Recorder Serial Number

[Dan Marotta]

Trying to get my new Android device configured with XCSoar and I'm faced
with the question of my recorder serial number. Can I recover that from one
of the log files or do I have to trek to the airport (it's snowing outside),
hook up, and read the serial number from the CAI-302?

The logs I've got on my Android are of the form, XCS-AAA-nn, where nn is a
one-up number. It doesn't seem that XCS-AAA would be a serial number.

[Wojciech Scigala]

As far as LK8000 (XCSoar spin-off) goes, the "recorder serial number" is
not your IGC-approved FR number, but a random number LK8000 will use to
mark it's files. It's important on competitions where LK8000 logs are
accepted, so two pilots do not have same serial number in their files.

AAA is not a good choice, put some random letters or something personal
to you.

With 302, you can check serial from any file it has generated. Open it
as a text file and study the first line.

--
Wojtuś

[Dave Nadler]

Logger serial numbers are in any IGC log file; look there...

[Gary Ittner[_2_]]

"Dan Marotta" > wrote in message
...
> Trying to get my new Android device configured with XCSoar and I'm faced
> with the question of my recorder serial number. Can I recover that from
> one of the log files or do I have to trek to the airport (it's snowing
> outside), hook up, and read the serial number from the CAI-302?
>
> The logs I've got on my Android are of the form, XCS-AAA-nn, where nn is a
> one-up number. It doesn't seem that XCS-AAA would be a serial number.

The serial number is in the filename of every flight log. I went to the OLC
website and
checked your latest flight. The filename was:

1bkc3ci1.igc

The first 3 digits are the flight date in alphanumeric form: year-month-day.

The fourth digit is the manufacturer code: c for Cambridge.

The fifth through seventh digits are the serial number: 3ci

The eighth digit is the number of the flight: 1st flight that day.

Though Mr. Scigala may be correct that XCSoar won't care what three digits
you use, you might as well use "3ci" to keep everything consistent.

Gary Ittner P7
"Have glider, will race"

[Luke[_4_]]

On 12/14/2011 10:56 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:
> Trying to get my new Android device configured with XCSoar and I'm faced
> with the question of my recorder serial number. Can I recover that from
> one of the log files or do I have to trek to the airport (it's snowing
> outside), hook up, and read the serial number from the CAI-302?
>
> The logs I've got on my Android are of the form, XCS-AAA-nn, where nn is
> a one-up number. It doesn't seem that XCS-AAA would be a serial number.


When setting up XCSoar you can set up your own serial number arbitrarily
- remember it is not an approved IGC flight data recorder. I generally
set it up to match the last 3 letters of my glider, it is a better
chance to be unique.

This setting has no impact or connection to the secure file generated by
your CAI302.

Luke

[Dan Marotta]

Thanks, Guys.


"Dave Nadler" > wrote in message
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> Logger serial numbers are in any IGC log file; look there...