[BaseCamp] Proximity Colors

James McKinna housedr.rx at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 09:53:55 PST 2015


Got it.
Thank you



> On Feb 24, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Jerry White <jerrywhite518 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Your 665 will alert on waypoints that are in the current active route
> only. I'm talking about the proximity alert on POIs (speed camera use
> case.) The proximity alert will alert when you are near the POI, regardless
> of whether it's in a route, or even if you're not running a route at all.
> That's what Tim said he does with rally bonuses, so he knows he's near one
> even if it's not in the plan.
> 
> Jerry
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:40 AM, James McKinna <housedr.rx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Jerry!  Appreciate this.
>> 
>> You also wrote "The Zumo alerts on POIs only, not waypoints  or shaping
>> points."  Unless I misunderstand what you mean, my 665 alerts, at least on
>> waypoints, by default unless I turn that off in BaseCamp.  As I think about
>> this it gives me an audio alert.  You mean the screen alert as happens when
>> I approach a speed camera POI?  Thanks again.  Off to practice when I get
>> home.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Jerry White <jerry.white at riverbed.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jim,
>>> 
>>> The thing you are asking about is called Proximity Alerts on the GPS.
>> They are named the same as in Basecamp but controlled completely
>> separately, on the GPS itself. In my Zumo 550 there is a setting where you
>> enable the alarms, and program how far away you are from them until the
>> alert rings. The trick is, you have to convert any waypoints into POIs
>> before loading them to the GPS. The Zumo alerts on POIs only, not
>> waypoints  or shaping points. Many people use this feature for speed
>> cameras, and when you go online, the speed camera POI files are always the
>> most recently updated.
>>> 
>>> Jerry
>> 
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