+mootanclan Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. Quote Link to comment
M&Ms Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. Have you tried using a storage card? That will enable you to store many more. Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. You can store 500 (1000?) caches as Geocaches or... as many as your storage will allow if you save them as POIs instead. Theres a mention in this thread Quote Link to comment
+lordelph Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I know I can get up to 1000 on mine. Quote Link to comment
+parkmoy Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. I'm sure you can store at least 1000 waypoints but the real geocaching daddy is 'custom points of interest'. If you use GSAK (and if you don't, you should) have a look at the macro list in particular 60CSxPOI. You can store thousands of caches including brief details and clues Edited August 7, 2009 by parkmoy Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 1,000 waypoints. Plus more as POi's... So how come you say you can only get 50? Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. I'm sure you can store at least 1000 waypoints but the real geocaching daddy is 'custom points of interest'. If you use GSAK (and if you don't, you should) have a look at the macro list in particular 60CSxPOI. You can store thousands of caches including brief details and clues It must be me as i have a 2gb card in it and i am sending them over as cache's which once there is fifty save it wont do anymore. I will have a try at the other ways that some people have suggested Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I'm sure you can store at least 1000 waypoints but the real geocaching daddy is 'custom points of interest'. If you use GSAK (and if you don't, you should) have a look at the macro list in particular 60CSxPOI. You can store thousands of caches including brief details and clues Highly recommended. Loads of POI's can be saved. -Including parts of the cache info eg hints! I save over the cache waypoints, so you can use geocache mode, then save the caches as POI's for the extra info. Edited August 10, 2009 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hello Mootanclan, Reading between the lines I think you may be correct, in that when you press the FIND button and select GEOCACHE or WAYPOINTS, press ENTER, you are presented with the nearest 50 cache way-points. All the others are hidden on this screen. Find nearest shows the nearest 50 caches or way-points. To see all the GEOCACHE at the same time, (just let me figure this one out), think I've got it. Press FIND, select GEOCACHE, press ENTER, press MENU, select FIND BY NAME, press ENTER, press Quit, You should now be presented with all the geocache waypoints on your unit. This also works to display the waypoints all at once. Also works with POI though several thousand POI would not be practical to search through. This may or may not be the answer to your problem, but it was interesting anyway. Regards Bernard Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hi Bernard I tried last night with GSAK and it was transferring over but without the hint i tried filling different boxes but no hint was going over also i am trying to get rid of POI such as petrol stations,atms etc using the POI loader from garmin to uninstall them the pc said it had done it but when i check the gps there still there any ideas. i am going to try GSAK again tonight but it might be the old write the hints down on paper trick or i must be missing something please help!. Regards Moo Hello Mootanclan, Reading between the lines I think you may be correct, in that when you press the FIND button and select GEOCACHE or WAYPOINTS, press ENTER, you are presented with the nearest 50 cache way-points. All the others are hidden on this screen. Find nearest shows the nearest 50 caches or way-points. To see all the GEOCACHE at the same time, (just let me figure this one out), think I've got it. Press FIND, select GEOCACHE, press ENTER, press MENU, select FIND BY NAME, press ENTER, press Quit, You should now be presented with all the geocache waypoints on your unit. This also works to display the waypoints all at once. Also works with POI though several thousand POI would not be practical to search through. This may or may not be the answer to your problem, but it was interesting anyway. Regards Bernard Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 How do i do Custom POI ? I tried last night with GSAK and it was transferring over but without the hint i tried filling different boxes but no hint was going over also i am trying to get rid of POI such as petrol stations,atms etc using the POI loader from garmin to uninstall them the pc said it had done it but when i check the gps there still there any ideas. i am going to try GSAK again tonight but it might be the old write the hints down on paper trick or i must be missing something please help i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. I'm sure you can store at least 1000 waypoints but the real geocaching daddy is 'custom points of interest'. If you use GSAK (and if you don't, you should) have a look at the macro list in particular 60CSxPOI. You can store thousands of caches including brief details and clues Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 mootanclan... is there any reason why you're quoting previous postings without any response from yourselves? Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Sorry i am not very good at forums and not very tech thanks Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Sorry i am not very good at forums and not very tech thanks Ahh... I wondered if that might be it. Just remember to type your response to the quote either in front of, or more usually after, the quote tags before you hit the 'Add Reply' button. You can also click on the 'Preview Post' button to see what your new posting will look like before you actually commit it to the forum. That's always a good idea when adding a post after returning from a good session at the local. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Custom POI via GSAK show up as "Addional Waypoints"?* press >Find> scroll down to the bottom of the list to find them. * Not sure of the name, My GPSr is empty of them ( ) at the moment! Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Thanks for that just one question how do you put the hints on it? Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) Thanks for that just one question how do you put the hints on it? Your friends are: Premium Membership. Costs GSAK. Costs, but free for 21 days, usable after 21 days but you get a nag screen to pay. and GSAK Macros. free. Garmin POI Loader -free When you have Premium Membership, run a Pocket Query, open in GSAK, run the macro, load to GPSr. (I actually run it twice, once to load the Geocaches, and again to load the additional waypoints for the hints.) Edited August 11, 2009 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hello Mootanclan, First off have you now sorted out the original problem of only appearing to have 50 Geocache Waypoints on your GPS? Secondly you say :- also i am trying to get rid of POI such as petrol stations,atms etc using the POI loader from garmin to uninstall them the pc said it had done it but when i check the gps there still there any ideas. I don't know what POI Loader you have but there is no provision to delete POI on the Garmin POI Loader that I have. As I understand it the petrol stations, atms etc are in built and part of the system they can't be removed or deleted. Custom POI can be overwritten and indeed are every-time they are sent to the GPS. Hopefully that's cleared that problem up? Thirdly, you can't send the hint to the 60CSx as a way-point. The hint can be sent to the GPS via a way-point as I think you now realise. (It's difficult to sort out what you've added to your quotes above.) I think you have GSAK, that's the tool to do this trick but not the 60CSxPOI macro for the time being as it's not yet working one hundred percent. When the author Tigerz has it sorted that will then be the one to use as it'll do all sorts of other tricks as well. I've been using a macro by Prospero DK called GarminCsvPoiExport_v2.gsk I think that will do what you're wanting, it can be got from http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=...ost&p=74533 (Must find out how to insert links properly) Have a think on that lot and let us all know how you get on. Regards Bernard Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hi Bernard I have downloaded that macro but it still wont do the hint i am starting to lose my rag with this!!!! And thanks for your help Ian Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hello Mootanclan, You'll have to take the premium membership (Ahh, I see you have now,) to get the gpx files. Without premium membership the files you've been getting are loc files which have very limited information in them. Dispose of everything in GSAK and start again by downloading a fresh PQ. Check that the PQ is a gpx file, off you go. Good Luck Bernard Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) As a start, try exporting to GPS using the %codes. There is one that will export the hint. It will help you start to understand GSAK. (I'm still learning it!) Just keep coming back to let us know how you are doing, and ask your questions. Edited August 11, 2009 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) For full instructions on how to load geocaches as POIs on a Garmin 60CSx (including full hint) look HERE. All you need is GSAK and a USB cable for the 60CSX. No extra macros are required and no copying of files needed either. GSAK does it all for you. Edited to correct link Edited August 12, 2009 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) May I humbly point out that Pharisee's suggestion is the easiest way but you'll only get the first 88 characters of the hint. To get more and preferably all of the hint you need a macro that will split the longer hints and generate as many as neccessary POI screens. There's one particular cache in Eastern England the hint of which takes up 19 screens, a very very long hint. Regards Bernard PS Mootanclan how's it going, got it sorted yet? Edited August 12, 2009 by bcnorwich Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 May I humbly point out that Pharisee's suggestion is the easiest way but you'll only get the first 88 characters of the hint. To get more and preferably all of the hint you need a macro that will split the longer hints and generate as many as neccessary POI screens. There's one particular cache in Eastern England the hint of which takes up 19 screens, a very very long hint. Regards Bernard PS Mootanclan how's it going, got it sorted yet? I think I must have been lucky.... All the caches I've done recently must have had short hints. I hadn't realised that the hint was truncated at 88 characters using this method. I only use it fairly infrequently as I have the full cache page, including hint, on my PDA but thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment
+Teuchters Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 ............ you need a macro that will split the longer hints and generate as many as neccessary POI screens. Which macro is that please? Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Which macro is that please? My own preference (because I find it the easiest to use) is an old macro called GarminCsvPoiExport by Prospero DK. It's no longer available in the macro library but it has been superceeded by GarminCsvPoiExport_v2.gsk this new macro has all the bitmap files included in the download. It does work and you get all the hint and optionally user notes ect. It's here scroll to the bottom of the page :- http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=...amp;#entry74533 (Which reminds me I still haven't worked out how to do proper hyper links). Regards Bernard Quote Link to comment
+BCNorwich Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (Which reminds me I still haven't worked out how to do proper hyper links). The link is here That's better! Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hi soory i have not come back sooner i have just tried it as the funny hat sheet said they went over but with no hint i also tried it with the above macro but again no hint do you have to have paid up gsak to make it work i am trying allsorts but to no avail.. help Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) The free GSAK is fully working. After 21 days you get a nag screen that says something like "You've had this for 21 days, would you like to pay?" GSAK is, and stays, fully functioning. Edited August 13, 2009 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 I am still trying i have put in different % codes and they are going over but when i try the hint it wont go over Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Daft question, but it gets it out of the way... You are using GPX files (supplied in a PQ -or from the cache page) and not the LOC files? GPX files have a lot more information than the LOC files. Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) i am sending 20 from my nearest location selecting way points and sending them over to gsak then sending them over to gps should i try a PQ? Edited August 13, 2009 by mootanclan Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Yes. You're getting LOC files. Markwell's PQ guide < Link Go for the simplest setup settings. The PQ result will be emailed within minutes, GSAK will open the zip file for you. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Graculus, one of the UK reviewers also has a site http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/ with information in non-American! Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hi I have tried a PQ in gpx type and still no hint Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 At last i tried another pocket query and bingo the hints are there i will have a proper look tomorrow and if there is any problems i will let you know and a big thank you to all who helped me Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) Deleted. Slow forum! Edited August 13, 2009 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+mootanclan Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hi sorry to be a pain but i have just checked and the hints are there but it has only sent over 50 custom poi and i thought that when i run PQ it sends 500 over to gsak which i think it has but when i sent it to my gps via garmin poi on gsak it has only sent 50 any ideas where i am going wrong? Thanks..Ian Quote Link to comment
+Teuchters Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 i am just wanting to know is there anyway that you can store more than 50 cache's on this unit? I am getting annoyed that you have make space for wherever you are going to next. You can store 500 (1000?) caches as Geocaches or... as many as your storage will allow if you save them as POIs instead. Theres a mention in this thread Your unit store 1000's of caches as POI's but only shows 50. Depending on your location it will show a different 50. I have just returned from a holiday abroad where I had the details of over 1500 caches stored. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hi sorry to be a pain but i have just checked and the hints are there but it has only sent over 50 custom poi and i thought that when i run PQ it sends 500 over to gsak which i think it has but when i sent it to my gps via garmin poi on gsak it has only sent 50 any ideas where i am going wrong? Thanks..Ian As previously, the unit shows the closest 50 as nearest. Check by cache name. OR Have you set the "send waypoints" in the GSAK set-up screen to only send 50 waypoints? Quote Link to comment
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