GPS Unit will not save to card. Put a new SD card in 2 months ago and it worked ok for a while. Last three sessions has not saved data. When ask it to "Save to Card " comes up with message "no card found"
Had set up checked by two people and all ok
Any clues?

The obvious things first.

Did you format the card in the GPS?
Is the card 2gb or smaller?

I had this problem with my new gps and it turned out to be faulty.
If it is new it could be a warranty issue or you can send it to locosys yourself. They were very helpful and fixed the unit.

Hi Daffy - Sorry to not give all the info.
The SD card is 2mg and it was formatted in the GPS. It has recorded data since the new card was put in 2 months ago but has decided it cannot find the card for the last three sessions. Of course I did a pb of 51.83 2 sec peak and an alpha of 44.3 during this time

Alewi62 - The GPS unit is 4 yo and has worked without a hitch until now so I do not think my case is a warranty situation. Been wrapt with the unit.

I had a simliar issue with my GT-11. I found the card read/write contact points were not making a firm connection with the GT-11's read/write contacts.

I got around it temporarily by making a lump at the end of the card, opposite the points with some glue. This worked for a few months but eventually it stopped. I think the contact points on the GPS had corroded. For the next few years I used the onboard data logging function to record session. This worked well till earlier this year when the whole unit died.

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Old Salty said...
Hi Daffy - Sorry to not give all the info.
The SD card is 2mg and it was formatted in the GPS. It has recorded data since the new card was put in 2 months ago but has decided it cannot find the card for the last three sessions. Of course I did a pb of 51.83 2 sec peak and an alpha of 44.3 during this time

Alewi62 - The GPS unit is 4 yo and has worked without a hitch until now so I do not think my case is a warranty situation. Been wrapt with the unit.

Download your data using the navilink. When I did that last week it downloaded my last four sessions.
Make sure you have the navilink software and locosys USB driver software installed on your computer.

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Download your data using the navilink. When I did that last week it downloaded my last four sessions.
Make sure you have the navilink software and locosys USB driver software installed on your computer.

I was hoping for that , but it didn't work.
It only recognised the memory files, but the card was not visible. I had to pull out the card and plug it into the PC. Any advice?

The easiest way to get your data from the gps is take the card out and put it in a reader. If you have a problem with this then you can use Navilink II to access what is stored on the internal datalogger (not what is written to the card)
The USB connector on the Navi unit does not allow it to work as a card reader and get the file from the card to the computer.
Hope this helps.
If you need any further help, Obelix, give me a call and I can talk you through it.

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Mobydisc said...
I had a simliar issue with my GT-11. I found the card read/write contact points were not making a firm connection with the GT-11's read/write contacts.

I got around it temporarily by making a lump at the end of the card, opposite the points with some glue. This worked for a few months but eventually it stopped. I think the contact points on the GPS had corroded. For the next few years I used the onboard data logging function to record session. This worked well till earlier this year when the whole unit died.

Moby - I think you hit the nail on the head. Have tried saving to card whilst pushing against the SD card and it saved to file and created a new file. Me thinks its time for a new one!

You can still use the GPS with its onboard data logging function and the Navlink application as long as you have a Windows computer. This works well and I used it for around 3 years till my GT-11 died earlier this year.

Once worked out its a fairly easy process.