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GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2
Problem with GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2
According the specifications found in the Garmin Home Page, the GpsMap 276C has TWO NMEA serial Ports (1 and 2), and these are in addition of another USB port. But when I set one of the two serial ports to NMEA, the software switches the other serial port to NONE, that is, I can not have both 2 SERIAL ports,1 and 2, set as NMEA. But the manual implies that this is possible. I think this could be a software problem, as does not make sense to have 2 serial NMEA ports and allowing the user to use only one. The same specification of the two serial ports supported in the GpsMap 3006/3010 is explained more clearly in that unit's manual, pages 72-74. Any coments? |
"Pascal Goncalves" wrote in message
om... Problem with GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2 According the specifications found in the Garmin Home Page, the GpsMap 276C has TWO NMEA serial Ports (1 and 2), and these are in addition of another USB port. But when I set one of the two serial ports to NMEA, the software switches the other serial port to NONE, that is, I can not have both 2 SERIAL ports,1 and 2, set as NMEA. But the manual implies that this is possible. The obvious question is: have you contacted Garmin about this? They do give good support. Meindert |
Of course, I have contacted them, but, as usual, they answered that
"the things are as they are because they are as is". I think they think that the customer is always wrong. I had more than one expererience dealing with them. They only power the unit, see what it is showing and reply that the thing is correct, that is, they ever do not try to interpret correctly what the manual is saying and compare with what the unit is doing before replying your question. After many e-mails, if your question is not discarded imediatelly at all, maybe it can be sended forward to their engineering dept, witch eventualy could make a more deep analisys and pheraps corrects the problem in a future upgrade, but you never know if/when this will be done. Regards Pascal "Meindert Sprang" wrote in message ... "Pascal Goncalves" wrote in message om... Problem with GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2 According the specifications found in the Garmin Home Page, the GpsMap 276C has TWO NMEA serial Ports (1 and 2), and these are in addition of another USB port. But when I set one of the two serial ports to NMEA, the software switches the other serial port to NONE, that is, I can not have both 2 SERIAL ports,1 and 2, set as NMEA. But the manual implies that this is possible. The obvious question is: have you contacted Garmin about this? They do give good support. Meindert |
Of course, I have contacted them, but, as usual, they answered that
"the things are as they are because they are as is". I think they think that the customer is always wrong. I had more than one expererience dealing with them. They only power the unit, see what it is showing and reply that the thing is correct, that is, they ever do not try to interpret correctly what the manual is saying and compare with what the unit is doing before replying your question. After many e-mails, if your question is not discarded imediatelly at all, maybe it can be sended forward to their engineering dept, witch eventualy could make a more deep analisys and pheraps corrects the problem in a future upgrade, but you never know if/when this will be done. Regards Pascal "Meindert Sprang" wrote in message ... "Pascal Goncalves" wrote in message om... Problem with GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2 According the specifications found in the Garmin Home Page, the GpsMap 276C has TWO NMEA serial Ports (1 and 2), and these are in addition of another USB port. But when I set one of the two serial ports to NMEA, the software switches the other serial port to NONE, that is, I can not have both 2 SERIAL ports,1 and 2, set as NMEA. But the manual implies that this is possible. The obvious question is: have you contacted Garmin about this? They do give good support. Meindert |
I just found waht may be a good solution for this problem, independent
of Garmin Support, it appears that GpsGate is the solution .. http://franson.com/gpsgate/ The same with the problem with NMEA BWC and autopilot, pheraps it may be resolved with the use of the NMEA Mux. If Garmin do not answer our needs, we must get another provider .... Regards "Meindert Sprang" wrote in message ... "Pascal Goncalves" wrote in message om... Problem with GpsMap 276C NMEA PORTS 1 and 2 According the specifications found in the Garmin Home Page, the GpsMap 276C has TWO NMEA serial Ports (1 and 2), and these are in addition of another USB port. But when I set one of the two serial ports to NMEA, the software switches the other serial port to NONE, that is, I can not have both 2 SERIAL ports,1 and 2, set as NMEA. But the manual implies that this is possible. The obvious question is: have you contacted Garmin about this? They do give good support. Meindert |
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