Thanks for all the suggestions. If I have a chance
to try them this weekend, I'll report back.

Rick

At 12:30 10 May 2007, Zl wrote:
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



Rick,
You need to use the 'correct' version of conv-cam.exe
(v2.0.2) to
initially create the *.igc file. That is available
from the IGC page at
http://www.fai.org/gliding/gnss/freeware.asp
From your log files, you used the CAI PC Software
V5.884 to create the
igc file before running cai2igc on it. That would
not pass the OLC
validation check last year, and it appears it still
won't.

The steps:
1.Download cai file from logger
2.Run conv-cam.exe on that cai file - generates an
igc file
3.Run cai2igc.exe on cai and igc file - appends ascii
encoded cai file
onto the end of your igc file
4.submit final igc file to olc via web interface

There is a nice little free tool that automates the
process of
generating the igc file for the olc from your cai file.
I have not tried
it yet this year, but its worth a try.

http://www.abqsoaring.org/misc_files/CAI_fix.htm

You might also check whether your old version of Strepla
can generate
the igc file from the cai file and let you manually
upload it via the
web interface.

Good luck.

-Dave Leonard