Nuvi 610 and PGPSW camera database installation

tullyh

Humour me guys, newbie with only a basic grasp of how things operate.

I've a new Garmin Nuvi 610 with Garmins "Cyclops" 30 day trial running. Subscribed to PGPSW today and downloaded the single file all cameras database for POI loader. Unzipped them to a directory on my C:\ drive.

Having read through a lot of forum posts I wanted to install this onto an SD card which is inserted in the Nuvi. Then I wanted to deactivate the "Cyclops" to prevent double warnings.

What actually happened during installation was the csv/bmap files got converted to a poi.gpi file and were installed on the Nuvi. There was no request to install it on the SD card. So I cut and pasted it from H:\Garmin\POI to I:\ (SD Card) Also located in H:\Garmin\POI are files called uk cyclops sample.gpi & uk sample cyclops.uni.

Disabled Proximity points/Alerts/Change/Garmin safety cameras and then went for a test drive past my nearest Gatso. No warnings at all. Reactivated the Garmin safety cameras, tried again and then appeared to get double warnings. I had opted for 200 yd warnings with the PGPSW database (Realise this is insufficient) so I was getting a visual warning message a big distance before the camera (Cyclops?) which changed to a different visual message at approx 200 yds.(PGPSW?)

So what I need to know is:

1. Is my installation method ok, ie moving the poi.gpi file after POI loader installed it somewhere else? Seemed to be working ok though ... I think Confused

2. To stop the double warnings can I remove the "Cyclops" files uk sample.gpi & uk sample.uni and save them to my PC somewhere? Then if I ever wanted to re-instate them could I copy them back and they'll work again?

3. I opted for a 200yd warning distance, much too short I discovered. To change this distance do I just reinstall the files with POI loader and change it?

4. If I downloaded and installed "Uk - consolidated by type (Gatso, mobile etc)" instead of "UK - single file all cameras" will I get better more detailed visual warnings? I assume both databases have the same amount of cameras contained within?

5. And lastly, the audible warning could be missed easily if the radio was on/or I was chatting. Is there any way to change the audible warning to something more dramatic/noticeable?

A lot of questions but any advice appreciated. TIA Smile

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

OK I'll quickly have a stab at these.

1) Yes, that's fine. The latest version of POILoader will allow you to specify different locations. POILoader and other downloads relating to your 610 are here

2) Just disable the Camera Alerts under your Proximity Alerts options. Page 48 of the manual here

3) Yes

4) I (and others) think the Consolidated database is the best one for the Nuvi as the way the data is presented tells you much more than the Single File DB can, such as the icon indicating the camera type etc

5) As your Nuvi has the mp3 player then you can use mp3 alerts. You can download some files from here and convert them to mp3 with a program such as Audacity.

tullyh · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:48 am Post subject:

Thanks for the reply, shall try some of them later tonight when I get time. Sorry for the double post, won't happen again mods Embarassed

tullyh · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject:

tullyh · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

Sorted for now guys, mikealder rocks Smile

Thanks Mike

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

I was waiting for that one!

The site member "tullyh" contacted me directly via MSN which I do have set as visible for people to use if they want - all I did was a simple step by step how to use the Garmin POILoader, the instructions on the site are fine, but on this occasion the user was trying to use an SD card and further complicating things by moving files and folders - simple to sort and took less than 10 mins, plus point is we have another happy user of the database - Mike

tullyh · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

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PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

si952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 5

I have a folder on my PC labelled Garmin :-)

Within this I have a folders labelled PGPSW, Current Loaded POI and Garmin POI. Within Current Loaded POI I have a folder labelled Camera DB.

I download Consolidated db to PGPSW.

I extract to Current Loaded POI/Camera DB

Then using POI Loader I create poi.gpi in Garmin POI.

Using POI Loader remove the poi.gpi from your Garmin device.

Copy the file you created onto your SD Card.

Garmin will ask if you wish to install onto device to allow use if SD card removed - select No.

I downloaded Liz to advise that th cameras were in range - extract the voice to the Current Loaded POI.

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