![]() ![]() Methinks it was all that navigational focus at speed that largely accounts for what went wrong at track point #1,867, when Anon was within sight of the launch ramp and running a little bit further up river to burn the gas out his outboard. So Anon drove some 64 nm of complex river (the skinny Sasanoa is famous for its whirlpools!), and his Garmin tracked every bit of it in some detail, as you can see in the bottom middle window. Clicking on Active Log #16 would show the 25 nm he’d run down river before lunching in Bath. At any rate, I’ve clicked on Anon’s last automatically made Active Log (track) and Homeport has zoomed out to show part of a neat trip he took down and back up the Kennebec and Sasanoa Rivers from the launch ramp in Hallowell. Note that I’ve also opened the 5212 base map from the SD card you can see under Devices (I also have the Vision SD card in the PC, and can switch to that added cartography detail if desired). Thus all the data in the lower left window is his. At upper left on the screen you can see that I’ve opened the user file that we downloaded off his Garmin and that I imported into my Homeport Library. We’ll call him Anon so the Google won’t forever pin this very uncharacteristic mistake to his real name. Click to enlarge the screen above and I’ll explain after the break… But today’s look at some deeper Homeport features gets the benefit of a friend’s embarrassing navigation error. I stowed away some memorable tracks, quickly cleaned up some extraneous waypoints (careful with that track-to-route feature), polished some favorite routes, and then overwrote the user data on the 5212 with a much more useful set. I was able to easily copy the 5212’s embedded charts - plus the mess of tracks, routes, and waypoints I put on it last season - and then review/manage all on my home computer. IMG types in the "Garmin" folder of your "Virtual Disk Removable Media" drive that either can use.I can’t imagine why anyone with a Garmin plotter, a Windows PC, and a bit of ability to use both wouldn’t find Garmin Homeport more than worth the $30 charge. ![]() HomePort/BaseCamp will display all the compatable map. IMG files all together in the same "Garmin" folder of the "Virtual Disk Removable Media" drive. IMG files on SD cards (or other "Removable Media" drive types), different filenames (XXXXXX.IMG) and map types (BlueChart g2/g2 Vision, TOPO, road maps, etc.) can all be used at the same time by putting several of these Garmin. As in step 3, I used a descriptive name for the "Volume label" field and entered " Virtual Disk Removable Media" (without the quotes), click on the " Start" button of the "Format" drive V: window (a WARNING window will appear, just click the " OK" button" of it to start the format).Ĩ - After formatting completes, click the " Close" button of the "Format" drive V: window, now you can exit/close the "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window.ĩ - With "My Computer" create a " Garmin" folder on your new "V:" drive (that is named "Virtual Disk Removable Media") and copy your Garmin. The "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window will show "V:" as the "Drive" and "D:\Virtual Disk Removable Media for Drive V" as the "Image file".Ħ - Click on the " V:" of the "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" window to enable the "Format" button, then click that " Format" button.ħ - A "Format" drive V: window will appear. Therefore, I typed in " D:\Virtual Disk Removable Media for Drive V" (without the quotes) into the "Image file" field and entered " V" (without the quotes) into the "Drive letter" field (so drive "V:" would be the Virtual Drive).Ĥ - Enter the "Size of virtual disk" that you want (I entered 4 and clicked on " Gigabytes"), check " Removable media" and click " OK".ĥ - You will now have a currently mounted disk. Let's say that for your Virtual Disk, you want to use free disk space from your "D:" drive and assign drive letter "V:" to your new Virtual Disk.ġ - Start "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" (from the Windows "Control Panel" or the Desktop shortcut you created above) and click the " Mount new." button.Ģ - A "Mount new virtual disk" window will then also appear.ģ - A descriptive "Image file" name and "Drive letter" will help identify what the "Image file" and "Drive letter" is for. I found a way to use disk space from another hard disk drive letter instead. ![]() The only thing I didn't like is that it uses free space on my C: drive to create the Virtual Drive. Right-click on "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" in your "Control Panel">select "Create Shortcut">click the "Yes" button. To access "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" easier, you can create a shortcut on your Desktop by doing the below: ![]()
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