OLC Direct Claim with cai2igc.exe

[Rick Fuller]

I use a Cambridge Model 10 logger. I successfully
used StrePla 3.5 in 2006 to claim OLC flights. I'm
reluctant to upgrade StrePla for 69 EUR just to be
able to do the same thing I did last year. I have
used the cai2igc.exe file to convert my .cai files
to .igc with OLC's help and STILL cannot get a valid
claim. This is not rocket science for me, but very
frustrating.

Can anyone on RAS provide some advice or tell me what
I'm doing wrong? The command I use is the recommended
DOS command cai2igc xxxxxx.cai xxxxxxxx.igc. For the
record I use the command prompt in Windows XP SP1.

Many thanks for any help RAS lurkers can provide.

Rick

[David Kinsell]

Rick Fuller wrote:
> I use a Cambridge Model 10 logger. I successfully
> used StrePla 3.5 in 2006 to claim OLC flights. I'm
> reluctant to upgrade StrePla for 69 EUR just to be
> able to do the same thing I did last year. I have
> used the cai2igc.exe file to convert my .cai files
> to .igc with OLC's help and STILL cannot get a valid
> claim. This is not rocket science for me, but very
> frustrating.
>
> Can anyone on RAS provide some advice or tell me what
> I'm doing wrong? The command I use is the recommended
> DOS command cai2igc xxxxxx.cai xxxxxxxx.igc. For the
> record I use the command prompt in Windows XP SP1.
>
> Many thanks for any help RAS lurkers can provide.
>
> Rick


Don't know about StrePla, but an old copy of SeeYou
with a model 20 works for me just doing the Direct
Claim without running any extra software. I think
you're looking at old information about that cai2igc
program.

[user]

Rick,

I sympathize. I was able several weeks ago to post via the direct link on
OLC. Following the same procedures, I can no longer do this. I even went so
far as to document the process when I was successful. This seemed a good
idea; since last October, I've been unsuccessful more often than successful.
Alas, it didn't work! The exact same process that worked April 22 failed on
May 6. And 90 minutes of trial and error (based to many more hours of
similar yielded nada (including following the website's instructions to send
the file via email).

The frustration level associated with this website is starting to outweigh
its many benefits, at least from my point of view. And you know well that
OLC makes my job a lot easier.

The only similarity I've noticed between your problem and mine is that we
both use first gen Cambridge recorders. Shouldn't be a problem. As noted,
for me, success is a variable on a week to week basis, so it isn't just a
matter of what software we use to extract the files.

OC

"Rick Fuller" > wrote in message
...
>I use a Cambridge Model 10 logger. I successfully
> used StrePla 3.5 in 2006 to claim OLC flights. I'm
> reluctant to upgrade StrePla for 69 EUR just to be
> able to do the same thing I did last year. I have
> used the cai2igc.exe file to convert my .cai files
> to .igc with OLC's help and STILL cannot get a valid
> claim. This is not rocket science for me, but very
> frustrating.
>
> Can anyone on RAS provide some advice or tell me what
> I'm doing wrong? The command I use is the recommended
> DOS command cai2igc xxxxxx.cai xxxxxxxx.igc. For the
> record I use the command prompt in Windows XP SP1.
>
> Many thanks for any help RAS lurkers can provide.
>
> Rick
>
>
>