I was not aware of just how much progress had been made by the folks at Garmin. Being able to quickly determine your grid square is a nice plus during contest rover operation. My GPS 40 did not do very well when walking through a forest, or when the horizon was partially blocked such as is often the case when driving in the mountains in Arizona.
In fact, I tried it while sitting in my living room, which is pretty much centered in my house. It showed good receive strength on 3 birds and adequate on another one. Not bad for being inside a wooden building. Having had less than desirable experiences with the GPS 40, I wanted to be able to use an external amplified antenna.
I did a lot of web searching, and spoke with a local friend to get some more information. I checked the distance back to my home in Arizona and found it to be almost miles. I was expecting the receiver to take a minute or two to figure out where it was, since the last time it had a good fix was back in Arizona. It would seem that one of the best after-market antennas come from Lowe Electronics, in the UK. I could not find a single bad comment about this antenna.
It is very small, magnet-mount 26dB amplified antenna. You can call them at , or use the toll free fax order line By all means, check out their web site at www. The track points, when running at 30 second intervals, works very well. I get tracks that are accurate enough to easily repeat, and I can run all day without filling up the memory. I was surprised to find that many Jeep trails are on it. And even if they are not, there is plenty of other information that helps one determine where you are.
I still and always will rely heavily on OziExplorer and my collection of 7. All together, it makes for a great navigational aid. The more I use it, the more comfortable I get with it. I wish Garmin had made the option to turn the track log on and off a bit easier to access. It is buried down about 3 or 4 menu levels. I find myself digging for it time and time again. I highly recommend this GPS receiver for anyone that is serious about off-roading.
Combined with good mapping software aka. However, a good friend of mine recently purchased one and was kind enough to let me try it out for a few days. I was at his house when he offered to let me try it. I quickly determined how to enter my street address, along with my city and state, and told it to calculate a route to my home. I was about 3 miiles and 3 turns away from the house when I did this….
Sure enough, it told me I was about 1. After the turn, it again announced how far I had to go on Camelback before turning left on to the side street that would then have me about 3 blocks from my house.
At that point, I became very disappointed with the route directions. I am not quite sure where it thought my house was located, but let me tell you that had I followed the directions, I would not be sitting here in front of my PC typing this review. Even when I pulled into my driveway, it kept telling me I needed to turn north and drive someplace…. Did it get me close? I guess so…. As for the receiver, I am NOT impressed. Both are using the little Garmin stick antennas that attach to the back of the unit.
Also, it has been a couple of years since I have done my dell optiplex certification, but I do remember that most dell desktop units have two serial ports on the back of the cpu. You may want to try comm 2 and see if that works. I know a lot of people are throwig a lot of ideas at you, so I hope that mine helps a little. Good Luck. I did just buy it and haven't downloaded anything just yet. Although my digital camera doesn't work on the serial port either. I have given up on trying to get it too work.
I'm just going to buy a serial-usb adapter and see what happens that route. I have a feeling that my serial port is bad. I have a dimension with only 1 port. IF All else fails I can return the garmin back to walmart and get a different one. Ok, one problem at a time:. There's a difference. If they can't open COM1, then something else is hogging it. A com port can only be used by one program at a time.
Also these two programs may need the Garmin set to the Garmin interface. Lastly, what you've tested so far is receive. You haven't sent. A bad V power supply can kill all the serial ports but leave the computer otherwise functional. Something to think about. Something you might try is fireup Hyperterminal and short pins 2 and 3 together.
Anything you type should show on the screen. Remove the short and anything you type shouldn't show on the screen. How is the serial port connected to the mother board? Is it though a ribbon cable that could have be connected backwards or off by one pin? That will mess you up. You an also try the trick of using a paperclip to short pins 2 and 3 and see if in Hyperterm what you type shows in the screen.
Then remove the paperclip and see if the screen no longer echos the keyboard. See, that is an important detail. Since the camera does not work either, then the problem is most likely going to be the comm port itself or the motherboard.
Try the things Geckogeek stated about checking out the ribbon cable on the motherboard if it has one, otherwise the usb adapter is the way to go. I have a Garmin legend also. Mine did the same thing. I finally opened up Active Sync and clicked on "Connection Settings". There is a box checked there that says "Allow serial cable or infrared connection to this COM port". I unchecked that box and my Garmin now connects great! Try that if you haven't already. There is my 2 cents worth!
I am having the same problem too. I am almost to the point of re-installing XP, because something was holding Com1 and Xp is not telling me what that is. Thankfully I searched for this thread, to see if I could get some clues. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure this out- Thanks for the help! You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.
Paste as plain text instead. What's new in version 6. Version 6. Release November 3, Date Added October 25, Operating Systems. Additional Requirements None. Total Downloads , Downloads Last Week Report Software. Related Software. The Mobile Tracker App makes it easy to keep track of life's essentials. Update your TomTom navigation device. This feature is handy for retrieving airport information, such as communication. Press QUIT when done. Press ENTER to select the runway or approach for which you would like to view additional information.
The Comm tab on theAirport Details Page provides a list of communication frequencies for that airport. A Usage Restrictions Page appears describing the restrictions for the selected frequency. These pages provide detailed information on the nearest airports, airport weather sources, user waypoints within miles of your present location, and other points.
You can easily search waypoints, cities, exits, and tide stations using the Find Menu. From the Nearest Page option menu, you can. User Waypoints —nearest 15; name, bearing, and distance.
Airspace —up to 15 based on number of alerts provided ; name, time to entry when applicable , and status. Press Direct To. The Goto Page opens for the selected point. Select the sub tab. The corresponding information page appears. On airport information pages, use the ROCKER to select the sub tabs across the top of the information pages and show the airport data.
You can also highlight any one of the on-screen buttons to perform that action, such as Show Map or Goto. Select the numbered item that you want from the list, and press ENTER to show the communication information. The lowest numbers on the list are the closest communication points.
This information includes name, time to entry if applicable , and status. Normally, only one or two airspace alerts occur at a time, but with sectorized controlled airspace, such as many Class B areas, there are more.
Status information can appear as follows:. Ahead —your projected course takes you inside an airspace within the next 10 minutes or less. Near —you are within two nautical miles of an airspace but not projected to enter it. InsideAirspace —you are within the boundaries of the airspace. Runway Surface —allows you to set criteria for the type of surface on the runway:.
Any —shows any runway, regardless of surface type, including water landing facilities. Hard Only —shows only runways with a concrete, asphalt, or similar sealed surface.
Hard or Soft —shows all runways except water landing facilities. Water Only —shows only water landing facilities. Press MENU to show the options menu. A window appears with the current settings for runway surface and minimum runway length. NOTE: Use caution when changing the nearest airport criteria. In an emergency, a short runway is still typically preferable.
If you set the runway length too low or exclude many runway surfaces, you may not be alerted to a nearby airport that would be listed otherwise.
When you select an approach, it replaces the destination airport with the sequence of waypoints for the selected approach. NOTE: When using a route, the selected approach for the destination airport overrides your current route.
The original route is saved in the Route tab. Select the destination you want to travel to. A Vectors? See the following page for more information on vectors.
The Vectors? The HSI automatically slews rotates to show the direction to the inbound course. If No is selected for the Vectors? This works much like any other route with course guidance from point to point and a turn usually required as you cross each waypoint. Or, open the Active Route Page. The Find Menu opens. Press MENU to select the search category, and press. Select Save to save the location as a waypoint to use later when creating a route. Select Show Map to show the location on the map, or select OK to return to the search results list.
The Route is then saved for future use. You can also create a route using theActive Route Page for immediate use. If there is an obsolete Jeppesen aviation point in a saved route, the route is locked and unusable. You need to create a new route with current Jeppesen Database points. Enter the ID, Facility name, or city. Highlight the point in the list. The selected point is added to the route. Repeat steps 4 through 6 until all points are added to the route.
Highlight the route you want to take from the list, and press. On the Map Page, your current location is shown as an airplane when inAviation Mode. Your route is marked with a dark line. The airplane should be on top of the dark line as you move. When you are on the dark line, you are directly on course. The From point is the location where the Goto was initiated. In Land Mode, the Goto line on the map is constantly updated to your present location.
Use the compass in the center of the page to determine if you are on the proper course. As you travel, a variety of alerts appear on your current page, such asAirspace, and Obstacle. This section discusses the major pages, as well as some additional aviation features, such as E6B.
The Map Page shows map information digital cartography that includes airspace boundaries, airports, navaids, lakes, rivers, coastlines, cities, and highways. Two basic map operating modes, location mode and pan mode, determine what cartography is shown on the Map Page. Location mode pans the map to keep your present location in the screen area. The location marker icon that shows your travel on the Map Page is an aircraft symbol inAviation Mode and a triangle symbol in Water and Land Modes.
There are three map orientation options: North Up orients the map like a paper map, Track Up orients the map in the direction of travel, and Course Up orients the map in the direction of the destination. Press MENU. Refer to page 33 for information. The Map Page has 28 available range scales from 20 ft to nm 20 ft to mi or 5 m to km. The map range is controlled by the IN and OUT keys, with the current range shown at the bottom right of the data window. NOTE: The range value represents the distance between the ends of the range bar.
The system has a built-in worldwide database to 20 mile zoom range, with more detailed coverage available through the use of the Jeppesen, BlueChart, or MapSource data. The panning arrow allows you to pan the map to show other map areas. As you pan past the edge of the current map, the screen moves to provide continuous map coverage.
The panning arrow moves the map so you can view different parts of the map. When you zoom in pan mode, the arrow stays centered on the screen. The map automatically moves to show your present location, and the unit returns to location mode.
The arrow can also be used to select on-screen map items, allowing you to review a selected item directly from the map screen. If there are several items grouped closely together, zoom in closer for a better view. When a waypoint or map item is selected, it is highlighted on screen with the name and location shown at the top of the screen, along with the distance and bearing from your current location, as shown in the image to the left.
The information and on-screen buttons shown vary based on the type of item selected. In some cases, additional information tabs appear at the top of the Information Page or Waypoint Page. Pan mode can also be used to retrieve information on airspaces depicted on the map.
Obstacles are shown on the Map Page when the map range is set to 3 nm or below.
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