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This ain't the Bascamp I used in the past...

4131372
10 months ago

So I acquired a Nuvi 40. The Basecamp I last used won't work on this Mac so now I'm on 4.8.13 & I can't get anything to work. The address lookup fails; it can't find where I79 & I68 intersect, for example.

Basecamp has crashed my Mac account at least twice.

The map is CHOKED with airports and other things I can't supress, and map movement is glacial slow.

The help popup ignores the download request.

I finally made my waypoints by lat/long. I made a route. I sent to the Nuvi 40.

But I can not find any trace of the route, much less how to use it. In theory, I can specify the start and stop locations.

I found the Nuvi manual, not one mention of routes. storing same, etc.

It did load my waypoints so guess I can stop at each and load the next one.

  • 0 10 months ago

    I had a Nuvi 40 and it's very much an entry level device with limited abilities. It's older and slower with limited storage, and I think it's probably obsolete.  Meanwhile, maps have been getting larger and more detailed over the last few years.

    BaseCamp is able to work with a wide range of Garmin devices, but it can't add facilities which aren't supported by the device.  Sorry.

    As for your BaseCamp issues, I can only the suggest the "standard" techniques for handling any errant Mac application:

    - Delete BaseCamp from your Applications folder and delete any downloaded installers.

    - Rename its preference file (Library/Preferences/com.garmin.BaseCamp.plist) to change the ".plist" to (say) ".xxxplist"

    - Download a fresh copy of the installer, and install it again.

    I also suggest you download a copy of your map onto your computer so that BaseCamp can use it, rather than relying on the map installed on your Nuvi40 and connected by a USB cable.

  • 0 10 months ago

    The nuvi 40 is an old entry level device and isn't capable of using routes so it's not a BaseCamp issue. You can change what BaseCamp displays in options and turn off airports or simply change the overall detail setting to a lower setting, whichever works best for you. Map movement if you're using the map from your nuvi will be slower than using one installed to your computer. I doubt though that Express will allow you to install the map, to enable that option you need to update the map on your nuvi first, are you able to do so as many older devices came without lifetime map updates.

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 9534007

    So I did as suggested but my issues multiply. Now, when I use Garmin Express on another Nuvi 40 belonging to a friend, its starts communicating, then shuts off the Nuvi, bang. No idea why. Only plists i see are

    -rw------- 1 2 staff 24721 Jan 25 21:24 com.garmin.BaseCamp.plist
    -rw------- 1 2 staff 17946 Jan 25 20:43 com.garmin.MapInstall.plist
    -rw------- 1 2 staff 212 Jan 18 01:58 com.garmin.MapManager.plist
    -rw------- 1 2 staff 286 Jan 25 21:29 com.garmin.renu.client.plist

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 4131372

    I went to a WIN10 machine, installed Express, etc. on it, and successfully updated the maps on my friend's various Nuvi. Interestingly, some seem to have more storage space than others; they can take the full map vs, part of the US.

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 4131372

    I'm not surprised that different Nuvi models have different amount of space.  However, a limiting factor I bumped into with my Drive 52 was that a system folder was getting filled with a number of huge files, some of them over many hundreds of megabytes.  Despite fitting an expansion memory card, Garmin Express couldn't install an update map.  I had to find and delete the oldest of these huge files to make 1 GB of free space ON THE DEVICE, and only then would the update take place.  The update loaded the map to expansion memory card, and loaded more huge files onto the device!  I guess I'll have to delete these files again next time I do a map update! 

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 9534007

    So maybe the Nuvi 40's all have the same space. Given the unexplained connectivity issue with Express & my Mac, I didn't spend the time I should have looking for hidden files. In retrospect, I should have removed Express so I could use ordinary Unix tools on the mounted  Numi's.

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 9534007

    I'm curious as to which system directory you found filled up? Or to put it differently, how did you know what was safe to delete, and what wasn't.

  • 0 9 months ago in reply to 4131372

    The full story can be found on this thread:

    https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mac-windows-software/f/garmin-express/351871/solved-garmin-drive-52-obsolete-after-less-than-12-months

    Please read that through and come back here if you need any more help or details.  The thread itself is now locked.