Help! GPS USB problem

Just bought a new computer to support my flight sim habit. For the
first time since the SubLogic days, I'm flying without a stutter. I
digress.

I have a Garmin 196 with the Mapsource addon. I was able to reinstall
the Mapsource application on the new computer and successfully unlock
it. I cannot, however, get my USB card programmer to work.

After a preliminary investigation, it appears that computers that have
a Via chipset for the USB controller are not compatible with Garmin's
card programmer. Can this really be? Am I dead in the water on this
one? Do I have to keep my old computer set up just so I can program
my little proprietary Garmin card? I think I feel myself gravitating
toward Jay's point of view. Help!
Rich Russell

Richard Russell wrote:

[snip]
Do I have to keep my old computer set up just
so I can program my little proprietary Garmin
card? I think I feel myself gravitating toward
Jay's point of view.

What's Jay's point of view?? (sorry Jay, if it's a well-known one!)...

On 2004-08-16 15:23, Richard Russell wrote:
Just bought a new computer to support my flight sim habit. For the
first time since the SubLogic days, I'm flying without a stutter. I
digress.

I have a Garmin 196 with the Mapsource addon. I was able to reinstall
the Mapsource application on the new computer and successfully unlock
it. I cannot, however, get my USB card programmer to work.

After a preliminary investigation, it appears that computers that have
a Via chipset for the USB controller are not compatible with Garmin's
card programmer. Can this really be? Am I dead in the water on this
one? Do I have to keep my old computer set up just so I can program
my little proprietary Garmin card? I think I feel myself gravitating
toward Jay's point of view. Help!
Rich Russell

If it's a stationary comp, you could get a different PCI controller on a
PCI card for that specific task.
(I think there are USB controllers in PCCard format for portable PC:s,
but I haven't looked)

Maybe you could ask Garmin to suggest a suitable USB card?

good luck!
/Rolf

On 16 Aug 2004 13:56:35 GMT, unicate (Shirley)
wrote:

Richard Russell wrote:

[snip]
Do I have to keep my old computer set up just
so I can program my little proprietary Garmin
card? I think I feel myself gravitating toward
Jay's point of view.

What's Jay's point of view?? (sorry Jay, if it's a well-known one!)...

Merely refering to his agitation with lack of support from certain GPS
manufacturers. I am in no way implying that his position lacks merit.
Rich Russell

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:08:33 +0200, Rolf Blom
wrote:

On 2004-08-16 15:23, Richard Russell wrote:
Just bought a new computer to support my flight sim habit. For the
first time since the SubLogic days, I'm flying without a stutter. I
digress.

I have a Garmin 196 with the Mapsource addon. I was able to reinstall
the Mapsource application on the new computer and successfully unlock
it. I cannot, however, get my USB card programmer to work.

After a preliminary investigation, it appears that computers that have
a Via chipset for the USB controller are not compatible with Garmin's
card programmer. Can this really be? Am I dead in the water on this
one? Do I have to keep my old computer set up just so I can program
my little proprietary Garmin card? I think I feel myself gravitating
toward Jay's point of view. Help!
Rich Russell

If it's a stationary comp, you could get a different PCI controller on a
PCI card for that specific task.
(I think there are USB controllers in PCCard format for portable PC:s,
but I haven't looked)

Maybe you could ask Garmin to suggest a suitable USB card?

good luck!
/Rolf

That's a good idea. You know, it's funny that when you (or I should
say me) get fired up about something, sometimes the mind gets so
focused that you can't see what the alternatives are. I installed a
PCI card in my previous computer to provide USB 2.0 ports. That might
be my solution here. Thanks.
Rich Russell