how to set up an excel spreadsheet for speed alert

Are you sure this works?

I thought the @25 had to be in Column C for the speed alert.

also curious about the title and alert being in column d. Reading thread http://www.poi-factory.com/node/2983 by retiredtechnician is does not say aything about using column d .

I believe Motorcycle Mama is correct. D is used for comments or addresses. If a file name contains a valid speed number or if all records in a file have speed encoded in the name, then all records in the file will include speed and proximity alerts. For example, a data file with the file name "Speed_30" generates speed alerts of 30 mph (or kph, depending on the type of units selected in POI Loader) for each POI in the file.

If the file name contains "redlight", POI Loader assumes all records in the file have proximity alerts with a distance of 400m/0.25 miles.

If a file contains "GATSO", "mobile", "SPECS", "safety", "speed", or "camera", but does not have a speed, POI Loader uses a default alert speed of 0, which means you will always be alerted. You can override this default value by entering the speed in Manual mode.

You can also enter speeds for each POI individually by adding the @ symbol and a number after the name of the POI in col C. For example, a Custom POI named "Ahsumview@25" would create a POI named "Ahsumview" with a 25 mph speed alert.

POI Loader calculates proximity alert distance based on speed. You can enter proximity alert distance for individual Custom POIs in a .gpx file. You can also enter proximity alert distance for all Custom POIs in a data file using Manual mode.

Hope you understand all this.

See
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6764

i tested my spreadsheet with column D using a simulation mode and it worked great. then i drove by the nearest school and it DID NOT WORK
sorry - i misguided anyone

oh well back to the drawingborad