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iCN 510
| User Manual
Points of Interest (POI) Editor
You can add custom Points of Interest (POIs) using the POI Editor. A maximum of 25 Custom POIs can be saved on
your iCN. The Custom POI fi les are listed on the
My POI
screen. Custom POIs can be set to announce when in close
My POI
My POI
proximity at the
Select Active POI
screen.
Select Active POI
Select Active POI
Step 1. Create a Custom POI File
1. Create a New POI File.
• On the
Map
menu, click
POIs
. The
POI Editor
window will open.
POI Editor
POI Editor
• On the
File
menu of the POI Editor, click
New Text File
. The
POI File Name
window will open.
• Type a name for the fi le in the
File Name
box and click
OK
. The fi le name can be up to eight characters
with no spaces.
2. Add a POI to the POI File.
• On the
Edit
menu, click
New
. The
POI Details
window will open.
• Type a description for the POI in the
Description
box.
• On the
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
tab, type or select
the degree, minute and second of the POI latitude in the
Latitude
boxes.
• On the
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
tab, type or select
the degree, minute and second of the POI longitude in
the
Longitude
boxes.
3. Repeat step 2 until all POIs have been added to the POI fi le.
4. On the
File
menu, click
Save
. The POI fi le is saved.
Step 2. Save Custom POI File to your iCN
1. On the
File
menu, click
Save to Device
. The
POI Options
window will open.
2. Modify the POI settings as required:
• To activate the POI select the
Active
check box. If you do
not activate the POI, you will only be able to confi gure the
Importance
and
Icon File
settings.
• To enable a visual warning when the POI is in close proximity,
select the
Visual Alert
check box.
• To enable an audible chime when the POI is in close proximity,
select the
Audio Alert
check box.
• To change the units used to measure distance for this POI, select the
Metric
or
Imperial
option.
• Select the distance from the POI at which the visual warning should display or the audible chime is
heard, from the
Distance
box.
• Move the
POI Visibility Level
slider left or right indicate the priority that the POI has where two or more
POIs are in the same locale.
• Type the path to the icon fi le to be used to represent the POI, in the
Icon File
box, or select the icon fi le
from your local or network drive clicking , locating the fi le and clicking
Open
. The fi le must be a bitmap
(.BMP) graphic with a minimum of 6x6 pixels and a maximum of 42x42 pixels.
3. Click
OK
and follow the prompts. The POI fi le is saved to the iCN.
OK
OK
• If you want to change the name of the fi le, edit the name for the fi le in the
File Name
box of the
POI File
Name
window and click
OK
. The fi le name can be up to eight characters with no spaces.
Deleting a Custom POI File from your iCN
1. On the
Device
menu, click
Manage POI Files
. The
Manage POI Files
window will open, displaying a list
of custom POI fi les installed on your iCN.
2. Click the
File Name
or
Size
of the POI fi le to delete.
3. Click
Delete
. The fi le is removed from the list, but is not yet deleted.
4. If you want to delete more than one fi le, go to step 2.
5. Click
OK
and accept the c
OK
OK
hanges. The selected fi le or fi les are deleted.
