ALL downloaded tracks - wrong date (Garmin 60csx)

[dismalhiker]

I am relatively new to Topofusion - great program.

I'm using a Garmin 60csx.  When I try to download tracks, in the window that shows "Tracks downloaded from GPS", all of the saved tracks in the GPS unit show Sat Dec 30 17:59:59 1989 as the date.

The "Source" is Saved Tracks.   The only track that has an accurate time/date is the ACTIVE LOG.

In the Garmin GPS unit, each saved track is saved with a name, but Topofusion doesn't seem to recognize that.

Any help would be appreciated.

-jc

[Krein]

Hi,

Good question.

In all Garmin units the "Saved Tracks" cannot store time/date info.  It's by design, for whatever reason they did it.

So, it's best not to use the "save" feature on the GPS (if you want your time stamps).

As for the track names -- they don't show up in the Downloaded Tracks Dialog, but they should make it through if you right click on a track and choose "edit track info."

I'll make a note to see if we can't get the names to show up in that dialog, and also give something more meaningful in the time/date column (rather than the bogus time/date).

Thanks.

[Krein]

New version now shows "No Time Data" for saved tracks, as it should be.  Will get the names in there (as default to save the track) in the next revision.

[sarlabs]

The answer about saved tracks is correct, no ate and time saved, but you may have set the unit to save teh data automatically on its memory card (which is done once a day) and this save is complete date, time, altitude etc. Check on your card the gpx files of the date you made the track.