I just received a notice that beta 3.15 is ready for Garmin Oregon x00 users.  This new software drop looks like it might fix the shutdown issue that many users have reported since beta 3.12.  The release notes indicate that the shutdowns were related to custom POIs with custom symbols.  That would explain the problems I was seeing as well as for many geocachers who use the popular GSAK import/export macros.  Otherwise it was a pretty small release that added a new datum (LKS92) and fixed another routing avoidance issue which I’m not familiar with.

I haven’t done much other than load the new release but I hope to get some testing in this evening.   Neither the GPS firmware (3.7) or Wherigo player versions (2.11) are updated by this new beta.

Share your experiences with beta 3.15 on the Oregon wiki discussion thread.

Garmin’s full release notes for Oregon Beta 3.15:

  • Added LKS92 map datum
  • Fixed potential shutdown with custom POIs with custom symbols
  • Fixed issues with routing avoidances
Looks like they might have fixed the custom POI shutdown.

400t:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4573
300:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4571

Changes made from version 3.13 to 3.15:

* Added LKS92 map datum
* Fixed potential shutdown with custom POIs with custom symbols
* Fixed issues with routing avoidances

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