Tranfering waypoints to Lowrance

 Gday,

Does anyone know of a quick/easy way to add waypoints to a Lowrance HDS-m5 from a peice of paper?

Is there som sort of template available I can type the coordinates into using a computer and transfer them on SD card.

I have found  all sorts of programs on the net but cant seem to get any of them working????? Anyone know of a simple template?

 

Cheers


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How many do you have?

Sun, 2016-12-04 10:29

 Not a big deal to manually enter them, i've personally put in hundreds, on a HDI,  manually taken off my C-Plot PC

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Sun, 2016-12-04 11:20

 Do you an option to back them up from your old sounder and save them to a micro SD card?

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 yeah..... I can type them in

Sun, 2016-12-04 11:20

 yeah..... I can type them in and load them on to a SD card, but I dont know what format or program to use so the GPS can read them.  Thats why Im hoping there is some sort of template.

Ive just added 1 waypoint into the GPS then transfered it with SD to my computer so I can copy the format ......but......now I need to find out what type of program I need on my computer to open it?

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Sun, 2016-12-04 11:22

Try this program what I found on line. It looks like it could be what your looking for.
http://www.gpsu.co.uk/download.html

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 Cheers....Ill give it a go.

Sun, 2016-12-04 11:46

 Cheers....Ill give it a go.

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Sun, 2016-12-04 13:31

 Just downloaded this myself and had a play with it, I was able to enter new waypoints and save then to my saved waypoint file on the SD card. 

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Sun, 2016-12-04 11:37

Have you tried the lowrance website?

They used to have free software you could use to manage/create waypoints on your pic and save it to a file the chart plotter will read

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 Apparently they have a

Sun, 2016-12-04 11:51

 Apparently they have a program called GDM6, but buggered if I can find where to download it....

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 I still use Humminbird PC

Sun, 2016-12-04 12:15

 I still use Humminbird PC since I upgraded to Lowrance. Easy to use program

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 Thanks everyone.......I

Sun, 2016-12-04 13:19

 Thanks everyone.......I installed a program called EasyGPS and it does the job......Cheers

 

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 Thanks everyone.......I

Sun, 2016-12-04 13:19

 Thanks everyone.......I installed a program called EasyGPS and it does the job......Cheers