Comments on: Velocitek SC-1 and Mac OS X Leopard http://www.billblevins.com/2008/05/velocitek-sc-1-and-mac-os-x-leopard/ Adventures in our new 2.4 meter sailboats Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bill Blevins http://www.billblevins.com/2008/05/velocitek-sc-1-and-mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-159 Bill Blevins Fri, 30 May 2008 10:05:48 +0000 http://www.billblevins.com/?p=92#comment-159 Hey Tom, Everything is going well. I loaded VMware Fusion and with that program loaded Windows XP, then the Velocitek software and everything is working perfectly. I could not get Parallels 3.0 to recognize the SC-1 on the USB port. With VMware Fusion, the only oddity is that I have to take one battery out of the SC-1 and then put it back in before I plug it in to the USB port so that XP sees the unit. It is really not a problem. I did download the latest version of GPS Action Replay directly from their site at http://www.gpsactionreplay.com because there is a JAVA version that runs on the Mac side for replaying races and viewing tracks, etc. without needing to fire up Windows. The only thing I need Windows for now is to export the data out of the SC-1 and to do the Velocitek firmware updates. There was a firmware update the week after I got everything up and running. That update went smoothly. I store the raw data in the default folders on the Windows side and also copy them to race date folders on the Mac side just to make things easier when I want to review or show off to friends. I am still learning to use the unit on the water but the computer part after I get home is going well. I am using a MacBook Pro with OS X Version 10.5.2 and a 2.16 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4 GB of RAM. Bill Hey Tom,

Everything is going well. I loaded VMware Fusion and with that program loaded Windows XP, then the Velocitek software and everything is working perfectly. I could not get Parallels 3.0 to recognize the SC-1 on the USB port.

With VMware Fusion, the only oddity is that I have to take one battery out of the SC-1 and then put it back in before I plug it in to the USB port so that XP sees the unit. It is really not a problem.

I did download the latest version of GPS Action Replay directly from their site at http://www.gpsactionreplay.com because there is a JAVA version that runs on the Mac side for replaying races and viewing tracks, etc. without needing to fire up Windows.

The only thing I need Windows for now is to export the data out of the SC-1 and to do the Velocitek firmware updates. There was a firmware update the week after I got everything up and running. That update went smoothly.

I store the raw data in the default folders on the Windows side and also copy them to race date folders on the Mac side just to make things easier when I want to review or show off to friends.

I am still learning to use the unit on the water but the computer part after I get home is going well.

I am using a MacBook Pro with OS X Version 10.5.2 and a 2.16 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4 GB of RAM.

Bill

]]> By: Tom Dignam http://www.billblevins.com/2008/05/velocitek-sc-1-and-mac-os-x-leopard/#comment-158 Tom Dignam Fri, 30 May 2008 02:16:54 +0000 http://www.billblevins.com/?p=92#comment-158 Hi Bill, How are you coming along using your MacBook Pro and the Velocitek? I'm going to have to install Windows on my Macbook Pro as well and thought I'd give you a shout and hope you have some further insights and suggestions for another Mac user. Warm regards, Tom Dignam Still Pond, MD Hi Bill,
How are you coming along using your MacBook Pro and the Velocitek? I’m going to have to install Windows on my Macbook Pro as well and thought I’d give you a shout and hope you have some further insights and suggestions for another Mac user.

Warm regards,
Tom Dignam
Still Pond, MD

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