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GPS, Trails, Training / Re: Saved tracks showing - eTrex Legend HCx
« on: April 13, 2012, 09:13:10 AM »
I did the hard reset last night. Took my SD card out first. I got info about how to do it off the interwebs, and wasn't sure if I did it right since there was still some of my info in the thing, like the welcome message I had put in with my name. So I redid it a couple times then put it away and watched Jon Stewart.

This morning I drew a track in TF that went right past my house and uploaded it, then went outside and let the thing get a lock on satellites and voila! There the saved track was. Powered it down and put my SD card back in, then brought it back up and it showed the basemaps and still with my test saved track going by the house visible.

Scott, I checked TrackLeaders this morning to see how things were with the AZT--it shows that you're starting an ITT on the 15th? Hope it goes well.

Regards,

Tom P.

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GPS, Trails, Training / Re: Saved tracks showing - eTrex Legend HCx
« on: April 11, 2012, 05:24:12 AM »
That helps a bunch, just knowing that it should be working the way I expected it to work. WebUpdater shows that firmware is up to date. I must have just jacked up something in setup while I was dorking around trying to get it the way I want. May be time for the full reset.

I'll post back details.

Good luck with the AZT 300!

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GPS, Trails, Training / Saved tracks showing - eTrex Legend HCx
« on: April 09, 2012, 01:11:36 PM »
I've been trying to get the bugs worked out of my route-finding using my new Garmin eTrex Legend HCx on my bike.

My first GPS was an older B&W eTrex and it worked great for showing saved tracks and the active track. Setting it up was very simple and intuitive. After I lost that unit I had two other receivers that I did not like, so I got this one to be back to using an eTrex. Setup is a bit more complicated, but I've been really focusing on it and experimenting.

This weekend I had a couple failed experiments, and I'm trying to understand what went wrong.

Prior to an exploration ride Saturday I loaded up two saved tracks that I had drawn by hand in TF. They were very simple tracks, one was probably 20 points and the other might have been as many as 80-100. I uploaded them with TF, then checked in the Tracks menu to be sure that "Show on Map" was checked for each.

Now, what I want and remember having with my old unit, was that all I had to do was page to the normal map screen and I would see the saved tracks and/or the active track.

Out on the ride, when I encountered the first one, I think I was able to see it, and see that I was on it. But I was having some backlighting issues, so in the bright sunlight I wasn't seeing the screen very clearly. But I'm pretty sure it was there. But it was the 2nd one that was really critical. When I got to where I should have started following that track, nothing was there. It got me to wondering if I hadn't done something wrong, but I was pretty sure (like 99%) that I had gotten to where that track should have started.

I stood around on the road messing around with the unit, including removing the first saved track so that only one was loaded. I was wondering if maybe having two tracks loaded was screwing me up (my old Edge 205 was only able to show one track at a time if I recall). Eventually I gave up and just went on from memory of my map study the night before and then check what I actually did against the track on TF. But I couldn't go very far because I didn't want to get lost.

Well, I was able to confirm that I was on the hand-drawn track. But it wasn't visible. Furthermore, the ride I did was a lollipop, but when I rejoined my outbound route I could not see the active log track either.

So that night I went into the setup, fixed the backlighting setting that was making everything too dim to read, and then drew a very simple track, maybe 10 points, and uploaded it. Again, I checked to be sure "show on map" was checked. This was a known ride, so I didn't need the track for route-finding, but just wanted to see if it showed up.

Could not see it when I knew I was on it. Also, when I rejoined my outbound route, I could not see the active track that I was retracing.

I have basemaps loaded, so I'm seeing topo data. Could that actually be screwing me up? I never loaded any basemaps with my original eTrex receiver. The behavior of that unit is exactly what I was hoping for when I got this one.

Now, if I go into the menu->tracks->select track and click the "map" button, it shows. But is that what I really need to do? Why is there a checkbox for "Show on Map" if you have to click the Map button to see the track? And why isn't my active track showing?

Thanks in advance for any help. I usually prefer to figure these things out myself, but I need to resume the route-finding task that I was forced to abandon Saturday, I'm hosting an event and I need to prove out a route before publishing the event GPX. And the clock is ticking on me.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: DeLORME Earthmate PN-30
« on: August 04, 2009, 10:36:22 AM »
This program, and EasyGPS/ExpertGPS, do not have direct-connect ability with the PN-xx devices.  Apparently there is an issue with the protocol not being easy to work with...

So what you're saying is that basically, I can use any GPS software I want to download data from this unit, as long as that software is

DeLorme Topo USA 8.0;)

Hmm. I'm not wild about Topo USA. But it works. I'm sure I'll get better at understanding it as time rolls by. And I do really like the PN-30 so far. I'm not sure that this limitation would make me want to return it. Plus it's already dirty.

Thanks for the info. I may put pressure on DeLorme, but I don't see how that's going to ever get me a more flexible interface for my PN-30 unless they can change the protocol in firmware.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: DeLORME Earthmate PN-30
« on: August 04, 2009, 07:59:48 AM »
OK, I figured out how to export to GPX from USA TOPO. I'd rather be able to load data directly from the unit to TopoFusion, so if there's any specific advice about that, let 'er rip!

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TopoFusion Pro / DeLORME Earthmate PN-30
« on: August 04, 2009, 07:18:45 AM »
I can't get TopoFusion to download tracks from my new DeLORME GPS. Is it supported by TopoFusion? I'm still trying to figure out the TOPO USA software that comes with the rig. It doesn't seem to give me a chance to export to GPX, which would be the obvious way to get track data into TopoFusion...

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