So in my CarPC setup, all my drivers appeared good. All my GPS software(Garmin MobilePC, Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010[I <3 MSDNAA], so far) kept reporting that my USB connected iGPS-500 wasn’t successfully finding satellites, or if it was it was it detected like 1 or 2 and/or was sending gibberish to the computer(found some GPS/com testing program).
Disabled buffers and whatnot in device manager. I eventually gave up figuring Win7 x64 needed some additional drivers or program or something. I went back and tried the drivers from S&T 2010/2008/2007, well 2010 was the only one I had that had Win7/Vista drivers, and x64 at that. So I tracked down the drivers from Pharos. I actually managed to track down two revisions. It took me a while to stumble across the second link.
http://www.pharosgps.com/support/downloads/list_subcategory.asp?TYPE_ID=2&SUBTYPE_ID=35
and
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31
Well I got it loaded and device manager reported error code 10. I don’t know if anyone else is seeing it that has been having problems, but the second link actually has a link to an FAQ page regarding the error. Basically it means the adapter/cable is bad/incompatible.
My setup has many reused parts from the past. I had bought S&T a while back when it came with the iGPS-360, the bigger version of the 500. Bundled with that one was a single USB adapter cable, not the little thumbdrive-like nub you get with the iGPS-500. Well thanks to it being a thumbdrive-like nub, I can’t find it and have been using my iGPS-360′s cable instead. This is the cable’s third install, first was the backseat of a 1994 Ford Explorer, then a laptop-in-a-bag install in my Scion tC about 2 years ago, and now is in an actual in-dash install. It’s been pretty beat up so it’s likely needed to be replaced.
If the damn replacement adapter wasn’t $40 with an extension cable, I’d actually test and make sure that was the issue. Well way-back-when I’d also gotten a BT adapter for the iGPS-500 for use with my old ATT 8525… I’d just managed to loose the power cable up until this morning. ^.^ So I’m under the assumption the issue is a bad cable, but since I’ve given Bluetooth abilities to my install I’m just going to pull the adapter cable and setup the BT adapter for use in the car. I’ve already tested it with another system and GPS software and it found my backyard just fine.
Once class is out I’ll finish up swapping everything. I’ll also get some screenshots of everything too to add to all the pictures I’ve gotten so far of the install.