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Garmin

The newest handheld Garmins like the 78SC come with a USB cable and when plugged into a PC, look like a removable

drive. Therefore, they can be treated just like a USB memory stick for transfer of data in and out. That is, you don’t use

this Upload/Download menu choice, but instead use the Import/Export menu. Navigate to the Garmin/GPX folder and

Import the GPX file into SeaMarks or export one from SeaMarks to the GPS directly.

Note: The utility called pcGarmin was created by Ron Whatley and updated until 2004 when he died. Therefore, this

utuility may not handle Garmin software changes beyond 2004. Most notably, the ability to download waypoints from

the newer Garmins such as the GPSmap 498 may not work. Alternatively, Garmin has software called Homeport or

Mapsource that can handle the transfer.

An alternative for these Garmins is the use of a chip to handle the waypoints via import and export routines. For those

customers that have a Garmin with the original proprietary Garmin chip and who do not have the appropriate chip reader,

Andren Software has one. Contact us for help with this. While we don't want to loan out the reader, we can get your

data on or off your card if you send it to us.

For those Garmin models that do the normal cable transfer, here is how to proceed. In the Garmin GPS, set the mode to

GRMN/GRMN or Garmin Data Transfer proprietary protocol. For Garmin interchange set the speed to 9600 baud. The

program will attempt to find the right COM port automatically. It should try to initialize immediately and will show the

results on the screen. For example, it will show the Product Identification (ID), a description of the GPS, the current

Lat/Lon/altitude, the estimated position error, the date, and the time. Some of these may not be present if the GPS has

not locked on to the satellites. If it fails to communicate at all, a message to that effect will be displayed. If the

communications parameters need to be changed, there is a menu item in the upper left corner of the pcGarmin screen

called Comm Settings. This will allow you to set the port and baud rate and to make a diagnostic log of all

communications. For USB operation, the Comm port should be set to USB unless you are using a USB to serial

converter. See the first part of this chapter to find out what Comm port it is using. Once communications is

accomplished, the GPS identification will be displayed and traffic will be evident in the window.

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