Legacy / retired MFD waypoint, route, track, and comment constraints

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Legacy / retired MFD waypoint, route, track, and comment constraints

Raymarine currently offers Voyage Planner PC navigational planning software to facilitate planning waypoints and routes for the following Raymarine chartplotting products:
- Axiom MFDs
- a/c/e/eS/gS-Series MFDs
- Dragonfly Displays
- G-Series GPM400 (retired)
- E-Series Widescreen MFDs (retired)
- C-Series Widescreen MFDs (retired)
- E-Series Classic MFDs (retired)
- C-Series Classic MFDs (retired).

When planning waypoints and routes (particularly when using a third party navigational planning product to do so) care must be taken to ensure that the following Raymarine product constraints are adhered to:

Constraints for G-Series GPM400 and E-Series Widescreen MFDs
- Maximum number of waypoints: 3000
- Waypoint/Route'/Track Name Length: 16 characters (DO NOT USE APOSTROPHE (') OR DOUBLE QUOTE (") CHARACTERS)
- Duplication of waypoint, route, or track names prohibited
- Waypoint comments: 32 characters (DO NOT USE APOSTROPHE (') OR DOUBLE QUOTE (") CHARACTERS)
- Routes: 150 routes; 50 waypoints per route; routes must not use the same waypoint for consecutive points within the route
- Tracks: 15 tracks; 10,000 total track points

Constraints for C-Series Widescreen MFDs, E-Series Classic MFDs, C-Series Classic MFDs, and A-Series Classic MFDs:
- Maximum number of waypoints: 1000; 1200 for E-Series Classic MFDs operating with v5.52 or later software
- Waypoint/Route'/Track Name Length: 16 characters (DO NOT USE APOSTROPHE (') OR DOUBLE QUOTE (") CHARACTERS)
- Duplication of waypoint, route, or track names prohibited
- Waypoint comments: 32 characters (DO NOT USE APOSTROPHE (') OR DOUBLE QUOTE (") CHARACTERS)
- Routes: 50 routes; 50 waypoints per route; routes must not use the same waypoint for consecutive points within the route
- Tracks: 10 tracks; 1,000 points per track


UPDATE: Raymarine has ceased sales of Voyage Planner software through Raymarine's Charts Store and through its dealers. A limited number of boxed copies of the Raymarine Voyager Planner software may be found within dealer inventories. While Raymarine has not yet announced a replacement planning application, it is quite possible that Raymarine may do so in the future. At this time, Navionics is recommending Navigation Planner PC planning software for its customers. Navigation Planner features support for Raymarine product and their waypoint symbol sets.


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