Issues with BaseCamp 4.1.0

Former Member over 12 years ago

There are some serious device connection issues with BaseCamp 4.1.0. That is why we pulled it from the auto-update servers. You can still download it from http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435 if you want to.

We are working on fixing the most pressing issues. They will be addressed in BaseCamp 4.1.1.

I'll outline the 2 most common issues and how to work around them in case you already installed 4.1.0:

1. You have a device connected and start BaseCamp, or you have BaseCamp running and connect a device -> BaseCamp stops responding.
Fix: This is most likely caused by a gpi file on your GPS. Look for 006D135900.gpi in the .System or POI folder. Rename the file to something else (006D135900.bak for example). Restart BaseCamp.

2. BaseCamp 4.1 does not recognize your Nuvi, but earlier versions of BaseCamp did.
Fix: Switching the device to Mass Storage mode might fix this. Disconnect the device. Turn it on. Go to the Odometer screen (View Map, tap speed). Press your finger on the odometer for around 10 seconds. A debug screen should appear. Go to MTP settings. Select Mass Storage mode. Connect the device to BaseCamp.

I apologize for all the trouble. This is something we should have caught before releasing, but it slipped through somehow.

0 atlas_cached over 12 years ago

Yeah, that is intentional.

In 3D view if you set the numbers block of your full-size keyboard to map to the special keys, you can use 2, 4, 6 and 8 to pan the map, 7 (Home) and 9 (PgUp) to rotate, 1(End) and 3 (PgDn) to adjust the pitch and - und + to zoom. It's been like this since the first version of BaseCamp I believe.

Thank You. I am not using a 10-key keyboard, so the obvious was not so obvious to me...

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

The GPI file issue has nothing to do with GPX at all. BaseCamp 4.1 does write compatible GPX files.

P.S. Boring technical stuff: GPI is a binary (that means it's not plain text) format that contains Custom POI information, usually only Garmin devices and software can read it. GPX is a human-readable XML file containing all kinds of different location-based data which can be read by any software or hardware that adheres to the GPX schema.

Thanks for the reassurance and tech explanation FALAGAR. I will go ahead with 4.1.0 and do some testing before unleashing it!

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

The two issues outlined in the opening post of this thread have been resolved with BaseCamp 4.1.1.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435