RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Hi all - I think Jim and I are often living in parallel worlds (lol, hi Jim)...I wanted to echo his comments on GBM Mobile. I have been testing/using it in a field project (manhole and storm drain recon, yuck)...and it is freakin' great. We signed on to be Northeast US resellers in fact. The form design and data management - end to end - is why. I have forestry customers starting to pick it up too (using Garmin's PDAs). Using with an IPAQ and a cheapo Delorme Blue Logger GPS puck taped to my hat (yes really) with bluetooth communcation. The GPS position is rather low-accuracy but wasnt the point in this job - where we needed spot on location capture we had a Trimble ProXRS running in field too. In fact we are preparing to rig up that Trimble backpack antennae to a bluetooth adapter and have it feed wirelessly the very same iPAQ. This will give me real-time sub-meter data fed over bluetooth to a GBM Mobile data collector on a PDA. Requires a forthcoming Trimble driver from GBM called Survey Tools to take the signal in. Overall GBM Mobile has a lot of power and is nicely designed. Lets you live in the MI Pro environment and push and pull data to field devices. And if you want to use a laptop instead theres a companion product now called GBM Portable that does the same stuff and more on XP for a tablet or toughbook or whatever. And it uses the same form design. Portable is built on mapxtreme.NET. Lots of good stuff there. Cheers... Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7769 www.mitchellgeo.com On Mon Oct 23 9:15 , "Jim Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: Thanks Neil for this discussion of Bluetooth GPS. I was having a similar discussion on the phone with Mike Osbourn just before reading your post. I agree that this is a technology that is going to make major changes in our field, in fact I am about to upgrade to new smart phone and Bluetooth combination. I am hoping cables in the field (or in the office for that matter) are going away. I would also suggest that folks take look at the MI based GBM Mobile data collection software from Exa-Min Technologies, www.geobasemap.com. It works well with the new Bluetooth receivers and interfaces with MapInfo Pro seamlessly. The ease of field form design and creation makes arc pad look silly. The utility and portability of the blue tooth/Smartphone data collector makes this a very realistic situation for change methodologies for a broad range of field data collection. The amount of storage on smart phones is something that an old guy like me is just not prepared for. Having an MI based data collector with ortho photos and working tables on it is something that I still find beyond belief, but it is reality. Thanks again for your discussion. Jim James C. Henry JCH GeoInfo Solutions 2726 Croasdaile Drive Suite 207 Durham, NC 27705 (919)493-9339 v. (919)321-4903 f. (919)819-8307 m. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jchgis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')"[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Neil Havermale Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:47 PM To: David Reid; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mapinfo-L Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx I would suggest the end of the era of a cabled GPS device needs a bit more exposure. While personal hand-held navigation units like the Geko and other-like dedicated devices still need serial connections, Bluetooth versions do not. Either the UI device has Bluetooth built in (most smart phones, PDAs and leading PDNs)or you can buy a Bluetooth\USB dongle for $40 for your laptop that will manage up to seven other Bluetooth devices in a LAN diameter of 30-40 meters. I would suggest you then consider any number of Bluetooth GPS devices. Cost for a 3m RMS static average accuracy statistic with WAAS capable navigation, that is rechargeable, manages up to 20 GPS satellites by massively correlated synchronization, providing 8 hours duration, and 10m Bluetoothed GPS transceiver comes in around $295US ($120 street) for SiRFstarIII GPS-chipped units. For Nokia and other Symbian OS users, a smartphone navigation application like MgMaps.com can give you state-of-the-art personal navigation with on-the-fly access to internet map sources like Google Maps, Yahoo, Open Maps, and others. For $150 and an appropriate smartphone data service, you have an excellent GPS unit plus a personal navigating application able to access worldwide road/image/hybrid backgrounds. And you can also download KML tracks. PDNs and PDAs with like features would cost you as much as $700 with maps delivered on a CD map pack. And if you want to add your mobile personal location Bluetooth GPS to a lap top, just add a Bluetooth USB port - $50. Bluetooth versus USB-serial adapted connection should be,
RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Thanks Neil for this discussion of Bluetooth GPS. I was having a similar discussion on the phone with Mike Osbourn just before reading your post. I agree that this is a technology that is going to make major changes in our field, in fact I am about to upgrade to new smart phone and Bluetooth combination. I am hoping cables in the field (or in the office for that matter) are going away. I would also suggest that folks take look at the MI based GBM Mobile data collection software from Exa-Min Technologies, www.geobasemap.com. It works well with the new Bluetooth receivers and interfaces with MapInfo Pro seamlessly. The ease of field form design and creation makes arc pad look silly. The utility and portability of the blue tooth/Smartphone data collector makes this a very realistic situation for change methodologies for a broad range of field data collection. The amount of storage on smart phones is something that an old guy like me is just not prepared for. Having an MI based data collector with ortho photos and working tables on it is something that I still find beyond belief, but it is reality. Thanks again for your discussion. Jim James C. Henry JCH GeoInfo Solutions 2726 Croasdaile Drive Suite 207 Durham, NC 27705 (919)493-9339 v. (919)321-4903 f. (919)819-8307 m. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jchgis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Havermale Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:47 PM To: David Reid; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mapinfo-L Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx I would suggest the end of the era of a cabled GPS device needs a bit more exposure. While personal hand-held navigation units like the Geko and other-like dedicated devices still need serial connections, Bluetooth versions do not. Either the UI device has Bluetooth built in (most smart phones, PDAs and leading PDNs)or you can buy a Bluetooth\USB dongle for $40 for your laptop that will manage up to seven other Bluetooth devices in a LAN diameter of 30-40 meters. I would suggest you then consider any number of Bluetooth GPS devices. Cost for a 3m RMS static average accuracy statistic with WAAS capable navigation, that is rechargeable, manages up to 20 GPS satellites by massively correlated synchronization, providing 8 hours duration, and 10m Bluetoothed GPS transceiver comes in around $295US ($120 street) for SiRFstarIII GPS-chipped units. For Nokia and other Symbian OS users, a smartphone navigation application like MgMaps.com can give you state-of-the-art personal navigation with on-the-fly access to internet map sources like Google Maps, Yahoo, Open Maps, and others. For $150 and an appropriate smartphone data service, you have an excellent GPS unit plus a personal navigating application able to access worldwide road/image/hybrid backgrounds. And you can also download KML tracks. PDNs and PDAs with like features would cost you as much as $700 with maps delivered on a CD map pack. And if you want to add your mobile personal location Bluetooth GPS to a lap top, just add a Bluetooth USB port - $50. Bluetooth versus USB-serial adapted connection should be, IMHO, the norm. Yes, there is a bit to learn about Bluetooth pairing configurations for security reason as well as allowing more automatic connection to other peripherals within your personal Bluetooth aura. It is getting more easy as time goes by; the apps themselves take care of the Bluetooth connection. MidNight Mapper aka neil http://redhen-iswhere.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Tony, I'm still using a Garmin 12cx but I'm sure the communication protocols would still be the same. Although I'm not running MI 8.5, I recently received a new laptop and was forced, kicking and screaming to leave Windows 2000 and finally accept Windows XP AND the fact that my new laptop had no serial port either, so I too had to get a USB/serial adapter. At first, I had similar problems but mine manifested by making the pointing device go berserk. I found that XP was recognizing my GPS as some kind of Microsoft Ball Point pointing device. I don't recall the exact device name and I just carried my laptop to the truck and tried to find this in Device manager and reproduce the problem but I think what fixed everything else eliminated that issue too. My fix was quite simple and that was to find a usable COM port to assign to my USB adapter/GPS, that was COM 6. You would accomplish this in the Windows Device Manager. Then, just as with a normal serial port connection, open Geotracker Options and select the appropriate COM port you set previously. Just make sure
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
You would be right Neil in all that you say especially about the bluetooth...I would much prefer to free my chains but we must deal with what we are given in some cases. As far as the smartphone navigation, in the area I will be working in for the next 2 weeks there is no phone but SATPhone...we are in Australia... I did however get the thing tracking. Simple as buying a serial to USB converter cable, plugging it in and away we went using NMEA. For AU$28 it was just a lot easier. Tony Neil Havermale wrote: I would suggest the end of the era of a cabled GPS device needs a bit more exposure. While personal hand-held navigation units like the Geko and other-like dedicated devices still need serial connections, Bluetooth versions do not. Either the UI device has Bluetooth built in (most smart phones, PDAs and leading PDNs)or you can buy a Bluetooth\USB dongle for $40 for your laptop that will manage up to seven other Bluetooth devices in a LAN diameter of 30-40 meters. I would suggest you then consider any number of Bluetooth GPS devices. Cost for a 3m RMS static average accuracy statistic with WAAS capable navigation, that is rechargeable, manages up to 20 GPS satellites by massively correlated synchronization, providing 8 hours duration, and 10m Bluetoothed GPS transceiver comes in around $295US ($120 street) for SiRFstarIII GPS-chipped units. For Nokia and other Symbian OS users, a smartphone navigation application like MgMaps.com can give you state-of-the-art personal navigation with on-the-fly access to internet map sources like Google Maps, Yahoo, Open Maps, and others. For $150 and an appropriate smartphone data service, you have an excellent GPS unit plus a personal navigating application able to access worldwide road/image/hybrid backgrounds. And you can also download KML tracks. PDNs and PDAs with like features would cost you as much as $700 with maps delivered on a CD map pack. And if you want to add your mobile personal location Bluetooth GPS to a lap top, just add a Bluetooth USB port - $50. Bluetooth versus USB-serial adapted connection should be, IMHO, the norm. Yes, there is a bit to learn about Bluetooth pairing configurations for security reason as well as allowing more automatic connection to other peripherals within your personal Bluetooth aura. It is getting more easy as time goes by; the apps themselves take care of the Bluetooth connection. MidNight Mapper aka neil http://redhen-iswhere.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Tony, I'm still using a Garmin 12cx but I'm sure the communication protocols would still be the same. Although I'm not running MI 8.5, I recently received a new laptop and was forced, kicking and screaming to leave Windows 2000 and finally accept Windows XP AND the fact that my new laptop had no serial port either, so I too had to get a USB/serial adapter. At first, I had similar problems but mine manifested by making the pointing device go berserk. I found that XP was recognizing my GPS as some kind of Microsoft Ball Point pointing device. I don't recall the exact device name and I just carried my laptop to the truck and tried to find this in Device manager and reproduce the problem but I think what fixed everything else eliminated that issue too. My fix was quite simple and that was to find a usable COM port to assign to my USB adapter/GPS, that was COM 6. You would accomplish this in the Windows Device Manager. Then, just as with a normal serial port connection, open Geotracker Options and select the appropriate COM port you set previously. Just make sure that the version of Geotracker that came on your Mapinfo install disc is version 3.2 or greater. The older versions only recognized COM ports 1-4. As far as the communications protocols, the USB connection is not dependant on those, only the communication between Geotracker and your GPS. I'm running Geotracker 3.2 and the only two protocols available are NMEA 0183 and Trimble TSIP. My Garmin 12cx has two or three NMEA protocols but no Trimble and I presume yours would be the same. You may need to choose different NMEA settings on your GPS until you hit on just the right one. One of the NMEA protocols on my Gar 12, will cause very erratic behavior with Geotracker. Hope this helps, David Reid Colbert County 9-1-1 Colbert County, Alabama -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Baylis Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:28 AM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings
RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
I would suggest the end of the era of a cabled GPS device needs a bit more exposure. While personal hand-held navigation units like the Geko and other-like dedicated devices still need serial connections, Bluetooth versions do not. Either the UI device has Bluetooth built in (most smart phones, PDAs and leading PDNs)or you can buy a Bluetooth\USB dongle for $40 for your laptop that will manage up to seven other Bluetooth devices in a LAN diameter of 30-40 meters. I would suggest you then consider any number of Bluetooth GPS devices. Cost for a 3m RMS static average accuracy statistic with WAAS capable navigation, that is rechargeable, manages up to 20 GPS satellites by massively correlated synchronization, providing 8 hours duration, and 10m Bluetoothed GPS transceiver comes in around $295US ($120 street) for SiRFstarIII GPS-chipped units. For Nokia and other Symbian OS users, a smartphone navigation application like MgMaps.com can give you state-of-the-art personal navigation with on-the-fly access to internet map sources like Google Maps, Yahoo, Open Maps, and others. For $150 and an appropriate smartphone data service, you have an excellent GPS unit plus a personal navigating application able to access worldwide road/image/hybrid backgrounds. And you can also download KML tracks. PDNs and PDAs with like features would cost you as much as $700 with maps delivered on a CD map pack. And if you want to add your mobile personal location Bluetooth GPS to a lap top, just add a Bluetooth USB port - $50. Bluetooth versus USB-serial adapted connection should be, IMHO, the norm. Yes, there is a bit to learn about Bluetooth pairing configurations for security reason as well as allowing more automatic connection to other peripherals within your personal Bluetooth aura. It is getting more easy as time goes by; the apps themselves take care of the Bluetooth connection. MidNight Mapper aka neil http://redhen-iswhere.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Mapinfo-L' Subject: RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Tony, I'm still using a Garmin 12cx but I'm sure the communication protocols would still be the same. Although I'm not running MI 8.5, I recently received a new laptop and was forced, kicking and screaming to leave Windows 2000 and finally accept Windows XP AND the fact that my new laptop had no serial port either, so I too had to get a USB/serial adapter. At first, I had similar problems but mine manifested by making the pointing device go berserk. I found that XP was recognizing my GPS as some kind of Microsoft Ball Point pointing device. I don't recall the exact device name and I just carried my laptop to the truck and tried to find this in Device manager and reproduce the problem but I think what fixed everything else eliminated that issue too. My fix was quite simple and that was to find a usable COM port to assign to my USB adapter/GPS, that was COM 6. You would accomplish this in the Windows Device Manager. Then, just as with a normal serial port connection, open Geotracker Options and select the appropriate COM port you set previously. Just make sure that the version of Geotracker that came on your Mapinfo install disc is version 3.2 or greater. The older versions only recognized COM ports 1-4. As far as the communications protocols, the USB connection is not dependant on those, only the communication between Geotracker and your GPS. I'm running Geotracker 3.2 and the only two protocols available are NMEA 0183 and Trimble TSIP. My Garmin 12cx has two or three NMEA protocols but no Trimble and I presume yours would be the same. You may need to choose different NMEA settings on your GPS until you hit on just the right one. One of the NMEA protocols on my Gar 12, will cause very erratic behavior with Geotracker. Hope this helps, David Reid Colbert County 9-1-1 Colbert County, Alabama -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Baylis Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:28 AM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings, Mike wrote: Check the settings/configuration of your GPS. If I remember correctly, to use a USB connection the GPS should be set to the garmin protocols not NMEA 0183. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Baylis Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 5:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Maybe you need a USB-to-serial driver, I use PL-2303 for my GPS unit. -- Jaromir SVASTA Hydrogeologist Geological Survey of Slovak Republic Mlynska dolina 1 817 04 Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel:+421 2 59375326 Mobile: +421 908783589 Fax:+421 2 54771940 On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:27:58 +0200, Tony Baylis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings, Mike wrote: Check the settings/configuration of your GPS. If I remember correctly, to use a USB connection the GPS should be set to the garmin protocols not NMEA 0183. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Baylis Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 5:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Tony, I'm still using a Garmin 12cx but I'm sure the communication protocols would still be the same. Although I'm not running MI 8.5, I recently received a new laptop and was forced, kicking and screaming to leave Windows 2000 and finally accept Windows XP AND the fact that my new laptop had no serial port either, so I too had to get a USB/serial adapter. At first, I had similar problems but mine manifested by making the pointing device go berserk. I found that XP was recognizing my GPS as some kind of Microsoft Ball Point pointing device. I don't recall the exact device name and I just carried my laptop to the truck and tried to find this in Device manager and reproduce the problem but I think what fixed everything else eliminated that issue too. My fix was quite simple and that was to find a usable COM port to assign to my USB adapter/GPS, that was COM 6. You would accomplish this in the Windows Device Manager. Then, just as with a normal serial port connection, open Geotracker Options and select the appropriate COM port you set previously. Just make sure that the version of Geotracker that came on your Mapinfo install disc is version 3.2 or greater. The older versions only recognized COM ports 1-4. As far as the communications protocols, the USB connection is not dependant on those, only the communication between Geotracker and your GPS. I'm running Geotracker 3.2 and the only two protocols available are NMEA 0183 and Trimble TSIP. My Garmin 12cx has two or three NMEA protocols but no Trimble and I presume yours would be the same. You may need to choose different NMEA settings on your GPS until you hit on just the right one. One of the NMEA protocols on my Gar 12, will cause very erratic behavior with Geotracker. Hope this helps, David Reid Colbert County 9-1-1 Colbert County, Alabama -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Baylis Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:28 AM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings, Mike wrote: Check the settings/configuration of your GPS. If I remember correctly, to use a USB connection the GPS should be set to the garmin protocols not NMEA 0183. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Baylis Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 5:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- Tony Baylis Spatial Information Specialist Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/483 - Release Date: 10/18/2006 ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Sam, I am on a timeframe as am going disappearing into the bush for 2 weeks as of next Tuesday and was hoping (expecting) this would be a reasonably easy tool. I would however be interested in testing any new version you guys come up with as I am sure there aren't a lot of people with the new CSx as yet. Until then I will spend the weekend testing any tricks other listers come up with and report back on Monday. Tony Sam Knight wrote: Hello Tony, We have recently had a few reports of trouble with the new CSx units and we are currently exploring the issue. When we completed the 3.3 version of the Tracker the CSx (and other x series) units had not yet been released. It seems there is something different about the way they communicate via the Garmin protocol over USB and our developers are looking into the cause. We will be working to get a fix out as soon as possible. Are you on a particular time crunch for a particular project, or do you have some time? We'd like to do what we can to help you out. Would you be interested in testing a new version when we have one available? Regards, Sam Knight Applications Specialist Blue Marble Geographics [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 800-616-2725 ext. 24 Ph: 207-582-6747 ext. 24 Fax: 207-582-7001 http://www.bluemarblegeo.com http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/ and http://www.beyondgeo.com http://www.beyondgeo.com/ Join us for Calculator and Transformer classes the week of November 13th in Houston. Email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], visit us at www.bluemarblegeo.com http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/ or call 800-616-2725 for more details. --- *Original Message* --- *From:* Tony Baylis [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com mailto:mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com *Date:* Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:01:27 +1000 *Subject: _[MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx_* Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com mailto:MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- Tony Baylis Spatial Information Specialist Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
[MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Tony, Here is the sequence of events that worked for me. Start your computer. Turn on the GPS unit. After the computer boots up, plug the GPS Unit into the USB port. Let the computer recognise the new hardware. Start up Mapinfo and run the Geotrack.mbx Then start Geotracker. This was the only way I could get a USB GPS unit to work on my computer with version 8.0 of Mapinfo and version 3.3 of Geotracker. Hope this is of some help. Regards, Jon Gramm ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
Re: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx
Thanks to Mike and Jon for your help but unfortunately I have had no success. All things I had tried except maybe the definitive step through. I shall keep working on it and let everyone know when I work it out. Tony Cummings, Mike wrote: Check the settings/configuration of your GPS. If I remember correctly, to use a USB connection the GPS should be set to the garmin protocols not NMEA 0183. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Baylis Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 5:01 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] GeoTracker and Garmin GPSMap76CSx Morning all, Interesting rumour Bill...maybe it all got too hard!!! My problem is with the GeoTracker shipped with MapInfo V8.5 and connecting my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx to it for real time tracking in the field. This is the first time I have tried connecting via GeoTracker and I keep getting a 'Status is unavailable...' signal in the GeoTracker dialogue. The GPS is connected via USB as the laptop does not have a serial port. I do have connection to the laptop via another application but cannot into GeoTracker. I have gone through the 'help' file, done the preferences stuff but with no success. Any assistance would be great. Tony Tony Baylis Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- Tony Baylis Spatial Information Specialist Resource and Exploration Mapping Suite 8, 290 Boundary St Spring Hill QLD 4000 Ph3832 1600 Fax 3832 1603 Mob 0419 759 131 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www resexmap.com.au ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
