[GeoStL] Re: GSAK help
- From: "Jim Greene" <jimsgreene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:45:46 -0600
Jack,
If you have your GPS set for "Find Nearest", your Branson area caches won't
show up unless you change to "Find by Name". Any caches that far away just
won't show up.
Jim
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Jack Anderson <pandyandy3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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