LX 7000 igc pro to winpilot

[Stuart Kinnear]

Have installed Winpilot adv on RS235 o/p from LX. It gets a fix no problem.
However the LXdec function does not seem to work. The LX "connects" to the
Ipaq and the Ipaq shows declaration sent. However the declaration does not
appear on the LX. Anybody any ideas ??

Stuart Kinnear

[[email protected]]

Stuart --

I'm curious, where/how are you connecting your iPAQ to the LX?

My glider came with the LX7000 installed so I'm not well versed in the
details, but it has a round 5-pin connector mounted in the panel that
the proprietary LX serial cable connects to for connection to PCs, and
it also has a device behind the panel that provides the interface to my
iPAQ (running WinPilot Pro). The latter connection runs at 4800 baud
and cannot (as far as I know) be changed, but the panel connection uses
the speed specified in the LX7000's menu system, and for that I use
38400 baud.

Curiously, I can use ConnectMe (or ConnectLX, the same program except
with fewer "device" choices) on the iPAQ across the internal 4800-baud
connection but I still have to go to select TRANSFER in the LX7000 for
it to work.

Also, if you don't get an answer to your question here, be sure to
e-mail LX Nav, they have been good at responding to my help requests
(support[at]lxnavigation.si).

-ted/2NO

Stuart Kinnear wrote:
> Have installed Winpilot adv on RS235 o/p from LX. It gets a fix no
problem.
> However the LXdec function does not seem to work. The LX "connects"
to the
> Ipaq and the Ipaq shows declaration sent. However the declaration
does not
> appear on the LX. Anybody any ideas ??
>
> Stuart Kinnear

[Jeremy Zawodny]

wrote:
> Stuart --
>
> I'm curious, where/how are you connecting your iPAQ to the LX?
>
> My glider came with the LX7000 installed so I'm not well versed in the
> details, but it has a round 5-pin connector mounted in the panel that
> the proprietary LX serial cable connects to for connection to PCs, and
> it also has a device behind the panel that provides the interface to my
> iPAQ (running WinPilot Pro). The latter connection runs at 4800 baud
> and cannot (as far as I know) be changed, but the panel connection uses
> the speed specified in the LX7000's menu system, and for that I use
> 38400 baud.
>
> Curiously, I can use ConnectMe (or ConnectLX, the same program except
> with fewer "device" choices) on the iPAQ across the internal 4800-baud
> connection but I still have to go to select TRANSFER in the LX7000 for
> it to work.

Just last weekend I got ConnectMe talking to the LX5000 in my glider
using the panel mounted round 5-ping serial cable. I connected that to
an iPAQ serial cable and it all "just worked" after I selected Transfer
on the LX5000.

Jeremy

[[email protected]]

Stuart,

It depends on the kind of cables you have. If the cable goes directly
to the LX7000 then WinPilot can only receive data and cannot transmit
and the Ipaq is not powered by the LX7000.


If you have a Y cable setup with a Power converter and a declare
switch then WinPilot can make a declaration to the Colibri.

Also the LX7000 can use WinPilot PRO, which has direct winds, climb
maximizer functions.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

[Stuart Kinnear]

I have both rx and tx lines connected to the rs235 connection in the LX. I
saw the reference to the switch in the literature but could not understand
its function. Their is no other serial device attached to the LX. Which line
does the switch break and why is it necessary. ???? Lx obviously dont
support Winpilot and getting answers re this topic is difficult, otherwise
their support is excellent.

Thanks to all replies Stuart

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Stuart,
>
> It depends on the kind of cables you have. If the cable goes directly
> to the LX7000 then WinPilot can only receive data and cannot transmit
> and the Ipaq is not powered by the LX7000.
>
>
> If you have a Y cable setup with a Power converter and a declare
> switch then WinPilot can make a declaration to the Colibri.
>
> Also the LX7000 can use WinPilot PRO, which has direct winds, climb
> maximizer functions.
>
> Richard
> www.craggyaero.com
>

[Jancsika]

If only the LX and your PDA is connected than it's simple: ground
connected both ends(used for data and PDA power also), Tx on LX side
connected to you PDA's Rx, Rx on LX side goes to PDA's Tx, finally PDA
power supply also connected.
This way the communication is bidirectional, so you can declare your
task etc-etc.

/Janos

Stuart Kinnear wrote:

> I have both rx and tx lines connected to the rs235 connection in the LX. I
> saw the reference to the switch in the literature but could not understand
> its function. Their is no other serial device attached to the LX. Which line
> does the switch break and why is it necessary. ???? Lx obviously dont
> support Winpilot and getting answers re this topic is difficult, otherwise
> their support is excellent.
>
> Thanks to all replies Stuart
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>Stuart,
>>
>>It depends on the kind of cables you have. If the cable goes directly
>>to the LX7000 then WinPilot can only receive data and cannot transmit
>>and the Ipaq is not powered by the LX7000.
>>
>>
>>If you have a Y cable setup with a Power converter and a declare
>>switch then WinPilot can make a declaration to the Colibri.
>>
>>Also the LX7000 can use WinPilot PRO, which has direct winds, climb
>>maximizer functions.
>>
>>Richard
>>www.craggyaero.com
>>
>
>
>

[Ken Kochanski (KK)]

Stuart Kinnear wrote:
> I have both rx and tx lines connected to the rs235 connection in the
LX. I
> saw the reference to the switch in the literature but could not
understand
> its function. Their is no other serial device attached to the LX.
Which line
> does the switch break and why is it necessary. ???? Lx obviously
dont
> support Winpilot and getting answers re this topic is difficult,
otherwise
> their support is excellent.
>

We recently hooked up an LX 7000 Pro (with an IPAQ connector)to a Remde
cradle with an rs232 connector. We therefore had to cut off the
connectors from the LXIPQ (Power and communication) and Remde mount and
spliced the wires directly. The following shows how were hooked the
units up ... LX and IPAQ upload/download fine with SeeYou and CE Nav
software and uploader programs.

Black - Cradle Power and Logic Ground - Black wire from LXIPQ
Red - Cradle Five Volts(+) for PDA - Red wire from LXIPQ
Blue - Cradle Data From GPS to PDA - White wire from LXIPQ
Grey - Cradle Data From PDA to GPS - Green wire from LXIPQ

We just defaulted to the WinPilot setting on the LX ... even though we
were talking to other software.

BTW, The following wiring details from the LX Navigation manual in
regard to the LXIPQ (we thought) did not match up with the wire colors
when we actually removed the cable insulation/shielding.

38 series:

red and yellow +5V 1,3 2,4
white rx 7
black tx 8
shield GND 10

Hope this helps ...
KiloKilo

[[email protected]]

Look at the LX7000 PRO Version 2.O Manual Page 68. When the Switch is
in the NMEA position. the communication is between the Ipaq and the
Colibri, a task can be declared with WinPilot PRO. In the data mode
the NMEA stream is sent to the LX7000 and it adds vario data then to
the Ipaq with WinPilot PRO.



Richard
www.craggyaero.com