Working with the GPS - Upload / Download

Once the configuration of both the GPS and OziExplorer are done so that they can communicate with each other, provided your GPS has the ability, you can upload/download data from the GPS.

After configuration, the GPS menu will change to the make of GPS you have selected and this changes the Menu options on the GPS menu to suit your GPS.

Transferring data to and from the GPS (Upload / Download)

Retrieving Data from the GPS

For Garmin GPS

The Garmin Menu will have different options depending on the model of GPS. (Some models connect to the PC as a mass storage device (drive) and will have different menu options.)

Select the Get waypoints from GPS or Load Waypoints and Routes from GPS option.

For Magellan GPS

On the Magellan Menu select the Get waypoints from GPS option.

For Lowrance & Eagle GPS

These instructions also apply to getting Events from the GPS only the menu options will change.

On the Lowrance menu select the Get Waypoints from GPS option.

Continued for All users

You will then be instructed that this operation will delete all the waypoints currently on the map. Press the OK button and all the waypoints will be downloaded from the GPS. However you will not see them plotted on the Demo Map as this map is positioned in Australia, open the World map before you download and they should plot on it. (On the World map the waypoints will most likely plot on top of each other if they are all located in the same local area.)

Those that will be visible on the map are automatically plotted. Even if they are not displayed on the map they are still kept in memory and will be saved when the waypoint file is saved.

In many cases you will want to delete the waypoints or events which do not appear on the map.

To delete waypoints -

• On the View menu, select the Waypoint List (or Event List) option.
• The waypoints (or events) will be presented in the list in tabular form. Use the buttons on the bottom of the list to delete any single waypoint (or event) or delete all the waypoints (or events) which do not appear on the map.
• To select multiple waypoints in the list, hold down the standard windows buttons (Shift or Ctrl) while clicking on the waypoints in the list.

Sending the Data to the GPS

You should have set the type of GPS you are using in the configuration options, this changes the Menu options available.

Before sending any data to your GPS make sure you have downloaded the data within the GPS and have it safely saved in files.

For Garmin GPS

You probably should not do this yet until you are more familiar with the software, this will change the waypoints stored in the GPS. On the Garmin menu select the Send/Save Waypoints to GPS option. You will then be instructed that this operation will send the waypoints. Press the OK button and all the waypoints will be sent to the GPS.

For Magellan GPS

You probably should not do this yet until you are more familiar with the software, this will change the waypoints stored in the GPS. On the Garmin menu select the Send Waypoints to GPS option. You will then be instructed that this operation will send the waypoints. Press the OK button and all the waypoints will be sent to the GPS.

For Lowrance & Eagle GPS

These instructions also apply to sending Events to the GPS only the menu options will change.

You probably should not do this yet until you are more familiar with the software, this will change the waypoints and/or the events stored in the GPS. On the Lowrance menu select the Send Waypoints to GPS option. You will then be instructed that this operation will send the waypoints. Press the OK button and all the waypoints will be sent to the GPS.

Deleting Waypoints within the GPS

Some Garmins connect as mass storage device / drive and store data in GPX files. In this case there may be a menu option to Delete Files from GPS. Selecting this menu will show a list of files on the GPS. Select files to delete.

This only applies to Lowrance/Eagle GPS Receivers. Garmins and Magellans have the ability to delete waypoints from their own menus in the GPS.

On the Lowrance menu select the option Delete "Unreserved" Waypoints from GPS.

• This option will erase all the "Unreserved" waypoints from the GPS, USE WITH CAUTION.

On the Lowrance menu select the option Delete "Reserved" Waypoints from GPS.

• This option will erase all the "Reserved" waypoints from the GPS, USE WITH CAUTION.

The "Reserved" Waypoint number range can be specified in the configuration options.

Deleting Events within the GPS

Only applies to Lowrance/Eagles.

Before Uploading Events to the GPS you may need to manually delete the Events from the GPS using the Delete Icons menu option. This is because if the GPS has more events than you are uploading the extras will become active the next time you restart the GPS.

Click here for the Waypoints Tutorial