[GeoStL] Re: GSAK help

  • From: Jack Anderson <pandyandy3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:19:21 -0800 (PST)

Now my GPS60CXs will not even let me load waypoints by hand, I enter them and 
hit OK and it still says None Found.
I give up.  I am back on my old Vista and paper.

--- On Wed, 11/5/08, Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK help
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:59 PM

-
i was having trouble like this until i found and downloaed a new set  
of usb drivers.

i forgot where i found them but after that, everything worked.

On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Jack Anderson wrote:

> Nope, even the mapSource thing did not work.  I said that it sent  
> them successfully but when I look for them on my GPS, NOTHING IS  
> THERE.
>
> I
>
> --- On Wed, 11/5/08, GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK help
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 1:16 PM
>
> Jack,
>
> I never used cachemate or my PDA anymore since I have the NUVI that  
> takes the GPX file from GSAK.
>
> But, don't you have a 60CS or CSx? If so it should be a USB  
> connection, not serial. There's a checkbox in GSAK for USB and the  
> GPS. Look at GPS/Setup and the box s/b checked if you're using a  
> normal USB to USB. If that's not checked it will give you the comm  
> error. I'm using GSAK  7.2.2.23
>
> As a last resort, you can export the GSAK file to Mapsource (File/ 
> Export/Mapsource) and then send the WP's to your GPS from Mapsource.  
> Then go to GSAK and select File/Print and print out the pages in  
> Condensed HTML. This will give you the cachepage info and logs but  
> you can get several on 1 page since all the extra cachepage stuff  
> isn't there. If your eyes are good, use fineprint and condense it to  
> get it printed 2 up.
>
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jack Anderson
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:35 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK help
>
> On my PDA, GSAK exports a file but my PDA said that it is in the  
> wrong format for the Cachmate.
> On my GPS I send the data to my GPS but nothing ever shows up on the  
> GPS, then it started telling me it could not find Comm3.  I could  
> send data from an older GSAK database but not from anything new.   
> Then the Comm3 thing started and now I can't send anything at all.   
> I am trying to get caches down in Branson as I am going there this  
> weekend (leaving Thursday noon).  If all else fails I will have to  
> load each one by hand.  Or one by one from Geocaching.com.
>
> I thought I heard of someone else that had this and they had to  
> delete the GSAK from their computer and download it again but I have  
> only tonight to do it and I have to work late.  When it rains it  
> pours.
>
> I might end up going back to paper printouts for my trip.
>
> --- On Wed, 11/5/08, GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK help
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:41 AM
>
> Jack,
>
> You have any more info? Is the GPS USB and the PDA serial or are  
> they both the same? Does the send/export process finish but indicate  
> 0 records or does it show WP's were loaded?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jack Anderson
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:19 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] GSAK help
>
> I can't load my GPs or my PDA Cachmate program with any files from  
> GSAK.  Don't know what happened it just quit working.  Any ideas?

Glenn




 

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