Opening .fsh (Raymarine archive) files

[tamicatana]

Hello, and sorry if this is redundant (I did try a search):

I'm interested only in looking at tracks I've saved in my Raymarine C120 plotter. I've managed to get an "ARCHIVE.FSH" file out.

How, or can, I open this file to look at my tracks?

thanks in advance

edit: Macintosh OS, if it matters

[cagney]

Have dose of proprietary file formats .... Format specification for "ARCHIVE.FSH" files? - Raymarine Technical Forum .
Then rinse away the bad taste, and enjoy Free software and open file formats.

Thomas

[tamicatana]

so cagney, you don't know the answer. why send me on a goose chase? C'mon, man

[nohal]

tamicatana...
Your sense of humor is extraordinary If you actually bother to read the thread Thomas linked to the page 2 (of 2), you will find the links to both the available solutions for converting .FSH files to something usable.

Wish you the best of luck in dealing with people around you

Pavel

[tamicatana]

Those solutions require "compiling" a separate program. I had hoped from an answer from WITHIN OpenCPN, hence the question here at the OpenCPN forum.

I apologise for asking.

[nohal]

tamicatana...
fsh2gpx is written in python and does not require compiling anything. Python is available on every Mac in the base install.

Pavel

[tamicatana]

the very thread you reference mentions that the python script is "buggy." I am loath to mess with it.

frustrated,
tami

[nohal]

tami...
That's what you probably will be for a bit of time if you don't invest those 30 seconds to give it a try...

Wish you luck

Pavel

[rahra]

Hi!
I know that this is an old thread but probably somebody is still reading it

I'd like to point out that I wrote an FSH converter called parsefsh about one year ago which works pretty well and is stable. Please have a look at the Openstreetmap Wiki at
Parsefsh - OpenStreetMap Wiki

Regrard,
Bernhard

[vtsailguy]

Are there any tools to go from GPX to FSH?

I want to plan my routes in MacENC and them upload them on my E80 Raymarine plotter

[rahra]

My tool can't do it yet. But I think it would be too much effort.
You would like to convert GPX tracks to FSH tracks?
If you send me a sample GPX I could to try to implement the converter in that way, as long as you are not in a hurry