+FSA^2 Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 iPad OS recently allows the USB-C port to access jump drives. Is there a way to send Lists or PQs from an iPad to an ETrex 20x (either by attaching my eTrex via cable like I do with my Windows laptop or by writing to the micro SD card via the USB-C port)? Quote
+mikeD Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Prompted into action by this post I think I have successfully transferred a PQ to an SD card using the apple sd card attachment so i downloaded the zip to my iPhone 8 IOS13 the file goes into a new “ Download” folder From there transfer To Izip Pro. -My unzip app I unzipped the files selected the gpx file and hit share from there I opened the “USB” folder went down and found the GPX folder and transferred the file job done Things learnt when I started the SD card was blank I could use the access route from Izip pro into the card to create Folders and sub folders. ie Garmin>GPX There is an icon of a folder eith a plus sign the option to create folders does not seem to exist using iOS Files app (I also have an app Filebrowser, this allowed me to create folders as well but if you have a properly set up SD card this is not a problem mike Quote
+mikeD Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 So here is the contents of the SD card newly created subfolder with the Stamford unzipped GPX file I had previously transferred the raw Zip file and another GPX file as Quote
+mikeD Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 VERY URGENT DONT DO THIS PROCEDURE This morning firing up my 66ST it reset it self it went back to initial settings. Maps would not load. i called to one map snd got a different one!! started to reset and went back to basics i keep maps, gpx on an SD card so at home I checked the sd card on a pc and there was a hidden file Folder spotlight v100 folder this is a virus https://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/19/spotlight-v100-and-trashes-folders-on-usb-flash-drives/ i deleted it and reloaded via iphone it was there again btw the down load folder from ios will unzip files i then used old method to load gpx file and that was ok going to call Apple now!! Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 Why do you think you have a virus? Quote
+Mineral2 Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 Spotlight isn't a virus. It's Apple's indexing and searching feature. The folder likely represents the data for indexing for fast searching on your iPad. The GPS should simply ignore files and folders that aren't used in its operation. 1 Quote
+HHL Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 10:45 AM, mikeD said: So here is the contents of the SD card newly created subfolder with the Stamford unzipped GPX file The GPX shouldn't have a decimal point in its name. Quote
+kunarion Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, HHL said: The GPX shouldn't have a decimal point in its name. It looks like you're right! It creates a big problem. I made a pocket query and named it “12345_Testzip_9.4m”. It downloaded as “12345_Testzip_9.4m.zip” to my iPhone 8, and I unzipped it using Izip. It unzipped just fine to 12345_Testzip_9.4m.gpx. So far, so good. The problem occurs when I try to save that file internally to the iPhone. It saves as “12345_Testzip_9.4m”, which is not a GPX file. It appears that the iPhone file service “fixes” the file name to remove the “extra file extension”, which in this case is the “.gpx” part. It's the same thing shown in the screen shot above where "8621903_stamford 9.4m.zip" saved as "8621903_stamford 9.4m". This would be unexpected behavior in Windows. Iphone does it differently, it seems. How a Garmin GPS handles a “.4m” file extension, I can't guess. But it at least occupies space on an SD card. I stopped playing around when I got that screwy file extension. But rather than use my Garmin as a Guinea pig to just see what happens next, I think I'd instead make my PQs without the period in the name. That might be a lot better. Edited October 11, 2019 by kunarion Quote
+mikeD Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 Thanks for your comments And I have been researching via an IOS FORUM as well Yes the spotlight folder added by ios is not a virus and I think my eyes went another part of the web page which referred to the Spotlight v100.exe virus which I think is real In this case the new folder does appear to interfere with the indexing by the gpsr.. I tried for instance to select a downloaded UK map and it gave a downloaded French one. But I said it was the UK one Thus therefore in the short term this new facility does not sadly work for me Perhaps others may wish to try Back to using File browser and Ravpower Filehub Quote
+kunarion Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, mikeD said: Thus therefore in the short term this new facility does not sadly work for me There are (or were) Android Geocaching Apps that could send cache GPX files to a Garmin via USB. That would be on my wish list, a one-click way to send files. I don't know if I'd be sending maps all the time, that's more of a desktop PC thing anyway. One problem I had with connecting directly to a phone is that the GPS device is then powered by the phone. Not all of them play nice, they use too much power. One of mine starts charging its internal batteries when plugged into USB. If you remove the Micro SD card and send files to just that, it could work, except that you don't want to ever touch the Micro SD card in a Garmin unless absolutely necessary. The teeny clip that holds the card is not so hot. Quote
+Mineral2 Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 3 hours ago, mikeD said: I tried for instance to select a downloaded UK map and it gave a downloaded French one. But I said it was the UK one Maps are tricky. Were the downloaded maps, by chance, downloaded from Open Street Map? (garmin.openstreetmap.nl) Maps are given a name that is independent of the file name, and OSM maps are all named the same thing. So if you attempt to install two different OSM maps, the device can only recognize and display one of them. If you're using OSM to get maps of the UK and France, I suggest creating a single map that includes both regions. If you're using another source, it's possible the same issue is occuring. Or it could be something else. But I doubt that the hidden spotlite folder is the cause of your woes. Quote
+mikeD Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 the maps were one osm and the other built in Garmin topo it just got the two mixed up pick one and it showed the other since this started this morning i have been retesting taking on on HHL’s comment on the extra dot / period in the file name i have redone the PQ. No extra dot i saw comment that the spot light wouldnt interfere with indexing unless there was something wrong ( according to ios). Perhaps the xtra dot threw it i transferred raw gpx files again and it seems to work without crashing you have to be careful that the file is not transferred as a folder with the gpx imbedded in it. This happened a couple of times all good so far I transferred 5 gpx files but when i checked on the pc there were 10 files screen shot attached each file has extra characters and and underscore ahead of the file name is this another issue with mac/ios gile management? it works ok though Quote
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