595 Constantly Changing My Route

[rbentnail]

Here's what I did:

I used Base Camp to create a route, using enough waypoints to ensure nothing got changed by the 595. I preview the route on the 595 and sure enough, the route is exactly what I want it to be. Cool beans!

Then when I get on the road traveling from my Beginning Point to my first waypoint everything is fine. After that not so good. From waypoint #1 to #2 the route has changed. And from #2 to #3 changed again. And so on, I think it would have gone on this way to the end of the route had I not grown very tired of being sent down railroad tracks (twice!), into fenced cow pastures (twice!) and through a river (once)- no I didn't actually go into any of these places, I like to think I have more sense than that! I stopped the route and using a paper map I navigated my way, completely ignoring the gps.

I can't believe this is the way my new $$$$ gps is supposed to work. Remember, I came from 9+ yrs of nuvi operation & never once did it lead me astray like this. Any suggestions of what I did wrong? Is there a setting I need to check or uncheck to keep me on route?

[sussamb]

Strange. When you opened the route in trip planner and selected Go you're offered a choice of waypoints/viapoints depending on how many you have. How many were there? Which one did you select? If you want to follow the route you must select the first one. If you select any other one, apart from the last one, it'll take you direct to that one first, and from there should follow the route. If you select the last one it'll work out a route direct to it, ignoring your route.

[rbentnail]

Strange. When you opened the route in trip planner and selected Go you're offered a choice of waypoints/viapoints depending on how many you have. How many were there? Which one did you select? If you want to follow the route you must select the first one. If you select any other one, apart from the last one, it'll take you direct to that one first, and from there should follow the route. If you select the last one it'll work out a route direct to it, ignoring your route.

All correct:

Where To/Trip Planner. Select route I want to travel, pick GO. I'm given a list of waypoints on the right, I pick the first one. It takes me there. Then after that not once did the gps follow the designated route from Base Camp.

One time I skipped a waypoint I had already passed, that was one of the times it wanted to take me into a pasture to get directly to the next waypoint. I remember thinking at the time,"does this thing think I'm hiking or flying?" In the bar across the top there's a motorcycle icon. In Avoidances I have selected unpaved roads.

[sussamb]

Well that's strange but I guess possible. BaseCamp passes the various points to your Zumo, and on certain parts of a route you may find it occasionally makes changes but I've never known a device make the sort of changes you mention. I always load the trip into my GPS, then look at it in BC to ensure it still goes the way I want. If not I add more points.

Are you able to post your route here?

[Stu]

All routing settings the same on Basecamp and the zumo?

[rbentnail]

Well that's strange but I guess possible. BaseCamp passes the various points to your Zumo, and on certain parts of a route you may find it occasionally makes changes but I've never known a device make the sort of changes you mention. I always load the trip into my GPS, then look at it in BC to ensure it still goes the way I want. If not I add more points.

Are you able to post your route here?

I learned a long time ago about adding enough way points to get the gps to keep my desired route intact. I previewed the route on the 595 and sure enough, the route was exactly what I wanted it to be.

Not sure how to post a route here. Also not sure how it will help, the route shows up on the 595 as specified, the gps just won't follow it.

[rbentnail]

All routing settings the same on Basecamp and the zumo?

The only routing settings I see in Base Camp are Edit/Options/Activity Profile/Routing. Are there more?

Is there a requirement to have them the same? How is this possible? Some things show up in 595 menus that are not in Base Camp and vice versa so I can't see any way of having "all routing settings the same".

[Stu]

The only routing settings I see in Base Camp are Edit/Options/Activity Profile/Routing. Are there more?

Yes these are the ones I am talking about

IE if you had settings in basecamp of fastest route but on the zumo as curvy roads then it would route differently

[sussamb]

Well that's strange but I guess possible. BaseCamp passes the various points to your Zumo, and on certain parts of a route you may find it occasionally makes changes but I've never known a device make the sort of changes you mention. I always load the trip into my GPS, then look at it in BC to ensure it still goes the way I want. If not I add more points.

Are you able to post your route here?

I learned a long time ago about adding enough way points to get the gps to keep my desired route intact. I previewed the route on the 595 and sure enough, the route was exactly what I wanted it to be.

Not sure how to post a route here. Also not sure how it will help, the route shows up on the 595 as specified, the gps just won't follow it.

Well that's even stranger. Couple of points have already been mentioned but do you have traffic trends on that model? It can often give unexpected results.

[Moose]

the gps is not set on off road is it