[GRASS-user] v.in.gpsbabel, Garmin USB and Macintosh

[William Kyngesburye]

I've tried some gpsbabel stuff on Mac OS X.  I have a Magellan MAP  
330, it's serial, so I need to run in thru a USB-Serial converter.   
So far not much luck with gpsbabel, tho I can get it to work with  
other Mac GPS apps.  I don't have a USB GPS device to test.

I don't see any *usb* devices, like Paolo mentioned, even cu.usb*.  I  
guess usb keyboards and mice get their own special naming, and the  
usb-serial converter is cu.USA19QW3d1P1.1.  You could try ls -l cu.*  
instead to see what's there, maybe the Garmin is named without  
'usb'.  Try it before and after the Garmin is plugged in.

What gpsbabel are you using?  The GPSBabel+ you can find for Mac OS  
X, or your own build?  Which version?  PPC or Intel Mac?  That  
GPSBabel+ is PPC-only, and may have problems running thru Rosetta on  
Intel Macs (it shouldn't).

On Sep 22, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Dave Kent wrote:

>
> Hi all.
>
> I am trying to download gps data using v.in.gpsbabel.  I have a  
> Garmin C60 gps and am using Grass 6.3CVS on  mac os 10.4.  I am  
> using the USB connection.
>
> The gpsbabel application on its own works.
>
> When I try v.in.gpsbabel I get.
>
> Downloading Tracks from GPS
> [ERROR] XSERIAL: Cannot open serial port '/dev/cu.usbserial0': ?ÿç  
> No such file or directory
> [ERROR] Cannot open serial port '/dev/cu.usbserial0'
> GARMIN:Can't init /dev/cu.usbserial0
> v.in.gpsbabel: Error retrieving data
>
> I have tried many device names including those in the help pages.  / 
> dev/cu.usbserial0  in the above example was from   http:// 
> wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/MakingGpxTracks
>
> Has anyone had success with this combination?  What device name works?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Dave
>
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