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Meridian Platinum Explorist XL
The RoadMate family of products is not supported.
This format is used for both the serial protocol used on the devices with serial ports such as Map330 and
Meridian and for the files stored either in either the unit's internal memory (Explorist 210, 400, 500, 600,
XL) or on removable memory.
If you specify a serial port for the file (.e.g. "COM1", "/dev/ttyS0") to be read or written, GPSBabel will
use serial protocol. Specifying a file, either on local filesystem or on a mounted flash card reader, will
result in the file-based format being used.
Users of the Explorist generation of receivers should probably prefer to use the magellanx format over
this one.
deficon option
Default icon name.
This option specifies the icon or waypoint type to write for each waypoint on output.
If this option is specified, its value will be used for all waypoints, not just those that do not already have
descriptions. That is, this option overrides any icon description that might be in the input file.
This option has no effect on input.
maxcmts option
Max number of comments to write (maxcmts=200).
The maxcmts option allows you to specify the number comments that will be sent to the unit.
Magellan receivers allow a maximum of 200 waypoint comments. Unfortunately, DirectRoute uses way-
point comments to provide next turn directions for navigation pop-ups and that comes from that pool of
200 comments. It is therefore sometimes convenient to limit the number of waypoint comments written to
the receiver. For example, a geocacher might want to upload 400 waypoints, but only 190 with comments
so that DirectRoute could provide driving directions for the next ten turns.
baud option
Numeric value of bitrate (baud=4800).
This option causes GPSBabel to use the given baud rate for serial communications. It must match the given
baud rate on the receiver. The default value matches the default on the receiver, 4800.
Valid options are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 57600, and 115200.
noack option
Suppress use of handshaking in name of speed.
Magellan's protocol specification strongly encourages the use of software acknowledgements on every
packets. This is a simple "this is what I think I heard. If you agree that I heard it correctly, let's go to the
next packet" handshake that is used to ensure the integrity of the data transfer.
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