Furuno FEA-2107 - 17.12 Saving a Route as an ASCII Text File; 17.13 Restoring a Route from an ASCII Text File

17. Backup Operations
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17.12 Saving a Route as an ASCII Text File
Sometimes it is useful to save route information as an ASCII text file for use with some other application, or to
restore some ASCII text produced by some other application to the ECDIS. For further details see Appendix 5.
The following formats are available for route backup and restore:
• ASCII PROPRIETARY
• ASCII POSITION (list of Latitude/Longitude values)
• ASCII WPNAME POSITION (list of WP names and Latitude/Longitude)
• ASCII POSITION WPNAME (list of Latitude/Longitude and WP names)
• ASCII FULL (all route related information)
To make a backup of a route in ASCII format, do the following:
1. Choose the Backup and Restore command from the menu.
2. From the Hard disk field, choose desired file.
3. Choose desired backup format with Backup format.
4. Choose backup drive in the Backup drive field.
5. Click the Backup button in the Hard Disk field.
17.13 Restoring a Route from an ASCII Text File
Sometimes it is useful to restore to the ECDIS route information stored in an ASCII text file which was produced by
some other application. For further details see Appendix 5.
The following formats are available for route backup and restore:
• ASCII PROPRIETARY
• ASCII POSITION, list of Latitude/Longitude values
• ASCII WPNAME POSITION, list of WP names and Latitude/Longitude
• ASCII POSITION WPNAME list of Latitude/Longitude and WP names
• ASCII FULL, all route related information
To restore a route using ASCII data, do the following:
1. Choose the Backup and Restore command from the menu.
2. Choose desired Backup Format.
3. Choose backup drive from the Backup device field.
4. Choose desired file.
5. Click the Restore button in the Backup Device field.