ISync & Palm Desktop Problems

I'm trying to move (sync?) my Palm Address Book contacts over to Apple Address Book. I've updated my Palm OS to v. 3.5.3 (and done a HotSync with the new version) and I'm running OSX 10.5.6 on my desktop Mac. I printed out the directions from iSync "Help" and everything goes along fine until I open "HotSync Manager" (as instructed) from my apps. folder. In the instruction it says to "choose HotSync > Conduit Settings" I do not see this option in my HotSync Manager folder. When I click on the folder, the heading on the new window is titled "HotSync Software Set Up" and the only 2 options are "HotSync Controls" which just starts a HotSync and "Connection Settings" which has no mention of "Conduit Settings". Thanks in advance for any help / suggestions, I've hit the wall.
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hotsync manager should be a program not a folder. If it does appear as a folder, you might want to add the extension '.app' to it. Once in hotsync manager, conduit settings is a menu item
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