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Export to Garmin .FPL format - ICAO Waypoints odd


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Hello Skydemon Team,

I tried to export my Skydemon Flightplan to the Garmin .fpl format and it seems not to work anymore.
The Garmin SW “FlightPlan Migrator” ( import into GNS430W unit) comes back with the error message: “ *.fpl is not a valid Garmin flight plan file.”

Looking into the *.fpl file, it seems that the ICAO waypoints identifier has nothing in it where as an airport or e.g. a VOR has the correct identifier:
E.g. Metro-VOR:

  <waypoint>
  <identifier>MTR</identifier>
  <type>VOR</type>
  <country-code>ED</country-code>
  <lat>50.276279</lat>
  <lon>8.848625</lon>
  <comment />

And the ICAO-Waypoint e.g. PEKIG:
<waypoint>
  <identifier />
  <type>INT</type>
  <country-code>ED</country-code>
  <lat>49.976944</lat>
  <lon>9.052222</lon>
  <comment />
  </waypoint>

Export worked last year in September, but not anymore. I tried MacOS as well as Windows Version. Is on both platforms the same.
Please find attached an example Flightplan with Skydemon and *.fpl format and as well as working *fpl file back from September 2023, with the correct ICAO-Identifiers.
Can you please try to reproduce this problem?
Many thanks,

Thomas


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Tim Dawson - 4/29/2024 1:32:40 PM
Sorry, I have no idea what makes your hardware decide is a waypoint is "locked" or what that even means.

If you have an example of the same route, defined in alternative software, that does import in a better way into your device, you could send it to us and we could see what we can do to make the SkyDemon export more like the alternative.

Hi Tim, thanks for your reply.

'locked' means it cannot be used for navigation.  If the waypoint is manually entered it's fine, but Sky Demon import no longer works.  The file is the Garmin .fpl format.

I was really asking if you've changed anything as it seems a similar issue to the initial post.  If not, I'll keep scratching my head as to why ICAO waypoint export no longer works.

Many thanks

Steve

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John_Boy - 3/26/2024 11:38:39 AM
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Steve G - 4/29/2024 2:48:12 PM
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