I am expecting abuse!!

malcolm1sim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 7

I have posted this on another forum without much luck.
This may be the right place.

Hi All,

An old fxxt needs help here, please.

I have a Garmin C340 and have loaded UK camera
locations without any problem, from this site.

I now wish to load European cameras and note that POIs
overwrite therefore only one folder can be used.

However as the file details are different, namely MPH and KPH and my unit asks for one or the other how do maintain accuracy?

Will I have to change all the KPH to Mph in the file first?

I hope not as there seem to be rather a lot!!!

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks in anticipation.

Malcolm

JoshT · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

One way I got round this on my Nuvi was to save UK POI's to the Device and European onto an SD card.

mostdom · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject:

Check your other post. If you follow the help links you will have got to this helpful document. This solves the naming issue.

Who's euro database do you have, as the PGPSW file currently hasn't any speeds set to it.
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malcolm1sim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 7

Thanks for your response, although I am
not sure if it helps.

I will explain further.

Before doing so, the database I have is the basic from
http://www.gpsinform.com

Now back to the problem.

I am happy with the loading system and in partic
the single file aspect.
However if I put both databases in one folder I have
inconsistant data. Some limits being in MPH and some in KPH.
As when loading only one such option is available then
the warnings for say 130kph will not sound until 130mph.

If then I set the unit to metric to correct that then the
warning for 70mph will sound at 43kph.

Hope that makes sense.

Look forward to more replies.

It just may bethat all the speeds must be adjusted un the database
prior to installation, there are lots and that would be quite a job.

Finally, an SD card cannot be used as the C340 only
picks up POi's that are loaded via the Garmin loader (As far as I am aware) as all POI's must be in the same folder within the unit.

Malcolm

philpugh · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject:

Malcolm

If you do have to edit the files then it's not a major job. You can do a 'global replace' using Excel (Edit/Replace or CTRL H) and look for @nn replacing it with @NN as required.
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malcolm1sim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 7

Now we are getting somewhere, thank you very much.

You learn something about Excel every day, or at least I do
as I know so little in the first place!!

That seems to me to be an excellent solution as once entered
in identical data the unit itself will convert if settings are switched,
when you get over the water.

Cheers for now, anyone else who would like to throw in their
threepennyworth is welcome.

Malcolm

Roll on Le Mans

JoshT · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject:

Eldar · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

Why can't you simply rename the poi.gpi file to something like UK_cameras.gpi, then load the European cameras and rename this new poi.gpi file to European_cameras.gpi? Am I missing something here?

malcolm1sim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 7

JoshT

Thank you, there is a reason for an upgrade!

I don't think the C340 allows the computer to identify
the SD card itself.

More modern units do.

Thus you only get one go at loading.

That said, the above solution, convert kph to mph before loading,
seems to me to be a good one.

Thanks for your interest.

Eldar

I think you may be!

It is not the loading/naming that is the problem, it is the fact that
there is a data conflict. Namely MPH & KPH.
The unit will work in either but cannot cope with mixing.
Thus it can convert mph to kph or visa versa but cannot
recognise mph or kph on a line by line basis, the default is set on entry.

Hope that explains the problem a little better, if not let me know and I will
try again.

Again thank you for your interest.

Malcolm

JoshT · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

I use SCDB which have download files in CSV format. I guess I could rename the files but it works the way I'm doing it.

swing · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

Eldar · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

malcolm1sim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 7

Hi All,

I thank you all for your comments on this.

It does seem to me that I am probably dafter than I thought.

Whilst I can see what is being said, the fact is that the C340
will only take Poi's loaded from one folder, albeit with lots of
files in it and will overwrite if another folder and files are loaded.

Therefore the files contained in my folder must all be set at the same
value, MPH or KPH, for the system to cope.

I am therefore going to convert my KPH files to MPH, as advised by "philpugh" and load accordingy.
I then have the choice of leaving the unit set to MPH and being warned in
MPH or switching unit to metric and being warned in KPH. The unit will cope with converting all files, provided of course that the data is uniform.

In any event I am off to Europe for a while soon and will let you know how it went and how much it may have cost me if I have got it wrong!

Cheers for now,

Malcolm

Jamas · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject:

Why British people can't just drive on the right (right Smile

) side of the road and use kph ? Wink

PhilHornby · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject:

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