Furuno GP32 Waypoint Download

Looking for some help from the FW brainstrust.

My cousin has an old GP32 that has a tonne of waypoints on it that he wants to download onto his PC. We've worked out he needs to connect the unit to the PC via a RS-232C cable which I have but mine has a rectangular plug.

Can I cut the RS-232C cable I have and splice it to the NMEA wires coming out of the GP32 power cable to download the waypoints to the PC?

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No card slot?

Tue, 2017-10-31 15:34

 Not even a full-sized SD?

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Nah mate, it's a much older

Tue, 2017-10-31 16:03

Nah mate, it's a much older unit but I’ve been in touch with Rhys and he says I was on the right track i.e. cutting up a RC232 cable and connecting to the Furuno NMEA wires.

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 the GP32,s have been around

Tue, 2017-10-31 15:44

 the GP32,s have been around for eons and still used, even the tug Im on now built 2015 has them, so shouldnt be any problem getting support.

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 Try moose knuckle on the

Wed, 2017-11-01 05:19

 Try moose knuckle on the site. He retrieved all my gps co-ords of my old hummingbird which died and has done the same for a few others. 

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Thanks Ash - good to see I'm appreciated

Wed, 2017-11-01 10:09

Yep I can sort most out - will admit Furunos are one of the hardest to do. I have made up interconnect leads for Navman and others so quietly confident the GP32 I can dodgy up a cable to talk to a laptop which at the least will give a printout. What program is he running on the computer?

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 Hi Rob I often see these

Wed, 2017-11-01 07:58

 Hi Rob I often see these units in new/commercial boats also, i had one come with an old boat of mine and I hated the thing and Ive always wondered why you see them in so many commercial boats, can you shed any light for me?

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Yeah I was interested in the

Wed, 2017-11-01 09:15

Yeah I was interested in the same thing, I thought the modern chartplotters with mapping would have made these redundant. Are they more sensitive for setting a course etc?

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 They are used to interface

Wed, 2017-11-01 18:42

 They are used to interface into desktop plotters, older AIS and Radar/ARPA etc, no other features are used but they are very accurate reliable and I guess interface easily.

Even had one on our tuna boat 14 yrs ago in my cabin and only used for setting a guard/anchor zone in case deckies nodded off.

Modern chart plotters with a decent screen size for commercial are outrageously over priced and ECDIS is usually used (Electronic Chart Display) which is a desktop computer with approved mapping program.

When your 12" integrated standard plotter loses its plot, bye bye $5k-$10K and with ECDIS you can put whatever computer screen you want

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 Thanks Moose and the guys at

Wed, 2017-11-01 11:15

 Thanks Moose and the guys at Taylor suggested using 'GPS Utilities"

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