Thread: Using TMC in Garmin nuvi for free

I know this.
But i dont know where to find number 18689, 33, 33, 1?
Where can i find number 18689?
Someone must find this number somewhere and i like to know where he find this

18689 = 4901 hex
compare to TraficProviders.xml, description for Slovenia: cc="9" sid="1" ltn="33"
And look for the same values in nuvi developer menu, TMC tables.

If you have a unit like the nüvi 3790 or similar you can look in "[GPS drive]:\.System\TrafficProvider.xml".

Here's an example with extract of 2 entries from TMC providers in France:

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V-Trafic (FR):
FID=cc*256+sid=15*256+62=3902 REMARK: It's not always factor 256 for all FID calculations
PID=ltn1=30
RgnID=ltn2=32
VenID, use 1 for insert and 0 for remove

Via-Michelin (FR):
FID=cc*256+sid=15*256+58=3898 REMARK: It's not always factor 256 for all FID calculations
PID=ltn1=29
RgnID=ltn2=32
VenID, use 1 for insert and 0 for remove


Looking here in post #1 you can see the 2 code sets for France

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It was a year or two since I've tried this calculations. I don't have the complete calculations for all providers but this can be used as a starter for further investigations. The hardest to calculate would be the FID if you don't have a real 25-character unlock key to investigate with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].


EDIT: Here's some more examples of my own previous investigations.

Sample calculation with Radio SI/TrafficNav (SI)

:Anim3:	State	Type of license	Ltn 1	Ltn 2	SID
Radio SI/TrafficNav (SI)	9	1001	33	33	1
	9=SL	1001 = lifetime
	Formula		Value
FID / MapID	State*2^11+2^8+SID	=9*2048+256+1	=18689		:Animated77:
PID	=Ltn 1		=33
RgnID	=Ltn 2	same as Ltn 1	=33
VenID	(1=insert)	(0=remove)	1

Sample calculation for Destia Traffic TMC (PL)

:111anim:	State	Type of license	Ltn 1	Ltn 2	SID
Destia Traffic TMC (PL)	3	1001	5	5	2
	3=PL	1001 = lifetime
	Formula		Value
FID / MapID	State*2^11+2^11+2^9+2^8+SID	=3*2048+2048+512+2	=8962		:Animated98:
PID	=Ltn 1		=5
RgnID	=Ltn 2	same as Ltn 1	=5
VenID	(1=insert)	(0=remove)	1

Maybe someone could find the pattern for generic calculation of FID values for TMC?

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I don't know the formula for FID in TMC calculations. Just some fragments with PID, RgnID & VenID and where FID is adopted to fit the wanted result. I'm using binary factors (2^?) as fillers so the pattern would be easier to see in possible operations with XOR, OR, AND, BIT-SHIFTs etc.

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My time is limited to investigate all possible ideas that floats around. I tried to explain the initial seed for the TMC calculations and there has been other explanations earlier in forums that crashed and lost their stuff (eg. **** & erased posts in PPC W**ez).

Originally Posted by Ballebar

I don't have the complete calculations for all providers but this can be used as a starter for further investigations. The hardest to calculate would be the FID if you don't have a real 25-character unlock key to investigate with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Maybe someone could find the pattern for generic calculation of FID values for TMC?

Anyone who is interested and like to do further investigations are welcomed to dig deeper into this problem : anim18):

Thank you for your answer.
I will try to investigate

@lolypop000

Connect your GPS with the GTM TMC device and look in diagnostic pages for further details.

Example:

I see something interesting from your picture.

Traffic_nav(SI) 1001 9/e4/1/33
hex e4 is decimal 228

<country name="Slovenia" cc="9" ecc="228" fmTuningGrid="World">
<boundary desc="slovenia">

some will start with

North America 7
Brazil 7
Australia 4
Bulgaria 7
Ireland 5
Sweden 2
Belgium 3
Norway 2
Sweden 2
Slovenia 4

Hello Everyone,
I have a Garmin 660 in lower 48 in US. When I originally bought this unit,it came with 3 months free traffic. I have been trying to figure out how to make this work again ever since without sub. I have read and read and read some more,but no luck. On this unit,I cannot find those settings I need. On the initial screen , there is only the wrench and the speaker. When you click on the wrench,there is not the commands listed in this post to get where I need to be. I have downloaded the generator.Is there anyone here that might have a 660 that has done this willing to give me a few pointers? I am really new to this. I have loaded 2012 unlocked map into it with success. Thank you very much.