35 Skip a Route Point

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When a Trip is active


The SatNav relies on a sequence of route points to get from A to B. These points are either Via Points (which alert on arrival), or Shaping Points (which do not). The route should be exactly the route that was sent from Basecamp. If it is not, then there is something wrong. If the Zumo has to recalculate a route, then the original Basecamp route is replaced with one that the XT calculates. See later on this page why this should not be a problem.


If ‘Skip’ is pressed, the route is recalculated.

 

To do this it will use:

  • Your present position and the remaining Via and Shaping Points
  • The vehicle specified in the route - eg Motorcycle
  • The routing preferences specified in the Trip - eg Faster Time
  • The avoidances (eg Ferries) that are set in the XT for the vehicle that is named in the route (eg Motorcycle)

How the XT recalculates a route.

Basecamp does not send any avoidance preferences to any Zumo


Suppose you use Basecamp to create a Route for the Motorcycle / Shorter Distance / No Avoidances.
Also suppose that the Zumo has routing preferences for Motorcycle set as - Faster Time / Avoid Ferries.
Regardless of the Zumo’s current vehicle, when the route is run, the XT will switch to Motorcycle (from the route).
If it needs to recalculate, it will use Shorter Distance (from the route) / Avoid Ferries (from the Zumo’s Motorcycle settings).


You may need to read that again to understand the implications.
.. but in case you missed it, Basecamp is allowing ferris, the Zumo isn't.
More examples of ‘What happens when ?’ are in a later section (the appendix).

What Does Skip a Route Point Mean?

Take a look at the image showing a Trip from the Zumo XT screen. It has a Start Point (Green Flag), 2 Via Points, (Orange Flags), and 7 Shaping Points (blue circles - only 5 are shown).


The XT is only concerned with getting you to the next point in the route by following the route that it has calculated - the magenta line. If you stray from the magenta line, its job is to calculate a new route to the same point.


Suppose that you have passed the Shaping Point at 073 Inveraray and you are heading towards Hunters Quay. The road signs inform you that the ferry is not sailing.


You can select the ‘Skip’ button to remove Hunters Quay from the route list. The XT now needs to calculate a route to get you to 179 Girvan. It uses the Route’s Faster/Shorter setting and the avoidances set in the Zumo for the route’s vehicle.


On the XT - every section of the route is recalculated when Skip is pressed.


In this situation it helps to have a minimum number of Shaping Points. The one at Hunters Quay was there to force the route to take the ferry. Without it, it is quite happy to go an entirely different way to get to the next point - After all it is at Girvan - which about 100 mile south. It is easy to do this in Scotland though.


It is worth thinking about this when you prepare a route. Keep routing points to a minimum so that if you need to skip, the satnav does not then try to take you to subsequent points half a mile up the road.

Method 1 - Tap the ‘Skip Icon’


Pic 2 shows the Skip screens. The Skip icon is shown on the Zumo map - outlined in red on the right. It may be obscured by another display - eg the blue Trip data display which I have moved to one side. On the Zumo, use the ‘X’ to close that display - circled in red.


Press the Skip button and you are prompted to confirm, and it displays the name of the next route point. Hunters Quay in this case. If you just wanted to know the name of the next route point, say ‘No’ to the prompt !


In Basecamp, I had named the point ‘111 Hunters Quay’, (see Page4) but I did not create it as a Waypoint first, so the Zumo replaced my name with its own. ‘Hunters Quay’ is clear enough, but it sometimes displays unrecognisable names.


This is a good reason to save Waypoints before creating a route - so that the Zumo keeps the names that you assign.


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The information on these pages has been acquired from personal experience of using and testing the behaviour of Basecamp and my Zumo XT. I have no links with Garmin, and these pages should not be regarded as instructions. They are presented for interest only. The contents of these pages must not be shared, copied, transmitted, redistributed or re-published in any form without my permission. (C) JHeath 2021.