Saving Waypoints

Hi Trevor

There are some importants things that you must remember when using Ozi, either the full version on a PC/Laptop or the great Hema units.

Firstly any saved waypoints are saved in a seperate location, where ever you have chosen to save your waypoints, and are not saved to a map.

Seeing you are using a computer to save your waypoints, you must save the waypoints in a location where you will remember where they are. If you are not sure, then create a new folder on your desktop for easy access.

With Ozi running, you can create manual waypoints on what ever map you have open, but before closing Ozi, you MUST SAVE THE WAYPOINTS TO FILE.

Once the points have been saved, it is then safe to close the Ozi programme.

To export those saved waypoints to your Hema, you must load firstly the Hema programme that will give you all the maps that you have loaded on your Hema. Once you have the programme loaded on your PC, you then load your saved waypoints onto you Hema programme, just as if it was a normal Ozi application. With this done, you will now have every waypoint that you have created on your PC now loaded onto your Hema map.

The next important step if you want to get those very same waypoints onto your Hema Navigator, is to connect your Navigator to your Windows computer with the supplied cable that comes with your Navigator. With this done correctly, your navigator will now be ready to accept the created waypoints. Using the correct tab at the top of the screens, select the tab...."send waypoints to Navigator"

With this complete, you have now sent every waypoint correctly to your top car mounted navigation unit. Once the Hema is now back in the car, you load what ever map you want to view, and providing that the created waypoints are on that area of map that you are looking at, the waypoints will be there automatically without having to load them.

But you must remember that waypoints are NEVER saved to a map, but as a waypoint file.

Everyone seems to knock the Hema Navigators, but in the end, it comes down to knowing how to use a very reliable, true remote navigation tool. Have a play and you will soon master Ozi and the use of creating and using waypoints.



Cheers



Stephen

Hi guys - I have no idea how Hema operates, but have had issues with Windows 8.1, which seems to have a mind of it's own, so just wondering if the files may have been filed away in 'the cloud' filing system or somewhere deep inside the puter where you may least expect to find it.

The only saving grace with 8.1 is a pretty good 'search' system which might help IF the file was saved somewhere.

Good luck

Cheers - Phil

Trevor,

By default, all recorded files are stored in the Oziexplorer/Data directory, be it on the Hema or the PC version.

On the PC it will be OS(C:)/Oziexplorer/Data and within the Data directory you will find .plt (track file), .wpt (waypoint file) and .rte (created route file)

From within OziExplorer, there is a button on the top left side (second one in) named Load.
Click on this and you will have the option to load a Map file, load a track(multi) file, load a waypoint file, or load a route file.

The Hema Navigator will automatically load the most recent waypoint data recorded, at least until that waypoint file (stored in memory) is renamed and saved.
Then you can select one, or multiple files up to load at any time.