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DNR Garmin Software Tutorial

Version 5.4.1

CONTENTS

DOWNLOAD INSTALLATION INITIAL SETUP WAYPOINT UPLOAD WAYPOINT DOWNLOAD TRACKS ROUTES

DNR Garmin Software Tutorial – Version 5.4.1

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DOWNLOAD: DNR Garmin can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html 1. Scroll down until you come to the download section (like below).

2. Click on the link for DNRGarmin 5.4.1, then click Save when prompted.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html

kmorefield 6/16/2009

3. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

4. Once the file is done saving, double click the dnrgarmin54setup.zip file and extract the 3 files to your desktop.


INSTALLATION: To install the software, follow these steps: 1. After extracting the 3 files from the .zip file, double click the dnrgarminsetup54.exe file. You may see the following message. If so, click Run.

The Install Wizard should start up.



2. Click Next, check the box to accept the license agreement and click Next.

3. Install DNRGarmin to the default folder of C:\Program Files\dnrgarmin\ Click Next.


4. Uncheck the Show the readme file option and then click Finish.



INITIAL SETUP: Before starting the DNR Garmin software, you need to connect your GPS to your computer using the cable which came with the GPS unit. Newer Garmin units should have a USB cable, which is preferable over the older serial cable. If using the USB cable, you will need to install the drivers from the cd which came with your GPS unit. After connecting the Garmin to the computer, turn the Garmin unit on. 1. Double click the DNR Garmin icon on your desktop to launch the program.

2. The software should automatically detect your GPS unit (GPS must be a Garmin brand GPS). If it does not automatically detect your GPS, Select GPS from the main menu bar, then select SET PORT, and then choose the appropriate port that the GPS cable is plugged in to (USB if plugged in with USB cable).


3. Once the software recognizes the GPS unit it should say Connected in the lower left corner of the screen. The first time that the software is used, you will need to set up some software parameters, beginning with the default Datum and Projection that the software will use. Click on File, then click Set Projection.

4. Click the NONE button (the red one), to set the default datum and projection to WGS 84 Lat/Long, then click OK.



5. Next we will configure default parameters for waypoints, tracks, routes, real-time waypoints, ArcMap, and Units. Click on File, then click General Properties. Begin by setting the Units parameters. Select Meters for measurement units. Select -8 (Pacific) for time zone.

6. Click on the ArcMap tab and review the settings. Now click on the RTimeWpt tab (Real-Time Waypoint) and review the settings. We will skip these two tabs and not make any changes. These only pertain to advanced use of DNR Garmin with ArcGIS software.

ost users of DNR Garmin won’t need to worry about these features.

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7. Click on the Route tab. Uncheck all fields except for the fields checked below. Be sure to scroll all the way down through the list of fields, leaving only the below fields checked.



8. Click on the Track tab. Uncheck all fields except for the fields checked below. Be sure to scroll all the way down through the list of fields, leaving only the below fields checked.


9. Click on the Waypoint tab. Uncheck all fields except for the fields checked below. Be sure to scroll all the way down through the list of fields, leaving only the below fielchecked.

ds Once finished, click OK.

WAYPOINTS UPLOAD:

uploading a comma delimited text file, make sure that it is formatted like the following xample:

Ife

* Note that the first line represents field names and the remaining lines represent

aypoints. The IDENT field represents the “Waypoint Name”, LATITUDE field presents the Y coordinate and LONGITUDE field represents the X coordinate. Make re there are no additional lines of information at the top of the text file, as this will

ause problems!

wresuc 1. Select FILE from the main menu bar, then Select LOAD FROM, and then Select FILE.



This brings up a dialog box where you wdata. Make sure that Files of Type equals

ill browse to the .txt file which contains your Text File (*.txt). Once you find your file Open

it.

2. This brings up the Identify Fields dialog box where you will make the following selections:


Click OK. Your data will load and then you should receive the following message:

3. Click OK to clear the “Successful” message. Click on the WAYPOINT option button

hich formw ats the table of data in preparation for uploading.



Be sure to click on the corner of the table (the gray box above the number one and left of the word type), which will select all records in the table.


Select WAYPOINT from the main menu, then UPLOAD. You should receive the following message:

You have successfully uploaded waypoints to your Garmin and are ready to go into the field. Turn off the GPS and close DNR Garmin. WAYPOINT DOWNLOAD: To download waypoints, you will basically reverse the steps of uploading a waypoint. With the GPS connected to the computer and turned on, you will click on the WAYPOINT menu, then DOWNLOAD. You should see this message when done.

Notice that the table in DNR Garmin has been populated with the waypoints from your GPS. You will now need to save the waypoints to a permanent file on your computer. Be sure to click on the corner of the table (the gray box above the number one and left of the word type), which will select all records in the table. You will now select the FILE menu, then SAVE TO, then FILE. Browse to a location on your computer, type in a name, and select which file type you’d like to save the data to. Hit the SAVE button. You are done downloading your GPS.

TRACKS: To upload tracks, follow the steps in the WAYPOINT UPLOAD section of this document. On step 3, make the following changes: 3. Click on the TRACK option button which formats the table of data in preparation for

ploading. u



Select TRACK from the main menu, then UPLOAD. You should receive the following message:

You have successfully uploaded tracks to your Garmin and are ready to go into the field.

urn of nd close DNR Garmin. To download tracks, follow these steps T f the GPS aWAYPOINT DOWNLOAD using the TRACK menu instead of the WAYPOIN

ROUTES:

T menu.

To upload routes, follow the steps in the WAYPOINT UPLOAD section of this document. On step 3, make the following changes: 3. Click on the ROUTE option button which formats the table of data in preparation for uploading.



Select ROUTE from the main menu, then UPLOAD. You should receive the following message:

Click OK to clear the message. Your Route should be successfully loaded in your GPS (the default name is usually ROUTE1). I recommend renaming the route in your GPS to something more meaningful because if you load a second route at this point, when you load the second route it will overwrite the first route named ROUTE1. You can now close D WAYPOINT DOWNLOADNR Garmin. To download routes, follow these steps

sing th enu instead of the WAYPOINT menu. e ROUTE mu

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