+Shinook & White Juan Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Just wondering if there is a gps that you can use to connect to a cell phone via bluetooth to download caches and log cache finds while out in the field? I have a cache app on my phone but would rather use a gps if these features were available. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 The Garmin Oregon 6xx and Monterra both have bluetooth and can download caches from a phone. If you just want to log the finds, you just need the phone by itself and the Groundspeak app. There is no need to connect to another GPS. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Most of the later model androids will allow a USB connection to download PQ's to a device. Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yes. The GPS chip IN your cell phone will do that. Quote Link to comment
+Shinook & White Juan Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 The Garmin Oregon 6xx and Monterra both have bluetooth and can download caches from a phone. If you just want to log the finds, you just need the phone by itself and the Groundspeak app. There is no need to connect to another GPS. Awesome, thanks, this was exactly what I needed to know. Quote Link to comment
+Triple Crown Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 The Garmin Oregon 6xx and Monterra both have bluetooth and can download caches from a phone. If you just want to log the finds, you just need the phone by itself and the Groundspeak app. There is no need to connect to another GPS. Wait, what? How is this done? I can connect my Oregon 650 to another Oregon 6XX with BaseCamp Mobile to transfer waypoints, tracks, routes, geocaches, photos and custom maps, but not to a phone AFAIK. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 The Garmin Oregon 6xx and Monterra both have bluetooth and can download caches from a phone. If you just want to log the finds, you just need the phone by itself and the Groundspeak app. There is no need to connect to another GPS. Wait, what? How is this done? I can connect my Oregon 650 to another Oregon 6XX with BaseCamp Mobile to transfer waypoints, tracks, routes, geocaches, photos and custom maps, but not to a phone AFAIK. Yeah, I was wondering that myself. I have an Oregon 650 and I don't think I've ever read of the ability to connect it to my smartphone via Bluetooth. That could come in really handy. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 From the Garmin 650 website . Sync your data such as waypoints, geocaches, tracks and images to the Garmin Cloud, and access from anywhere via your smartphone and BaseCamp mobile app. Oregon is also ANT+ wireless compatible with heart rate, chirp and tempe sensors. The app mentioned is available for iOS. They have been saying for over a year they are developing a android but have not delivers. So if you have a iPhone you can syne the caches. With android you have to use the USB connection. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 From the Garmin 650 website . Sync your data such as waypoints, geocaches, tracks and images to the Garmin Cloud, and access from anywhere via your smartphone and BaseCamp mobile app. Oregon is also ANT+ wireless compatible with heart rate, chirp and tempe sensors. The app mentioned is available for iOS. They have been saying for over a year they are developing a android but have not delivers. So if you have a iPhone you can syne the caches. With android you have to use the USB connection. OK, maybe that's why I quickly learned to ignore those features: I have an Android phone, and I have no intention of getting an i-anything. Regarding using a USB cable between my 650 and my phone: If I'm at home, I have a PC that performs these functions already. When I'm in the field, I'm not inclined to drag a USB cable around with me. I guess I'll wait for the so-far-vaporware Android app to check this stuff out. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Never mind. Edited July 29, 2014 by Lil Devil Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Never mind. Fooled me at first, too. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+Triple Crown Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 From the Garmin 650 website . Sync your data such as waypoints, geocaches, tracks and images to the Garmin Cloud, and access from anywhere via your smartphone and BaseCamp mobile app. Oregon is also ANT+ wireless compatible with heart rate, chirp and tempe sensors. The app mentioned is available for iOS. They have been saying for over a year they are developing a android but have not delivers. So if you have a iPhone you can syne the caches. With android you have to use the USB connection. Since I have an iPad, but not an iPhone, I went to the Apple App Store but I only found Garmin Connect, which shows it works with the GPSMap64, but not with any others, and only to view data, no transferring. Then I found BaseCamp Mobile, which only works with the iPhone, not the iPad. So I guess I'll just have to wait for an Android solution. Ugh. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It works on an iPad. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basecamp-mobile/id556137122 Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPad Wi-Fi (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini Wi-Fi, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi + Cellular, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5 Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 The app mentioned is available for iOS. They have been saying for over a year they are developing a android but have not delivers. So if you have a iPhone you can sync the caches. Sorry for not stating that. I had not even looked as I assumed they must have come out with an Android version by now. Sometimes it is hard to figure out what goes on over at Garmin HQ.... Quote Link to comment
+Triple Crown Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It works on an iPad. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basecamp-mobile/id556137122 Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPad Wi-Fi (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini Wi-Fi, iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi + Cellular, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5 Very interesting. I have an iPad2 wifi+cellular and it is not compatible. (I guess it must not be 3rd generation) Won't even let me download it from the app store. Requirements No soup for you Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) iPad2 means 2nd generation. Edited July 29, 2014 by Red90 Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 From what I can see, the Garmin units use Bluetooth 4.0, so can only work with the newer devices that have BT4.0, which started at the iphone 4S and ipad 3 Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Basecamp mobile is extremely limited for what I would like it to do - transfer search results or pocket queries from my phone or ipad to the gpsr. I can open up a GPX file through it or transfer a file to the cloud, but it will only transfer the geocaches as waypoints (and then they must be selected individually). It has been much more efficient for me to use a portable wifi router, such as Kingston MobileLite, which is about the size of my phone; connect my Oregon 600 with a USB cable; and transfer the complete information from my caching app to the gpsr. If I didn't want to carry the cable, I could do it through the sd card. It would be even more direct with an Android, but I really like the caching app I use. I can't recall the last time I connected the Oregon to a computer in order to load caches. Edited July 30, 2014 by geodarts Quote Link to comment
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