need advice on paperless caching

[+SARS Cacher]

I bought a cheap PDA from ebay-PalmPilot 105 (I think the first generation of Palm).

After a lot of frustration and trying things I finally got caches to load on the PDA.

Here's my problem: only the cache name and coords came through. No log info, no hints, etc. (even when I use the drop down menu and select hints). The other thing is I have the list of cache names but when I hit the waypoint button it keeps the names up, no waypoints.

I am using cachemate and GSAK.

Any advice as to what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks!!

[markandlynn]

Sounds like your using loc files instead of gpx files

[+Bambography]

Yep, echoing what markandlynn said above, make sure you are using a GPX file as this contains all of the description and log data that GSAK uses to build the database and then export to Cachemate.

If you are using a PQ to get your data (if not, its worth it!) then check at the end that GPX is shown in the small "In the Format:" drop-down.

 

I just switched to the Palm for paperless and it took a while for me to really get a system that works for me, but i'm now there and its great.

 

Since you are a premium member, use the PQ system to download the waypoints. If you send the emails to a provider with POP3 access (such as Gmail/googlemail then you can download the PQ directly in GSAK without any messing around.

Then you can add buttons to the top bar to export to CacheMate.

[+SARS Cacher]

Thank you!!! All the information was very helpful.

I now have another problem-I'm sure it is something I am doing wrong...

I'm trying to build a PQ and the results keep coming back with no results.

Any thoughts as to what I might be doing wrong?

[+macroderma]

Thank you!!! All the information was very helpful.

I now have another problem-I'm sure it is something I am doing wrong...

I'm trying to build a PQ and the results keep coming back with no results.

Any thoughts as to what I might be doing wrong?

 

You are interrogating a database so you have probably entered a combination of options that results in a nil return (like asking for all the ones that you have not found and all the ones that you have - at the same time, this is a nil return)

 

Use the preview option when working out your PQ - then you can check the output before you commit

[+SARS Cacher]

THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Everyone's advice was most helpful. I think I now have it figured out.

[+BikerKats]

Like the OP, I have spent a frustrating couple of days trying to go paperless.

 

Also like the OP, we can see the cache name, waypoint name and the Lat/Long co-ords on the PPC - no logs, no hints etc.

I will try the suggestion of using GPX files instead of LOC files if I can work out how to do it.

 

My specific question is - Is there any way of getting the OS grid references to display?

 

We are using cachemate, GSAK and a Pocket PC (iPAQ).

[+BikerKats]

I seem to have got it to work at last - notes, logs and hints now appear on my PDA.

 

I would still like to have the OS grid references displayed if there is a way of doing this.

 

Does anyone know if this is possible?