I am using Basecamp to transfer a route to my Navigator V. I save this to the trip planner. When I select the trip from the trip planner and press "go" and says "select next destination". Whatever point I chose whether it be next in line or halfway through the route, it sends me directly to that point and then stops navigation and then tries to route me to the start point. It ignores my route altogether and I cannot navigate the entire route even though it shows up on the map. The most basic function of a gps is to get you from point A to point B. I have read a couple of threads about this, but haven't found an answer and need help because I am going on a trip soon. I have used BaseCamp for years and planned routes for my GPSMap 62 without issue for years. Can someone explain what is going on??
What it should do is route you directly to whichever point you select and then follow the route automatically from there. All my Garmins work that way.
I think I got the routing to work fine after some experimenting, but what happens when I get off the route is confusing.
I made two routes this evening. One had a number of "points". The other was a copy of this, but in basecamp I highlighted the points and changed them from "alert on arrival" to "don't alert on arrival" so that the final route only had a starting and ending waypoint.
On the first route, I got off the route and it tried to reroute me to the last waypoint I missed, which would require a large amount of backtracking and then a u-turn to get headed back in the right direction. Of course, I could skip this waypoint and others and eventually get right, but only because I knew the area I was in. If I was really lost this would be more difficult.
On the second track with only 2 waypoints, beginning and end, I got off track and it did try to route me to the end point, however, it did so on the most direct way, ignoring my planned route altogether. I tried to cut out about 3 miles of route during recalculation. It is frustrating because I can't trust this device to take me on my planned route right now. I'm sure I am making the routes correctly, but don't understand the routing on the device.
Shaping or do not alert points are those that can be missed, so what you describe is normal behaviour. If you must hit a specific waypoint then don't use a shaping point, but then be prepared to have to accept you'll need to hit it or fiddle with the route at some point.
