Mobile Crossing WayPoint Map Loader Instrukcja Operatora Pobierz pdf (Strona 106)

The menu arrangement of this model is somewhat different from previous models. Going from recollection, here is the

sequence of operations to get your data saved to the SD card. Push the Menu button. This brings up a list of icons on

the left side of the screen one of which is File. Use the rotary knob to scroll to the File icon and then push the knob to

select it. This opens a screen with options like Export Points and Routes. To save your waypoints select this one and

you should get another screen that says: "an SD card has been found in slot A or B, do you want to use it?". Use the

rotary knob to select YES and push the knob to do it. Then, you get a screen wanting a name for the file. You use the

knob to select letters or numbers for the file name by the rotate/press technique. Once you have completed the file name,

press the knob another time. This should cause the GPS to save all the waypoints, routes, and tracks to the card in a set

of 4 or 5 files. I did not notice any indicator of progress or finality, so wait a minute or so before removing the card from

the machine and putting it into your PC.

With the program, use: TOOLS>IMPORT WAYPOINTS>FURUNO>FURUNO NAVNET 3D SD CARD. This

should get you a file opening dialog that is looking for a *_wpt.csv file where * represents the name you gave it.

Navigate to the SD card drive and the file you saved should show up. Select your file and it should open and be

displayed. Note that there are 4 files in the set and all 4 should be on the card. The others are for tracks, routes, and

group names.

The Icons in the GPS are currently not exactly converted to program icons as they use a different set and are very hard to

read in most cases.

Naming conventions

Many but not all models of Furuno use the following naming conventions. The name in the GPS might only be allowed

to be 6 characters long (except GP7000) and there can be no duplicates. Newer units will allow longer names and

greater numbers of points. The only allowed characters are those that can be entered from the keyboard of the GPS.

These include the numbers and upper case letters. The only punctuation allowed is the hyphen, the underscore, and the

pound sign. With these facts in mind, the program will go through a file and make sure there are no duplicates, replacing

any non-allowed characters by allowed ones. Spaces, for example are filled with hyphens.

If the file to be exported is longer than will fit in the GPS, it can be split on exporting. As an example, my 80 Ft reefs

file is 2563 waypoints and only 1000 might fit in a particular model. So, I split it as the first 950 in one file, the middle

950 in another and the last 950 in a third. This gives me about a 200-waypoint overlap between files and leaves 50

waypoints free for at-sea capture of new spots. So, you ask, how can I put these three files on the SD card if they are all

named the same? The answer is to load three or more cards. Then label the cards as to their contents. These cards can

be pretty small and therefore cheap as the files are small. Old camera cards will do. By the way, I have heard that

certain older Furunos only accept 128 MB or smaller cards. These are no longer sold retail, but you can probably buy

them on Ebay. If your GPS model allows you to name the files, then you can put multiple files on one card. A 128-MB

card can hold about 120 files of 1000 waypoints each.

Problems

John McWhite discovered an issue with the Furuno VX2 GPS plotters. They will not transfer the total number of

waypoints written to a chip. There is no pattern to it as they have tested multiple units. Everything is right on the chip,

and the conversions made by the program work in other 1650 and 1850 units. It seems those VX2 units running

software versions ending in 07 have this transfer issue. If you have this problem, check Furuno for an upgrade to a

version ending in 08 or later.

Another thing to note is the limited name length. If you have named your waypoints with names longer than the GPS

can handle, the names will be truncated. This may create duplicate names, so later waypoints will overwrite earlier ones

in the import process. This will result in fewer waypoints being loaded than expected. To cure this will require that you

reduce the name lengths to what the GPS can handle and then check and fix duplicates.

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