Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:31:51 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Libretto & GPS
Hi everyone,
I have been unsuccessfully trying to get my 100CT (W95 OSR2) running MS
Streets & Trips 2001, and my Garmin Etrex Venture GPS to communicate. The
Venture has a 9-pin serial cable, so I bought a PCMCIA serial adapter to use
the Lib sans replicator (I only have the enhanced PR, so would rather leave
it behind.)
Streets continues to report "Could Not Retrieve Device Information" when I
attempt to configure the GPS in Streets. This really means that it can't see
the Com port(s), as it should show a list of available Com ports and ask for
the user to choose the port w/GPS connected.
Device Manager shows Com 1 when I am connected to the EPR, and Com 1 and Com
2 when I have the PCMCIA/serial adapter in place. No conflicts reported on
either port.
I tried closing all active programs - no change. Then, at Garmin's
suggestion, I ran Hyperterminal with the GPS attached and - bingo - got full
communication, regardless of which port (EPR serial or PCMCIA serial) was
used. But still no luck with Streets.
To make it worse, my Vaio Z505 hooked up with the GPS and worked perfectly.
Has anyone been through this with the L100? It's like software is somehow
blocking the access to the Com ports, but how? Thanks for any suggestions,
and sorry this is so long.
Lee
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