Re: [gpsd-users] Garmin Oregon 400 in spanner mode with gpsd 3.5-1

[Miroslav Pragl]

> OK, I think I see the problem.  Your GPS has the same USB Vendor/product
> ID as a Garmin USB Binary devive, but is using the Garmin Serial Binary
> protocol.  Very dumb move on their part as the protocols differ, but
> I have no way to tell which one to use.
>
> I am constantly surprised at how Garmin continues to do dumb things.
>
> My first suggestion would be to put the GPS in a sane NMEA mode and then
Actually, although this @!# GPS pretends to know NMEA, it can do only 
two modes:
- Garmin Spanner
- USB Mass Storage
(if I choose other than Garmin Spanner mode in GPS setup it switches 
immediately into mass storage mode after connected to computer)

> try that.  Problem is the kernel will probably try to still jam Garmin
> USB binary down the GPS's throat.
>
> If that does not work, then remove the garmin module and try again.
When I rmmod garmin_gps I lose /dev/ttyUSBx so that I have no device to 
run gpsd on (unless you do)

yup, gsbabel can use some freaky autodetect "usb:" device

> Can you send me the output of:
>         lsusb
Bus 001 Device 033: ID 091e:0003 Garmin International GPS (various models)

MP