+hawkeye7 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Please someone help me! My husband and I just bought a Dell Axim x5 off of ebay hoping to go paperless but... we can't figure it out! Oh, the shame in admitting such. Can someone please give us some advise using very small, easy to understand words? We did download GpxSonar on to the PDA but that's as far as we can get. Thank you in advance for your help!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Welcome to the Forums! Have you already become familiar with Pocket Queries? What program do you use to send the waypoints to your GPSr? If you use GSAK, you can Export in many formats, one of which will work for the Dell Axim. There is also a PPC Version of Cachemate for that PDA, but GpxSonar should be fine. I haven't used it so I don't know which Export format you use. Does that program have a "user manual?" Quote Link to comment
+coreynjoey Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Welcome to the Forums! Have you already become familiar with Pocket Queries? What program do you use to send the waypoints to your GPSr? If you use GSAK, you can Export in many formats, one of which will work for the Dell Axim. There is also a PPC Version of Cachemate for that PDA, but GpxSonar should be fine. I haven't used it so I don't know which Export format you use. Does that program have a "user manual?" We use GpxSonar on a PPC. In GSAK, you just export to a GPX file for GPXSonar. Quote Link to comment
+rlridgeway Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Check out Aximsite at www.aximsite.com. They have all the info on the Dell Axims Quote Link to comment
+rustyspinner Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I use GPX Sonar with my Axim X5 and love it. I actually load the gpx files directly into a file I created on my SD card and they work fine that way. If you want to pluck out certain caches, and modify things more, then GSAK or EasyGPS will do that for you, but I don't have a need for it. I like the Axim. If I am in an area that has WIFI, I can connect and log my finds or search for new caches. Good luck, Rusty Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Did you install the latest version of the Microsoft Activesynch software on your PC? You need to do that to send files over to it. For XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/act...tivesync45.mspx For Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx Quote Link to comment
+hawkeye7 Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Okay I'm absolutely sure (almost) that I've downloaded every program I need. What we can't figure out is how to get our list of geocaches from the pocket query to the Axim. Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 (edited) Please someone help me! My husband and I just bought a Dell Axim x5 off of ebay hoping to go paperless but... we can't figure it out! Oh, the shame in admitting such. Can someone please give us some advise using very small, easy to understand words? We did download GpxSonar on to the PDA but that's as far as we can get. Thank you in advance for your help!!!! In GSAK, export the caches as a GPX file and then in GPX Sonar, import it. And as stated above, you'll need ActiveSync. After downloading and installing ActivESync, download GpxSonar.exe. Connect the Axim to your PC and run GpxSonar.exe Navigate to the location where you saved the GPX file and import it to the Axim. Edited September 1, 2007 by Team Cotati Quote Link to comment
+rustyspinner Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 All you have to do is unzip your pocket quiery, then take the gpx file and copy and paste the file into your Dell using the Explore tab on your Microsoft Sync. The explore tab allows you to see the folders in your Axim and you can add or remove files through it. I transfer everything to the SD card, but you can place it anywhere in your Dell. GPX Sonar should pick it up right away, if not then use the import files prompt from GPX Sonar and it will search for and find it. Hope that helps. Rusty Quote Link to comment
+hawkeye7 Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 We finally figured it out - after many trail and errors! Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment
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