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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Am running windows XP. Did load the software which came with it.
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Actually I can do that for the GPS 20I have a 1550 with flash. However
my real problem is loading my Zander SR 940 which has only the serial port for communication. |
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
It's a bottom of the line Gateway laptop w/XP home. The converter is
Manhattan.The installer sets to Com 4 Have not tried playing with parity etc. or working in DOS environment. |
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Do you have active sync installed on the machine this can stuff it up.
Try run it its own profile on the machine. Make sure no other programs installed that use com ports like active sync. |
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Ted, we can try something with the information you've given. First,
we'll make sure the ports are OK, then change the adapter to a lower one. Then, we'll try doing a download under a DOS window using Data-cam. I'll use the abbreviation LC for single left click, DLC for double left click, and RC for right click. 1. Check ports - from the desktop, RC My Computer, LC Properties, LC Hardware, LC Device Manager. Examine the tree, make sure that there are NO red exclamation points or yellow triangles! Report back if you see these! Then LC the + sign on Ports. Write down everything you see with a COM in its name. 2. Change ports - You said that the installer put your adapter at Com 4. See if Com 1 or Com 2 is available. If not, we can take the least needed device that is on Com 1 or Com 2 and temporarily move it. To do this, as an example for Com 2, RC the Com 2 entry under Ports, LC Properties, LC Port Settings, LC Advanced, use the list box under Com Port to select an UNUSED port, LC OK, LC OK again. Now repeat this last sentence for the adapter, moving it to the now vacant Com 2. You can reverse this all later, but write down what you are doing!! 3. Make Cambridge test folder - DLC My Computer, LC Folders under Explorer Bar, LC the icon for C: drive. RC somewhere in the right pane, LC Folder under New, type in Cam and hit Enter. Leave this window open, we'll be using it again! 4. Get Data-cam program - LC Start, LC For Files and Folders under Search, LC All Files and Folders, type in data-* and hit Enter. If it finds Data-cam.exe, great! Write down the information in the In Folder column. If it doesn't find it, you'll have to download it from he http://www.fai.org/gliding/freeware Once it downloads, repeat the first sentence in this step to find out where it was placed. Now, go back to the open Windows Explorer window used in step 3. In the left pane, do a series of LC until you have finally clicked out the information in the In Folder column during the Find. You should now see Data-cam in the right pane. RC data-cam and while holding the click, drag the outline into the left pane until the Cam folder is colored blue, and release the click. Now LC Copy Here. 5. Run Data-cam - LC Start, LC Run, type in Command and hit Enter. Type in cd \cam Enter, and you should see C:\cam in the window. Do a Dir Enter and you should see Data-cam.exe listed in the right column. If not, you need to review the steps above and fix something! If you do, plug the end of the adapter into the Cambridge 20, and turn on the Cambridge. Type data-cam -p2 Enter, and the download should start. Note: the 2 in the last command depends on where you moved the adapter in step 2. If it was Com 1, then you'd type data-cam -p1 Enter. Purists like Mal will note that for Com 1 you could actually have just typed data-cam Enter! ;-) If all is well, you'll get a download from the Cambridge. If not, you'll get an error message. If you do, tell us what it says. Also, repeat step 1 and be sure that the adapter is actually at the Com port number you used in step 5, and that no yellow trianges or red exclamation points have shown up. If so, fix the Com number problem, or report back the error. Assuming the download under the DOS window works, try downloading with your Windows software. There will be some means in the program to change the Com port to the number that your adapater was set to in step 2. If you got a download under the DOS window, you'll get a download under Windows! Hope this helps, and that it gets you a download! -John |
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Ted, I just re-read your first message carefully. I may be guilty of
jumping to a misconception! First, try downloading with Data-cam.exe that I detailed above. If it works, then do this: Get Cambridge Aero Explorer running. When the window opens, LC Tools, LC Options, LC General. Use the down arrow on the Recorder Com Port box to select the proper com port for the adapter (1 or 2 if you changed the Com port as described in the DOS Window downloading post, 4 if you didn't). LC OK. Now connect the adapter to the Cambridge 20 and turn it on. In CAE, LC Recorder, LC Connect, and report back what happens. Hopefully things will work! -John |
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downloading a gps20 without a serial port
Thanks John and all others who gave me a great!! education on serial
ports. I found a simple fix for the GPS 20. See You connection wizard finds it and I can up and download using See You. My glider is in Florida so I have'nt tried talking to my Zander SR 940 yet. Will get down there next week and give that a try. Thanks again to all for the superb suggestions. Ted |
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