Is it possible to have both iGO8 and iGO Primo on same GPS?

Particularly sharing the same database, to save space in the SD card.

Thanks.

Yes you can. You create three folders on your SD card, one folder you call Content and there you put all the folders from your iGO8 and Primo Content folders. The other two folders, in one you put your iGO8 (less the Content folder) and the other folder you put your Primo (less the Content folder). Now in each of your sys.txt files you specify the location of the Content folder and and that is how the software shares the Content folder between both programs. I do the same but I use Amigo instead of iGO8.

upss wrote:Yes you can. You create three folders on your SD card, one folder you call Content and there you put all the folders from your iGO8 and Primo Content folders. The other two folders, in one you put your iGO8 (less the Content folder) and the other folder you put your Primo (less the Content folder). Now in each of your sys.txt files you specify the location of the Content folder and and that is how the software shares the Content folder between both programs. I do the same but I use Amigo instead of iGO8.

Thanks but I think he was really looking for the sys.txt entry.

Thank you UPSS. And yes, I could use the entry to be added to the sys.txt file.

Thank you both .

He did not say anything about sys.txt files. If he doesn't know how to edit his sys.txt file then this is probably not for him. Looking again at his title "Is it possible to have both iGO8 and iGO Primo on same GPS" then I pretty much answered his question.

sbi wrote:Thank you UPSS. And yes, I could use the entry to be added to the sys.txt file.

Thank you both .

You beat me with your reply. If you know how to edit you sys.txt files and specifying the location of your Content folder then you should not have any problems accomplishing exactly what you are looking for.

upss wrote:Yes you can. You create three folders on your SD card, one folder you call Content and there you put all the folders from your iGO8 and Primo Content folders. The other two folders, in one you put your iGO8 (less the Content folder) and the other folder you put your Primo (less the Content folder). Now in each of your sys.txt files you specify the location of the Content folder and and that is how the software shares the Content folder between both programs. I do the same but I use Amigo instead of iGO8.

can you specify the exact syntax of the sys.txt line?

thanks,
Danny

[folders]
has_secondary_root=0


Do specify in sys.txt in iGO and in Primo where to find the contents!

Thanks, Nabi

So by just this definition the NAV software knows where to pick it's content folder?
shouldn't it be specified where exactly this folder resides (On the SD card or even, maybe, internal flash)?

Danny

upss wrote:He did not say anything about sys.txt files. If he doesn't know how to edit his sys.txt file then this is probably not for him. Looking again at his title "Is it possible to have both iGO8 and iGO Primo on same GPS" then I pretty much answered his question.

I never said anything about sys.txt file because I did not know that you need to modify the sys.txt file in order to do that. That does not mean that I do not know how to modify sys.txt file. What I meant by "I could use the entry" was - what is the entry that needed to be modified or added to the sys.txt file.

nabi wrote:[folders]
has_secondary_root=0


Do specify in sys.txt in iGO and in Primo where to find the contents!

OK, here is my sys file content. Right now I have only Primo on the SD. I understand what I need to do with the folders as UPSS mentioned above. I will appreciate if someone could specify the entry in sys file.

Thanks.

Code:

[interface]
show_exit=1
resolution_dir="480_272"
vga=0

[rawdisplay]
highres=0
screen_x=480
screen_y=272
stretch=1

[gps]
port=2
baud=57600

[interface]
extra_settings=1

[power]
skip_suspend_process=1
skip_resume_process=1
skip_suspend_process_all=1
skip_resume_process_all=1

[warning]
speedcam_warning="1"

[sound]
ding=1
sound_q_length=200
queue_length=200
mute_os_key=1
pause_mp3_sooner=1

[tts]
tts_buffer=131072
announce_exit_directions=1
tts_logics=3
priority="HIGH"
always_say_road_names=1
announce_street_name=1
skip_exit_numbers=0

[navigation]
sim_speed_factor=3.0

[folders]
has_secondary_root=0 

Example of Primo sys.txt lines: (you do not need them all, but the path must be correct of course)

[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/iGO8_PRIMO" ; change this if applicable
data="/Storage Card/iGO8_PRIMO" ;
content="/Storage card/igo8/CONTENT"
kmlpoi="userdata\poi" ;"content\userdata\poi"
kmlroute="userdata\route" ;"content\userdata\route"
;user_car="mycars"
tts_nua_v5="\Storage Card\igo8_primo\tts_nua_v5"
tts_loq="\Storage Card\IGO8\TTS_LOQ" ;needs loqmsx.dll LoqTTS6.dll LoqTTS6_util.dll LoqDutch6.5.dll
has_secondary_root=0 ; do not search for other igo8 distributions



By using these lines (with the correct path !!!!!!!) you can add the content folder where ever you like. The lines for iGO/Amigo are the same (except has_secondary_root does not exist in iGO/Amigo)

@sbi and dannyu

Just to answer you so there is no confusion, yes, you can share content between programs of the same gps manufacturer. UPSS gave you good information as to how that can be accomplished. In post #8, Nabi showed you how to make an entry in the Primo sys.txt in order to have different navs on the same SD card. In post #12, Nabi showed you the actual sys.txt entries that can be made in order to do that sharing.

Thank you all. I will look at it shortly.

It works perfect. I added only one line to the Primo sys file and that is the CONTENT path. I kept the CONTENT folder under the iGO8 and the sys.txt points to /storage card/igo8.

Thank you all again.