GPS and gpsbabel

THese work on the LINUX Ununtu system:

Via directly plugged in Serial cable

gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS0 -o kml -F gpsfile.kml

Via USB pl2072 dongle:

gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F gpsfile.kml

Optins: -r route -w waypoints -t tracks

CAUTION: -t takes quite a long time to download - for a 40% full GPS receiver, it took over 3 minutes.

ON MAC OSX:

./gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/tty.usbserial -o kml -F 02042008.kml

ALSO:

If you see the error message which says [ERROR] A800_Off: Not acknowledged then cycle the power on the Garmin and try again - somehow if you cancel/do not finish a previous operation, something gets jammed in the communications and this error message will appear.

Last updated: Monday June 02, 2008