Which Serial/USB adapter is compatible with Dell Inspiron ..

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HI! I don't know your laptop but with mine HP I use belkin
f5u109 and it has worked on all that I have tried it on.
Jim

Adrien wrote:
> Sorry y'all for cross posting. But I wasn't sure which site would give
> me the most accurate reply.
>
> I am about to receive a Dell Inspirion notebook and I have a Garmin
> Etrex Legend GPS that I would like to use with my Mapsource products.
> The laptop doesn't have a serial port. Just wondering which
> Serial/USB adapter works with this combo?
>
> Thanks
>
>

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Matt Colie wrote:
> Adrien,
>
> The one that I use for that purpose exactly is an IOGear.
>
> Be a little cautious, not all are fully bi-diredtional. The first one
> that I got was an adapter that would only support a serial mouse.
>
> If you get one that says it will work with a PDA, then you are set.
>
> I have a Compaq laptop and a Garmin 45, 48 and GPSII+ that all work
> fine this way, and the serial cable has been used one some variety
> Dell and something else.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Matt Colie
>
> Adrien wrote:
>> Sorry y'all for cross posting. But I wasn't sure which site would
>> give me the most accurate reply.
>>
>> I am about to receive a Dell Inspirion notebook and I have a Garmin
>> Etrex Legend GPS that I would like to use with my Mapsource products.
>> The laptop doesn't have a serial port. Just wondering which
>> Serial/USB adapter works with this combo?
>>
>> Thanks

Has Microsoft solved the problem of some GPS units being identified as a
mouse?

Q

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Quaoar wrote:

> Matt Colie wrote:
>
>>Adrien,
>>
>>The one that I use for that purpose exactly is an IOGear.
>>
>>Be a little cautious, not all are fully bi-diredtional. The first one
>>that I got was an adapter that would only support a serial mouse.
>>
>>If you get one that says it will work with a PDA, then you are set.
>>
>>I have a Compaq laptop and a Garmin 45, 48 and GPSII+ that all work
>>fine this way, and the serial cable has been used one some variety
>>Dell and something else.
>>
>>Good Luck
>>
>>Matt Colie
>>
>>Adrien wrote:
>>
>>>Sorry y'all for cross posting. But I wasn't sure which site would
>>>give me the most accurate reply.
>>>
>>>I am about to receive a Dell Inspirion notebook and I have a Garmin
>>>Etrex Legend GPS that I would like to use with my Mapsource products.
>>>The laptop doesn't have a serial port. Just wondering which
>>>Serial/USB adapter works with this combo?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>
>
> Has Microsoft solved the problem of some GPS units being identified as a
> mouse?
>
> Q
I don't expect MS to ever solve anything...
In this case. if you start the serial port before attaching the GPS - it
works everytime. It has gotten confused when starting everything at the
same time.
Matt

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Adrien,

I have an Inspiron 5150 and a Belkin USB-serial adapter and a Garmin 12XL
GPS. Here is what works every time. Very counter intuitive.

1. Boot the computer

2. Plug in the adapter with serial port cable for your Garmin GPS.

3. Turn on your GPS.

4. Plug the serial cable into your GPS.

5. Enjoy uploading and downloading waypoints.

Roger


"Adrien" <cruising@we.fun.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry y'all for cross posting. But I wasn't sure which site would give
> me the most accurate reply.
>
> I am about to receive a Dell Inspirion notebook and I have a Garmin
> Etrex Legend GPS that I would like to use with my Mapsource products.
> The laptop doesn't have a serial port. Just wondering which
> Serial/USB adapter works with this combo?
>
> Thanks
>
>