GPS came without drivers, need a download source for a usb to serial emulation driver

acrimonious · 10-01-2004

I bought a cheapo USB GPS unit of ebay alot like this one...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...723534664&rd=1

I belive it uses the SiRFSTAR II chipset.

It came with no drivers, the seller wont answer my mails. I need to locate a serial emulation drive I can use with it, I've had it working on another machine with a driver that came with a program called GPS Information, but I lost that hard-drive to the click of death and am now totally without GPS.

I'm on a laptop with no serial ports.

I can see this question comes up alot on these forums, but despite all my searching I couldn't find a link to a driver, so sorry if this has been posted before.

HighJoe · 10-01-2004

I'm sorry to hear your having problems. I did some googling, trying to find a picture/unit match to locate some drivers but no joy. However, as an alternative, perhaps you could return that unit and pick this one up, it works GREAT! And, it comes with the needed drivers. It's about $15 US more then the one you picked up off ebay. But for the quality and completeness of the unit, I'd say it would be worth it.

acrimonious · 10-02-2004

I manage to find a drive download off the leadtek website for a GPS unit that uses the same chipset, the driver works fine and the free software that relays all the information in a nice GUI works as well.

HighJoe · 10-02-2004

Now you can enjoy the fun of actually mapping the (approximate) location of the apps you stumble across. Enjoy!

10-01-2004	#1 (permalink)
acrimonious Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	GPS came without drivers, need a download source for a usb to serial emulation driver I bought a cheapo USB GPS unit of ebay alot like this one... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...723534664&rd=1 I belive it uses the SiRFSTAR II chipset. It came with no drivers, the seller wont answer my mails. I need to locate a serial emulation drive I can use with it, I've had it working on another machine with a driver that came with a program called GPS Information, but I lost that hard-drive to the click of death and am now totally without GPS. I'm on a laptop with no serial ports. I can see this question comes up alot on these forums, but despite all my searching I couldn't find a link to a driver, so sorry if this has been posted before.

10-01-2004	#2 (permalink)
HighJoe No Network Too Far Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the beach Posts: 15	I'm sorry to hear your having problems. I did some googling, trying to find a picture/unit match to locate some drivers but no joy. However, as an alternative, perhaps you could return that unit and pick this one up, it works GREAT! And, it comes with the needed drivers. It's about $15 US more then the one you picked up off ebay. But for the quality and completeness of the unit, I'd say it would be worth it. __________________ HighJoe

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HighJoe No Network Too Far Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the beach Posts: 15	Glad to hear you're up and running. :) Now you can enjoy the fun of actually mapping the (approximate) location of the apps you stumble across. Enjoy! __________________ HighJoe

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10-02-2004	#3 (permalink)
acrimonious Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	I manage to find a drive download off the leadtek website for a GPS unit that uses the same chipset, the driver works fine and the free software that relays all the information in a nice GUI works as well.