Raymarine Chartplotter

[routeconverter]

Also as my end intention is to obtain a file in a format that can be imported directly by a Raymarine Chartplotter that uses a proprietary .fsh format, it is interesting to note that Raymarine provide a conversion program for this format from a .csv formatted file. A link to this program can be found at:
http://www.raymarine.com/default.aspx?Pa...;Section=3

Is there sufficient information in this program, the example spreadsheet and the user guide PDF to develop a direct conversion option for RouteConverter?

Unfortunately not - there is no documentation of the file format and the Archive.fsh file I have created with the PCWaypoint.exe is 1 MB with some structure at the beginning:

00000000h: 52 4C 39 30 20 46 4C 41 53 48 20 46 49 4C 45 00 ; RL90 FLASH FILE.
00000010h: 10 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 52 41 59 46 ; ............RAYF
00000020h: 4C 4F 42 31 01 00 01 00 FC FF 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 ; LOB1....üÿ:.A²$S
00000030h: 05 00 CE B2 01 00 00 40 2C B1 4A 1E 70 5C 39 FF ; ..β...@,±J.p\9ÿ
00000040h: 09 F3 E1 29 B9 03 13 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; .óá)¹..ÿ........
00000050h: 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 60 47 01 00 82 ; .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿ`G..‚
00000060h: 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 ; 0.......Waypoint
00000070h: 20 31 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 D2 B2 01 00 00 40 ; 1:.A²$S..Ò²...@
00000080h: 1A AC 49 1E 26 9A 3A FF 5E 07 E0 29 C4 7E 14 FF ; .¬I.&š:ÿ^.à)Ä~.ÿ
00000090h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF ; .............ÿÿÿ
000000a0h: FF FF FF 63 47 01 00 82 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 ; ÿÿÿcG..‚0.......
000000b0h: 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 32 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 ; Waypoint 2:.A²$S
000000c0h: 05 00 D6 B2 01 00 00 40 EC 9D 48 1E 92 05 3B FF ; ..Ö²...@ìH.’.;ÿ
000000d0h: 9F 0A DE 29 ED FE 14 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; Ÿ.Þ)íþ.ÿ........
000000e0h: 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 6C 47 01 00 82 ; .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿlG..‚
000000f0h: 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 ; 0.......Waypoint
00000100h: 20 33 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 DA B2 01 00 00 40 ; 3:.A²$S..Ú²...@
00000110h: 9B 57 48 1E 92 05 3B FF 3B 86 DD 29 ED FE 14 FF ; ›WH.’.;ÿ;†Ý)íþ.ÿ
00000120h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF ; .............ÿÿÿ
00000130h: FF FF FF 6E 47 01 00 82 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 ; ÿÿÿnG..‚0.......
00000140h: 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 34 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 ; Waypoint 4:.A²$S
00000150h: 05 00 DE B2 01 00 00 40 47 E8 47 1E CF DF 3A FF ; ..Þ²...@GèG.Ïß:ÿ
00000160h: A1 B4 DC 29 E0 D1 14 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ¡´Ü)àÑ.ÿ........
00000170h: 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 72 47 01 00 82 ; .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿrG..‚
00000180h: 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 ; 0.......Waypoint
00000190h: 20 35 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 E3 B2 01 00 00 40 ; 5:.A²$S..ã²...@
000001a0h: 62 2F 47 1E 48 39 39 FF 8E 58 DB 29 C8 D9 12 FF ; b/G.H99ÿŽXÛ)ÈÙ.ÿ
000001b0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF ; .............ÿÿÿ
000001c0h: FF FF FF 7B 47 01 00 82 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 ; ÿÿÿ{G..‚0.......
000001d0h: 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 36 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 ; Waypoint 6:.A²$S
000001e0h: 05 00 E7 B2 01 00 00 40 1C 25 46 1E 5F DA 37 FF ; ..ç²...@.%F._Ú7ÿ
000001f0h: 56 63 D9 29 21 37 11 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; VcÙ)!7.ÿ........
00000200h: 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 82 47 01 00 82 ; .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿ‚G..‚
00000210h: 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 ; 0.......Waypoint
00000220h: 20 37 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 EB B2 01 00 00 40 ; 7:.A²$S..ë²...@
00000230h: 49 DE 44 1E 00 51 37 FF 3F FC D6 29 3D 93 10 FF ; IÞD..Q7ÿ?üÖ)=“.ÿ
00000240h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF ; .............ÿÿÿ
00000250h: FF FF FF 8A 47 01 00 82 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 ; ÿÿÿŠG..‚0.......
00000260h: 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 38 3A 00 41 B2 24 53 ; Waypoint 8:.A²$S
00000270h: 05 00 EF B2 01 00 00 40 64 25 44 1E 8A 42 38 FF ; ..ï²...@d%D.ŠB8ÿ
00000280h: 51 A0 D5 29 68 B3 11 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; Q Õ)h³.ÿ........
00000290h: 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 91 47 01 00 82 ; .....ÿÿÿÿÿÿ‘G..‚
000002a0h: 30 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 ; 0.......Waypoint
000002b0h: 20 39 3B 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 F5 B2 01 00 00 40 ; 9;.A²$S..õ²...@
000002c0h: CE 35 43 1E A8 8E 3D FF 87 DD D3 29 51 05 18 FF ; Î5C.¨Ž=ÿ‡ÝÓ)Q..ÿ
000002d0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF ; .............ÿÿÿ
000002e0h: FF FF FF 95 47 01 00 82 30 00 0B 00 00 00 00 00 ; ÿÿÿ•G..‚0.......
000002f0h: 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 31 30 CD 3B 00 41 B2 ; Waypoint 10Í;.A²
00000300h: 24 53 05 00 F9 B2 01 00 00 40 CE 35 43 1E 33 5E ; $S..ù²...@Î5C.3^
00000310h: 3F FF 87 DD D3 29 58 2E 1A FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ?ÿ‡ÝÓ)X..ÿ......
00000320h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 96 47 01 ; .......ÿÿÿÿÿÿ–G.
00000330h: 00 82 30 00 0B 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 ; .‚0.......Waypoi
00000340h: 6E 74 20 31 31 CD 3B 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 FD B2 ; nt 11Í;.A²$S..ý²
00000350h: 01 00 00 40 AE F3 40 1E B0 92 4A FF 01 9E CF 29 ; ...@®ó@.°’Jÿ.žÏ)
00000360h: 95 8C 27 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; •Œ'ÿ............
00000370h: 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 9C 47 01 00 82 30 00 0B 00 ; .ÿÿÿÿÿÿœG..‚0...
00000380h: 00 00 00 00 57 61 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 31 32 CD ; ....Waypoint 12Í
00000390h: 3B 00 41 B2 24 53 05 00 01 B3 01 00 00 40 78 0A ; ;.A²$S...³...@x.
000003a0h: 41 1E E8 AC 52 FF DE C8 CF 29 39 37 31 FF 00 00 ; A.è¬RÿÞÈÏ)971ÿ..
000003b0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF ; ...........ÿÿÿÿÿ
000003c0h: FF A9 47 01 00 82 30 00 0B 00 00 00 00 00 57 61 ; ÿ©G..‚0.......Wa
000003d0h: 79 70 6F 69 6E 74 20 31 33 CD FF FF FF FF FF FF ; ypoint 13Íÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000003e0h: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ; ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
000003f0h: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ; ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
00000400h: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ; ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

Only FF after this... if anyone likes to decode this and provide a patch for RouteConverter - you're very welcome!

[garrysymes]

Did you ever get the file format and do a conversion?

[routeconverter]

Not without someone doing the decoding and programming stuff. I'm accepting patches if you're willing to do this.