How to activate traffic [RDS/TMC] on Tomtom units in Australia.

I can provide these files from Australia_835_2420:

22/08/2009 19:07 358,480 tmccodes.dat
22/08/2009 19:07 39 traffic.dat

I'll zip (147KB) and upload to zippy and send you the download link via PM - is that OK?

The traffic.inc file will be created by TT when the device starts.

Your best bet for the mctx.* files is to obtain them from a navcore of 2009 vintage.

D.Sec Reviewed by D.Sec on 19th November 2015. How to activate traffic [RDS/TMC] on Tomtom units in Australia. Thanks to this forum, I have had some success in updating my maps and speed cams on a Mazda TomTom NB1 system. I am now looking at trying to activate RDS/TMC here in Australia. RDS/TMC service in Australia is offered by a company called SUNA. Up until 2009/10, TomTom units that supported RDS/TMC came with lifetime traffic service with SUNA. Then, for some reason (presumably licensing issue), TomTom decided to stop supporting SUNA ... BUT all previously sold units could continue to use their Rating: 5

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Yes please! Thank you D.Sec!!! That would be awesome. Send me the link when you can

Do you know what version of Navcore was being used in 2009? Any links?

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Most of these navcores have not been updated for some years now - download a few and grab the mctx.dat file you require.

Regards.

Nice one D.Sec. This is what a presumed to be the case. From what I had read, replacing those 5 files with pre 2009 versions got around this... As TomTom did have a commercial agreement with SUNA up until 2009. I think it would work on a device running an earlier version of navcore that uses the mctx.dat. From what I can tell, my 10.854 does not. Don't think I would risk downgrading the cars navcore- so searching for another way... Might be out of luck :/

I've ripped out the gns & mctx files from navcores 7.903 and 8.010 and uploaded them

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for you.

Hopefully they'll be of some use

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Thanks fredderf! Busy next couple of days. Will test as soon as I can on Tuesday.

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Test 4: FAILED

Tried 7.903 and 8.010 gns folder and mctx files with tmccodes.dat and traffic.dat from 835.2420. No change, still no traffic bar.

@Fredderf - any chance of including the tmccodes.dat and traffic.dat from 7.903 and 8.010 so I have a complete matching set of TMC related files.

I think this is the last thing I can try before conceding that this will not work on navcore 10.854

I'm still sure that this is possible - but would require someone with more advanced programming knowledge to have a look at it.

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Oh well....it was worth a try

No, I can't give you tmccodes.dat and traffic.dat because those files are contained within maps - not navcores (and I've just double checked to be sure)

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thanks fredderf. Yes was worth a try! Might have to give up on this one

Has there been any new development in the TMC topic? At the moment I assume that NB1 will not support TMC traffic updates and traffic status bar?

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