CAI302 Push/Pull Arrows Missing

[Jeff Casto]

My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane partner
took it apart and found some loose connections. This fixed the problem, but
now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio works
fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Jeff

[Darryl Ramm]

On Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:04 PM UTC-8, Jeff Casto wrote:
> My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane partner
>
> took it apart and found some loose connections. This fixed the problem, but
>
> now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio works
>
> fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone help?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Jeff

If the C302 is really working all except the LCD push/pull arrows then I would return it to Cambridge, but I'd carefully exclude more other things first...

Are you seeing a circular arrow? Then you are in climb mode...
How is the C302 switched from cruise to climb mode? If an external reed switch (on the flap handle mechanism) or toggle switch (typically on the joystick) then is the wiring or switch faulty holding the C302 in climb mode (short the pins to be in climb mode, leave those pins open and the C302 should automatically go to cruise mode when not circling)? Read the manual on this to be sure you understand how this works.

Do you have a polar entered? Correct for your glider?

Is it missing the airspeed input? Look on the screen #10 are all the inputs there? Do they make sense when flying?

If you are in the USA I can't imagine wanting to *disassemble* a C302, just return them to the factory for repair and/or recalibration.

Darryl

[Peter Purdie[_3_]]

Insufficient info in the original post to give a useful answer, but enough
to say it's no longer an IGC flight recorder - the security is trashed if
you open the case until it is electronically resealed.

At 22:01 23 November 2012, Darryl Ramm wrote:
>On Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:04 PM UTC-8, Jeff Casto wrote:
>> My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane
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>> now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio works
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>> fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone help?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Jeff
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>If the C302 is really working all except the LCD push/pull arrows then I
>wo=
>uld return it to Cambridge, but I'd carefully exclude more other things
>fir=
>st...
>
>Are you seeing a circular arrow? Then you are in climb mode...
>How is the C302 switched from cruise to climb mode? If an external reed
>swi=
>tch (on the flap handle mechanism) or toggle switch (typically on the
>joyst=
>ick) then is the wiring or switch faulty holding the C302 in climb mode
>(sh=
>ort the pins to be in climb mode, leave those pins open and the C302
>should=
> automatically go to cruise mode when not circling)? Read the manual on
>thi=
>s to be sure you understand how this works.
>
>Do you have a polar entered? Correct for your glider?=20
>
>Is it missing the airspeed input? Look on the screen #10 are all the
>inputs=
> there? Do they make sense when flying?
>
>If you are in the USA I can't imagine wanting to *disassemble* a C302,
>just=
> return them to the factory for repair and/or recalibration.
>
>Darryl
>

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

On 11/23/2012 2:01 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
> On Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:04 PM UTC-8, Jeff Casto wrote:
>> My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane
>> partner
>>
>> took it apart and found some loose connections. This fixed the
>> problem, but
>>
>> now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio
>> works
>>
>> fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone
>> help?
>>
>> Thanks,

> If the C302 is really working all except the LCD push/pull arrows
> then I would return it to Cambridge, but I'd carefully exclude more
> other things first...

If Darryl's suggestions don't help, I'd suggest the connections between
the LCD and the circuitry did not get properly put back together.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me

[Jeff Casto]

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I'll check the items listed. WRT
security, it was out of cal. We plan to send it for cal in January. Is the
security reset then, or do we need to send it to Cambridge for that?

Thanks, again.

Jeff

At 22:34 23 November 2012, Eric Greenwell wrote:
>On 11/23/2012 2:01 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
>> On Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:04 PM UTC-8, Jeff Casto wrote:
>>> My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane
>>> partner
>>>
>>> took it apart and found some loose connections. This fixed the
>>> problem, but
>>>
>>> now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio
>>> works
>>>
>>> fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone
>>> help?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>
>> If the C302 is really working all except the LCD push/pull arrows
>> then I would return it to Cambridge, but I'd carefully exclude more
>> other things first...
>
>If Darryl's suggestions don't help, I'd suggest the connections between
>the LCD and the circuitry did not get properly put back together.
>
>--
>Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
>email me
>

[Paul Remde]

Hi Jeff,

I'm a Cambridge dealer and authorized agent for them. I can reset the
security on the 302 with help from Cambridge. I can also recalibrate it.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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"Jeff Casto" wrote in message
. com...

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I'll check the items listed. WRT
security, it was out of cal. We plan to send it for cal in January. Is the
security reset then, or do we need to send it to Cambridge for that?

Thanks, again.

Jeff

At 22:34 23 November 2012, Eric Greenwell wrote:
>On 11/23/2012 2:01 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
>> On Friday, November 23, 2012 12:30:04 PM UTC-8, Jeff Casto wrote:
>>> My CAI302 was intermittently turning off in flight, so my sailplane
>>> partner
>>>
>>> took it apart and found some loose connections. This fixed the
>>> problem, but
>>>
>>> now the push/pull arrows are missing from the display. The audio
>>> works
>>>
>>> fine. I'm sure this is a setting, but I can't find it. Can anyone
>>> help?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>
>> If the C302 is really working all except the LCD push/pull arrows
>> then I would return it to Cambridge, but I'd carefully exclude more
>> other things first...
>
>If Darryl's suggestions don't help, I'd suggest the connections between
>the LCD and the circuitry did not get properly put back together.
>
>--
>Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
>email me
>