</para>
<para>
- Supported models on USB include
- <simplelist columns="5">
+ Supported Garmin GPS receivers with USB include
+ <simplelist columns="4">
<member>Edge 205</member>
<member>Edge 305</member>
<member>eTrex Legend C</member>
<member>StreetPilot i2</member>
<member>StreetPilot i3</member>
<member>StreetPilot i5</member>
+<member>Zumo<footnoteref linkend="gpx"/></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
-<para>and most serial units including:
-<simplelist columns="5">
+<para>and most serial Garmin GPS receivers including:
+<simplelist columns="4">
<member>eMap</member>
<member>eTrex Camo</member>
<member>eTrex Legend</member>
</para>
<para>
- To communicate with a unit serially, use the name of that
- serial port such as "COM1" or "/dev/cu.serial".
+ To communicate with a Garmin GPS serially, use the name of that
+ serial port such as <filename>COM1</filename> or <filename>/dev/cu.serial</filename>.
</para>
<para>
- To communicate via USB use "usb:" as the filename on all OSes.
- Thus, to read the waypoints from a Garmin USB unit and write
+ To communicate via USB use <filename>usb:</filename> as the filename on all OSes.
+ Thus, to read the waypoints from a Garmin USB receiver and write
them to a GPX file:
</para>
If you have multiple units attached via USB, you may provide
a unit number, with zero being the implied default. So if you
have three USB models on your system, they can be addressed as
- "usb:0", "usb:1", and "usb:2". To get a list of recognized devices,
+ <filename>usb:0</filename>, <filename>usb:1</filename>, and <filename>usb:2</filename>. To get a list of recognized devices,
specifiy a negative number such as:
</para>
<para><userinput>gpsbabel -i garmin -f usb:-1</userinput></para>
<para>
When reporting problems with the Garmin format, be sure to include
the full unit model, firmware version, and be prepared to offer
-debugging dumps by adding "-D9" to the command line, like:
+debugging dumps by adding <option>-D9</option> to the command line, like:
</para>
<para><userinput> gpsbabel -D9 -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F blah.gpx</userinput></para>
getty, pppd, etc.) is using the serial port.
</para>
<para>
- For models connected via USB, we recommend use of the 'usb:'
+ For models connected via USB, we recommend use of the <filename>usb:</filename>
filename. For this to work on Windows, you must install
the Garmin driver. For Linux, this will fail if have the garmin_gps
kernel module loaded.