Re: [gpsd-users] Garmin Oregon 400 in spanner mode with gpsd 3.5-1

[Miroslav Pragl]

Gary,
I closed my eyes and downgraded my @#$! GPS from firmware 4.20 to 4.00. 
Guess what? It started working at first attempt. So the article below 
(http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/32095350) was the 
most useful at the end ;-)

went on upgrading and testing:
- FW 4.10 is still working.
- FW 4.20 (latest available) rendered GPS unusable with gpsd (I haven't 
tried betas between stable versions 4.10 and 4.20)

Pretty good list of firmware and changes can be found at 
http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Versions

So - first my deep apologize to keep you so busy and many thanks for 
help. Now what do we do? How can I help you fix it (I don't believe 
there's chance Garmin is going to do it)? I'm afraid some reverse 
engineering will be necessary here unless Garmin helps us.

MP


> > I do not see how that applies.
>
> "1. Garmin spanner is not working anymore with gpsd (2.93/2.95) - it was
> fine with 4.00. Something must have been changed - but: gpsbabel can
> still read the current position"