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    Is it OK too....?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    I have changed my username from darylt to Berklshire SAR Dogs

     

    I have only found 16 or so Caches....

     

    ...is it acceptable to relog these caches with a note about changing my username

     

    or

     

    ...hard cheese, go find em again

     

    or

     

    ...don't worry about it, after all its only 16!

    Setting a new Cache

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I am looking to set a few caches in my area....

     

    ...I have found the locations, and am writing the clues and additional information as we speak.

     

    I have taken a reading from 2 different GPS

     

    The weather was clear and accuracy was good...

     

    How many other readings to people take before publishing?

     

    I have seen that it is suggested to take an average of the readings - Is this purely the middle figure between each reading?

     

    Any other suggestions are welcomed!!

    Dogs

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I must say that I am very disappointed by many of the comments in this topic. I would like to think that these cases are issolated incidents. It appears that Nick has done everything correctly, and quite rightly the dogs should be reported and dealt with appropriately.

     

    Personally I feel that should a dog bite a person the owner should be put down, this is mainly because if a dog bites it tends to be poor controll or lack of training. However should the dog be threatened or provoked the provokee should be put down! :laughing:

     

    I have to keep deleting my text from here on as I am finding it difficult to say something without possibly offending some of the dog detesters on here. Please remember that there are a lot of good dogs out there with very responsible dog owners, we only tend to hear the worst from the "sick bad news culture" that we now live in. :rolleyes:

    GAGB website is sorted

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    darylt wrote:

    I tried registering with the forum a week ago, and still have not had an activation email! Tried emailing too!

    I'm sorry about that - I don't know what went wrong there. I've now made you a full member manually.

     

    ---

    Bill

    caching as Bill D (wwh)

    Chairman GAGB

     

    Thank You

    Feoretrex 101

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I don't believe you can Assign the USB adaptor a com port, the computer and operating system do that. I wouldn't change it from what it gets assigned, it may interefere with something else.

    try this... unplug it from the computer (both of them) and go to device manager, if it is still shown... delete it. restart the computer, plug it back in, see what com port it is assigned, don't change it, try to use it where it is.

    As someone else said, GSAK should use it regardless of which port (though you may have to tell GSAK which port to use)

    While windows does let you reassign stuff, sometimes it doesn't play well with items after you have done it. of course sometimes it doesn't play well with them anyway... but that is beyond this.

     

    I decided to start again, I re instsalled the lead to a new USB port, it is assigned COM 3, I downloaded GSAK, set up the GPS to the correct COM port etc.

     

    Now I get an error message - Can't init COM3 :)

    GAGB website is sorted

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Many thanks to barryhunter who has now managed to identify the likely source and access mechanism of the recent problems on the GAGB website. These have been dealt with so it should be safe to visit again.

     

    Dave

    GAGB committee

    Caching as The Wombles

     

    I tried registering with the forum a week ago, and still have not had an activation email! Tried emailing too!

    Signature Items

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    What do people leave as their signature item? :ph34r:

     

    I am looking for ideas for one for me! :laughing:

     

    Your avatar is crying out to be made into a Geocoin. Maybe you could get ones made out of wood which might be less expensive?

     

    Nigel.

     

    Do you know of anyone that does this other than geocoins.net ?

     

    I have sent them an email

    Feoretrex 101

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    USB adaptors are not always assigned a specific com port, you need to see what comport it was assigned within Device Manager. Plugging into a different USB port often will get it assigned a different Com Port number as well. I've heard some people having their adapter getting assigned Com port 11! So, you need to determine if your adaptor was really assigned to Com 1 or not first.

     

    Hmm, I have assigned it port 1....

     

    On my desktop it got signed 17!

     

    On here I think it was originally 3 but as I have changed it I can't be sure

    Feoretrex 101

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I had seen another post that said if you go to the device manager and look under either Ports (COM & LPT) or under Universal Serial Bus controllers, one of those areas will show you the com port assigned to your adapter. And then you also may need to match the baud rate settings between the foretrex and usb serial port.

     

    Since you know it works serial on the desktop, try with the USB adapter on the desktop.

     

    Tried matching the baud rate on both PCs, still No luck!! :huh:

    Feoretrex 101

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I have just recieved a Garmin Foretrex 101, I have connected it to my PC using the Garmin lead and a Serial to USB Adapter.

     

    I have run the .exe file that came with the cable, I have tried to reinstall the driver from device manager, I have tried COM1 - COM5

     

    I have trieds tried firmwear updates, but the Garmin software can not find the GPS

     

    I have tried GPS Utility, but the port times out.

     

    Can anyone help please?

     

    Update

     

    I have managed to connect to my desktop PC using the serial lead only, I dont have a serial port on my laptop hence the nead for the Serial to USB lead.

     

    The device manager says that it is working correctly on the laptop

     

    Any ideas?

    Feoretrex 101

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I have just recieved a Garmin Foretrex 101, I have connected it to my PC using the Garmin lead and a Serial to USB Adapter.

     

    I have run the .exe file that came with the cable, I have tried to reinstall the driver from device manager, I have tried COM1 - COM5

     

    I have trieds tried firmwear updates, but the Garmin software can not find the GPS

     

    I have tried GPS Utility, but the port times out.

     

    Can anyone help please?

    Hints

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Its up to the individual weather to use the hint or not. We try to find it without and in lots of times we do if not we use the clue if there is one.

    Do it your way!! Kevin.

     

    Thats what we did today, only used the Clue if we had trouble finding the Cache, or if people writing logs says it is difficult to find!

    Change Username

    in Website

    Posted

    Is it possible to change my username?

     

    I would like to change it so it includes my Wife and Dog, I am a premium member and therfore don't want to re register, I also dont want my Stats going back to 0 although I only have afew!

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