Page 1 of 1
Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:50 pm
by uskiwi
Hi, anyone know how to get my GPS to work with Vistumbler? Port settings are Port_#0002.Hub_#0003. I would love to get his little devil working under Vistumbler. Thanks in advance
Re: Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:08 pm
by uskiwi
Forgot to add I am using Windows 7 - 64 bit (smile)
Re: Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:43 pm
by ACalcutt
I think you are looking in the wrong place for you com port.
I'm not home and don't have my gps with me, but I found this image on google
your com port should be found here
- cf_gps_com_port.gif (30.89 KiB) Viewed 14144 times
EDIT: That if your GPS even shows up as a com port. If it does not it will not work. Some GPSs need a software to show up as a com port
Re: Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:56 pm
by uskiwi
Thanks but unfortunately it does not show up as com port. I was unable to get GPSGate to work either. Any other ideas? Thanks
Re: Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:07 pm
by ACalcutt
Is anything able to connect to that gps device from your computer? does garmin have any programs/utilities that work with you device?
Your gps device is like this right? (
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexVenturehc/)
From what I see it doesn't looks like it can't be connected in a way to transfer gps data over usb. It looks like the usb is more fore transferring maps and other data to the device.
What you need is a NMEA compatible GPS to use with vistumbler. Something like the
GPS-500, GPS-360,
BU-353
Re: Garmin Etrex Venture HC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:30 pm
by uskiwi
Thanks, I ordered the gps-500 - love the site BTW. This is all new to me and lots of fun.