Syncing server based calendars

Hi,
we have serious trouble with iSync. We user some different mobile phones and try to sync them with iCal. That works with local calendars. But with calendars on iCal server it is not possible. iSync says that there is no calendar with read/write access (but it's a calendar where I have read/write permissions on server).
Is there any way to get this working?
Rene

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