GPS Mapping Systems
Submitted: Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 19:57
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Member - Alan John C (WA)
Hallo can someone help us here I have purchased Ozi Explorer mapping system, using a Garmin GPS60 to track info to ozi explorer through windows vista so as to enable live location on laptop while travelling but many hours of trying have failed is there someone out there that can fix our problem
Reply By: Member - Footloose - Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:00
Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:00
Is the GPS communicating with the Laptop ? You might have to ret various speed and port settings ?
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:01
Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:01
Oops. Try various ports and settings is what I meant sorry.
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Reply By: time waster - Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:09
Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 20:09
Also make sure you have the right driver either a 32 bit or 64 bit for your computer using vista I had the blue screen of death after a few minutes with the gps on
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Reply By: Zebra400 - Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 21:03
Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 21:03
Alan
I have run many OziExplorer courses for our 4WD club members, so I understand the learning frustrations you are having.
There are many things that may be causing you grief. It is hard to pinpoint the problem without more details. It may be best to talk through some of these issues off line.
Drop me a line (offline) if you would like some help.
Laurie
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Reply By: bgreeni - Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 00:52
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 00:52
Note you live in WA - I live in
Perth (Western suburb) and have used Ozi for many years. If you are around here perhaps I can help
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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:55
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:55
Alan
The first simple answer is that you must get your laptop up and running and Oziexplorer loaded before you switch the GPS on.
Then go to HELP in Ozi and I am sure that you will be able to get around the many facets of the technology. I have had
mine for 6 years now and still learning....lol
Cheers
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Reply By: Skippy In The GU - Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 08:36
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 08:36
Hi Alan, have you installed Tapsource trip & Waypoint manager on your PC, if so it's easy to find what com port your using by letting the program detect it and then you'll know which one it is, i have heard some PC have over 45 ports
You can also download Mapsource nroute and that too will do moving maps , if you have city navigator program the PC can also tell you when to turn.
Another thing , are you using the usb lead or the old 4 pin power / data lead from GPSr to PC
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Follow Up By: Skippy In The GU - Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:22
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:22
The first line should be "Mapsource Trip & Waypoint Manager"
The "T" button is no where near the "M" button on my keyboard so
I don't know how I stuffed that one up .. :-)
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Reply By: Member - John and Val W (ACT) - Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 13:17
Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 13:17
Alan,
I'm not using Vista, but the following announcement regarding an upgrade is on the Ozi website :
"6th February 2007 - New release version 3.95.4p of OziExplorer is available for download from the OziExplorer Software page. The only changes made are to fix some issues when using the Windows Vista operating system."
Might be worth checking to see you have latest version.
John
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