GarminMobilePC 5.00.70g (English+Russian+Finnish+Swedish+Romanian )

**jackmawatan** · 17th April 2013, 03:01 PM

@neil, thanks for the reply.
my unit is viliv s5. it's got a built in internal gps. i used to have the GMPC 50.00.10 version working fine until i fancied upgrading to GMPC 50.00.70. I couldn't make it work. just now i have installed the old version that you just gave me and it seems like it doesn't work either this time. i re installed the 50.00.70, looks like it is going to work because the gps is already found but it couldn't get a satellite position. i let it search for satellite overnight, left it by the window with clear blue sky but still no signs of the birds. GPS is read by Franson's GPSgate using the virtual port 5,6,7 and 8. i wonder what could be missing in my process. the only thing i notice now is the .70 version shows all the serial ports created by Franson's GPSgate. alot of them around 6 or 7 ports while the .10 version is showing only one port and that is the Comm1 port. why can' they be the same? if i could only get all those ports in .10 version, i am sure i can get the satellite fix but the problem is it can only search for 1.

syzygy · 18th April 2013, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by jackmawatan

i re installed the 50.00.70, looks like it is going to work because the gps is already found but it couldn't get a satellite position. i let it search for satellite overnight, left it by the window with clear blue sky but still no signs of the birds. GPS is read by Franson's GPSgate using the virtual port 5,6,7 and 8. i wonder what could be missing in my process.

Did you run the GPSGate as administrator?

**jackmawatan** · 18th April 2013, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by syzygy

Did you run the GPSGate as administrator?

no, i didn't run it as admin. just the normal way soon as i open the apps. i just lost the connection with gpsgate again. as i renewed all the profiles. this would take me another whole day to get it back connected with internal gps.

edit. just checked the unit now. since it is running windows xp, i don't know how to run the program as an admin. not the way how it is in win7.

**Neil** · 17th April 2013, 11:09 PM

Maybe this is when things changed?:

Changes made from version 5.00.30 to 5.00.50:
Update GPS connection processing for some third party GPS drivers.
Update COM port searches and display listings.

**Neil** · 25th May 2013, 10:51 PM

@slice2013
Welcome to GPSPower. Are you using a basemap with your .70 installation? Those symptoms can happen if using GMPC with only a detail map.

**slice2013** · 25th May 2013, 11:37 PM

Thanks of the welcome! On .60 I did not and worked flawlessly, then after reading the board from the new .70g post and needing a basemap I downloaded Garmin.WW.Autoroute.DEM.Basemap.NR.3.00_20090129 (gmapbmap.img) and then the latest Garmin CN North America NT 2014.10 Unlocked IMG Maps (d/l from torrent) and just extracted the USA-Hawaii and placed gmapsupp.img and the gmapbmap.img in the GarminMobilePc directory which is on the root of the C: drive placed the 2 files in the root of GarminMobilePc directory (I am on a Surface Pro (Windows 8))and when I open Garmin PC and go to tools area to manage maps they are both there. So did I do something wrong, or place the wrong files? Do i need to do anything (config) with these 2 maps in the same area? Thanks for the guidance

**Neil** · 26th May 2013, 12:34 AM

That basemap is maybe too big. You can try using the small Garmin basemap recommended for GMXT, it's old [2007] but may overcome the 'choppiness'. The link's in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], or you could remove DEM from V3 or V5 basemap using GMapTool. The other possible problem is how you 'extracted' USA & Hawaii from the full NA image. Did you use GMapTool to take parts from the full NA map image? If you only want a part of a map it's better to use BaseCamp/MapInstall or even MapSource [getting a bit old though] to take the parts you want from a gmap folder and that way create a correctly compiled image.

**slice2013** · 26th May 2013, 01:09 AM

Thanks Neil. Neil didn't extract anything. The torrent file that was posted here in the rar file there was a full Na and just Na and Hawaii. Did have to do anything it was posted like that. I will try the basemap and let you know. Thanks for all the help.

MTical84 · 20th October 2013, 11:49 PM

I had to reinstall Garmin Mobile PC, I have version 5.00.60g. I was able to install without problem and I thought I added maps without problems but View Map says "no map". Under Map Sets it DOES show "Detailed maps C:\GarminMobilePC\" and when I click on that it shows "CN North America NT 2010.10. C:\GarminMobilePC\ 1173.8MB" which is what I had loaded.

Anyone have an idea as to why it can see the version of map installed but not actually find the map?