Thread: Editing Montana configuration to make tracks thicker

I have no idea how GPX output came up, presume like everyone else you just want to have the track more visible on the screen while riding the bike?

The only related .gpf tags I can find across my different devices (78sc, Rino650 & 66i) don't relate to width:
<TrackLog>1</TrackLog>
<TrackLogZoom>1</TrackLogZoom>
<TrackRecordMethod>2</TrackRecordMethod>
<AdvTrkTripRecording>0</AdvTrkTripRecording>
<AdvTrkRecordedDataReset>0</AdvTrkRecordedDataReset>
<TrackColor>14</TrackColor>
and there is also a :
<MotorcycleSettings>2</MotorcycleSettings>
Presume yours are similar and you've already seen them.

A couple of long shots, seeing it's a common issue on bikes you could try 0,1,3,...in the MotorcycleSettings and see what happens?

Or if you want to be a crash test dummy is there a specific Garmin text reference in the .ktmf that might give a clue to a yet unknown tag for experiment in the .gpf? I just tried adding a <TrackWidth>2</TrackWidth> to a 78sc .gpf to see what would happen and as expected it didn't work, but on the plus side it simply removed the offending entry from the file and caused no other issues. I have no idea how your device might react though.

Originally Posted by Bushwalker8

I have no idea how GPX output came up, presume like everyone else you just want to have the track more visible on the screen while riding the bike?

Yes - Unlike the big fat line that Garmin uses in a route, tracks, which we use most of the time when out riding in fringe areas, is much harder to see. As mentioned, I was able to increase the line width on the Garmin 595LM from it's default scale size of 1 up to 3, which is better, but not great.

The default field on the 595' KTMF file is:-
<STYLE field = "MAP_TRK_CLR" scale="3.0" border="0.2" > <---here "3.0" is the maximum, and putting 6 has the same effect as 3.

But for the Montana, it doesn't use KTMF files, and the only track references in the GPF file are these:-
<TrackLog>1</TrackLog>
<TrackLogZoom>0</TrackLogZoom>
<TrackRecordMethod>2</TrackRecordMethod>
<TrackInterval>25.000000</TrackInterval>

and these don't look very hopeful in determining track width.

I must look into the possibility that Montana's rely upon TYP files for these kind of settings. Trust a Montana to be different to everything else, as it is in so many other ways.