a serial to USB adapter successfully with a Garmin
> unit?
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> Thanks
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| BarryS 2005-06-20, 10:55 pm |
| Thank you all for your help. I'll pick one up this week.
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:09:07 GMT, tallen <tallen01@rochester.rr.com>
wrote:
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>Yup. I use a Belkin N10117 serial to USB adapter and it works the nuts.
>T
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>BarryS wrote:
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| richo@mcn.org 2005-06-20, 10:55 pm |
| Barry-
Get a name brand. There have been reports of off-brands not working. My
Keyspan works great with my 60CS.
Rich Owings
http://www.MakeYourOwnMaps.com/
"We were desert mystics, my friends and I, poring over our maps as
others do their holy books." - Edward Abbey
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