Discussions about map version 1120 and use of meta codes

Hello,
Meta code 09 24 22 C0 BD E7 7F FF F6 DE 57 10 69 5A 21 B4 New_Zealand-103864.meta ; New_Zealand 1115_12001 is missing from the meta.txt file automatically downloaded by TTActivator. I can add it manually to the version on my PC but of course this is regularly overwritten if TTActivator is reopened. Can it be added please. I hadn't actually tried the V1115 maps until today because of this issue and after finding the meta elsewhere on the forum I have tried installing a number of different countries' V1115 maps on my NAV3 devices including an ancient XL, a VIA 125 and a GO 1005. The v1115 and V1120 maps work perfectly on the old XL but both later devices report "You cannot use this map on this device". If I select the map to load the devices do into a reboot loop. I have tried hard reboots, deleting and reinstalling all maps and repatching with no success.

I am having the exact same "You cannot use this map on this device" issue with the 1120 maps.

Can anyone tell me please where I am going wrong?

k1w1_123 Reviewed by k1w1_123 on 21st November 2023. Discussions about map version 1120 and use of meta codes Can I use this code with 1120_12116? Rating: 5

@ pe1agp,
thanks for your advice. Please excuse the tardy response, I think we may be in different time zones!

Sorry to say I don't understand your statement "put the correct meta.txt in the folder in which you patch the maps". I guess this is not the TTActivator folder, but I cannot see how to get TTActivator to look in a specified location for a file. If I update the meta.txt file in the TTActivator folder, it is overwritten by the one from the TTActivator server when TTActivator is opened.

I have also downloaded FastActivate from your post but it doesn't open in my windows 10 PC, just flashes up a DOS box and then closes. In any case it seems from the instructions you need to be able to see the device as a drive in windows explorer, and these NAV3 devices don't show up there.

edit: All sorted thanks for all your help. The clue was to understand that what the error message was telling me was that the map hadn't been activated. I installed a fresh copy of TTActivator onto an old laptop which I then quarantined by disconnecting it from the net, then used that to activate the maps on the 2 devices. No idea what the actual problem was, possibly something going on in my desktop PC.

It's not possible to patch Nav3 with Fastactivator, I'll answer you later today.

Back again:
Indeed, if all goes well, you are half a globe away from here.

Normally I use the root of an empty HDD, I have enough of them here in my Radio Shack and I then put the maps on it, including the meta.txt file.
TTactivator usually discovers that path, but sometimes not immediately and then you have the search function to point you in the right direction.
By using RLinkexplorer I move the maps to and from an SDHC card.
For example, it works well for me with the Rider 550 to generate codes, but if you have a device without an SD slot you have to do everything directly on the device itself.
In that case, I think you should place the correct meta.txt in the folder where TTactivator is installed and that will then be used.