![]() ![]() ![]() I left a posting on the original Release Notes thread a while ago where I explained how this change affected my parents and their ability to selectively load caches in their older GPSMap 60 series GPS s. Note I have edited Method 2 since my original post after JimJinks pointed me to a utility that will convert a batch file to an executable. Success! I have come up with 2 methods to load individual caches onto older Garmin GPS's At the very least, you will need to keep it functional, to know what to do if something goes wrong. So you have to weigh the benefits of the extra software. And if it's just one or two caches at a time, you can type them manually. The older GPSs have strict limits on the amount of caches they can hold. The cool thing is once it's up and running, it looks like it's not an excessive amount of work to load the GPS.īut there's a particular situation where you would even need a pretty much automatic way to load a bunch of caches. "GPSBabel" is not the only way to load a GPS. I'm anxious to give it a try, after the upcoming site updates. Nobody's returned to say what they've done and how well it works. The "batch file" will have differences depending on different equipment. That is, everything must be planned, installed, and tested. You may need someone to set up the whole thing. The problem I have is that I am so computer-illiterate that "Create a batch file" is something I don't even understand. I appreciate the work you put into trying to make this easier for us. Newer ones do, which although the above should work fine anyway, you can load them in other ways. This thread is mostly for those who have a GPS maybe 8 years old or more, you know who you are. Note: Load a modern GPS many ways, including by clicking "GPX File" on any cache page and saving the file, in the case of a Garmin, to the folder "Garmin/GPX". Then you can drag/drop a gpx file onto the batch file and it will be sent to your USB attached Garmin device.įrom on4bam, on how to make the "batch file":Ĭopy/paste c:\Program Files (x86)\GPSBabel\gpsbabel.exe" -i gpx -f "%1" -o garmin -F usb:ĭone (don't forget to install GPSBabel and/or change the path if you install in another location) (assuming that is where you have GPSBabel installed) "c:\Program Files (x86)\GPSBabel\gpsbabel.exe" -i gpx -f "%1" -o garmin -F usb: I'll throw this out as a quick fix for older GPS owners, utilizing GPSBabel as the interface program.Ĭreate a batch file on your desk top containing the following command: If you have other software ideas, start a thread, post the steps. It will require some setup, but that's what this thread is for. JimJinks made a great post about how to set up a Windows PC in a way where you may load files in a pretty simple way. So how do you load your "old" GPS that can't accept ordinary "GPX" files? The old "Send To GPS" button is gone, like it or not. ![]()
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