lisilou
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Anyone use this home planner? I've got it and it's great until I try to save more than one route to the cartridge. I'm surely doing something wrong. Any help would be gratefully received.
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Navigation Planner
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Dave_Seager
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Go on, give us a clue!
lisilou
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That's what it's called...'Navigation Planner' specifically for Navionics. That's all I can tell you really. Must be able to save more than one route or it's not fit for purpose Grrrrrr.
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Dave_Seager
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Sorry for the flippant response but "Navigation Planner" sounded rather generic. I looked on Navionics site but there is hardly any mention of it although several chandlers seem to be selling it.
My only contact with Navionics is using their mobile version on an Android phone. Last year's version was badly flawed. We boat on the Thames and it seemed to place tidal information East of Greenwich when it should have been West which did not inspire confidence. This year's version is a big improvement although I resent having to pay full price for it.
There is very little documentation for the mobile version and the routing functions are pretty limited. If the Navigation Planner is to the same standard then I suspect that the features are in there somewhere but will be hard to find.
Sorry I cannot be more help.
My only contact with Navionics is using their mobile version on an Android phone. Last year's version was badly flawed. We boat on the Thames and it seemed to place tidal information East of Greenwich when it should have been West which did not inspire confidence. This year's version is a big improvement although I resent having to pay full price for it.
There is very little documentation for the mobile version and the routing functions are pretty limited. If the Navigation Planner is to the same standard then I suspect that the features are in there somewhere but will be hard to find.
Sorry I cannot be more help.
PaulGooch
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The documentation here : http://www.navigationplanner.com/Docs/NavigationPLANNER PlotterGUIDE.pdf
suggests it will handle more then one route.
I suspect your problem is that you are confusing multiple routes with multiple files on the plotter. I've no experience with this particular software and i don't know what plotter you're using (seem to recall you mentioning Raymarine in another thread).
With all of the plotters that i have used, the user data (routes, waypoints and tracks etc) is stored on the plotter, the memory card or the PC in a single file.
My Garmin plotter has the option to import and merge data onto the plotter. I could create a new route on the PC, save the data to the memory card, then in the plotter menu i can choose to "merge" the data. This option may not be available on your plotter.
I prefer not to use the merge option though. I copy all of the data from the plotter to the memory card and then from the memory card to the PC. After making any changes, i save it back to the card, then copy to the plotter. I've then always got at least most of my data in three places, for backup purposes. Whether or not you have the merge option, i would expect that the Navionics planner should be able to handle more than one route, which you can then export to the plotter, via the memory card, as above.
suggests it will handle more then one route.
I suspect your problem is that you are confusing multiple routes with multiple files on the plotter. I've no experience with this particular software and i don't know what plotter you're using (seem to recall you mentioning Raymarine in another thread).
With all of the plotters that i have used, the user data (routes, waypoints and tracks etc) is stored on the plotter, the memory card or the PC in a single file.
My Garmin plotter has the option to import and merge data onto the plotter. I could create a new route on the PC, save the data to the memory card, then in the plotter menu i can choose to "merge" the data. This option may not be available on your plotter.
I prefer not to use the merge option though. I copy all of the data from the plotter to the memory card and then from the memory card to the PC. After making any changes, i save it back to the card, then copy to the plotter. I've then always got at least most of my data in three places, for backup purposes. Whether or not you have the merge option, i would expect that the Navionics planner should be able to handle more than one route, which you can then export to the plotter, via the memory card, as above.
lisilou
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thanks for the responses. David...I didn't take it as flippant at all as it did seem very general didn't it . The software has the facility to save routes to either memory card or cartridge but when saving to cartridge, it only offers 1 file option which tells me I have to overwrite the previous saved route so I'm at a loss coz it won't let me select a different file or rename etc 
. Paul, I'll take a closer look at your link, thanks.
Lisa
. The software has the facility to save routes to either memory card or cartridge but when saving to cartridge, it only offers 1 file option which tells me I have to overwrite the previous saved route so I'm at a loss coz it won't let me select a different file or rename etc . Paul, I'll take a closer look at your link, thanks.Lisa
lisilou
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For anyone interested or having the same problem, I phoned 'Navigation Planner' bloke and told me I needed to save to disk first then save to cartridge. So, all sorted and I can indeed save mulitple routes and plug them straight into the plotter on board. I'm a happy bunny 
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ARA
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Just out of interest, which version of planner do you have & what GPS do you have?
rubberduck
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I have just upgraded from nav planner to this so not used it yet, but I did have this problem with nav planner. We found that if you save all routes to a memory card, put that in your plotter & transfer, then re-insert cartridge, it worked fine. However please check with you supplier cos I haven't used this version yet & don't want to break yours.
lisilou
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ARA..it's the new version 6 for Raymarine C120 plotter.
RD, I'm using it fine now. Just save each route to the hardrive 1st then to cartridge then cartridge to plotter (not tried that bit yet but don't see any probs tbh).
I don't know how other home planners compare but this one is excellent once you get used to its loading and saving procedures. It works out all the distances and times between each WP and will give you fuel consumption based on your input. (I assume other planners do the same?). Offers much more info which I haven't played with yet but it's looking good and perfect for what I need.
Just for info...they now do it compatable for MAC.
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RD, I'm using it fine now. Just save each route to the hardrive 1st then to cartridge then cartridge to plotter (not tried that bit yet but don't see any probs tbh).
I don't know how other home planners compare but this one is excellent once you get used to its loading and saving procedures. It works out all the distances and times between each WP and will give you fuel consumption based on your input. (I assume other planners do the same?). Offers much more info which I haven't played with yet but it's looking good and perfect for what I need.
Just for info...they now do it compatable for MAC.
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PaulGooch
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ginagraham
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Saving routes with NavigationPLANNER
I have the new version 7 of NavigationPLANNER (and I think PC Plotter version 7 is the same) and the saving of routes are a lot easier especially with Raymarine plotters (like I have). There is now a route library and when you save for a Raymarine plotter it just saves everything in the route library. So if you have 3 routes in there it saves all 3 by default( you can just save 1 or 2 as well).
So much easier than before!! Worth the upgrade as you also get tidal planning as well.
I have the new version 7 of NavigationPLANNER (and I think PC Plotter version 7 is the same) and the saving of routes are a lot easier especially with Raymarine plotters (like I have). There is now a route library and when you save for a Raymarine plotter it just saves everything in the route library. So if you have 3 routes in there it saves all 3 by default( you can just save 1 or 2 as well).
So much easier than before!! Worth the upgrade as you also get tidal planning as well.
lisilou
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I'd forgotten about this thread lol....thanx Gina, I'll take a look at the upgrade.
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