My Magellan Explorist 500 will not talk to OziExplorer on my Fujitsu laptop .

You have to have Oziexplorer open and running on your laptop before you switch your GPS on.


The trouble with you is that you have nothing to do and so you play with all your toys till they break.....hahahahahahaha

Go paint the house or dig a billabong or.............................


Cheers

Try a different baud rate,my meridian wouldn't work with the original setting.

So Willie, you have it plugged in and turned on?
Have you discovered which USB port it is plugged into? You will need to have that set in File/Configuration/Com, Com port, number, Baud rate, Bits parity,
You will also want to set the GPS to Garmin and select your model

Once you have set up your GPS on your lap top (com port ect) shut it down on your computer. The moving map and the gps will be trying to access the same com port. I have a different brand of logger and computer but this was the only way I could get it to work.
Good luck

We tried just about everything today.

GPS
1. Explorist was recieving a signal.
2. GPS set to NMEA transmission and tried all options.

PC
1. Driver loaded.
2. Found the Explorist in Device Manager/Modem on Port 3
3. Tried all baud rates in Ozi COM.
4. Tried Magellan and NMEA settings in Ozi GPS.

Rebooted both devices.
Checked a few websites for similar problems.

Ran out of ideas and sent Willie packing ;)

Greg,

I was looking for the specific device in the list and the Megallen USB wasn't on the list in the older version of Ozi that Willie had.
I've just spoken to him at GPS OZ. They have now tried the latest version of Ozi and Megallen USB without any luck. They've also tried a new cable. They are now checking the operating system on the laptop.
Thanks for your input.

Hi everyone ,

This morning , I spent an hour at GPSOZ where first Bernie and then Brian tried to get it to work . But it was all in vain .

Brian thinks that the problem is with a driver of the Magellan or Oziexplorer ( I cannot remember which he said ) not recognizing the other device .

The issue is complicated by the fact that my Fujitsu runs XP Windows tablet version , but we think this is not the problem .

At this stage the greatest minds are stumped and a Magellan Explorist 500 will not work with Oziexplorer . It's only a cheap GPS , so what does it matter !!

While there , I purchased a $100 GPS that sits under the windscreen and is powered by the USB port . Works great with Ozi and I hope it does not stuff up in the future .

So , I now have Moving Map .

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this discussion , I really appreciated it . I will let you know if there is any solution to the Magellan problem .

Willie .