Receive from Icon

Former Member over 11 years ago

Sorry if this has been asked before - a search hasn't thrown anything up.

Returning from a hike yesterday I connected my GPSMap 62st to the PC, opened up BaseCamp and attempted to import the days track using the Import Icon. When this icon was clicked upon it opened a dialogue box offering me the option of importing the entire units contents or, alternatively, the inserted memory card. Nowhere was a choice offered of Tracks, Waypoints and Maps etc as is the case with MapSource so I reverted to using the File > Import menu and then locating the necessary file on the unit.
This is a much cumbersome way of uploading a track into BaseCamp of course although the Send to Icon works as intended. Is there a bug related to the Import Icon or is it simply designed not to work as in MapSource?

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Not quite sure why you're doing it that way, although it could be just that you're using a 60, which is quite an old GPS. Are you not able to drag and drop the track or right click it in the Basecamp lower left pane and select Send to? Apologies if that doesn't work, I don't have a 60 to check it with.

0 BTLAAKE over 11 years ago

Expanding on SUSSAMB's reply. If you device is compatible, the device should show up in the upper left pane at the bottom. Selecting the Internal Storage folder will show the contents of the device in the lower left pane. You should be able to select and send or select and drop to a location in the upper left pane.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I'm aware of both the methods you describe in addition to my own workaround. However, it Garmin go through the trouble of designing a piece of software from the ground up then you'd have thought that the Icons they provide would actually do what they says on the tin. When all is said and done, this 'Receive from Device' Icon works in their much older software - namely, MapSource.

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Well it works differently but better is subjective. I find drag and drop far easier :-)

0 atlas_cached over 11 years ago

The GPSMap 60st is NOT a mass storage device, and thus, is not compatible with BaseCamp, nor can you 'drag and drop'.

You need to use MapSource with that unit.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

The GPSMap 60st is NOT a mass storage device...

Actually there is no such model as a GPSmap 60st There are GPSmap 60/60C/60CS/60Cx/60CSx models and a GPSmap 62st however. The former don't support mass storage (the 'x' models do for map transfers and track GPX files only) while the latter does.

One can use BaseCamp with a 60C/60CS/60Cx/60CSx/76C/76CS/76Cx/76CSx if they're masochistic enough.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Oops, I meant to say GPSMap62st, BABJ615, revisited my original post and corrected it. :D

Stuart - the former you mention i.e. my GPSMap60Csx is certainly recognised by my PC as mass storage and I've deleted several things from it over the years whilst in this mode as well as sent routes to it using the MapSource 'Send to Device' button and now more recently with BaseCamp.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Stuart - the former you mention i.e. my GPSMap60Csx is certainly recognised by my PC as mass storage...

Yup I edited my post before I read your response. However you can only transfer maps (or recorded track GPX files) with that. You CANNOT transfer waypoints or routes in mass-storage mode with that, or similar, models. MapSource/BaseCamp will happily write a temp.gpx file but the unit will do nothing with it.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Well I certainly don't know from where you're getting this info, Stuart, and all I can say is that I've got a folder containing a minimum of 200+ routes created in MapSource that I've sent to the GPSMap60CSx over the past couple of years.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I've had a 76CSx, since 2006 or so, and that is almost functionally to identical to a 60CSx and know that you can't transfer routes or waypoints in mass-storage mode.

On these units all mass storage does is turn the unit in an expensive and large card reader. That allows one to transfer maps to the card (although using a card reader is much faster) or to read GPX files written using the tracks "Log to card" feature. Of course one can put other files on the card as well although they'll be ignored by the unit.

One can only transfer waypoints, routes and tracks (not those saved on a card) in Garmin USB mode with these models.