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You find the complete programme on our CD-Rom!
When working with the CD-Rom, you find the
installation programmes in the directory :\TRACKMAK.
Close all Windows Programmes including the browser.
Open just the Windows Explorer
and click :\TRACKMAK\Setup.exe.
You find later updates online under
http://www.gpstm.com.
Please respect the contractual
condition you sign for the use of the programme and never to use it against
the benefit of nature!
Cable interface Computer
- GPS
- Purchase your cable for your GPS with care! There are
different types looking alike but eventually harmfull to your device!
For example, the cables for Garmin GPS 12 and Garmin GPS 12 XL
provide different Voltage to the GPS.
Using the wrong one will destroy
the receiver!
Connect while GPS and Computer are switched off. Remember the serial
interface you use Com1: or Com2:
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- In case you fail to get the connection established, first
check:
- - Setting of Interface (Com1: or Com2:)
in your Programme
- - activate the interface in the Programme
- - check the correct interface settings of the GPS
receiver (see
Basic
Settings)
- - Set off the
Windows
GPS-Module
USB interface Computer
- GPS
Trackmaker, since version
12.3 (Nov. 2004) supports USB interface.
Windows GPS Module /
driver
- Windows, since version 95 provides a module /driver for GPS
receivers. This allows to hand over GPS data to mapping and navigation programmes. You need this kind of driver for
example for MS-Autoroute-Express® if you want to see
your position on the map.
- For Programmes managing the upload and download of waypoints, routes und tracks,
you do not need it!
The contrary is true. The driver may
occupy the interface and hide or block it with the effect that uploads
and downloads are impossible and you get error messagew - respectively
the programme reports a missing connection to the (physically correctly)
connected receiver.
- Sloppy programming (not the exclusive domain of Microsoft®) may
even surprise you with blue screens and hanging programmes.
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- If you had little experience with Windows, ask somebody proficient!
- What is to be done is switching off the GPS
module / driver.
- In later versions of Windows you find this under:
- START _ Setting_Control Panel _ GPS _ remove
- To reinstall the function for example for MS-Autoroute-Express®,
you have to install it again. With a little bit of luck Windows still
finds it on your hard disk. If not, you need the original Windows CD-Rom and have to
install it
from scratch.
GPS Basic
Settings
| Modern receivers allow to adapt them
to a variety of languages, local settings, locally usual formats and the
datum of the map. Our maps use exclusively the
internationally recemonded Datum of the World Geodaesic
System called "WGS84" and so we use it as
the standard Setting on the GPS. |
System Setup:
- Offset: -01.00 (Kap Verde Zeitzone)
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- Navigation Setup:
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- Position FRMT: hddd°mm.mmm´
- Map Datum: WGS 84
- CDI Scale: +- 0.25
- Units: Metric
- Heading: True Degrees
INTERFACE Setup: (bei
Garmin Geräten)
GRMN / GRMN |
Upload
When working with our CD Rom, GPS Data are found in the respective
Directory per island.
- TRACKMAKER® allows to upload all information
at once.
- In Santo Antao, the number of routes goes beyond the
storage capacity of GPS receivers.
Nevertheless it is not necessary to take a laptop computer with you on
holidays.
- You find three files, one for every district:
- PN_All.gtm for Porto Novo
- PL_All.gtm for Paúl
- RG_All.gtm for Ribeira Grande
- Each of the files contains all waypoints of the whole island plus
all routes of the respective district. So you always carry the full range
of waypoints with you and in case you want to introduce a route from
another district, you just introduce the respective waypoints in your GPS
receiver by hand under the menue-item "Routes".
- The number of Waypoints for Santo Antao is kept below 500.
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Upload TRACKMAKER®
11 .8
| Step |
Process |
Annotation |
| Step
1 |
Control
Basic Settings and Interface-settings
Interface _ Garmin Interface _ Request from GPS _ Product ID |
If
your device is not found by the programme, check cables, batteries and Interface-Setup
on the receiver.
Check wether you connected to Com1: or Com2:
If still there is no signal, read the comments on
GPS-Drivers.
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| Step
2 |
Loading
waypoints and routes from the CD-Rom to the PC
File _ Open File _ *_ALL.gtm |
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| Step
3 |
Deleting
unnecessary Routes
Tracks and Routes _ [click route] _ [DEL] _
Repeat will all routes you don`t need _
File _ File Save As _ New file name |
You
can not write on a CD. Use a directory on your harddisk or a floppy
instead. |
| Step
4 |
On
the receiver:
Erase all pre-existing waypoints
Waypoint List _ Delete Waypoints _ Delete All _
"Are you sure?" Yes |
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| Step
5 |
Uplaod
waypoints and selected routes
Interface _ Garmin Interface _ Request from GPS _
Product ID _ Convert to lowercase : No _
Send to GPS _ All |
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What to take to "the field"?
Upload waypoints and routes you need while still at home - check!
Checklist for making sure you can handle your GPS and the range of
options the CD-Rom offers:
- A complete printout of your preferred routes
- NiMH-Accumulators and battery charger (no alkaline batteries
available in CV!)
- Map, Guide, Compass -
without them you will be in real trouble!
- the Laptop Computer can stay at home
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