Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Confirm that Garmin 76CSx does not work with GPSBabel?

[Thibaut G. <ghe...@gm...>]

Hi,

I use gpsmap 60csx and gpsbabel 1.3.3 without any problems but under
windows, not linux. In the past, I have used gpsgabel 1.2.8 also without any
problems.

Best regards,
Thibaut.

2007/5/23, Ka Wai Tam <kaw...@ta...>:
>
> Hi, all. Have question; unable to search archives (clicking on "Archives"
> on
> mailing list web page results in "no archive specified" message).
>
> I just bought a Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx unit. When I try to connect to it via
> USB
> using GPSBabel v1.2.7 (Ubuntu Dapper 6.06), it says:
>
> ~$ gpsbabel -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F waypoints.gpx
> [ERROR] Get_Waypoint: Unknown waypoint protocol
> GARMIN:Can't get waypoint from usb:
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. From what I can glean from Google results, this is a known issue with
> the
> units ending in *x, such as 76CSx. Is this correct? Do the *x units have a
> different protocol?
>
> 2. Does it help to try v1.3.3? The official Ubuntu repositories only have
> v1.2.7. I tried using the v1.3.3 RPM file, using the "alien" command to
> convert it to a Debian *.deb package, but it spouted a "Floating point
> exception" --probably an unmet dependency with some library somewhere.
> Should I try harder, or will the newest version still have this problem?
>
> I did create /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules with the following contents
> SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="666", and I made
> sure that the garmin_gps kernel module was not loaded.
>
> Thanks for any wisdom you can send this way.
>
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