IQUE M3 Adding POI File

 

Hi,

Have had my M3 for a few years and just recently wanted to add some POI files but am having the darnest time.

Have the POI loader but it does not find my M3 so it loads the POI file into the SD card where I have my map. M3 does not even see it.

What am I doing wrong or can POI files be used?

Thanks

John

SD card?

Everything I've found says that the Ique M3 can accept Custom POIs with POI Loader. I wonder if removing your SD card will allow POI Loader to see and install Custom POIs to the M3 directly.

If you're using the newest POI Loader, know that when installing POIs to SD card, it incorrectly gives the file a .poi extension. Try manually changing the .poi to the correct .gpi extension without otherwise altering the file. This may let your M3 see and use the Custom POIs on the M3's SD card.

Good luck.

Hi

Thanks for the insight. Yes I just downloaded the latest POI loader and yes extension was POI and not GPI. Changed it and it works like a charm.

John

IQUE M3

CraigW wrote:

Everything I've found says that the Ique M3 can accept Custom POIs with POI Loader. I wonder if removing your SD card will allow POI Loader to see and install Custom POIs to the M3 directly.

If you're using the newest POI Loader, know that when installing POIs to SD card, it incorrectly gives the file a .poi extension. Try manually changing the .poi to the correct .gpi extension without otherwise altering the file. This may let your M3 see and use the Custom POIs on the M3's SD card.

Good luck.

Hi,

On the M3 can you have an MP3 file with the alert and can you have a custom icon?

John

Yes, probably

jmc1712 wrote:
CraigW wrote:

Everything I've found says that the Ique M3 can accept Custom POIs with POI Loader. I wonder if removing your SD card will allow POI Loader to see and install Custom POIs to the M3 directly.

If you're using the newest POI Loader, know that when installing POIs to SD card, it incorrectly gives the file a .poi extension. Try manually changing the .poi to the correct .gpi extension without otherwise altering the file. This may let your M3 see and use the Custom POIs on the M3's SD card.

Good luck.

Hi,

On the M3 can you have an MP3 file with the alert and can you have a custom icon?

John

I'm just guessing since I've never touched a M3 and don't see it discussed much here.

Garmin says the M3 does play mp3 files, so my guess is that you can add both mp3 audio alerts and icons to your POI files and POI Loader will load the POIs with audio alerts and icons to your device.

Just remember that all files need to have identical file names, e.g.,

RestAreasCombined.csv
RestAreasCombined.bmp
RestAreasCombined.mp3

RedLightCameras.csv
RedLightCameras.bmp
RedLightCameras.mp3

etc.

Good sources for sounds and icons:

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-icons

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-sounds

Should you ever want to use wav audio rather than mp3, be sure to have sox.exe on your PC.

Thanks

CraigW wrote:
jmc1712 wrote:
CraigW wrote:

Everything I've found says that the Ique M3 can accept Custom POIs with POI Loader. I wonder if removing your SD card will allow POI Loader to see and install Custom POIs to the M3 directly.

If you're using the newest POI Loader, know that when installing POIs to SD card, it incorrectly gives the file a .poi extension. Try manually changing the .poi to the correct .gpi extension without otherwise altering the file. This may let your M3 see and use the Custom POIs on the M3's SD card.

Good luck.

Hi,

On the M3 can you have an MP3 file with the alert and can you have a custom icon?

John

I'm just guessing since I've never touched a M3 and don't see it discussed much here.

Garmin says the M3 does play mp3 files, so my guess is that you can add both mp3 audio alerts and icons to your POI files and POI Loader will load the POIs with audio alerts and icons to your device.

Just remember that all files need to have identical file names, e.g.,

RestAreasCombined.csv
RestAreasCombined.bmp
RestAreasCombined.mp3

RedLightCameras.csv
RedLightCameras.bmp
RedLightCameras.mp3

etc.

Good sources for sounds and icons:

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-icons

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-sounds

Should you ever want to use wav audio rather than mp3, be sure to have sox.exe on your PC.

Thank again and like before worked like a charm. Almost had forgotten about this place since I had not been using my M3 much and was using my cell GPS due to updated maps but I updated my M3 maps so am using is again and adding the POI's is great.

John

Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

CraigW wrote:

I'm just guessing since I've never touched a M3 and don't see it discussed much here.

Garmin says the M3 does play mp3 files, so my guess is that you can add both mp3 audio alerts and icons to your POI files and POI Loader will load the POIs with audio alerts and icons to your device.

Just remember that all files need to have identical file names, e.g.,

RestAreasCombined.csv
RestAreasCombined.bmp
RestAreasCombined.mp3

RedLightCameras.csv
RedLightCameras.bmp
RedLightCameras.mp3

etc.

Good sources for sounds and icons:

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-icons

http://www.poi-factory.com/gps-sounds

Should you ever want to use wav audio rather than mp3, be sure to have sox.exe on your PC.

Yes the M3 does play mp3 files but I have done what you instructed above and for some reason the alert is not being played but the built-in one.

I have all 3 files in the same directory and all named the same.

Redlight-Cameras.bmp
Redlight-Cameras.csv
Redlight-Cameras.mp3

Icon works fine but not the mp3 alert. Even tried using a wav file with that sox program and nothing.

Any ideas suggestions? I listen to mp3 files so that should not be the issue.

Thanks

John

the usual reason

jmc1712 wrote:

I have all 3 files in the same directory and all named the same.

Redlight-Cameras.bmp
Redlight-Cameras.csv
Redlight-Cameras.mp3

Icon works fine but not the mp3 alert. Even tried using a wav file with that sox program and nothing.

Any ideas suggestions? I listen to mp3 files so that should not be the issue.

Thanks

John

The usual reason MP3 files won't play is a double extension. Be certain the MP3 file in your source directory does not have a double extension. You'll need Windows Explorer to check this after resetting some directory display defaults that hides known extensions and hidden and system files.

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Check Your Alert Settings

After checking Box Car's suggestion of double extensions isn't the problem you may want to check your settings.

I'm unfamiliar with the M3 so you'll have to wade through your menus. On all my Nuvis's there is a setting to enable alerts, it is usually in PROXIMITY POINTS". here you check the "Custom POIs" box.
There may also be an option under Audio to choose from SINGLE TONE,CONTINUOUS TONE, and OFF. or other types of audio alert settings depending on the model.
I set mine to Single Tone.

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Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

muell9k wrote:

After checking Box Car's suggestion of double extensions isn't the problem you may want to check your settings.

I'm unfamiliar with the M3 so you'll have to wade through your menus. On all my Nuvis's there is a setting to enable alerts, it is usually in PROXIMITY POINTS". here you check the "Custom POIs" box.
There may also be an option under Audio to choose from SINGLE TONE,CONTINUOUS TONE, and OFF. or other types of audio alert settings depending on the model.
I set mine to Single Tone.

I checked and under Audio setting there is a feature called Proximity Alarms but options are:
Enabled
Silent
Disabled

This features seems to only show when there are POI files.Have not tried the Silent or Disabled yet but will see if that may make a diff.

Could it be the POI loader version I have. I think I have the latest version which screws up the extension. It does add the icon which one would think it would also do the same with mp3 or wav file.

POI Loader isn't the problem

Version 2.7.0 of POI Loader isn't the problem. Other than the output file extension, it works well. The CSV, BMP and MP3 all have to be in the same folder which is where POI Loader reads from. If the names are exactly the same with the only exception the extension they will load and be written as part of the GPI file. If the options on your device are set to play alerts (enabled) then it should work.

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Double Check

You never advised if you followed Box Car's suggestion to check duplicate .mp3 extension, did it only contain a single extension of .mp3?
Were there no AUDIO TONE settings in the "Proximity Alerts" screen?

Click on below link and check your Windows View settings, make sure they are the same as the three outlined in red.
To check, open Windows Explorer, then TOOLS, then FOLDER OPTIONS, then VIEW.

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab32/muell9k/Windows%20Fi...

If everything above checks out, it looks like you've done everything correctly. If you have "Proximty Alarms" checked to enabled and after checking Windows Folder\ View is set up correctly, I am at a loss of why it's not working for you.

Edited: One last thing, did you check if the MP3 plays properly where the file is residing on your computer? Could have got corrupted on the download.
Double click on the MP3 file amd make sure it plays properly in Windows.

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Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

Box Car wrote:

Version 2.7.0 of POI Loader isn't the problem. Other than the output file extension, it works well. The CSV, BMP and MP3 all have to be in the same folder which is where POI Loader reads from. If the names are exactly the same with the only exception the extension they will load and be written as part of the GPI file. If the options on your device are set to play alerts (enabled) then it should work.

Well I have done what you describe. Making sure all 3 files are in same directory and with same name just extensions different and everything seems to work but the alarm.

Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

muell9k wrote:

You never advised if you followed Box Car's suggestion to check duplicate .mp3 extension, did it only contain a single extension of .mp3?
Were there no AUDIO TONE settings in the "Proximity Alerts" screen?

Click on below link and check your Windows View settings, make sure they are the same as the three outlined in red.
To check, open Windows Explorer, then TOOLS, then FOLDER OPTIONS, then VIEW.

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab32/muell9k/Windows%20Fi...

If everything above checks out, it looks like you've done everything correctly. If you have "Proximty Alarms" checked to enabled and after checking Windows Folder\ View is set up correctly, I am at a loss of why it's not working for you.

Edited: One last thing, did you check if the MP3 plays properly where the file is residing on your computer? Could have got corrupted on the download.
Double click on the MP3 file amd make sure it plays properly in Windows.

Checked my setting and its correct. Checked mp3 and it plays fine. Its 52k and was from here.

The created file seems to be right size considering the size of the 3 files.

Audio setting there is a feature called Proximity Alarms but options are:

Enabled
Silent
Disabled

Having it enabled just plays regular built-in alert. I am puzzled too.

One More Suggestion

I enjoy a challenge but this has got me stumped.

In a previous post you stated "it works like a charm."
Have you created other POI files that the alert sound plays, only the Redlight Cameras are not working?

I seriously doubt this will work, but at this juncture we have nothing to lose.

Since the M3 has built in MP3 player, perhaps the .sox program is doing something that is not agreeable with the M3. Try temporarily moving the sox.exe from the POI Loader directory.

Then download one of the original Red Light Camera MP3 voices, rename the downloaded MP3 to match the Red Light files and try creating a new .gpi file.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6503

Remove the defective .gpi file from the M3
Open POI loader using the express mode and not manual mode and send it to your M3's POI folder OR your computer, then moving it the appropriate directory on the M3.

If that doesn't solve the problem you can create your own MP3 Red Light file at the link below. The voices are limited but it's fine for a test.
I used this site to create a MP3 file for my Redlight Camera sound. The voice say's "Caution, now approaching a red light camera". This sound works on all three of my units and it was installed having the .sox file in the POI program directory.

http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

If this doesn’t solve your problem maybe somebody else has an option that I overlooked.

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Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

muell9k wrote:

I enjoy a challenge but this has got me stumped.

In a previous post you stated "it works like a charm."
Have you created other POI files that the alert sound plays, only the Redlight Cameras are not working?

I seriously doubt this will work, but at this juncture we have nothing to lose.

Since the M3 has built in MP3 player, perhaps the .sox program is doing something that is not agreeable with the M3. Try temporarily moving the sox.exe from the POI Loader directory.

Then download one of the original Red Light Camera MP3 voices, rename the downloaded MP3 to match the Red Light files and try creating a new .gpi file.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6503

Remove the defective .gpi file from the M3
Open POI loader using the express mode and not manual mode and send it to your M3's POI folder OR your computer, then moving it the appropriate directory on the M3.

If that doesn't solve the problem you can create your own MP3 Red Light file at the link below. The voices are limited but it's fine for a test.
I used this site to create a MP3 file for my Redlight Camera sound. The voice say's "Caution, now approaching a red light camera". This sound works on all three of my units and it was installed having the .sox file in the POI program directory.

http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

If this doesn’t solve your problem maybe somebody else has an option that I overlooked.

Hi,

The worked like a charm was in reference to changing the extension of poi that the loader saves file as instead of the gpi.

Just recently started using the Mp3 cause I updated the map and was reading up on POI files on here. This is the first time for me.

First problem was due to wrong extension by the version of loader I have.

I then tried adding a custom icon and it worked great but then when I tried to also add a custom sound after reading you could that's when things went south.

I used the sox program with a wav file to see if it would make a difference but it didn't. sad

The loader is placing the file on my SD card where I also have my map. The M3 seems to load maps into the SD card.

Downloaded a new voice and created a new POI file and will be testing later when I go to work.

Thanks to everyone who has taken time out to help me solve this issue.

Something to try

You are already aware of the wrong extension when going to the sd card and then having to rename it, so....

There was something on this forum about a rename of the extension did not work for a particular nuvi brand (not the m3). The result to get it working was send to computer and then copy to nuvi.

Send the new poi loader file to a location on your computer and then move it to the appropriate directory on the M3

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Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

pwohlrab wrote:

You are already aware of the wrong extension when going to the sd card and then having to rename it, so....

There was something on this forum about a rename of the extension did not work for a particular nuvi brand (not the m3). The result to get it working was send to computer and then copy to nuvi.

Send the new poi loader file to a location on your computer and then move it to the appropriate directory on the M3

Since the POI file is small I may see if I can load it into my M3. The POI loader does not see my M3 so it creates the file to the SD which is where I have the map file.

So far nothing has worked and the alert is still the built in Bong crap.

Will see about moving it to M3.

In my M3 there is a Garmin directory with 5 small files, under 50K.

In my SD the POI Loader created a directory called POI which is where it puts the POI file. Should I do same on M3?

Edit: Ok I went ahead and created a directory called POI in the Garmin directory in the M3 and the POI file loads when I check it. Now I just need to test it out when I drive by the RLC. Keep fingers crossed.

Only issue I see if that works is that the M3 does not have a lot of available space.

You could also

try sending to desktop and then copying to the sd card.

My thought is to not allow the poi loader to put it on the card. I want to get away from having to rename it.

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Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

pwohlrab wrote:

try sending to desktop and then copying to the sd card.

My thought is to not allow the poi loader to put it on the card. I want to get away from having to rename it.

The POI is saving the files with the wrong extension. It saves it with poi and not gpi.

Edit. This interesting. Saving file to computer vs SD card the loader saves it with the right extension.

Saved to SD as Redlights.poi and to computer as Redlights.gpi. Coping that file created with correct extension to SD and will try it out.

May yet solve this problem.

Yes

jmc1712 wrote:

...Edit. This interesting. Saving file to computer vs SD card the loader saves it with the right extension....

Yes, the new version POI Loader bug is bad extensions on SD-card installed POIs but correct extensions on internally installed POIs...very odd, but that's the new version bug as it stands for now.

Still, if some are reporting that there's a difference in the way nuvis respond to SD-installed files that were renamed vs. saved-to-computer POI files then copied to the SD card as pwohlrab suggests, then it's worth a try to follow that advice as an experiment. Or try loading the POI file with audio to the M3's internal memory to see what happens, even if your eventual preference is to have them on SD. We may be able to offer more if we can find at least one way that does offer Custom POI/icon/audio as you desire.

The other possibility is that M3 model may not be able to play custom sounds with Custom POIs or that there's some other M3 setting on your device that needs to be changed. The problem is that the M3 is nearly never discussed here so we don't have past history to look back at. You are Guinea Pig #1.

Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

CraigW wrote:
jmc1712 wrote:

...Edit. This interesting. Saving file to computer vs SD card the loader saves it with the right extension....

Yes, the new version POI Loader bug is bad extensions on SD-card installed POIs but correct extensions on internally installed POIs...very odd, but that's the new version bug as it stands for now.

Still, if some are reporting that there's a difference in the way nuvis respond to SD-installed files that were renamed vs. saved-to-computer POI files then copied to the SD card as pwohlrab suggests, then it's worth a try to follow that advice as an experiment. Or try loading the POI file with audio to the M3's internal memory to see what happens, even if your eventual preference is to have them on SD. We may be able to offer more if we can find at least one way that does offer Custom POI/icon/audio as you desire.

The other possibility is that M3 model may not be able to play custom sounds with Custom POIs or that there's some other M3 setting on your device that needs to be changed. The problem is that the M3 is nearly never discussed here so we don't have past history to look back at. You are Guinea Pig #1.

I have had unit since 2007 but since I did not feel like updating maps I just used the PDA function but finally got a new map and was like hey lets see what we can do with POI's and was reading about the Speed/Red light camera POI files so I want to test it out.

Got the loader and it kept putting the file on my SD as it would not find the M3 but then it would not work and then someone mentioned the extension issue. Manually changing it from poi to gpi seemed to solve the prob but only the icon was showing but alert was not working. Now that saving to computer HD solved the extension issue lets see if that works on SD and if not then I will copy to M3 memory and see if that works.

Keeping fingers crossed.

Thanks for all the help.

Custom Alerts Not Working on M3

CraigW wrote:
jmc1712 wrote:

...Edit. This interesting. Saving file to computer vs SD card the loader saves it with the right extension....

Yes, the new version POI Loader bug is bad extensions on SD-card installed POIs but correct extensions on internally installed POIs...very odd, but that's the new version bug as it stands for now.

Still, if some are reporting that there's a difference in the way nuvis respond to SD-installed files that were renamed vs. saved-to-computer POI files then copied to the SD card as pwohlrab suggests, then it's worth a try to follow that advice as an experiment. Or try loading the POI file with audio to the M3's internal memory to see what happens, even if your eventual preference is to have them on SD. We may be able to offer more if we can find at least one way that does offer Custom POI/icon/audio as you desire.

The other possibility is that M3 model may not be able to play custom sounds with Custom POIs or that there's some other M3 setting on your device that needs to be changed. The problem is that the M3 is nearly never discussed here so we don't have past history to look back at. You are Guinea Pig #1.

Well, saving to the POI file to computer HD solved the extension issue but copying to either SD card or M3 unit did not solve the problem. Still only plays the standard alert and not the custom one.

Do I need to format the info in some special format?

Guess I will just have to settle for the standard alert. sad

Thanks everyone.

Changing the standard bong

I just posted this on this website and did a quick search to see if someone asked a question about it. Here is what I did with my M3. I coped it and pasted it the same post here.

If you want to use the Red light and speed camera files, they use whats called the proximity alert on the garmin. I have not been able to attach custom sound files to each one independently, but if you want to change the sound file that is used for all the proximity alerts the file is called msg_ceg_l.wav. You can make a new sound file using http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php, save the file change its name to msg_ceg_l.wav, and copy it to the garmin device overwriting the old file. The file on the Garmin is a wav file and it is in the windows folder ON THE GARMIN DEVICE.