User Waypoints

[Celis]

I already had 30+ permanent waypoints and with the update, all are gone. 

Any file to try to recover or at least to know what file to backup prior any update.

Thanks

Alex

[fppilot]

Alex,
Important! Did you also have saved flight plans?  If so please advise about those.  Any issue there?

[Celis]

I had a couple but they are gone too.

[fppilot]

Ugh! I believe I can preserve my user defined variables as they are separate from the nav database. This is most likely a result from the newer Garmin Trainers, not per se about the RXP products.  

I have to backtrack to see how I did that back in October when I migrated from GNS legacy to GNS v2.  I also recall reclaiming flight plans from an earlier GTN offering into the newer at the time RXP GTN product.  I am remiss at not keeping better notes.  I will hold off of these updates until I catch myself up on those.  I do not have user defined waypoints, but have a robust collection of saved flight plans.

[RXP]

Hi,

Users waypoints and flight plans are stored in the GTN non volatile memory, which takes the form of a file on the hard drive. The file location has changed between GTN Trainer 6.21 and GTN Trainer 6.41:

OLD: "C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GTN Trainer Data\GTN\GTN1nonvol"
NEW: "C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Trainers\GTN\nonvol"

The file name is "sys_nand0" (zero) and our RXP GTN makes individual copies per GTN model/unit#, in the form: "sys_nand#" with # a letter.

You might be able to copy the old files into the new location and see how it goes. 

Besides, it probably is best to maintain all your user waypoints and flight plans in files in text files first (.GFP etc...) then import them when needed or migrating?

[Celis]

The old folder is empty. 

Checking the manual about importing user waypoint it refers to GTN Flight Plan and User Waypoint transfer.pdf,  but can't find that pdf.

thanks.

 

 

 

 

[RXP]

Hi, the empty folder is most likely because you've uninstalled the older trainer, and I don't know if Windows could have made 'snapshots' of the folder back in time, and offer you to restore the files? In all case, the trainer uninstaller shouldn't have touched the per-device/unit files which were created subsequently!?!?

As for the PDF, it is included in the flight plan and user waypoints sample pack as detailed in the RXP User's Manual, p9.

 

[fppilot]

8 hours ago, RXP said:

You might be able to copy the old files into the new location and see how it goes. 

I had success with this back in October.  Have not tried since. Important to make backups of the current files first.  Unfortunately the file dates do not change over time.  When I first installed the RXP GTN I used my own folder naming convention to differentiate it from my F1 GTN installation.  Since then two additional installations have me totally befuddled as to which is which.  That is today's project. Making backups of all and then playing what-if by eliminating one-by-one those I most believe are the non-current files, and by that process identifying the keepers and repositioning them accordingly, if/as needed.  By elimination I mean I rename the folders by inserting an underline character at the start of the folder name... 

"C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GTN Trainer Data\GTN\nonvol"
becomes: "C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GTN Trainer Data\GTN\_nonvol"

Ahh. I'm in the midst of a two day break in my Caribbean Trek anyway! LOL!

[RXP]

Please note updating 6.41.1 takes place over 6.41.0, therefore files stay in-place, but you're never so sure and you are right, always make a backup prior just in case.

[Celis]

ok.. Don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I unzip your user.wpt to C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Trainers\GTN\FPLN

so I can test the import, but I couldn't get the import key.

any path I need to change or saved?

thanks

[RXP]

You file is user.wpt, which means user waypoint (not flight plan file).

Therefore, for User Waypoints file (the file you've put in the FPLN folder): Waypoint Info | Import Waypoint

Otherwise, you have to put a flight plan file (.gfp) for the import flight plan button!

[Celis]

Excellent. thanks for your support.

Alex