User manual GARMIN PCX5

[. . . ] PCX5 / PCX5AVD / PC150 PC SOFTWARE KIT OWNER'S MANUAL Personal Nav Maintenance and Re PCX5/PCX5AVD/PC150 PC Software Kit OWNER'S MANUAL AutoSketch® is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc. GARMINTM, Personal NavigatorTM, and the GARMIN logo are trademarks of GARMIN International. IBM® and IBM Personal Computer® are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. LaserJet® is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. [. . . ] The following lists the valid record types: H I M U W R T Header record (provides column titles only; contains no data) Software Identification Map Datum Coordinate System Waypoint record Route record Track record (track log file) and Real time logging record (select NMEA output format) C = Checklist record (PC150 Only) S = Schedule record (PC150 Only) = = = = = = = The data fields associated with the record follow the record type. Non-trailing empty fields will contain one or more space characters. At least one header line (H record) precedes each logical group of data lines. For example, a ground track file may have hundreds (or thousands) of T records, but the file may have only one H record at the beginning of the file. The following is a list of header titles used for data fields in the various types of GARMIN file records (units are given where appropriate): · LATITUDE · LONGITUDE · DATE in form of DD-MMM-YY · TIME in form of HH:MM:SS (UTC time) · ALT = Altitude in meters · ZONE = Grid coordinate zone identifier · EASTING = Grid coordinate easting offset in meters · NORTHING = Grid coordinate northing offset in meters 6-2 · · · · · · · · · · · COORDINATE SYSTEM =coordinate system configuration (text string) SOFTWARE NAME & VERSION (text string) R = Altitude Reference (E=Ellipsoid or G=Geoid) DATUM = map datum used (text string) IDNT = Identifier (text string) IDX = Datum index DA = Delta earth radius DF = Delta flattening factor DX, DY, DZ = Delta earth center DESCRIPTION = Waypoint description PROXIMITY = Proximity distance An example of each record type is given in the sections that follow. Note that the time given in the points created by the unit is UTC Time; points created by the PC are in local PC Time. 6. 2 DOWNLOAD DATA FROM UNIT This option will transfer data from the unit into a PC. From the sub-menu select the type of data to download: Waypoints, Proximity Waypoints, Routes, Track log or Almanac. Figure 6-2: DOWNLOAD DATA OPTIONS 6. 2. 1 DOWNLOAD WAYPOINT DATA Select "Waypoint Data" to download waypoints from the GPS unit to an ASCII file with a ". WPT" extension. Upon choosing this selection, a dialog box will 6-3 prompt you for the required information (drive, directory and file name). Indicate the destination file name for the waypoint data. Figure 6-3: WAYPOINT DOWNLOAD DIALOG BOX The ASCII file created follows the format described in Section 6. 1. The file will include one header record (H record) followed by multiple waypoint data records (W records). Each line begins with the waypoint record identifier (W), followed by the user-assigned waypoint identifier. Appearing next are latitude and longitude (or easting and northing for grid coordinates), date (DD-MMM-YY) and time (UTC in HH:MM:SS) created, altitude, description (if applicable) and proximity waypoint distance (if applicable). An example of a waypoint data file in latitude and longitude (degrees/minutes/seconds) coordinates follows: H SOFTWARE NAME & VERSION I PCX5 2. 00 H R DATUM M E WGS 84 IDX DA DF DX DY DZ 100 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 H COORDINATE SYSTEM U LAT LON DM H W W W W W W IDNT HOME MARINA BRIDGE FCOVE WRECK FRED LATITUDE N3519. 3776 N3510. 6819 N3522. 8349 N3459. 3816 N3502. 5195 N3517. 7816 LONGITUDE W08540. 4503 W08536. 0333 W08551. 1903 W08527. 8865 W08602. 9741 W08605. 0523 DATE 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 TIME ALT 14:26:47 -9999 14:29:17 -9999 14:30:16 -9999 14:31:15 -9999 14:32:44 -9999 14:53:40 -9999 DESCRIPTION MY HOUSE GOOD FOOD HERE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE FISHING COVE NAVIGATION HAZARD FREDS HOUSE PROXIMITY ;waypts 0. 00000e+00 0. 00000e+00 0. 00000e+00 0. 00000e+00 0. 00000e+00 0. 00000e+00 NOTE: The -9999 value in the altitude field indicates that altitude information was not available. 6. 2. 2 DOWNLOAD PROXIMITY WAYPOINT DATA Select "Proximity Wpt Data" to download waypoints from the GPS unit to a ". PRX" file. Upon choosing this selection, a dialog box will prompt you for the 6-4 required information (drive, directory and file name). Indicate the destination file name for the proximity waypoint data. The ASCII file created follows the waypoint file format described in Section 6. 2. 1 (one "H" record followed by multiple "W" records), but with proximity data in each waypoint record. An example of a proximity waypoint data file in latitude and longitude (degrees/minutes) coordinates follows: H SOFTWARE NAME & VERSION I PCX5 2. 00 H R DATUM M E WGS 84 IDX DA DF DX DY DZ 100 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 +0. 000000e+00 H COORDINATE SYSTEM U LAT LON DM H W W W W W W IDNT HOME MARINA BRIDGE FCOVE WRECK FRED LATITUDE N3519. 3776 N3510. 6819 N3522. 8349 N3459. 3816 N3502. 5195 N3517. 7816 LONGITUDE W08540. 4503 W08536. 0333 W08551. 1903 W08527. 8865 W08602. 9741 W08605. 0523 DATE 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 07-JUN-93 TIME ALT 14:26:47 -9999 14:29:17 -9999 14:30:16 -9999 14:31:15 -9999 14:32:44 -9999 14:53:40 -9999 DESCRIPTION MY HOUSE GOOD FOOD HERE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE FISHING COVE NAVIGATION HAZARD FREDS HOUSE PROXIMITY ;waypts 1. 00000e+03 2. 00000e+02 1. 25000e+03 2. 50000e+03 1. 60934e+03 1. 00000e+04 6. 2. 3 DOWNLOAD ROUTE DATA Select "Route Data" to download stored routes from the GPS unit into an ASCII file with a ". RTE" extension. Upon choosing this selection, a dialog box will prompt you for the required information (drive, directory and file name). Indicate the destination file name for the route data. The ASCII file created follows the format described in Section 6. 1 and will show data for each route downloaded from the unit. [. . . ] Refer to the interface setup instructions in the owner's manual for your GPS unit. 12-1 APPENDIX A GLOSSARY Almanac data - A data file which indicates the orbital paths and status of all known satellites. Almanac data is transmitted by all operational GPS satellites and is stored in your GPS receiver. ASCII file - A text file that follows the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. These files may be readily viewed/edited using a word processor program or a DOS text editor. [. . . ]