Route name size limit

mikealder · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: Route name size limit

I don't recall seeing this one mentioned but does anyone have an idea as to the maximum number of characters the device can accept for a route name?

The SatSync application will accept anything and confirms the route has been transfered to the SD card, viewing the contents of the SD card and all 40+ Routes I have translated show up.

With the SD card inserted the device locks up just after the notification that an SD card has been detected.

Removal of the Routes with the longer file names cures this issue and lets the device boot and it can see/ use all the routes that I left on the SD card

I am just wondering if anyone has hit this issue before when using GPX files via the SatSync application, the program can read the data and indeed convert it but the device refuses to boot - if there are no answers I will try the number guessing game to work out what the limit actually is I know 21 characters work so I could always shorten the file names but bulk file conversion is what I am doing so I need this limit to be correct before starting on the entire file set - Mike

LostMike · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

I have got a 25 character name to work but it did seem to do something odd which I have not managed to duplicate. This is why I haven't mentioned this before.

The original file name on the PC was
Gwehelog&Trostrey Commons.gpx

I used SatSync to copy this across and to my surprise the following name appeared
GwehelogTrostrey Commons.map (but with an underscore under the capital T).

Now the really odd thing is the name appeared when I rebooted the A10. Not the normal blank or "name" but the actual name given above. At first I thought I had just forgotten typing it back in but then I realised that I had no idea how to create a T with an underscore. So it must have been automatic. Although I have tried with many long names, with gaps and odd characters since I cannot get it to do the same again.

I have never tried reimporting the gpx file to the A10 to see if it works a second time. I thought I would wait for the next version of the software which should sort things out properly.
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

Mike, Any chance you could e-mail me the rogue file to try out, use the e-mail button lower down on this post as its a live one, I have got this coordinate application working but I am still interested in trying to push the issues I have found a little further - Mike

djhpk · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: Route Name Size Limit

The name of a gpx file on your PC has nothing to do with the route (or POI group) name that appears on the Active 10 after importing.

The actual route name is embedded in the gpx file and can be totally different to the PC file name and this is what the A10 picks up on import.

If the name attributes are not present in the gpx file, the name on the A10 after import will be blank.

Having said this, I have no idea what the maximum length of name (either PC file name or route / POI group name) that the A10 can handle is.

mikealder · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject:

Indeed it is the Route name contained within the gpx file that I am interested in seeing what can be accepted, for now I have simply shortened this to 21 characters and it is working fine - Mike

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mikealder · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

robs1972 · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject:

Having a look on what is on my A10's internal memory I have:

'reading hook winchester stonehenge westbury.map'

and the longest name on the sd card is:

'Penzance to St Ives Truro Indian Q.map'

and both worked fine out on the road.
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mikealder · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject:

Rob, are these the file names displayed on the active10 device or when you view the device from the PC? this can make quite a difference, if you have got 30+ characters displayed as a route name on the active10 I would be most surprised - Mike

robs1972 · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

Those are using the Satsync window to view what is on the unit and internal memory those are the file names as they appear.

I'm just turning the unit on now and the longest route name that appears on the A10 screen when selecting Main Menu (ie listing the active route) is : 'Abergavenny Brecon Cardiff Chepstow' or ''reading hook winchester stonehenge'

Is that what you mean?

I plotted my route on Memory Map, right clicked on the line and selected Properties and then in the name box typed 'reading hook winchester stonehenge westbury' so that that name appears when you hover the cursor over the route on Memory Map, then selected Save As and pasted the same name 'reading hook winchester stonehenge westbury' and saved it as a GPX file, used Sat Sync to import the route to the internal memory of the A10 so in the SS window it appears as 'reading hook winchester stonehenge westbury.map' and it appears on the A10 and I followed the route on my bike back in September....without any booting probs.
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