Autoroute 2006 in Garmin GPS 18 USB

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Ta težava je že znana in zanjo obstaja obhodna rešitev (t.i. »Workaround«) in sicer namestitev »3rd party« programa, ki naredi preslikavo med Garmin 18 USB sprejemnikom in COM vrati.

Vzrok težave je opisan na spodnji povezavi:


http://franson.com/gpsgate/guide.asp?section=Garmin_Usb_Gps&platform=ppc

The USB version of Garmin GPS 18 does not support NMEA, it only support Garmin's own protocol. Therefore very few GPS applications can use Garmin GPS 18. GpsGate solves this problem! You can connect GpsGate to Garmin GPS 18, and most other Garmin USB GPS receivers as well. GpsGate will make the Garmin GPS appear as a normal NMEA GPS connected to a serial port. And! You can connect any number of GPS applications to the GPS at the same time!

Težava nastane, ker Garmin GPS 18 ne podpira NMEA protokola, kar pa je ena izmed zahtev za normalno delovanje v programu Autoroute.

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Najprej vam svetujem, da se obrnete na podporo podjetja Garmin, ter jih povprašajte po gonilniku, ki spremeni podpis Usb-ja v Com port (driver which can change the signature from USB to serial port).

Garmin Contact information:
http://www.garmin.com/support/

Obhodna rešitev je namenjena samo testiranju delovanja produkta z 3rd party (plačljivimi) gonilniki – ti gonilniki so namenjeni testiranju, saj imajo omejeno brezplačno delovanje na 14 dni.

Odstranite vse gonilnike in programsko opremo podjetja Garmin,
Z spodnje strani si presnemite gonilnike za o.s. Windows XP ter jih namestite,
http://franson.com/gpsgate/download.asp?platform=ppc
Ostale nastavitve so opisane v spodnjih korakih:

Steps connect to a Garmin GPS 18:
1. Open the settings menu.
2. Select "Garmin USB" as Input.
3. In the Output dropdown, select "Virtual ports".
4. Select a port and click "Add virtual port" (e.g. COM4)
5. Repeat setp 4. to create as many virtual ports as you need (one per application using the GPS at the same time).
6. Close the settings menu and you are finished!

Nato ponovno zaženite AutoRoute ter ga povežite z vašim gps modulom.