| Q.
The PCX5 program indicates that the Product software ID code is not recognized. What can I do? |
A. GARMIN is continually developing GPS products, and the software profiles of these new products will need to be added to the current version of the PC program.
This procedure only needs to be done once and adds the software profile details of a new unit to the PCX5 unit.dat file. You must have PCX5 version 2.09 or PCX5AVD 2.08 for this to work. If you have an earlier version of PCX5, please contact our Technical Support Department to receive an update to the program.
Please note: PCX5/PCX5AVD will not work with the StreetPilot or Color StreetPilot
These instructions are for correcting the following error message when using newer GPS units with PCX5/PCX5AVD:
"This software is unable to communicate with this model GARMIN unit.
This unit identification that was transmitted is:
GPS <unit> Software Version <ver>
Please contact GARMIN Product Support."
Steps: - Close PCX5/PCX5AVD.
- Open an MS-DOS Prompt window. One way to do this is as follows: For Windows 95/98/NT systems, click START->RUN. Type in COMMAND and press ENTER. For Win 3.x systems, exit Windows. You will now be at an MS-DOS prompt (for example, c:\windows).
- Type cd\ and press ENTER.
- Type cd and press ENTER.
For example: cd garmin and press ENTER.
- Type the appropriate PCX5 -ut command from the list below and press ENTER.
For example:pcx5 -ut0962030050003 and press ENTER. Be sure to use zeros, not the letter 'O' and to put a space between PCX5 and the -ut.
Please Note: - This only needs to be run once. The program will start and should be run normally from there.
- It's a good idea to write this in the manual in case the program needs to be reloaded.
- If you get an "Error: Supplied unit data not valid! Software will not terminate" the code was not entered properly. Re-enter the correct code.
- If you enter the code, but still get the message, make sure you have the proper code for your unit.
- If the code will still not work, from the program directory type: attrib -r unit.dat and press ENTER then type the code in again.
| GPS |
SW Ver |
PCX5 -ut code |
| 12/12XL |
3.62
3.70
4.00
4.01
4.02
4.51
4.51
4.52
4.53 |
PCX5 -ut0962030050003
PCX5 -ut0872030050003
PCX5 -ut0962030050003
PCX5 -ut0872030050003
PCX5 -ut0962030050003
PCX5 -ut0872030050003
PCX5 -ut0962030050003
PCX5 -ut0962030050003
PCX5 -ut0872030050003 |
| 12CX |
2.00 |
PCX5 -ut1162030100003 |
| II Plus |
2.11
3.00
3.01
3.02 |
PCX5 -ut0972030050003
PCX5 -ut0972030050003
PCX5 -ut0972030050003
PCX5 -ut0972030050003 |
| III Plus |
All |
PCX5 -ut1192030050003 |
| 48 |
All |
PCX5 -ut0962030050003 |
| 92 |
All |
PCX5AVD -ut1122030050009 |
| 126/128 |
All |
PCX5 -ut0952030050003 |
| 180/185 |
All |
PCX5 -ut0892030050003 |
| 215/225 |
All |
PCX5 -ut0882050100002 |
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