Frank, Sorry, but I am out of idearrrsss. What I gave you is what I do to check my setups. I have four Nuvi 350/OT2 combos plus GTRANS cables for that occasional D710/NUVI combo, depending on what I need for those rushed support activities, like Cycle Oregon or some other in which I have to have a quick install in a 15 passenger rental van or the like. I am in the middle of getting things ready for an event this weekend.
If you know someone in your neck of the woods who has a similar setup, you can try swapping equipment and cables until you find the answer. Otherwise have Scott at Argent Data take a look. Scott usually chimes in when he is not playing with ballons. Now that I think about it, I did have a DOA FMI cable that came from Garmin via Argent Data. I already had a spare and put it to use immediately. I wanted to see what the bump was all about so took the DOA one apart. That reminds me too, I should order another one to have as a spare. Good luck, Larry K7YBZ I will be flying tomorrow and have APRS in the plane. Check K7YBZ-11. --- In [email protected], "Frank C." <fchri...@...> wrote: > > Not sure what else to do. I thought, based off reading, that this was more > plug n play. Seems the tracker2 doesn't auto-key?... > > Regards, > > -Frank C. > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 14:56, "Frank C." <fchri...@...> wrote: > > Larry, > > Yes to the Nüvi being powered via the cradle and the FMI in the side. The > Nüvi has complete coverage as far as I can tell. It gives me 26' accuracy. > > As for the OT2m the activity light is solid green. > > Any other ideas? > > Regards, > > -Frank C. > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 14:33, "k7ybz" <k7...@...> wrote: > > > Not true on the firmware. FMI was supported nearly the entire OT2 production > and well before 54740 dated Aug 2008. However, having the latest firmware > installed in the OT2 is still a good idea. > > Frank, > > Just to make sure.... > > FMI usb end plugged into the NUVI 350 SIDE connector. > Power supplied from the cradle to the rear connector. (I know you said yes to > this, but another confirmation) > I concur that the NUVI should be plugged into the B side of the OT2 and BMODE > set to Garmin. Be sure to set AMODE to AUTO or someting other than GARMIN > otherwise it "could" have unpredictable results. > Obiously, the OT2 needs it own power. > > One solution has been to power up the Nuvi first and leave the OT2 unpowered > until the NUVI has aquired a position, then turn on the OT2. > > If the OT2 activity light is blinking green about one flash per second, it is > receiving GPS data. If the activity light is red, then there are problems. A > caveat to that is that LED will be red until a valid GPS signal is received > but that should not last more than two or three minutes depending on how long > the NUVI has been off (I am talking several days to weeks here). The NUVI has > to aquire one satelite before it can update its database on the other > satelites. > > There is no way to run a continuity check on the FMI cable since that bump > near the mini-b connector end is the level shifter. You would have to take > the DE-9 connector apart and check the wiring, at least check that the > colored wires are going to the correct pins. Other than that, you might have > to send everything back to Scott and have him check it out for you. > > Larry > K7YBZ > > --- In [email protected], Randy Love <rlove31@> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Frank C. <fchrist2@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the Tracker2 i have firmware build 55076 and the Nüvi is version > > > 6.20...If that helps at all. Right now I have the vehicle half torn apart > > > so > > > everything can be in one little area. > > > > > > > I think that firmware isn't new enough to support the FMI cable. > > Try updating to the latest firmware and try again. > > > > 73, > > Randy > > WF5X > > >
