Converting CAI 2 IGC 4 OLC

[GliderPilot]

Help:

I have a PC running Windows 7 - 64 Bit.

I have Cambridge GPS-Nav.

Does anyone know how to convert a CAI file 2 an IGC file for OLC?

The program from CAI2IGC4OLC.ZIP works OK with Windows CP and Windows
Vista -32 bit.

I can not get it to work with my new laptop having Windows 7 - 64 Bit.

Thanks,
Ira

[Jeff Farrow[_2_]]

No experience in this regard apart from to find that these programs won'r
run on 64 bit versions of windows. This is because CAI2IGC4OLC and CAI4OLC
both run 32 bit DOS programs in a shell, the latter won't run in 64 bit
environment.

I would suggest trying to run the DOS programsdirectly in a DOS emulator
such as DOSBOX, but have not tried it myself.

Jeff Farrow


"GliderPilot" > wrote in message
...
> Help:
>
> I have a PC running Windows 7 - 64 Bit.
>
> I have Cambridge GPS-Nav.
>
> Does anyone know how to convert a CAI file 2 an IGC file for OLC?
>
> The program from CAI2IGC4OLC.ZIP works OK with Windows CP and Windows
> Vista -32 bit.
>
> I can not get it to work with my new laptop having Windows 7 - 64 Bit.
>
> Thanks,
> Ira

[Darryl Ramm]

On Apr 6, 10:35*pm, "Jeff Farrow" > wrote:
> No experience in this regard apart from to find that these programs won'r
> run on 64 bit versions of windows. This is because CAI2IGC4OLC and CAI4OLC
> both run 32 bit DOS programs in a shell, the latter won't run in 64 bit
> environment.
>
> I would suggest trying to run the DOS programsdirectly in a DOS emulator
> such as DOSBOX, but have not tried it myself.
>
> Jeff Farrow
>
> "GliderPilot" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Help:
>
> > I have a PC running Windows 7 - 64 Bit.
>
> > I have Cambridge GPS-Nav.
>
> > Does anyone know how to convert a CAI file 2 an IGC file for OLC?
>
> > The program from CAI2IGC4OLC.ZIP works OK with Windows CP and Windows
> > Vista -32 bit.
>
> > I can not get it to work with my new laptop having Windows 7 - 64 Bit.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ira

Jeff suggested DOSBOX, that will work, http://www.dosbox.com

You can use Naviter SeeYou to read the CAI file and save as IGC for
the OLC. That has worked before for people I've had to help do this
for in the past. SeeYou (and StrePla I believe) do the right magic to
append the CAI file to the IGC file for OLC validation.

You may be able to use Windows XP Compatibility mode in Windows 7 (if
you have Windows 7 Professional and above) to run the conv-cam.exe and
cai2igc.exe utilities by hand or to run CAI2IGC4OLC (which is mostly
just a wrapper for conv-cam.exe and cai2igc.exe). I don't have a
Windows 7 box with me now to test this. Even if you have Professional
and above, you need to mess around installing all the junk (basically
a hidden copy of Windows XP) you'll find its still a bit messy to get
this to work and DOSBOX is likely a much easier way to do this unless
you had other reasons for wanting to install Windows XP Compatibility
mode.

Darryl

[Britton]

I went through this already with my new 64 W7 (but not professional)
laptop. PM me directly and I'll send you what scripts I have.

Still have to use dosbox but it works. My scripts list, sort and
invoke dosbox to complete the process. you'll have to modify the
script to invoke the cambridge utility as mine is set up for lxn
files.

Britton

[GliderPilot]

On Apr 7, 2:01*am, Darryl Ramm > wrote:
> On Apr 6, 10:35*pm, "Jeff Farrow" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > No experience in this regard apart from to find that these programs won'r
> > run on 64 bit versions of windows. This is because CAI2IGC4OLC and CAI4OLC
> > both run 32 bit DOS programs in a shell, the latter won't run in 64 bit
> > environment.
>
> > I would suggest trying to run the DOS programsdirectly in a DOS emulator
> > such as DOSBOX, but have not tried it myself.
>
> > Jeff Farrow
>
> > "GliderPilot" > wrote in message
>
> ....
>
> > > Help:
>
> > > I have a PC running Windows 7 - 64 Bit.
>
> > > I have Cambridge GPS-Nav.
>
> > > Does anyone know how to convert a CAI file 2 an IGC file for OLC?
>
> > > The program from CAI2IGC4OLC.ZIP works OK with Windows CP and Windows
> > > Vista -32 bit.
>
> > > I can not get it to work with my new laptop having Windows 7 - 64 Bit..
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ira
>
> Jeff suggested DOSBOX, that will work,http://www.dosbox.com
>
> You can use Naviter SeeYou to read the CAI file and save as IGC for
> the OLC. That has worked before for people I've had to help do this
> for in the past. SeeYou (and StrePla I believe) do the right magic to
> append the CAI file to the IGC file for OLC validation.
>
> You may be able to use Windows XP Compatibility mode in Windows 7 (if
> you have Windows 7 Professional and above) to run the conv-cam.exe and
> cai2igc.exe utilities by hand or to run CAI2IGC4OLC (which is mostly
> just a wrapper for conv-cam.exe and cai2igc.exe). I don't have a
> Windows 7 box with me now to test this. Even if you have Professional
> and above, you need to mess around installing all the junk (basically
> a hidden copy of Windows XP) you'll find its still a bit messy to get
> this to work and DOSBOX is likely a much easier way to do this unless
> you had other reasons for wanting to install Windows XP Compatibility
> mode.
>
> Darryl- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks... It looks like using SeeYou and then doing a Save As works
fine. The key is that the igc file needs to have the same name as the
cai file.

Thanks,
Ira