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I am trying to get my garmin connected to my laptop via a serial to USB connection. Keep getting the message "Failed to terminate RS232 thread" which i understand to be because other programs are trying to access the com port. How do i find out what it is and stop it?
dunno. try me on mid 14th norwegian iron forging techniques instead.
lol, what do ya know?
its easier to list what i dont know.
Charcoal or wood?
seriously though... you got the baud rates n stuff all set up right?
and is it through a usb hub?
i had to use accesories>communications>hyper terminal to get mine to work but forget exactly what I had to do.
Possibly not much help there but I no eff all about iron forging techniques from any tiome period/country
Pig skin bellows?
you need to give pin 2 a good talking too and tell it that if it doesnt get along with pin 5 better by tomorrow you are going to hurt it.
Tried assigning a different com port?
If you've installed the adaptor and driver, then it should have created a new COM port - i.e. one that can't possibly be in use by another app. Are you finding the right COM P{ort in Memory Map or whatever it is you're trying to connect with?
Have you checked that your using NMEA protocol on the Garmin
are you a total noob Rob?
its connected via the garmin serial cable to a usb/serial cable adaptor. Driver is installed as far as Windows tells me. all settings are done, tried changing it to com port 1 to no avail
It's unlikely to be COM port 1 though as that will already have been installed on your computer?
What type of USB converter? I would doubt you have other software trying to use a COM port. Some software is quite fussy about how a COM port is configured. I use old drivers for my USB converter as the newer ones only work with some software.
OMG Rob. stick to Key Stage 3 maths.
all done and checked druidh. Its doing my ****in head in!
FTDI adaptor
What COM Ports are listed in Device Manager?
just the one that is connected to the gps (com port 20)
I'd ask someone who knows about IT
Unfortunately I can't think of anyone.
thats 2 of us then
look on the bright side my Memory map wont even open and even Memory map dont know why I get an error every time I try. You are at least nearer to a solution than me and what better way to spend the last days of your LLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGGGG holiday
20???
Some (particularly older) applications can't see past 4 or 8.
thats just a random free one i used
Com port 1 is reserved for devices connected to the first physical com port. Try changing it to something sensible like 4
Things like this just make me think bog standard bike computers are the way forward. Batteries last forever, they cost chips and tell you all you need to know.
com port sorted on number 4 - error now is timing out sending packet;254!
Is your garmin configured to use NMEA?
IKEA?
garmin is set to "garmin" as in instructions
if set to "nmea" then no GPS signal is received in MM
Have you closed all other programs, especially ineternet connections?
HTF would i be replying to this thread?
Is your MM gps set-up for usb or serial?
serial
Dime bar?
It should be seeing it as a USB device not serial.
Oats, that'll sort you out, otherwise Wheat is a good un. Failing that Taggart should do the trick.
not what the instructions say geoff
Hmmm...
Have you tried inverting the laptop above your head and hopping on one leg whilst chanting 'Umbongo, umbongo, they drink it in the congo' backwards?
That usually works for me.
Edit: Probably best to disconnect the garmin during this phase...
2 explorers get lost in the jungle and chance upon a vicious tribe. As outsiders they are given a choice of Umbongo or death
The 1st explorer chooses Umbongo and is then gang humped by the entire tribe.
The 2nd explorer chooses death, to which the tribe start exciredly chanting 'Death by Umbongo, death by Umbongo'
Just checked everything on my setup.
Anquet sees the GPS on COM3 and is configured to use the Garmin protocol
The GPS (Geko in my case) is also set up to use the Garmin protocol
COM3 is set up as 9600,8,N,1
ROFL,
you total n00b, you need to be 1337 to hax0r teh gps.
I shall use traditional voice communication methods to rendezvous with you so I can come and sort you out, and then your gps 😉
Honestly, twas working fine when I had it! ;)))) (no, really, it was!)
Will prob come over to yours with my laptop - or meet you at chez iso25 for a glass of port/red and resolve it for yooohoooo
jt
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