Loading flight data to iPhone from serial port devices

[Craig Funston]

I just got a note that there's a serial to iOS cable approved by
Apple. Any programmers out there interested in writing an app to get
data from a Cambridge 302 to an iPhone? I'd love not to have to drag
my laptop out to the glider.

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSRP01&Click=85531&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Maker+Shed+Jul+21+2011&utm_content=Maker+Shed+Jul+21+2011+CID_5d19bd49d4c 9737785f05cd1d70cd693&utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_term=cable

Thanks,
Craig

[Bruce Hoult]

On Jul 23, 8:15*am, Craig Funston >
wrote:
> I just got a note that there's a serial to iOS cable approved by
> Apple. *Any programmers out there interested in writing an app to get
> data from a Cambridge 302 to an iPhone? *I'd love not to have to drag
> my laptop out to the glider.
>
> http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSRP01&Click=....

Yes, I saw that a few days or a week ago. Looks great.

You realize that while you can write a program that uses it yourself,
you can't put it in the AppStore?

So you're limited to each user buying the iOS SDK (US$99/year) and
compiling the source code themselves (or at least codesigning a
precompiled library), or else running on a jailbroken iPhone.

Have Cambridge released the specifications to allow 3rd party software
to extract flight logs?

I actually wrote a Mac program to display CAI flight logs in my spare
time during the 1994 pre-worlds in Omarama. Dave Ellis was impressed
enough to *give* me a Model 10. But then I struggled for several years
trying to get the specs for downloading the logs. They simply wouldn't
release them. So I gave up. There's no point at all in having a Mac
program to display logs if you still need Windows/DOS to download
them.

Yeah, that was a long time ago now. Maybe things changed.

[Max Kellermann]

Bruce Hoult > wrote:
> Have Cambridge released the specifications to allow 3rd party software
> to extract flight logs?

Yes, XCSoar has just implemented it (in version 6.2 alpha1). It can
downloads flights with an Android phone. There's no iPhone port of
it, though.

[Darryl Ramm]

On Jul 23, 3:16*pm, Max Kellermann > wrote:
> Bruce Hoult > wrote:
> > Have Cambridge released the specifications to allow 3rd party software
> > to extract flight logs?
>
> Yes, XCSoar has just implemented it (in version 6.2 alpha1). *It can
> downloads flights with an Android phone. *There's no iPhone port of
> it, though.

Cambridge have had their data port specs for the 300 series public for
many many years. They showed very good insularity leadership/openness
there.

Darryl

[Craig Funston]

On Jul 23, 4:09*pm, Darryl Ramm > wrote:
> On Jul 23, 3:16*pm, Max Kellermann > wrote:
>
> > Bruce Hoult > wrote:
> > > Have Cambridge released the specifications to allow 3rd party software
> > > to extract flight logs?
>
> > Yes, XCSoar has just implemented it (in version 6.2 alpha1). *It can
> > downloads flights with an Android phone. *There's noiPhoneport of
> > it, though.
>
> Cambridge have had their data port specs for the 300 series public for
> many many years. They showed very good insularity leadership/openness
> there.
>
> Darryl

Thanks guys. I've only had the iPhone for a month or so now and am
disappointed it won't do a number of things as well as my ancient
Treo. I've found work-arounds for many and in the end Jaibreaking it
may be the ultimate workaround. That, or switching to Android.

Best regards,
Craig

[Darryl Ramm]

On Jul 23, 4:09*pm, Darryl Ramm > wrote:
> On Jul 23, 3:16*pm, Max Kellermann > wrote:
>
> > Bruce Hoult > wrote:
> > > Have Cambridge released the specifications to allow 3rd party software
> > > to extract flight logs?
>
> > Yes, XCSoar has just implemented it (in version 6.2 alpha1). *It can
> > downloads flights with an Android phone. *There's no iPhone port of
> > it, though.
>
> Cambridge have had their data port specs for the 300 series public for
> many many years. They showed very good insularity leadership/openness
> there.
>
> Darryl

Oops I just noticed my typo, that was supposed to be "industry
leadership".

Darryl