[Xastir-Dev] scripts/track-get.pl not working

[J. Lance Cotton]

I just tried out the track-get.pl script to download a track from my 
garmin GPS's and was unsuccessful.

I have an eTrex Vista and an eTrex Legend and both failed the same way. 
Hooked GPS up to /dev/ttyS0 (which I have rwx permissions for) and set 
it for "Garmin" mode. Through firmware changes they (Garmin) appear to 
have changed this title from "Garmin/Garmin" mode, but I think it's 
still the same.

Also have the latest GPS::Garmin bundle for perl.

When I run the script, it asks for an "Item Designator". I tried putting 
in a unique value here (ABC) as well as the name of an already saved 
tracklog (HWY6P1) but both give the same results.

Get a "GPS Device has timed out" error after about 7-10 seconds and the 
tracklog file exists but is empty.

Could Garmin have changed the serial speed to something other than 9600 
for Garmin mode?

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