GPS Not following preset trip uploaded from Basecamp

[JimAvanti]

I have a Garmin Nuvi 2555 and I created a long detailed trip to make sure I go around certain slow areas (Washington Bridge, DC). I even blocked out those areas as area avoidances. My maps are updated to the latest on both the GPS and in Basecamp. My GPS will not follow my trip or avoid the area avoidances. My GPS came with the Trip Planner app installed, so I would assume it should be able to follow trips created in Basecamp.

I am not sure if the problem is the GPS support for trips, of if there is a setting somewhere to force it to follow the trip. Anyone know why?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Nuvi-Nebie]

There are a few rules that must be followed in order for your satnav to follow the desired Route, you are probably following the first rule already but just in case, you MUST use exactly the same map on your satnav and the program used to generate the Route, rule two is that you must have the same preferences on both satnav and program, eg:- avoid highways (motorways), toll roads etc.

The problem you have is probably due to avoidances set up in Basecamp are not being sent to the satnav in the Route data, the satnav will have it's own avoidances but won't inherit any from Basecamp, the solution is to add Vias to the Route so that each Via must be visited, alternatively you could try generating a Track rather than a Route because Track points are followed exactly where as The steps between Route points are calculated by the satnav

 

[JimAvanti]

Nuvi-Nebie,

I am using the same maps in Basecamp as on the GPS. I don't see how to set avoids in Basecamp, except for area avoidances. I avoid just traffic and ferries on the GPS. I created the trip in Basecamp manually dragging streets to the streets I want to travel on. I thought if I made a trip exactly how I want to travel and upload it to the GPS I could load the trip in Trip Planner on the GPS and it would follow my directions. If it is going to lead me in the directions it chooses instead then it is no use to me and paper directions would be better. I lost about 3 hours following the GPS through DC instead of around it and over the Washington Bridge.
It seems impossible to setup areas to avoid on the GPS unless it happens to be an area you are in. If you can't send area avoidances from Basecamp to the GPS, then what good is it? If a newer GPS will allow this, then it would be worth purchasing a newer GPS, but if I can't follow my manually altered trip, then not even a new GPS would be worth using. Maybe there is no way to have the GPS follow a planned trip exactly how it was saved, I don't know.

I attached a photo showing how far off the GPS took me through DC (Grey path), instead of following the path I planned in the trip (pink area).
It was a very frustrating trip. I want to resolve this before doing this trip again, even it it means a new GPS.

Thanks for your help
Jim