Upgrading a Magellan Maestro GPS Firmware – Software

Upgrading a Magellan Maestro GPS Firmware – Software

So you, like me, want to take advantage of all the latest features your
Magellan GPS has to offer. Not only are there new visual features there are a
number of firmware upgrades that make the unit even faster when performing some
calculations.

The first part of upgrading your Magellan GPS… and note this is for the
3250 model, is to download the
firmware upgraded from the Magellan web site.

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

Visit the link above,
https://www.magellangps.com/products/
and follow along.

Go to Products (1), then GPS Units (2)

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

Select the 3250 from the model list.

Go to Product Support (4)

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

You can download a user manual in English or French (7) if you are so
inclined.

Otherwise go to the Magellan Maestro 3250 Firmware Version 4.60 link (5).

You can also download the 2008/2009 map update (6), but it is about .

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

You should get a screen that tells you about the release and some of the
features in it. Do a quick read through, and the click on the “I want to
download this update link (8)

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

Oh… you have to have registered your unit. If you have already done so,
then use your email address and password to continue.(9) If you have not
registered now is a good time to do so.

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

If you have not registered, click on the “Create User Profile” link (10)

Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

Go through the entire process then resume here.

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Creating Editable GPS Files from a .MGLN format file.

In a previous post I stressed making sure you saved your original .CSV file which you imported into your Magellan GPS since it creates a .MGLN format file. At the time I did not know a way to edit that file in the future. A little research found it can be done. If you have an Magellan “.MGLN” file in your unit here is how you can save it to allow editing with some of the tools I have previously recommended.

Open the Magellan POI File Editor.

Find the .mgln file you want to edit. You did save it. . . right? If not, all is not lost. If you plug your Magellan unit into a computer using the USB cord, it should link up. Use Windows Explorer (or a better method like “Power Desk”) to find the unit. Work your way through the directory structure until you find the .MGLN file you want. Copy this file back to your PC.

Viewing files on a Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

Now open the .MGLN file you previously saved or the one you just retrieved from the Magellan GPS.

Example:

  • (1) find the directory it is stored in
  • (2) highlight the .MGLN file
  • (3) Click on “Open”.Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    When it open’s it you should see the list of all the Categories and their POI’s. Pick the Category (5) you want to save so all the POI’s appear in the right pane. (6)

    Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    Click on the first entry (7)

    Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    Go to the last entry in the list, or the last items you want to export, hold down the Ctrl + Shift key, left click on the entry. (8) All the POI’s between the first and last selected one’s should now be highlighted.


    Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    Right click anywhere in the window (Do not left click or you select only the one POI and have to start over!), then click on Copy (9) (Or if you know your shortcuts you can simply use “Ctrl + C” to copy these.


    Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    Open Excel, (10) (actually I have found I greatly prefer to use Notepad – or any plain text editor – for this) “Paste” the information from the clipboard. (12) (Or use “Ctrl + V”)
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  • Detroit Turkey Trot – The rest of the story.

    I wrote in the last post about the new technology used, the disposable RFID chip on a strip. I also noted that the “Chip Timed Start” . . . did not start!

    In the last post I wrote:

    UPDATE 11/30/2008:
    Attn: Active.Com

    I just wrote the following email to the Active.Com web site contact regarding the chip timed start issues. Will see what happens.

    ================= Start of eMail Sent ==================
    UPDATE 11/30/2008:
    Greetings,

    I am writing to ask about getting my time for the Detroit Turkey Trot 10K adjusted.
    It seems that my chip did not get recorded at the start of the race, and included the time from the gun to when I actually was able to cross the timing mat.

    My bib number was 4683, and the time posted was 01:01:38.
    My stop watch time was 00:58:02.
    As confirmation I have a picture of me crossing the start line at 8:04:54
    https://www.kasdorf.name/wordpress/2008/detroit-turkey-trot-10k-2008/#more-384

    The difference is not the entire 4:54, since I believe a video I have also shows the race gun did not sound until about 8:01:22 (approximately, you may know the actual start time showing on the clock.)
    The difference of the two is about 3:33, which when subtracted from the finish time of 1:01:38, gives a time of 58:25, much closer to my stop watch time of 58:02.

    Also, if other nearby runners were recorded I have pictures showing I cross the start line next to runners with the bib numbers: 6230, 1612, 5719 and 3546

    Bottom line is can my time be adjusted to reflect the true elapsed time of 58:02 (or 58:25, or if available the actual start time of the runners listed above.) so the “historical” records kept on your web site are more in line with the actual time.

    Thanks for the assistance, and looking forward to a reply,

    George Kasdorf
    ===================End of eMail sent ======================
    Today I received a response from Gault Race Management.
    What do you suppose they had to say about this?

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    Detroit Turkey Trot 10K 2008

    Another race in the books! Today was the Detroit Turkey Trot. I entered the 10K race, there was also a 5K and a mile run.
    The day started off pretty good, meaning we all got up and in the car right on time for the drive into Detroit. Very little traffic at 6:30 am on all the expressways so had smooth sailing. gyümölcsös nyer?gépes játékok That is until we got to the final off ramp to Cobo Arena Parking…. It seems when 10,000 people all try to get into the same parking garage inside of maybe an hour, it just doesn’t work so well. Finally we were down to 15 minutes to race start. I am SO glad I went the day before to pick up my bib and chip!! nyer?gépes játék letöltése ingyen Really!

    I was in the wrong lane to get to most of the garages, but my two copilots noticed a small sign for public parking at the GM Renaissance Center – on the right – three lanes over… so, around the u-turn, back the other side of the median, another u-turn (I never saw that sign that said “No U-Turn here”, honest.) Into the correct lane, into the garage, up a couple of floors, grab the backpack with gear, down to the street, and we all hustled over to the start line. Getting there with about 4 minutes to spare! I stripped off the warm ups and jacket, added the ear warmers and jumped into line. tippmix sportfogadás szelvény
    Whew.
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    Interesting Running Stuff – Latest Tech

    Tomorrow is the Detroit Turkey Trot, and I have entered the 10K race. Today I went and picked up the packet of “stuff” which includes the Tee Shirt and Bib Number.

    Detroit Turkey Trot 10K November 27 2008

    Most races use a “hard” chip such as the Champion Chip. A disc about the size of a quarter and about .250 inch thick and has slots to run shoe laces through (or plastic ties) to secure the chip to the shoe. This works great, and you can even purchase your own chip if you like. They have only a few downsides. One is that if you lose it, or forget to remove it from your shoe they charge you $30 for it. Ouch. The other is at most races there are marshal’s right at the end of the line that stop you and remove the chip. While they remove it for you, normally I am huffing and puffing and do not really feel like standing there and waiting for them to remove and retie my shoe. It doesn’t take all that long, but when I can barely stand anyway……
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    Creating a Custom POI File for Magellan GPS – Part 2

    In the prior post in this series I went through creating the actual POI file using ITN Converter. In this post I am going to show you how to make that file actually useful for something… like finding locations with your GPS!

    Open the Magellan POI Editor. Then open the .CSV file you previously created. As shown in (13) select .CSV since that is what you created last time (or should have). Select the file you created in (14), and then click on Open (15).

    You did download the Magelan POI Editor from the earlier post…. correct? *Sigh*
    Here it is again….

    Download Magellan POI Editor – UPDATE 12/14/2015 this pointed to a link that was no longer valid so I removed it.

    Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS Unit

    Small and portable it can be used in the car or stuck in a pocket for pedistrian use – like walking around Disney World! (Batteries are supposed to be good for 3 hours or so.)

    Okay, now that you downloaded the POI Editor, and know where it is at, go ahead and open the Magellan POI Editor. Then open the .CSV file you previously created. As shown in (13) select file type of .CSV since that is what you created last time (or should have). Select the file you created in (14), and then click on Open (15).


    The Magellan POI File Editor - Open File dialog box.

    Use the dialog box to browse to the .CSV file you previously created.


    The software will automatically open the Import Wizard when it sees you open a .CSV file.

    The software will automatically open the Import Wizard when it sees you open a .CSV file. Unless you have a “header” line that you saved (it the view window it would probably look different than the other data shown.) You should leave the “Start Importing from line = 1, set to 1. Some downloaded files have several rows of information about where the file came from, what’s included, who made it, etc. so you may need to change this to line 2, 3, or ?

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