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wrinklyrocker Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: West Midlands & Brittany France
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject: Downloading problems for Speed camera's to my Garmin 255wt |
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I have just tried to download The UK & EUR camera's using the Garmin POI loader and following the PocketgpsWorld instructions which I printed off and ticked as I progressed. All went well and the download seemed to complete except that a warning notice came up on the Garmin POI loader stating "There was an unexpected error during the transfer of the custom POI file". Do I need to download again, and if so do I have to remove the problem databases first, and how do I do that?
TIA
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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You don't have to delete anything as the Garmin POILoader always overwrites.
Let's take it a step at a time. Can you retry but this time just install the UK cameras? _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wrinklyrocker Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: West Midlands & Brittany France
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: Downloading Speed Camara's alerts |
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Hi Darren
Thanks for your response. I have just tried downloading only the UK Speed Camera POI's and I received the same message. I took the car out for a trial run after my earlier download and some camera alerts came up, but I am not sure if they are my original Garmin ones or the new ones. One thing for sure was I had no audible warnings on some. One the SatNav itself a folder called “debug” containing a Garmin error document which consists of a 3 A4 page multi line computer jargon, which means nothing to me. If an e-mail address exists that I can send this to as a “Word” attachment then I will gladly do so. I am not due to go to France until Easter so no panic on my part.
Thanks again,
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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The debug file would be of no use to us.
Can we start from the beginning.
You download the database, extract it, and then copy the contents into a folder on your PC. Then you run POILoader and point it at that folder - OK so far?
Can you tell me the names of a few of the files in that folder please?
You should be seeing something like:
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.bmp
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.csv
pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.bmp
pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.csv
And if you have downloaded voice files there will be an additional file for each speed:
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.mp3 or pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.wav _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wrinklyrocker Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: West Midlands & Brittany France
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: Downloading UK Speed Camera's |
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Hi Darren,
There are a total of 60 files plus “Help”, license and release files. The 60 files consist of “Microsoft Excel comma separated values files” and BMP's in equal numbers but no .csv extensions as far as I can see. I did not download any voice files as I thought a tone warning would be standard.
Thanks again
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Downloading UK Speed Camera's |
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wrinklyrocker wrote: | There are a total of 60 files plus “Help”, license and release files. The 60 files consist of “Microsoft Excel comma separated values files” and BMP's in equal numbers but no .csv extensions as far as I can see. I did not download any voice files as I thought a tone warning would be standard. |
That sound about right then. Unless you have your computer configured to show file extensions you won't see the .bmp or .csv bits of the filenames.
As a .csv file is a format used by Excel, Windows shows it as an Excel file, that's perfectly normal.
And yes, if you don't add a voice alert you get the built-in tone, I'd got confused as to whether you had chosen a voice alert file as well - sorry!
Ok, so that's all OK.
Next questions:
Is this a new version of POILoader?
Was it downloaded recently?
And when you run it, do you select the folder that has all the POIs in?
And does POILoader detect your GPS ok?
Sorry for the interrogation but often it's something simple so we just need to get a mental picture of what you are doing. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wrinklyrocker Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: West Midlands & Brittany France
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:38 am Post subject: Downloading Speed Camera's to Garmin 255wt |
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Hi Darren,
Thanks for your perseverance, it is appreciated.
First may I say that my operating system is Windows XP
POIloader was downloaded from your site on24/01/2011 and installed it the same day.
The Speed camera POI’s were extracted to a new dedicated folder on Desktop and I selected it when required by POIloader.
POIloader found my Garmin appliance automatically.
Feel free to interrogate, I am just grateful for your help
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Just a correction there, POILoader would have come from Garmin, not us. The link may be on our instructions page but the file comes from them.
I'm at a loss now as to what to try next, hoping someone else who has more Garmin experience can chip in! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wrinklyrocker Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: West Midlands & Brittany France
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:07 pm Post subject: Problem with speed camera downloads |
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Hi Darren
Thanks for trying, I think its a magic wand I need. I had no problems a few years ago when I had a Navigon SatNav, so I imagine its me I will try my wifes Garmin 255wt and see how that goes.
Thanks again
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dikyenfo Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 18 Location: Lincoln UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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I have the 255w and thanks to help on here have separate files for uk and eur files so I can extract the speed cams in correct factors. BUT, the same thing happened to me when downloading and the error message popped up.
What causes mine to react like that is the poxy bar on the top which states that the download has been blocked for my safety and if I dont react immediatly it errors. However it never goes wrong for me when I use the link on the download page that you can use if you are having difficulties.
This works for me hope it can for you as I'm as thick as aplank with computers. |
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Pocketgps Lifetime Member
Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 2145 Location: Midlands, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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I cannot remember if Windows XP has these settings on the System. But I know that in Vista if they are not set to Started then PoiLoader does some strange things.
If these 2 settings are there just make sure they show Started.
Not even sure how you open the Services page in XP. Sorry its been so long since I used XP. But you may be able to open Services by doing a Ctrl Alt Del then select Start Task Manager, then select the Services Tab on Task Manager, then you may be able to open the Services page from button on the bottom right of that page. Once opened just make sure that
the 2 entries show below are Started.
Windows Mobile-2003-based device connectivity
Windows Mobile-based device connectivity
Hope that helps eliminate that part of the problem. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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dikyenfo wrote: | What causes mine to react like that is the poxy bar on the top which states that the download has been blocked for my safety and if I dont react immediatly it errors. | in IE8 Click Tools - Internet Options - Security tab - {Make sure that Internet is selected} Click 'Custom Level'. You should now have the 'Security settings - Internet zone' dialog box open.
Scroll down ro the 'Downloads' section. Check 'Automatic prompting for file downloads' to 'Disable' then OK your way out,
This should get rid of the top warning bar, but you will still get the 'Open - Save - Cancel' dialog when you go to download a file. But be aware that you will no longer have Microsoft's poxy safety net. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Guys, the OP has downloaded the files successfully, would IE Security have any effect on POILoader itself? As that is where the issue is arising _________________ Darren Griffin |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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OK. Off topic. Wrong again. But my suggestion does do what it says on the tin, and was a reply to the problem that I perceived that dikyenfo was having, as his description seemed paraphrases almost exactly what IE does when you go to download a file. |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | Guys, the OP has downloaded the files successfully, would IE Security have any effect on POILoader itself? As that is where the issue is arising |
Not unless POILoader is web based now. Always was an executable program in the past.
WR - Have you contacted Garmin with the debug log as they are the only people who can interpret it? |
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