Water Temperature Sensor?

If a water temperature sensor is used with a 76CSx, does the tracklog
contain a temperature reading for each track point?

Could this be used to record air temperatures instead of water temps?
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Andy

Andy wrote:


Track data in active memory and saved to the *.gpx files is the
position, time, and GPS elevation. Never anything more than that.

Saved tracks contain less data than do the active track memory.


No.

Jack

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

Jack Erbes wrote:

I used the 76CSx's feature to save the tracklog to the microSD card. It
saved over 11,000 points (0.02 of a mile apart) in my last ride with it.
It saved it to a file on the card and at the same time saved a second
log to the unit itself, which stopped after 9999 points (I did not have
it set to 'wrap when full').

Interesting to see that it will just keep setting track points, even
over the 10,000 point limit, when it is set to record the track to the
memory card. I was hoping to record air temps too.

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Andy

Jack Erbes wrote:

Garmin's tech support said it will log altitude, position, depth, speed,
and distance traveled, but nothing else. Too bad. Having air temp
logged and displayed in a graph would be interesting.
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Andy

Andy wrote:

I don't know of any way to connect a temperature sensor to a 76CSx.
There are some Garmin depth and fish finders that have a temperature
sensor in the transducer and that will display a water temp. Maybe some
of those models with that can also record it in a log file.

Also, the lat/long, time, and elevation data in the *.gpx files can be
used in MapSource to calculate distances and speeds and to display track
profiles. You have to either put the GPS in the Mass Storage Mode to
open the *.gpx files or copy them from the GPS to the hard drive and
open them there.

I think the tech was confused about what data that is in the *.gpx files
and what additional info can be calculated from it in MapSource.

Those *.gpx files and the feature of logging the track data to the
microSD card is a wonderful thing.

Jack

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)