Re: OT: GPS with Autoroute 2007

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:55:30 GMT, "sandy saunders"
<sandy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Now, I connected using USB, and no other program was using the GPS. I went
through the various permutations of switching off, unplugging re-starting
Autoroute etc, but still no detection! Of interest, I am using Windows
Vista.

Is the Vista C60 compatible with Autoroute?

Should I be using a COM port? (I use USB for the mapping software)

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

(Warning! I don't have that GPS or that version of either Windows or
Autoroute, but this is Usenet so why let no knowledge of the facts put
me off?)

I connect my mobile phone to my laptop using a USB cable. However, my
dial-up software demands a COM Port and gives a list of COM1, COM2 etc
upto about COM9. I was able to see, in Windows Device Manager, that
my phone was being regarded as COM5 - even though it was plugged into
a USB port rather than the standard 9-pin serial port.

Have you looked in Device Manager (or whatever Vista has) to see if
your GPS has a COM port number in its properties?

If it does, you may be able to tell Autoroute which COM port it is to
look for the GPS on.

I have a feeling that, originally, my mobile phone appeared on COM11 -
which was not an option in my software. Somehow I managed to change
it to COM5 ....... but I can't remember how.

I hope that helps...... but it probably won't!

Judith

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