Re: Garmin GPSMAP 76CX PC Connectivity

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:25:41 +0000 (UTC), dold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

Almost any of the "tracking" programs will accept NMEA. NMEA is output on
the serial port. Delorme Street Atlas 2005 will communicate with the 76 on
the USB cable, but I don't know if real time tracking works with NMEA.
There is also a GpsGate that allows NMEA via the USB port, but it costs
$19, more than the price of a serial cable.

Note that there's an "Express" version of GPSGate that costs ten
dollars and should be sufficient for this purpose:

http://franson.com/gpsgate/purchase.asp?license=express&platform=winxp

OTOH and IIRC, the official Garmin serial cable for the 76CX is more
like $40.

http://shop.garmin.com/accessory.jsp?sku=010%2D10141%2D00

Regards,
Gilles.

.

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