PalGar

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Description

PalGar - Use your PALm ™ to up-, download and edit waypoints from a GARmin GPS
It is released under the GPL license. For further information please see the file COPYING.
Copyright © 1999 Paul Nash
Copyright © 2000-2001 Ralf Meyer

PalGar was developed by Paul Nash and used to be available as Gypsy.
He's given up on it because of limited time and legal issues with the name "Gypsy". I didn't want to let it die.
I downloaded his sources and already made it compile with the Palm OS3.5 SDK.
It works fine with my Garmin GPS 12XL.

Have a look at Pauls HTML doc.

Cables

• Dale DePriest's pages
• Larry's Garmin connector
• Germany: ready made Palm-Garmin cables from Carsten Kurz
• Blue Hills Innovations (deliver world-wide)

Installation

What's new

Version 1.7.1

• Waypoints tested on: eTrex, eTrex Summit, eMap
• problem with sending Waypoints to the GPS fixed

2001-02-03

Version 1.7.0 beta7

• eTrex Waypoints: altitude now shown and editable
• eTrex Waypoints: symbol (icon) is shown in numeric format.

Version 1.7.0 beta6

• minor change:
  • Waypoints should work with eTrex Summit, eMap

Version 1.7.0 beta4

• Bug fixes:
  • fixed some nasty resets when downloading waypoints from an eTrex
• still todo:
  • eTrex: WPT symbols are wrong
  • eTrex: WPT and TRK altitude has to be saved

Version 1.7.0 beta2

• Bug fixes:
  • improved QuoVadis connectivity (tested with QV 1.62c)
• In host mode send protocol array.

Version 1.7.0 beta1

• Bug fixes:
  • when merging databases with Palm OS 3.0 and up only every second waypoint was taken.
• Moved main site to SourceForge. We have a forum and a mailing there. So whoever wants to collaborate...
• Waypoint edit redesigned. Added symbol selector.
  (Not as nice as GPilotS' graphical one. But I keep on learning)
• get version, ID, description from GPS.
• get protocol info from GPS.
• get date/time from GPS. This sets date/time on the Palm.
• set description for new waypoint via the [New] button. The Palm's date and time are used.
• started experimental eTrex support. Needs testing.

Version 1.6.2

• Options dialogue for setting the time zone you're in.
• get date/time from the Palm (PalGar has to be in host mode).
• turn off the Palm (again host mode required). Almost any PC software I know has this option.

Version 1.6.1

• Bugfix: software that asks for GPS type and verifies the packet checksum failed.

Hosted by: SourceForge

download and stuff:   the PalGar project page at SourceForge

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last modified: $Date: 2001/04/22 17:10:56 $