XC seminar with Bruce Goldsmith

If you are a competitor you can download your Waypoints to your GPS to avoid big traffic on registration Day. They also include your CIVL-ID and COMP-ID.

1. Go to Registered & signed up pilots, Find your name in the list and download your waypoints (“.wpt”)
2. Download your personal waypoint file (FS-GeoFormat, includes COMP-ID)
3. Download GPSDump (if the link is dead try here)
4. Open GPSDUMP.
5. Choose File –> Open wpts or press Ctrl-W
6. Select and open the waypoints file you downloaded in 3). It should contain your name
7. Check the waypoints list. At the bottom there should be a CIVLID, a COMPID and a PILTID Select ALL waypoints. You can do this with mouse, keyboard, or by pressing Ctrl-A
8. If you have a Garmin USB, at this stage, you can just go to Wpts –> Send to Garmin (USB). See that it is uploaded, exit, check your GPS. You can stop here
9. If you have a serial GPS (Flytec, Flymaster, Brauniger, MLR, Digifly), unplug it now. Go to Misc –> Set COM port. Write down the list of available COM ports. E.g. COM1 / COM2 Plug in your GPS. Go again to Misc –> Set COM port. Compare the new list with the old list. There should be one more. Select the new COM port.
10. Now just do Wpts –> Send to XXXX (ID + Name). XXXX should be the brand of your GPS

Other Formats (No COMP-ID is included in those files)

1. FS-GeoFormat for Android, Bräuninger, Competino, Flymaster
2. CompeGps for Skytraxx, Android, Bräuninger, Competino, C-Pilot
3. CUP for SeeYou (Oudie)
4. GPX for other instruments (check your manual)

Instructions (External Links)

• Instructions for Brauniger/Flytec
• Instructions for Flymaster
• Drivers for Flymaster