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Driver for GPS-500 for XP
This is a discussion on Driver for GPS-500 for XP within the Laptop GPS Hardware forums, part of the General Talk category; I want to use Pharos GPS-500 with Garmin MobilePC but can't find the driver for GPS-500. Went ...
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October 26th, 2008, 03:28 AM
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Driver for GPS-500 for XP
I want to use Pharos GPS-500 with Garmin MobilePC but can't find the driver for GPS-500. Went to Prolific and downloaded PL2303-Driver_XP2K_v204102.exe but it does not recognize the GPS-500. I did have an older version of the Prolific driver, which had *.inf and *.sys files, and it worked but my HD crashed and my drivers along with it. If I could get *.inf and *.sys files from PL2303-Driver_XP2K_v204102.exe maybe it would work. But I do not know how.
    
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October 26th, 2008, 04:14 AM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
I didn't even have to copy it from the DVD. I just let XP search the internet (or whatever it does) when I plugged in the device. It took a minute or so, found the driver and installed it. I used the same approach with Vista too.Did you try that approach?
Or you can download it from here: http://www.pharosgps.com/support/dow...E_ID=35#Driver Make sure you remove the Prolific drivers if you aren't using them. they don't work with that unit and can cause other issues. Terry Last edited by tcassidy; October 26th, 2008 at 04:19 AM.
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October 26th, 2008, 10:04 AM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
That's exactly the one that didn't work. I also let it search but it found nothing.
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October 26th, 2008, 10:35 AM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
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October 26th, 2008, 02:53 PM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
What do you mean by 'didn't work'? Did Windows say it could not find drivers for the device or are you having trouble using it? What does Windows say right now when you plug the GPS in?
Terry
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October 26th, 2008, 11:16 PM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
Could not find drivers, including looking at windows update. I do not know how to extract *.inf and *sys files from Prolific PL2303-Driver_XP2K_v204102.exe file, maybe if there was a way to do that I could just point to wherever these files are and install the driver. I cannot believe I am the only one having this problem.
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October 26th, 2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: Driver for GPS-500 for XP
I really think you are looking in the wrong direction. I do not believe this unit uses the Prolific PL2303 drivers.
I checked the 2008 DVD and it lists 3 ser2plms files. Terry
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