OK..thanks guys. I just ordered a powered cradle. It cost me as much as the 350 did. I have 35 bucks in the 350 plus charger.
I like the idea of splitting the cable to run around the back..too bad it isn't a standard connector. I have adapted finger pad connections like that before but in this case I guess it just made sense to roll over and buy the cradle. Hey..if it was easy, everyone would do it! :) Curt KU8L --- In [email protected], "k7ybz" <k7...@...> wrote: > > Curt, > > It may seem like the power connections are the same but they are not. The > power connector on the back is strickly a power connector. The mini-b > connector on the side can be switched internally for supplying power or for > charging. Garmin uses the ID pin to "sense" what is connected to the side > port. Each of Garmins chargers has a different value on the ID pin. The AC > charger has 15k ohms between ground and the ID pin and 15K between power and > the ID pin. The FMI cable has 8.2K between the ID pin and ground. In this > case, the unit knows it must supply power to the cable and does an internal > configuration where it makes sure power is connected on the back. Hence the > message a device requires power. > > You should be able to find a replacement cradle. Garmin still refurbishes the > 350's and would have parts available. They have shown up on eBay also. > > Larry > K7YBZ > > > --- In [email protected], "captcurt@" <captcurt@> wrote: > > > > Im not trying to modify anything. If the back power pins and the side > > power pins are connected together inside the unit anyway, then it doesn't > > matterwhere the power comes in.. It sounds like most of the "advice" given > > here is not based on fact but only what will work with off-the-shelf > > cabling. No one can buy a side power/FMI cable so they assume it cant work > > that way. The problem is, no one seems to know for sure. > > > > > > Never mind..I'll figure it out. > > Curt > > KU8L > > > > --- In [email protected], <wyoming_semi_driver@> wrote: > > > > > > I just don't understand why everyone makes everything so hard. why not > > > just use the back power port and tape the two cords together and not be > > > trying to mode the gps and make it to where there might be a odd that a > > > 130.00 gps will not work again. not trying to start any fights just my > > > own opions and trying to understand people. it would be like me taking a > > > OT2m apart and trying to add my own stuff to it when it isn't made for > > > what I add to it and then the OT2m doesn't work and then I'm out of > > > 95.00. its just like when my OT2m stopped working one day I didn't even > > > try to take it apart at all, the first thing I did was ship it back to > > > scott. > > > K7CDL > > > Ron > > > > > > > > > From: captcurt@ > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:08 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [tracker2] Re: powering the nuvi 350 > > > > > > > > > > > > I thot the thing that triggered the FMI mode was the pinx to ground with > > > the 8.2K resistor at the side port?? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Al Waschka <awaschka@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I believe the answer is no, you must use the power from the mount in > > > > order to enable the fleet management interface which causes the 350 to > > > > output location messages to the OT2 and receives POI data from the OT2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Al K5TAN > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 4/6/10, captcurt@ <captcurt@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: captcurt@ <captcurt@> > > > > Subject: [tracker2] powering the nuvi 350 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:28 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for all the basic questions..just don't want to mess anything up. > > > > > > > > The info I have read on this site says the Nuvi 350 must be powered > > > > externally in order to work with the FMI interface. > > > > > > > > Can I use the side minib connector for both the data and power > > > > connection by making up a cable? I dont have a powered mount for the > > > > nuvi. The side connector is where I currently plug in the car > > > > charger/power connector. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Curt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >
