B&G Vulcan data download Help

[Dogscout]

Hello; I have a B&G Vulcan 12 and all the other B&G instruments on a NMEA 2K network. Last summer I put about 2100 nm on the boat as is shown by the Trip Log display from touching Trip Calculator on the left sidebar menu. I am curious if I can download to a SD card the data that supports that number. Is it a log data file that includes the date and distance? I have read the manual and I have not been able to figure this out, can you send me on the right path? Perhaps just backing it up to a SD card will get me a file I can use to record the date and distance, ex a csv file.

Regards

[PeterSailor]

The Zeus family is doing it since an update of the Touch generation (RTM2), I'm suprised the Vulcan does not. It would be called NMEA 0183 data logging. In the Files menu, Log Databaase, if it exist on the Vulcan.

Could not find it in the Vulcan manual or the addendum, sorry.

[stevead]

Whatever happened to one's innate curiosity and discover what happens when you peruse the different menu options on the display ?

The following screen shots are from a Zeus, you'll find pretty much the same functionality on a Vulcan.

Start with the main menu, scroll down the left hand side and select storage.
Then select waypoints, export.
Select a suitable file format, the .usr file formats are a proprietary binary format, however it may be easier if you select .gpx, which is text based, human readable and supported by most vendors as well as the open source OpenCPN program. Plenty of 3rd party tools to parse both .usr and .gpx file formats also.
Give the exported file a name and select a destination such as a SD card.

If your Vulcan is connected to a network, or if you have at least configured it as a WiFi access point, a poorly documented feature is that you can connect to the Vulcan via a web-browser or via ftp. Saves having to use a SD card to transfer files.

ftp> open 192.168.0.2
Connected to 192.168.0.2.
220 Welcome to GoFree FTP service.
200 Always in UTF8 mode.
User (192.168.0.2:(none)): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
ftp> cd userdata
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
2019-7-14_15-16.canlog.tar
DEMO EXPORT.gpx
Demo
Gribs
Logs
Polars
Screenshots
WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr
crashlog
updaters
updates.json
wallpaper
waypoints
226 Directory send OK.
ftp: 171 bytes received in 0.05Seconds 3.64Kbytes/sec.
ftp> mget WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr
200 Switching to Binary mode.
mget WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr? y
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr (13589 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 13589 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 13589000.00Kbytes/sec.

It ain't rocket surgery.

[Dogscout]

Originally Posted by stevead

Whatever happened to one's innate curiosity and discover what happens when you peruse the different menu options on the display ?

The following screen shots are from a Zeus, you'll find pretty much the same functionality on a Vulcan.

Start with the main menu, scroll down the left hand side and select storage.
Then select waypoints, export.
Select a suitable file format, the .usr file formats are a proprietary binary format, however it may be easier if you select .gpx, which is text based, human readable and supported by most vendors as well as the open source OpenCPN program. Plenty of 3rd party tools to parse both .usr and .gpx file formats also.
Give the exported file a name and select a destination such as a SD card.

If your Vulcan is connected to a network, or if you have at least configured it as a WiFi access point, a poorly documented feature is that you can connect to the Vulcan via a web-browser or via ftp. Saves having to use a SD card to transfer files.

ftp> open 192.168.0.2
Connected to 192.168.0.2.
220 Welcome to GoFree FTP service.
200 Always in UTF8 mode.
User (192.168.0.2:(none)): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
ftp> cd userdata
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
2019-7-14_15-16.canlog.tar
DEMO EXPORT.gpx
Demo
Gribs
Logs
Polars
Screenshots
WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr
crashlog
updaters
updates.json
wallpaper
waypoints
226 Directory send OK.
ftp: 171 bytes received in 0.05Seconds 3.64Kbytes/sec.
ftp> mget WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr
200 Switching to Binary mode.
mget WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr? y
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for WaypointsRoutesTracks.usr (13589 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 13589 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 13589000.00Kbytes/sec.

It ain't rocket surgery.

No kidding. I looked at all of that but I have not saved tracks although I do have a few waypoints saved.

The vulcan tells me that my Trip1 is 2117 nm. My desire is to know how many nm I traveled on each date. Is that available? I did not see it anywhere in the Storage.

[fogmachine]

Wow, I didn't know about the FTP capability, thanks! Much easier than carrying an extra MicroSD card as I've been doing the last few years.



An export in GPX format can be imported into all sorts of tools including OpenCPN and various free web apps for further processing.