I have recently purchased a Panasonic camera which has a GPS feature.
I order to enable speedier satellite location there is a program called GPSAssist which I need to run on my Mac. every time I try to run this program I get the message
"Unable to copy GPS assist data.
var is write-protected.
Release the write protection.
Not really sure what this is saying - any ideas anyone?
Its saying it can't write the data to the SD card. Either the SD card has the write protect switch on, the files system ont he card is us (reformat it) or the camera is picky over what cards it uses (speed wise and size)
I have just re-formatted the card in the camera. Definitely not write protected. I have checked the card in the Mac and it mounts OK. Checked info/permissions and it tells me I am able to read and write to card
Tried downloading data again and I get the same message.
>> I have just re-formatted the card in the camera. Definitely not write protected. I have
>> checked the card in the Mac and it mounts OK. Checked info/permissions and it tells
>> me I am able to read and write to card
>>
>> Tried downloading data again and I get the same message.
Can you see the card in the camera when its connected to the PC via the usb cable?
When I run the program the data is downloaded from the web ok but I then get the error message. It seems to think the SD card is write protected somehow and can't write the dt to the card. Have tried a couple of card and get the same message for each.
- You have access to the file it's downloaded but won't copy to the card.
- You can see on the SD card when plugged into the Mac a version of the same ephemeris GPS file
So try manually copying the file and stick it back in the camera afterwards.
Have now tried option of downloading GPS Assist directly to SD card in Mac but still get the same message which would indicate the problem is with the card but I've tried two.
I think you said you can see the card on your PC when camera attached by USB. In which case just try copying any old file to the card - a picture maybe - just to rule out any card issues. Not sure if you can also see the main memory in the camera and try the same.
If I put an SD card in the sot in the iMac - no go. But if I plug it in the printer or one of those multi card readers plugged into the USB it's ok. Strange.
Our old HP desktop would do this randomly on some cards from time to time.. odd but never an issue as I just pulled out the £10 no-brand usb card reader and that always worked.