One of the issues with the Monterra is that you cannot mount it as a removable drive. This makes transferring files from GSAK harder than with the previous models.
My solution will allow you to transfer files easily from GSAK, without even connecting the USB-cable. I run a FTP-server on my Monterra, which I mount as a drive by using NetDrive.
Step 1 – Install and configure FTP-Server on the Monterra
The FTP-server I’m using is FTP Server by The Olive Tree.
After installing the app and starting it, you have to configure it. Click the wrench-symbol in the upper right corner and change the following:
Anonymous user: Unchecked
User name: <pick a user name>
User password: <pick a password>
Home directory: Root (/) (or SdCard if you have no SD-card, I guess the built-in memory is a SD-card soldered to the board)
After configuration hit the back-button to get back to the main screen for the server and click the big red button. The server should now start and the IP-address and port information should be displayed like shown in the image below.
so creating a permanent reservation for it in your router may be a good idea.
Step 2 – Install and configure NetDrive on your computer
Download NetDrive and install it. NetDrive is free for personal use.
Start NetDrive and create a new site by clicking “New Site”.
Fill in the required changes:
Site name: Garmin Monterra (or whatever you want)
Site IP or URL: The IP-address shown in the FTP-Server app
Port: The port number shown after the IP-address in the FTP-server app
Drive: M: (for Monterra, or any other available drive letter you wish to use)
Connect as anonymous: Unchecked
Account: The username you specified in the FTP-server
Password: The password you specified in the FTP-server
Save password: Checked
Click Save and then Connect. You are now connected to your Monterra.
Step 3 – Install and configure GarminExport macro
Download the GarminExport macro from the GSAK forum.
Note: My modified version of the GarminExport macro is no longer needed
Ah, never mind. Figured it out. Thanks!
I DL the NetDrive, but mine does not look like image pictured. It does not say site name. It says drive. I click on add drive and that looks very different. I used the provided link. What am I doing wrong?
Here’s the image: http://s29.postimg.org/ayrky3x5j/netdrss.jpg
Export works fine here in my end. However, the description seems to be truncated at the appearence of the first HTML tag.
That is actually a software bug in the Monterra, not a problem with the export.
I think the Android SDK needs to be installed. With USB debugging mode turned on, on my Windows PC I get a Monterra entry in explorer and under that both the internal and external cards. Not quite mass storage mode, but it makes it easy to copy files to and from the Monterra.
You are describing MTP. This is how the Monterra works, both with and without USB debugging mode. This is “not good enough”, and that’s why I’ve made this guide 🙂
If you put the Monterra in USB Debugging Mode under Developer Options, both the internal and external SD card (if installed) show up when you plug it in to your computer via USB.
Still mounts in MTP-mode, just as it did before I turned on Debug-mode.