Cannot Upload Waypoints to GPS Furuno GP32

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by HappyHour

... i can only select 1 route for a direct GPS upload
HH

That is true and that's why I use GPS Utility as I mentioned in my previous posting.

Good luck,

Terry

[HappyHour]

Dave,

GPrtc is just a comment string.

"Route comment data format"
Figure 7-37 Route comment data format
1: Route No. (01 to 51, 2 digits required)
2: Route comment (Max. 16 characters,
variable length)
The same characters of the comment
for waypoint comment can be used.

Its all in the "GP31-GP36 Operators Manual".

I hope u have a copy of it.
If not ask Google about the "GP31-GP36 Operators Manual".
Otherwise i have no problem to send it to you via Email or a filesharing service.
We talk about 1.5 MB. No big deal at all.

Greetings
HH

[HappyHour]

Just another output.
4 simple routes created with opencpn.
The 1, route has the name test, the others are unnamed.
I saved all routes via opencpn into a single GPX file and send that GPX file wih GPXUtil to a COMPORT.

Here is the output:

$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.135,N,00940.819,E,001 ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*48
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.195,N,00939.781,E,002 ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*41
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.730,N,00937.725,E,001A ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*2A
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.484,N,00938.521,E,002A ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*2C
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.361,N,00938.931,E,001B ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*2D
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.104,N,00939.958,E,002B ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*21
$PFEC,GPwpl,5334.073,N,00940.395,E,001C ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*27
$PFEC,GPwpl,5333.989,N,00941.601,E,002C ,Y,@q ,A,,,,*26
$GPRTE,1,1,C,001, 001 , 002 *25
$PFEC,GPrtc,001,test*69
$GPRTE,1,1,C,002, 001A , 002A *26
$PFEC,GPrtc,002,*7C
$GPRTE,1,1,C,003, 001B , 002B *27
$PFEC,GPrtc,003,*7D
$GPRTE,1,1,C,004, 001C , 002C *20
$PFEC,GPrtc,004,*7A
$PFEC,GPxfr,CTL,E*59

Im not sure if the furuno gps is able to receive multiple routes via the pc-interface but im sure it is able to receive a single route with multiple waypoints. I will test multiple routes next time. Btw. I never saw any reason to upload multiple routes, but if u talk with 12 people u will get 12 navigation models

Back to the roots(Routes):
If you save multiple routes with opencpn to a GPX file you will see no route numbering.
I think its the uploading programm that does the numbering, in this case its.
001,002,003,004

just my 5 c
HH

[bdbcat]

hh...

O currently does one route at a time, always named "1". Hard coded.

if(g_GPS_Ident != _T("FurunoGP3X"))
{
  .
  .
 }
 else
 {
          tNMEA0183.Rte.RouteName = _T ( "1" );
}

I'll change this for the next Beta

Dave

[HappyHour]

Originally Posted by yachtvalhalla

That is true and that's why I use GPS Utility as I mentioned in my previous posting.

Good luck,

Terry

Terry,

well i know that GPSUtil is a workaround.
Opencpn is a great program, i use it since 2 years and im happy with it.
But i have have a furuno GPS and lots of my friends have a furuno GPS too.
The handling is a bit tricky.

What can we do:
start opencpn
create a route with opencpn
save that route
close opencpn
open GPSUtil
load the file created by opencpn
transfer it to your GPS
close GPSUtil
start opencpn
load previous saved the file and activate it
and last but least not activate the route on your GPS

Even if i know this workaround, without a working furuno upload its not acceptable for my friends with a furuno gps.

Just hanging around
HH

[Zorg]

Hello all,

Just a report of my experience using OCPN 3.0.2 with my Furuno GP 32 :
- Before the 3.0.2 version i used GPSU to upload routes to the GP32 (with a process close to the one described by HappyHour) and it worked nice but the name of the route in the GP32 was unreadable, only 1 route can be uploaded at a time.
- Now, i can upload route from OCPN to GP 32, only waypoints are uploaded but the process is much lighter than using GPSU.

Bdbcat, I think that the reason why route is not loaded is because the format of the sentences the GP 32 is waiting for is not strictly respected, as said before by HappyHour, you must read carrefully the manual (http://www.furuno.fr/Multimedia/omGP32gb.pdf).

Regards,
Z

[Neptune's Gear]

Hi Guys, I'm new to this. Trying to get my GP32 working as well. I tried to put [Settings]
GPSIdent=FurunoGP3X
into the config file. The edit works ok from notepad, save the file. Restart Open CPN and rechec the config file - the edit is gone??? Also, there was NO GPSIdent key at all?
Sorry for the basic questions...

[cagney]

Originally Posted by NZ8720

Hi Guys, I'm new to this. Trying to get my GP32 working as well. I tried to put [Settings]
GPSIdent=FurunoGP3X
into the config file. The edit works ok from notepad, save the file. Restart Open CPN and rechec the config file - the edit is gone??? Also, there was NO GPSIdent key at all?
Sorry for the basic questions...

Make sure that you have closed down all instances of OpenCPN before editing the config file. You have to add the line "GPSIdent=FurunoGP3X " your self. GPSIdent is not normally present.

Thomas

[HappyHour]

HI,

i used version 3.2 this year with my old furuno gps and everthing was fine.

many thanks to the deverlopers

HH

[reflectionsv37]

I helped Dave test the Furuno upload with a GP31 and it is working great. There are some limitations with the Furuno GPS and I detailed them in this post http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post1162124 and there are other posts in that thread that will let you see some of the issues we discovered while testing.

Glad to see you have it working now!

[ploubaz22]

hello
I have somme problem to download waypoints and routes to GPS Furuno GP33
I try with gps utility but for waypoint it was good not for routes
With open cpn it was possible to transfert only one waypoint
the other problem when i transfert waypoints all the waypoint into the gps was erase
I try with furuno.exe you can found on the web site oziexplorer this program crash on my pc i think it was for old furuno
it was very difficult to transfert waypoint and route to furuno GPS perhaps you know another program