{"id":13,"date":"2006-07-09T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2006-07-09T13:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martyndavis.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2006-12-11T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T13:56:11","slug":"getting-it-working-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martyndavis.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Getting it Working on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a victim of the iPod “Halo Effect” (see previous post regarding Nano), I just had to go out and buy a shiny, jangly new Macbook. Ostensibly, of course, so I could test the Route Planner on Safari and figure out how it all works on a Mac. While there’s no way you are going to pry my Linux machine away from me, I am very pleased with the Apple.<\/p>\n

So, how do you get it working with your Garmin Edge (or other) and the Route Planner?<\/p>\n

I knew it could be done because Jon Ellis posted below that he’d done it.<\/p>\n

Firstly I went to the GPSBabel site’s download area, which led here:
\nhttp:\/\/sourceforge.net\/project\/showfiles.php?group_id=58972&package_id=54959<\/a><\/p>\n

I downloaded the GPSBabel+-1.3.0.dmg file, which, although it says it’s for PPC, runs fine on my Intel-based Mac. The package, once installed, gives you both a command-line copy of gpsbabel<\/strong> and also a GUI front end to it. So far so good.
\nNext, I plugged in the GPS unit via USB, and then, in a terminal, ran ‘sudo dmesg’, hoping to see some system messages confirming that the unit had been recognised. Nothing. Hmm, I thought… do I need drivers?<\/em> Searching for terms like “Mac Garmin Edge USB Drivers” basically made me realise pretty quickly that no-one’s very happy with Garmin over their lack of Mac support.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I re-read what Jon had posted and tried it anyway – and it worked! The GUI front end is easy enough to use, but if you want to transfer a file quickly from the command line the syntax which did it for me was:<\/p>\n

gpsbabel -r -i gpx -f foo.gpx -o garmin -F usb:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The key difference being the “usb:” on the end, rather than specifying the pseudo serial port \/dev\/ttyUSB0 which one has to do under Linux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a victim of the iPod “Halo Effect” (see previous post regarding Nano), I just had to go out and buy a shiny, jangly new Macbook. Ostensibly, of course, so I could test the Route Planner on Safari and figure out how it all works on a Mac. While there’s no way you are going … <\/p>\n

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