GPSguru

6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Ok so I'm trying to do as instructed but the files are showing as a pdf and I can't open it? WTF

That might not be entirely true. Go to ‘view’ at the top of the screen and select ‘list’ and show ‘file extension’. That will then give the true file type.

I am doing this from memory as I am on the school run for an hour or so.

16 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

What's a file explorer? 

Now that the SLT resident retard has been silenced, let us continue with a sensible discussion.

Once you have the ADM file working, maybe you need to think how to safely keep it and add marks at your leisure from the pc. Garmin Homport is no longer available or supported, which is a shame as you could use your charts with it, however I have a copy if you want it.

Another alternative is to download Garmin Basecamp, which does the same thing but without the charts, you just enter the GPS co-ords, which plots as a mark. You can then save all the marks as a ADM file to a micro SD. To update the plotter, just plug in the card  and when prompted, tap the ‘merge’ button. If you hit the replace from file button, then all your marks on the plotter will be duplicated !

3 hours ago, JonC said:

Ok so now you have gone from abusive language to suggesting that physical violence is acceptable.
I think that you should go and give your head a bit of a wobble while you reflect on what you post. 

Please remember that what you post on here is in the public domain for an indefinite time frame. I hope when you regain consciousness this morning you can see the error of your ways. You need to go easy on the various substances that you are consuming. 

🖕

1 hour ago, Dicky said:

do you ever fish the Meat Boat?

Yes, about 11 miles off Berry Head, and about 16 miles from Teignmouth. It's true name is the La Blanca, but it was carrying 1000's of ton's of meat when it went down.

Very hit and miss, I often go straight on to the Pomella which is another 7 miles further on, but this puts you in the centre of 14 wrecks all within 5 miles, however, the Pomella usually fishes well.

IIRC the current record conger of 133lb came from the Meatboat.

57 minutes ago, Dicky said:

I know, he had it both ways. Charges you to go out on his boat then kerosene most of your catch 🤣🤣🤣

TBH the Empress that you went to first is more of an Autumn / winter wreck, but the Château fishes quite well all year round.

14 minutes ago, JonC said:

Is there any Ned for that? It’s exactly the sort of thing that puts people off posting  and replying to these questions. 

Who the feck is Ned ? ................ I guess it is your imaginary friend 🙄

This is your version of fixing tech ...........

It is a pity we can't fix your wayward tendencies with this ..........

4 minutes ago, JonC said:

@Saintly Fish

Ive sent you over step by step instructions on how to do this entire process, it’s a bit of a pain I’ve just done mine. 

9 minutes ago, Dicky said:

One was Devon bass pro from Axmouth

John Wallington ........... he is also a commercial. On his trips, you only get to keep your best fish of each species 🙄

3 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Ok so, I've hit a new snag. I tried to load all the marks that @jonnyswamp kindly gave me onto my plotter, only to find out that the sd card no info on it, FFS.

I been home and tried to reload them, now my PC tells me that in order to transfer /copy the files I need user permission? A, whats that mean and B, how do i get round it @GPSguru @Andy135??

Ok, open the file explorer on your pc. Locate the required ADM file on the card and then right click on it. A context menu will pop up and you need to turn off UAC (user account control) then copy the file to your pc. Once on the pc, copy the file across to a blank formatted card.

I am not near the pc right now, but I think I got that right, perhaps @Andy135 can confirm

52 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Ok so, I've hit a new snag. I tried to load all the marks that @jonnyswamp kindly gave me onto my plotter, only to find out that the sd card no info on it, FFS.

I been home and tried to reload them, now my PC tells me that in order to transfer /copy the files I need user permission? A, whats that mean and B, how do i get round it @GPSguru @Andy135??

You might need to log on to your pc as an administrator.

25 minutes ago, Dicky said:

We steamed out to a wreck at 15 miles along with one of the other boats and picked up the odd pollack and pout but with 2 commercial’s joining us pushed on another mile to a different wreck

I guess you went out to the 'empress of India', and then onto the 'Château Yquem'. The Château is known locally as the 'Salvage'

These are local wrecks for us, and I am thinking about going to the 'Ursa' on Sat or Sun. The Ursa is about a mile from the Chateau.

I will guess at the 2 charter's being 'LazyDaze' and 'Shandie III', both from Exmouth.

6 hours ago, Odyssey said:

So looks like a trip on the cards Saturday…. Pollack fishing on the drift and depending on the winds maybe a crack at a tope or 2 at anchor. 
 

In 2 minds about inshore or offshore reefing…. Offshore more fish but needs good conditions, inshore slightly less fish but chance to have a go at the tope…. I guess keep an eye on the forecasts and see if I can rustle up a crew…. 
 

All outlaws welcomed! 😁

It is usually the sea conditions that dictate what I do. I usually got out with a couple of plans in mind, and then decide once I have seen what the sea is really doing once out of the navigation channel.

1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:

Ok, so as far as the app goes I'm back up and working 100%. 
 

 

I had to completely re set the app which deleted everything automatically. Then re downloaded my required area. Now to go to the boat and place it on the plotter. 

That looks better.

Yes, it should load onto the plotter ok, albeit a little slow as it does all the validation stuff.

36 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

You got lucky with the engine fault Ian.  Most of the time we have to wait weeks for parts!! 

I expected 10 days, but they got a replacement from Barrus ( merc uk) in 2 days.

42 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

All marks are in ADM. I've transferred them onto a micro sd and will transfer to the plotter this week. 

👍

12 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I will have to do this in reverse. I have an sd card that @jonnyswampgave me, it's full of marks for the Solent. I will transfer those to a micro sd, then put them in the plotter that way. I just hope they are the correct format?

The Garmin will accept either an ADM or a GPX file, i.e. 'myfiles.adm' or 'myfiles.gpx'

ADM files are pure Garmin but contain ALL the waypoint info, including any notes you might have made.

GPX files are a GPS waypoint standard file format, and Garmin will accept the GPS info and the waypoint name.

If the card has them in any other format, let me know and I might be able to convert it.

1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said:

🤣I would if there were any!! As I said they've all disappeared.

Well, you must have done a factory reset !!  

35 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I have no clue what that means!

On your plotter, plug in a blank SD card, go to waypoints, then tap export waypoints, you will then be prompted to enter a file name, do that, tap continue and it will create a file on the SD card of your waypoints 👍

4 hours ago, Malc said:

😱

Nightmare! Hope you can get it sorted, I will be manually writing mine down next time I get the opportunity 

You plan is to export them as a *.gpx from your plotter to an SD card, then you can import them to any other plotter as GPX is a recognised file standard for GPS waypoints.

As an example, I exported mine from the Garmin, and imported the file into ‘bro in laws’ Lowrance.

15 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Yes I got that relief shading option on the plotter, but when it comes up there is no relief shading. Just the standard fishing depth contour marks. 

If you got the relief shading option, then it loaded it ok.  My be you didnt zoom in enough ?
on your phone, go to the chart and then increase the zoom with you fingers to see it it switches to shading as you zoom in. On my phone the shading does not kick in until I zoom to 2nm as shown in the bottom left corner of the screen. Anything greater than 2nm and it only displays the raster chart, which is normal.
 

9 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I will reset everything and start again. 

Ok, good plan.

Not being funny, but another good plan would be to let Leo do it. Just explain what should happen and let him get on with it. Kids these days are good with tech, they don't think about it, they just do it. 
kyle is always finding stuff on the panoptix and sonar, also Josh the other evening cleaned up my PC for me and got the fancy fan software working like it should and he is only 14.

4 hours ago, daio web said:

come to think about it i dont think i have relief shading on my plotter i only think its on my phone i will have a look on the weekend

On the plotter main screen, tap ‘charts’ and you should get about 5 options come up, i.e nav chart, fishing chart, birds eye view, etc. one of the options will be relief shading. Just tap that and the shaded chart should appear.

4 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

13 hours ago, GPSguru said:

My marks have defo disappeared from the plotter. 100%.

I still use ‘Homeport’ on my PC. It is no longer supported by Garmin, but I think it is still available on their website. Obviously, it dose t support relief shading, but the standard raster charts work well on it.

i use it to enter marks, which are then stored as an *.ADM file onto a SD card. To transfer them the the plotter ( or the other way around), I just plug the card into the plotter and use the ‘user data’ function to merge the waypoint data. 

4 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

My marks have defo disappeared from the plotter. 100%. 
And I'm unable to delete the maps off the app. I've been into settings, gone to delete all on the chart, pressed delete, nothing happens. 

Unless you have done a plotter factory reset, the marks should still be there. I don't think there is any other way to bulk delete them.

Firstly restart your phone /ipad (what are you using ?) to see if  the chart delete works again. If not, then delete the app and reinstall. Once you log in, your chart subscription will show ok.