January 30, 2010 17:23
I wouldn't be totally averse to that, the waypoints and routes on the Furuno need some cleaning up. Are you saying it transfers ALL waypoints, or can you select them?
I have tried this in the past using this passage from Help
"Waypoints can be copied to and from the GPS via "Transfer" sub menu item with the menu item "To/From GPS" via the "Waypoints" menu. Currently Garmin, Magellan, Furuno and Other protocols are supported. Before the transfer begins the GPS panel will automatically be closed. Make sure the correct brand of GPS is selected in the GPS Settings drawer. Garmin GPS will need to be put in Data Transfer/Slave or 'GARMIN' Mode before a waypoint transfer can be performed. Other GPS must support the $GPWPL NMEA message. Since GPS's don't support long unrestricted waypoint names or descriptions they will be reformatted and truncated when being transferred."
"Selected Routes can be copied to a GPS via the "Selected To GPS" via the "Transfer" submenu on the "Routes" menu. Currently the Garmin, Magellan and Other protocols are supported. Before the transfer begins the GPS panel will automatically be closed. Make sure the correct brand of GPS is selected in the GPS Settings drawer. Garmin GPS will need to be put in Data Transfer/Slave or 'GARMIN' Mode before a route transfer can be performed. Some GPS units support selecting a specific route # to store the route to. Leaving it at "01" will store the route in the first memory "slot". Other Garmin and Magellan units ignore the Route # and just use the Route name as a unique identifier. Other GPS must support receiving the $GPRTE and $GPWPL NMEA message. Since GPS's don't support long unrestricted waypoint names or descriptions they will be reformatted and truncated when being transferred."
But it doesn't make clear the need to configure the "IN" on the Furuno, so that is likely the reason for failure. The boat is on the hard for some maintenance right now, but I may give this a try next time I am at the yard. If you can't do them selectively, that will be an issue as the Furuno has limited capacity. I also note that "Furuno" is not mentioned in the Routes dissertation above, but assume (dangerously) that that is a typo, as it is a selectable on the GPS menu; I always thought that was for receiving purposes only.
Thanks!
I have tried this in the past using this passage from Help
"Waypoints can be copied to and from the GPS via "Transfer" sub menu item with the menu item "To/From GPS" via the "Waypoints" menu. Currently Garmin, Magellan, Furuno and Other protocols are supported. Before the transfer begins the GPS panel will automatically be closed. Make sure the correct brand of GPS is selected in the GPS Settings drawer. Garmin GPS will need to be put in Data Transfer/Slave or 'GARMIN' Mode before a waypoint transfer can be performed. Other GPS must support the $GPWPL NMEA message. Since GPS's don't support long unrestricted waypoint names or descriptions they will be reformatted and truncated when being transferred."
"Selected Routes can be copied to a GPS via the "Selected To GPS" via the "Transfer" submenu on the "Routes" menu. Currently the Garmin, Magellan and Other protocols are supported. Before the transfer begins the GPS panel will automatically be closed. Make sure the correct brand of GPS is selected in the GPS Settings drawer. Garmin GPS will need to be put in Data Transfer/Slave or 'GARMIN' Mode before a route transfer can be performed. Some GPS units support selecting a specific route # to store the route to. Leaving it at "01" will store the route in the first memory "slot". Other Garmin and Magellan units ignore the Route # and just use the Route name as a unique identifier. Other GPS must support receiving the $GPRTE and $GPWPL NMEA message. Since GPS's don't support long unrestricted waypoint names or descriptions they will be reformatted and truncated when being transferred."
But it doesn't make clear the need to configure the "IN" on the Furuno, so that is likely the reason for failure. The boat is on the hard for some maintenance right now, but I may give this a try next time I am at the yard. If you can't do them selectively, that will be an issue as the Furuno has limited capacity. I also note that "Furuno" is not mentioned in the Routes dissertation above, but assume (dangerously) that that is a typo, as it is a selectable on the GPS menu; I always thought that was for receiving purposes only.
Thanks!