What does "send to device" really do?

Former Member over 11 years ago

When I do a "send to device" operation in BaseCamp, I get results that I cannot explain. Suppose I have a collection of waypoints and tracks on the device and a similar but not identical collection on the PC. Some of the waypoints and tracks on the PC are edited versions of the ones on the device. Other waypoints and tracks are on the device but not on the PC because I deleted them from the PC. I would have expected that "send to device" just replaces everything on the device by the information coming from the PC, but that doesn't seem to be the case. So how is the information coming from the PC combined with the information already on the device? Is this documented anywhere?

I'm working with an Etrex Venture HC.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I bow to your sir...

I prefer cash (unmarked and unsequential bills) in a plain brown paper bag :D

Just didn't want the OP to be confused.

I've had the fortune (or misfortune?) to have owned and used many Garmin models over the last 12-13 years. Before 2004 or so, as I recall, Garmin units didn't have USB at all and it wasn't until 2006 or so that microSD card capable units appeared (Garmin did have their own proprietary cards prior to that). Units that accepted SD cards did have mass-storage support (to transfer maps) but still used the Garmin USB protocol for everything else.

Nowadays mass-storage and/or MTP support is the norm but that is a relatively new thing.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

How to clear the Etrex Venture HC files?

IMHO, trying to synch and keep track of different sets of objects between the device and BC can be mind-boggling. It's possible to eliminate the issue by following a strategy of:

1. Keep everything you need or have ever used and might need again in the BC database - waypoints, routes, etc.
2. For a trip, have all needed items in a list unique to that trip and create any new routes there, including new routes that are modifications of existing routes. Name every item in a clearly descriptive way.
3. Before connecting the device, turn it on and delete everything that was on it from previous use, including the log file assuming you have previously downloaded any desired tracks from previous use.
4. With the device empty, connect it and send the entire list containing the trip data to the device.

With this method, all questions of route comparisons, unique route naming, multiple versions of items, etc., are resolved within BC and all changes are kept in one consistent place.

I thought of doing that and concluded, as you did, that clearing the files on the device and reloading from BaseCamp is the best strategy. The question then is: how can I clear the files in the Etrex Venture HC?

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

As already posted, on the device itself.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Thanks, I had to go to Menu from the waypoints list (on the device) and the same from the Tracks list. There I found a "delete all" option.

0 TXBobcat over 11 years ago

I do something similar. I have a folder called States. In the States Folder I make a list of every state and place campground waypoints that I go to in that state.

Then I have a list in My Collection labeled All Routes. I send the waypoints to the All Routes List and build Routes with the campground waypoints. I then take and highlight all the items in All Routes and copy them or upload them to the GPS.

After I am finished with the upload I delete the routes and remove the waypoints from the All Routes list.

I make sure I do not delete the waypoints so they will stay in the state list.

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