Thread: nanocom uploading map problem

Originally Posted by roverv8

Nanocom will only work with 2GB card or less and must be formatted FAT.
see page 5 SD card
hope this helps

http://web.nanocom.it/download/NANOC...20%20V1_2a.pdf

Sorry folks, obviously old news....

copied the settings/info file on the nanocom by clicking the disk icon to send a copy to jose. message came up saying copied ok or somthing to that effect. did this on both the 1gb (not sandisk) and 8gb sandisk sd cards.

have come into the library to use desktop to send off file to jose and the desktop is informing me that both cards need to be formatted before they can be used. both sd cards were formatted using sdformatter and had worked on the desktop (as i had to copy the map file across to them after formatting) prior to using in the nanocom.

has the nanocom write process corrupted these sd cards?

or........am i holding my tongue the wrong way here?

or.......??????

any thoughts?
thanks brett.

Brett,

I'd be surprised if the Nanocom was corrupting cards.

One thing you might want to try out is hooking up the Nanocom to your computer with the card left in the slot. The Nanocom should boot up as a storage device which will mount on the desktop. You should be able to transfer files off the card that way.

The other thing you can try is using the SDFormatter to format the card with it mounted in the Nanocom as above.

cheers
Paul

thanks paul will try those out.
brett.

reformatted sd card in the pc

then resaved map file to sdcard in pc and tried to load via nanocom. get 'file protected' message.
saved file to pc then opened using 'textpad' and saved to sdcard in pc then try to load via nanocom. get 'file protected' message.
saved from email straight to sdcard in nanocom and try to load. get 'file protected' message.

there is no file being created on the sdcard alerting to what the problem may be as the nanocom instructions say there should be.

at this rate i may as well go buy another car as it will end up working out cheaper if i actually start costing my own time!

well and truly sick of this bloody thing.

Did you format the card in the Nanocom?

If you feel like sending me the Evo and an express post bag for return I'll have a look at it for you. At least that way you'll know if it's the Nanocom or some other factor.

Add: I've just hooked up my Nanocom to an XP virtual machine.

I had no problem copying a file to the card mounted on the Nanocom and could format the mounted card using SDFormatter.

The "file protected" would suggest the SDCard is locked.

hi paul,

i wish/hope it is as simple as being the sdcard locked. i've tried every permutation/combination i can think of eg card locked/unlocked, open map file and save using text editor, save direct to sdcard from email, format with sdcard mounted in nanocom etc etc. the only one i could not do was using sdformatter doing FORMAT TYPE Full (Overwrite) with the sdcard mounted in nanocom. it was going at a rate where it might take a week to finish. when using sdformatter had format size adjustment ON.

retried again tonight and i just keep getting inconsistent results. the nanocom either locks up, tells me the file is protected, or the process gets a step further then tells me map file is not for a td5.

the most frustrating/annoying part is no file is generated onto the sdcard by the nanocom to give just the slightest hint of where to start looking for what the problem is.

i just can't reconcile why it gives different results when you replicate the same process.

paul - if you can't think of anything else obvious to test i will take up your kind offer to have a look at it.

thanks,
brett.

Hi Brett,

Are you trying to upload the file with the nanocom stand alone or with the nanocom conected to the computer??

Our dealer in Malta was having similiar problems and all was sorted when he started to upload the maps with no conection to the laptop!

Regards