Glide Navigator II Problem

[rlovinggood]

My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.

I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."

The same files are on the storage card.

I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it doesn't work.

GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use GPS input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of "Initializing GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find the files.

Greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Ray Lovinggood
LS1-d
W8

[Gregg Leslie[_2_]]

Hi Ray,

If my memory serves me correctly the turnpoint file extension should be a
dat, u could save the turnpoints on your CF card as .dat. The only other
time
that happened to me was trying to load to many waypoints.




At 19:28 06 September 2014, rlovinggood wrote:
>My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.
>
>I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
>I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
>I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."
>
>The same files are on the storage card.
>
>I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it
doesn't
>work.
>
>GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use
>GPS input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of
>"Initializing GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find
the
>files.
>
>Greatly appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks,
>Ray Lovinggood
>LS1-d
>W8
>

[Gregg Leslie[_2_]]

Hi Ray,

If my memory serves me correctly the turnpoint file extension should be a
dat, u could save the turnpoints on your CF card as .dat. The only other
time
that happened to me was trying to load to many waypoints.




At 19:28 06 September 2014, rlovinggood wrote:
>My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.
>
>I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
>I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
>I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."
>
>The same files are on the storage card.
>
>I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it
doesn't
>work.
>
>GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use
>GPS input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of
>"Initializing GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find
the
>files.
>
>Greatly appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks,
>Ray Lovinggood
>LS1-d
>W8
>

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On Saturday, September 6, 2014 5:07:27 PM UTC-4, Gregg Leslie wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
>
>
> If my memory serves me correctly the turnpoint file extension should be a
>
> dat, u could save the turnpoints on your CF card as .dat. The only other
>
> time
>
> that happened to me was trying to load to many waypoints.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 19:28 06 September 2014, rlovinggood wrote:
>
> >My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.
>
> >
>
> >I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
>
> >I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
>
> >I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."
>
> >
>
> >The same files are on the storage card.
>
> >
>
> >I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it
>
> doesn't
>
> >work.
>
> >
>
> >GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use
>
> >GPS input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of
>
> >"Initializing GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find
>
> the
>
> >files.
>
> >
>
> >Greatly appreciate any help.
>
> >
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >Ray Lovinggood
>
> >LS1-d
>
> >W8
>
> >

Ray; Check your CF card properly inserted all the way into slot.

[Paul Remde]

Hi Ray,

You need to use waypoint files in the Cambridge .dat format. Airspace files
must be in the Tim Newport-Peace .sua format. Using the correct files will
solve the problem. You may need to delete the "wrong" files to be able to
get into GN II to select the correct files.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"rlovinggood" wrote in message
...

My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.

I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."

The same files are on the storage card.

I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it doesn't
work.

GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use GPS
input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of "Initializing
GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find the files.

Greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Ray Lovinggood
LS1-d
W8

[David Prather[_2_]]

Hi Ray,

One more tip... delete any waypoint files that are on the 302 itself, if
any, and don't re-load them. My PDA wouldn't recognize the 302 because the
302 had a corrupted file on it. It took me forever to find the problem, but
deleting the file with a terminal program cured it and it's been working
all season.

-Dave Prather

At 23:24 07 September 2014, Paul Remde wrote:
>Hi Ray,
>
>You need to use waypoint files in the Cambridge .dat format. Airspace
>files
>must be in the Tim Newport-Peace .sua format. Using the correct files
will
>
>solve the problem. You may need to delete the "wrong" files to be able to

>get into GN II to select the correct files.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Paul Remde
>Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
>
>"rlovinggood" wrote in message
...
>
>My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files.
>
>I have the program file under the "Start" menu.
>I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents."
>I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents."
>
>The same files are on the storage card.
>
>I've been using this setup for many years, but all of a sudden, it doesn't

>work.
>
>GNII starts on the pda, goes to the screen which allows selecting to use
>GPS
>input or run as a simulator, but when it gets to the screen of
>"Initializing
>GNII" and "Loading files", it hangs, as if it can't find the files.
>
>Greatly appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks,
>Ray Lovinggood
>LS1-d
>W8
>
>

[rlovinggood]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I'll try them as soon as I can make time and report results.

Ray
W8

[Six-Seven]

You may also want to post to the GNII Yahoo Group >> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GNII/info.

[Six-Seven Romeo]

As to the idea of deleting the contents of the 302. This has happened to me also. The belief is that it has something to do with the memory wrapping feature (overwriting the oldest files) doesn't work correctly in some cases.

I have more information and how-to documentation (from many sources) at http://aviation.derosaweb.net/cambridge/#errors.

Good luck, John