Updating PGPSW speed camera d/base in v7

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Have just updated my X-970T from v6.5.4 to V7.0.2 (i.e. incl the latest patch on VM's site). All OK so far, very impressed with new GUI etc.

However I have now tried to load the latest PGPSW d/base released yesterday using Content Manager. All the existing cameras are there and have come across from v6.5.4 without problems and with the correct icons etc attached.

In the old version you could 'change' the cameras quite easily by replacing the existing .asc files with the new ones and attaching them to the existing icons.

However there doesn't seem to be this option in v7. Confused

When I open My POIs , all my camera sub folders are there but all that seems to be offered is the option to change or delete each camera individually. There does not appear to be an option to manage these at a folder level.

Has anybody else encountered this? How do we overcome this? I would hope that we don't need to recreate a whole raft of new folders in v7.

Perhaps the PGPSW experts can update their otherwise excellent guidance to advise how to load/amend the camera d/base using v7 software. Very Happy

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

I was just about to raise the exact same question but wasn't sure which thread to put it in.

It appears that each camera category is a folder, and each camera in that category is the item that can now be changed, not the folder as a whole as in v6.5.4.

It doesn't seem possible to re-associate the folder with the updated file.

Maybe we're missing something
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SpikeyMikey · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

I've just found out that if you move the dividing bar between the folder and the contents box you reveal the change and delete options for the folder (sneaky)

You can then just re-associate the new file with each category in the same way as v6.

HTH
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perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Hmmmmm, well spotted! In my case the Change and Delete options became available when I double clicked on the dividing bar, not when I moved it.

This has now offered me the chance to change and delete at a folder level but when I try to change the folder it seems to be hitting some kind of exception and either doing nothing or chucking me out of content manager It will however let me delete the folder if I choose to......

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject:

Right ....

I've tried to re-associate the files with categories but it won't let me use the icons. At first it said it can't use 22x22 pixels which I knew but had forgotten, so I resized them to 16x16. It then said that "SetPixel is not supported for images with indexed pixel formats"

Now every time I go to change a category it says the same thing, there is a drop down box with details but far to long to post here.

It looks like I'll be sticking to the VM cameras for now, until the issue of importing the PGPSW ones is sorted. I've run out of time today so good luck.
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perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Same here, at least I have the October PGPSW database on the unit so I just can't update it at the moment, ho hummmm

(and yes I had the same error message to do with set pixels)

michaelj2 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 157

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

michaelj2 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 157

Depends upon whether you are entitled to a free upgrade using a voucher (as we were) in which case some discs are now being sent out gradually or whether you need to purchase the upgrade from the website. I believe the purchasing option is not yet available but will be soon. Deepfour has provided some details in other threads in this forum.[/quote]

Thank you. I will wait somewhat impatiently

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Trust me, having just used it for 4 hours "in anger" today it is well worth the wait. It is sooooooooooo much better. True there are still a few annoyances in the navigation around the menu but the whole GUI and layout is streets ahead of v6.

Now perhaps we can get back on track and find out how to load the cameras from PGPSW Very Happy

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:

BigPerk · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject:

SpikeyMikey said he got the error message:

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject:

Right, now that the SetPixel problem's ironed out, what's going to be the right way to update the PGPSW database when it's next released?

Are we going to continue like we did for v6 i.e. CHANGE, repoint the category at the updated file and import it that way, obviously using the 16 x 16 icons; or will we just resynchronise the folder and it will all update automatically?

Any bets?
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BigPerk · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject:

Well, Stu needs to get the problem with CHANGE sorted before we can definitely use that option. I have found that trying to update the filename in CHANGE just gets ignored (while there is also a problem with trying to do anything with the icon - causes an error to do with 'binding', presumably trying to link the icon with the file).

I've been using the slightly tedious DELETE/CREATE route to update my files. Maybe changing the contents of the source camera files directly will work as SpikeyMikey suggests (that would be nice!), but I'm not inclined to put my life savings on it at the moment!
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