Article 46635 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!mr.net!news.eden.com!news.eden.com!not-for-mail From: "Richard G. Bingham II" Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Garmin protocol Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:09:59 -0700 Organization: Pro*Tec Information Systems Lines: 29 Message-ID: <341F6627.21AA@ProTecInfoSys.com> References: <5vmcsp$gfa$1@news.belwue.de> Reply-To: rgbii@ProTecInfoSys.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net-6-075.austin.eden.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: boris.eden.com 874466545 12906 (None) 206.81.247.75 X-Complaints-To: news@eden.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) To: Heinrich Pfeifer Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:46635 Hi Heinrich, The waypoint record WITHOUT icons is normally 0x3a in length. For the same record WITH icons, it's length is 0x3c. The extra two bytes (a short I think) is the icon. This is true for both sending and receiving the waypoints records. The least significant nibble value is the icon value in the range of 0 - 0xf, representing the 16 icons. The "temp" icon has non-zero values in some of the other bits, but it seems safe to ignore these both for up and downloading. Hope this helps, Richard. Heinrich Pfeifer wrote: > > The new GPS12 / GPS12XL show waypoints with icons. > > Does anyone know how the new waypoint icons are coded on > the GARMIN transfer protocol? > > Any help is welcome. > > Heinrich -- --------------------------- Richard Gordon Bingham II Pro*Tec Information Systems, rgbii@ProTecInfoSys.com http://www.eden.com/~rgbii Genealogy http://www.inetport.com/~rgbii Article 46638 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "B. Hildebrand" Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Garmin protocol Date: 17 Sep 1997 03:39:13 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 38 Message-ID: <01bcc31b$483fb800$bc27400c@486> References: <5vmcsp$gfa$1@news.belwue.de> <341F6627.21AA@ProTecInfoSys.com> Reply-To: "B. Hildebrand" NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.64.39.188 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1160 Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:46638 Yes, 2 extra bytes are added to the waypoint data. The first extra byte is the icon. The 12XL supports on 16, but other units have more. The second byte has to do the how the waypoint is displayed on the GPS map page. Icon with name, Icon only, or Icon with the waypoint description, allowing up to 16 characters of text to be displayed with the icon. BH Richard G. Bingham II wrote in article <341F6627.21AA@ProTecInfoSys.com>... : Hi Heinrich, : The waypoint record WITHOUT icons is normally : 0x3a in length. For the same record WITH icons, it's length is 0x3c. : The extra two bytes (a short I think) is the icon. This is true : for both sending and receiving the waypoints records. The : least significant nibble value is the icon value in the range of : 0 - 0xf, representing the 16 icons. The "temp" icon has : non-zero values in some of the other bits, but it seems safe : to ignore these both for up and downloading. : Hope this helps, : Richard. : : Heinrich Pfeifer wrote: : > : > The new GPS12 / GPS12XL show waypoints with icons. : > : > Does anyone know how the new waypoint icons are coded on : > the GARMIN transfer protocol? : > : > Any help is welcome. : > : > Heinrich : : -- : --------------------------- : Richard Gordon Bingham II : Pro*Tec Information Systems, rgbii@ProTecInfoSys.com : http://www.eden.com/~rgbii : Genealogy http://www.inetport.com/~rgbii :