[GeoStL] Re: Downloading
- From: Judi F <deltawinner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 21:50:27 -0500
Thank you. I ended up using chrome and downloaded the Tower Grove caches and
it worked. Will,try your way tomorrow evening. Thanks ever so much.
Judi
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On May 4, 2013, at 9:43 PM, "Tom Wolpert" <tom_wolpert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is DeLorme PN-60, right? Sometimes GSAK send to GPS hacks up when
> sending to DeLorme units if a cache description has unusual characters in
> it. To get around this, don't use Send to GPS. Instead, connect the GPS as
> a removable USB "drive". Then use the File -> Export option in GSAK to
> export to the waypoints folder on the "drive" in GPX format. I have never,
> ever had a problem with this approach. (I only had problems with Send to GPS
> a couple of times. But when it does happen, it's related to a particular
> cache -- and there's no way around it short of removing that cache from the
> PQ.) It's a WHOLE lot easier to use the export function instead.
>
> Just in case you haven't done this in a while -- Menu, Menu, highlight
> Settings, Enter, highlight Connect to Computer, Enter, highlight the list
> under When Connected, Enter, highlight Open SD Card or Open Internal Drive
> (according to where you want to put the file), Enter. In a minute or so, the
> GPSr will show up as a removable USB "drive". Do your thing in GSAK. When
> you're done, just highlight "Use GPS" on the screen on the GPSr, press Enter.
>
> Tom
>
> From: Judi F <deltawinner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Geocache List <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 8:18:13 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Downloading
>
> Is anyone else having issues downloading waypoints through GSAK tonight? I
> have tried on my Windows 7 & my XP computer. It loads many and then brings
> up a list of numbers saying "Error sending waypoints". Then my GPS reboots.
>
> Any suggestions?
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