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InstallationCacheMate requires Palm OS 3.0 or later. Follow these steps to get started with CacheMate:
Record List ViewThe list view provides a categorized list of waypoints/caches stored in the database. This list may be sorted by the name or waypoint fields of each record. Tapping the New button will switch to an empty record view to allow creation of a new database record. Extra information may be displayed on each line, depending on the presence of that information and settings made in the Preferences dialog. The waypoint name or terrain/difficulty of a cache may be displayed, as well as an indicator for travel bugs. The travel bug indicator is displayed if it is enabled (as a double-arrow on the left of the list), and a line in the description begins with "Bugs: ", which is how travel bug names are placed in the cache record. If the waypoint name is selected for display, and the list is sorted by waypoint, the waypoint name will be on the left. The record list may be scrolled using the hardware up/down buttons. If your device has a supported jog wheel or switch (currently Sony, HandEra, Handspring Treo, and the Garmin iQue 3600), it may also be used to navigate the record list. Moving the wheel up or down selects records, and pressing it switches to the record view for the selected record. On Sony devices, pressing and rotating the jog wheel scrolls the list. The list may also be searched by entering characters, using either Graffiti or a keyboard. Up to 20 characters may be entered to search for record names beginning with those characters. Records are searched according to the selected sort order (if sorting by waypoint, waypoint names are searched, otherwise record names are searched). Depending on the plugins that are installed, a button labeled "Ex" may appear at the bottom. Tapping this button will allow selection of a plugin to run for multiple-waypoint export of all records in the current category.
Record ViewThis view displays and allows editing of information for a record, using one of five selectable views. The only thing that is currently read-only are any cache logs imported from Groundspeak GPX files. Records may also be bookmarked from this form, for easy recall later. Tapping the Done button will return to the list view. The sixth view (Overview) is a scrollable color text display, which is kept in sync with the editable fields in the record. It supports high-res screens and natively supports FontHack-compatible fonts. Font selection and other options related to this display are in the Option menu. The hardware up/down buttons may be used to scroll the currently visible multi-line field, if any. One of the other four hardware buttons may be selected to cycle through the various views of a record. If your device has a supported jog wheel or switch, it may be used here for navigation. Moving the wheel up or down will mimic the functionality of the hardware up/down buttons, and pressing it will perform the view cycling function described above. In the record view, pressing the jog wheel switches between different views of a record (general, description, hints and log). Scrolling with the jog wheel affects views with multi-line fields, scrolling those fields similar to the way that the up and down buttons perform. Depending on the plugins that are installed, one to three buttons may appear at the bottom of the list view, labeled "Map", "Nav" and "Ex". These are for mapping, navigation, and general export plugins, respectively. If there is only one mapping or navigation plugin installed, those buttons will automatically launch it. Otherwise, a selection dialog will appear. The dialog will appear regardless for general export plugins.
PreferencesDistance units Delete memo after importing Add time to log memo title Merge import file records Preserve old item category GPS Setup GPS PreferencesBaud Rate Port Enable RTS/CTS handshaking Enable location averaging Set BT Device Record View OptionsWhen marked as found Page select with pushbuttons Show logs in overview Show overview by default Allow search from overview List OptionsExtra info Show travel bugs Display waypoint as name ...When sorted by category Show status/type columns Color highlighting Memo Pad Import/ExportFrom the cache list view, you may import information from a specially-formatted MemoPad record by selecting Import Record from the list view Record menu. A list of visible memo records will be displayed for selection. Memo import is currently disabled for Palm OS Cobalt devices, due to compatibility issues. The memo format for importing consists of the cache name, waypont name, and coordinates on the first 3 lines, followed by sections for the cache description and hints. The description and hints sections are both optional, and must be preceded by lines reading "Desc:" and "Hints:", respectively. Between the first 3 lines and the description/hints sections, terrain and difficulty ratings may be optionally included, on lines starting with "Terr: " and "Diff: ", respectively. A template demonstrating this format is in the included file MemoTemplate.txt. There is an option in the Preferences dialog for automatically deleting memos that are imported. If this option is not enabled, memo records that are imported are left in the Memopad database. Cache information and logs are exported separately, using the Export Record and Export Log options in the record view Record menu. The exported information is in the same format used for importing, but the description and hint text will be in separate memo records if they are both specified. Exported logs contain all of the information displayed in the Log section of the record view. From the list view, cache logs for all records in the current category may be exported using the Export Logs option of the Record menu. Caches for which there is no hunt date set will be skipped. GPX/LOC File ImportEasyGPS GPX/LOC XML file importing is also possible with CacheMate. Groundspeak-specific extensions to the GPX file format are supported. Unregistered copies of CacheMate will only import up to a 10 record limit for the database, and will truncate descriptions to 2 kilobytes. Once the program is registered, you will need to re-import the records that were imported before, to get the full description text. To import a LOC or GPX file into CacheMate, you need to use a PC-based tool to convert the XML file into a PDB file that can be used with your Palm OS device. A Windows version of this tool is included in the CacheMate distribution. A version for Unix variants is available here. The file converters accept a LOC or GPX formatted XML file as input, and output a file that can be installed on the Palm OS device. When this file is installed and CacheMate is launched, a prompt for database and category will be displayed, and its contents will automatically be merged with the main CacheMate database once selections are made. If the database name matches a category name in the target database, the category will be selected automatically. There is an option in the Preferences dialog to merge imported LOC/GPX records with what already exists in the CacheMate database, based on the waypoint name. Cache log information is taken from the existing record, while all other information is taken from the import record. Both versions of the file converter allow for selecting of waypoints to convert. The Unix version has an option for listing the waypoints in the input file, and allows specifying of waypoints to convert on the command line. The Windows version presents a GUI for waypoint selection, and also allows converting of waypoints from multiple input files into a single output file. BookmarksRecord bookmarking allows for quick switching between records, even though they may be far apart from each other in the list view. To set a bookmark, navigate to the Info page of a record and check the Bookmarked checkbox. To view and navigate between bookmarked records, choose Bookmarks from the Record menu, either in the record or list views. If any plugins are installed that support multiple-waypoint exporting, an Export button will appear under the bookmark list. Tapping this button will export all bookmarked entries using the selected plugin. The Move button allows moving all bookmarked records to a selected category. "Nearest Caches" SearchIf the MathLib library is installed, you may generate a list of the caches in the database, sorted by distance from the selected cache or a specified set of coordinates. In the Record menu is a Nearest Caches option that begins the search. When this option is selected, a dialog box will appear, allowing for input of coordinates. If a cache is selected, its coordinates will be displayed, otherwise the coordinates of the last search will be displayed. The following coordinate formats are supported:
Punctuation (such as symbols for degrees, minutes and seconds) are ignored, and therefore not required. A Search Filters dialog will then appear, allowing setting filters on caches listed using either category name or general direction from the point the search is made from. It is also possible to specify a maximum distance and number of records. If either of those are zero or not specified, they will not be applied. Tapping the Reset button will reset the filter controls back to their default state (all categories, all directions). When the list appears, cache names will be listed. When a cache is selected, its waypoint name, distance and bearing from the search coordinates are displayed. When you have selected a cache, tap Go To to switch to that cache record, or Close to close the dialog box. Hardware up/down buttons and supported jog wheel hardware are also supported for scrolling the list. If any plugins are installed that support multiple-waypoint exporting, an Export button will appear under the list. Tapping this button will export all listed entries using the selected plugin. The Move button allows moving all bookmarked records to a selected category. To run a search using the previous search coordinates and filters, use the Last Search option in the Record menu. This option is available in both the list and record views. Reading coordinates from a connected GPS receiver is also supported, through an appropriate plugin. If you have a plugin installed that supports GPS location query, tap the From GPS button to use it. If multiple installed plugins have that support, a prompt will appear to select which one to use. Waypoint ProjectionTo project a waypoint from the currently selected record, select the Project Waypoint option from the Calc menu. A prompt will appear for bearing and distance of the projection. The projected waypoint will be assigned an 6-character waypoint name starting with X, and its description will be the source waypoint, distance and bearing. Both the source and projected waypoints are automatically bookmarked. Plugin SupportCacheMate contains support for various types of plugins, mostly for hooking into external mapping or navigation software, but can be used for other purposes as well. Plugins install just like normal applications but, when CacheMate is started, it will identify installed plugins and alter its user interface to allow for their use. Currently, the supported plugin types are mapping, navigation, general waypoint export, calculation and GPS query. The first three types display buttons in the record view if any of those types are installed, and calculation plugins are supported through a choice in the Calc menu, visible in both the list and record views. General export plugins that support multiple waypoints in batch will cause a button to display on the list view, for exporting all records in the selected category. A few plugins are included in the CacheMate download package. Others are available here. Memory Card SupportCacheMate has support for standard memory cards on Palm OS versions 4.0 and later. To use this support, install import files created by CMConvert to one of the following directories on a memory card instead of on the PDA as normal:
When CacheMate is started and a memory card is detected, those 4 directories are scanned for CacheMate import files, and entries are created in CacheMate's main database, with minimal information copied from the files on the card. The remaining information (description and past log text) remains on the memory card, and is referenced by those new database entries. If records exist in the main database are found with waypoint names matching those from memory card files, those records will be converted to records referencing data on the memory card. When files are found on the memory card and processed, information on those files is cached to prevent the memory card scan from being done every time CacheMate starts, to keep the startup delay low most of the time. Whenever an existing file is deleted, renamed, or updated with a newer copy, the memory card is again scanned for files on the next startup. A Rescan Mem Card option exists in the list view's Option menu to force a rescan for new files, if necessary. The main CacheMate database will not work if copied to the memory card, due to the limits of Palm OS support for databases on memory cards and the desire to keep most of the functionality available. The bulk of the information, though, is left on the memory card, affording a roughly 90% savings in main memory space on average. As with the normal record import process, if the file name matches a category in the target database, that will be the default category for new records. The following limits apply to records from memory cards:
Multiple DatabasesCacheMate supports multiple waypoint databases which, in some cases, can allow much greater flexibility than the Palm OS limit of 15 categories will allow. You can create, rename, delete and switch between databases, as well as choose which to import new records into when those are detected. The main GUI element for multiple database support is the database selection popup, which can be accessed from the Select DB option in the list view's Option menu. From there, the following are possible: Select database Create new database Rename database Delete database Clear database | ||||||||||||
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