ISync and CalDAV calendars in iCal

Hi,
I have switched my local iCal calendars to serverbased calendars. The communication protocol is CalDAV. The syncronisation of my new CalDAV calenders to my mobile phone with iSync works fine. But these calendars appear in iSync as read only calendars and I can't select one to store events created on my phone.
In iCal these calendars are writeable. How can I configure iSync to use not only local but also CalDAV calenders to store events?
Regards,
Stefan

I had the same problem. I found a solution in iCal's Help section, in a support article entitled "Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder".
After following the instructions in the support article (see below), the problem was fixed on my computer.
Following is the relevant text from the support article.
Reset the SyncServices folder with these steps in Mac OS X 10.5:
Open iSync.
Choose Preferences from the iSync menu.
Click Reset Sync History.
If this does not resolve your issue, or if you are unable to open iSync, follow these steps:
In the Finder, choose Utilities from the Go menu.
Open Terminal.
In the Terminal window that opens, type or paste the following command on a single line:
/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/resetsync .pl full
Press Return.
When the operation is complete, quit Terminal.

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