New ILEC SN-10 Firmware

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

Is anyone interested in details on the new ILEC SN-10 firmware? If so, I'll
post it here.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

[[email protected]]

Sure Paul,

I was looking at buying an SN-10 but it did not talk with the Ipaq and
Windpilot. Does it now?

Jerz

[Paul Remde]

Hi Jerz,

Thanks for asking.

The new free SN-10 firmware upgrade (version 2.31) adds the following new
features:
a.. Output to support PDA (echo NMEA inputs + new ILEC sentences) - This
is a powerful new feature. The SN-10 can now received data from the GPS and
add ILEC data to the data stream that is sent to the PDA. The ILEC data
includes polar data, barometric altitude, wind speed and direction and vario
data to the PDA for use by soaring software. Contact the soaring software
vendor to see if it can support the use of this data.
b.. Bug fix: Map Alternates work properly in Club Mode
c.. VALI-IEC returns DOS ERROREVEL 1 on error, 0 on success (ease OLC
scripts)
d.. More helpful progress messages from PClink (HL/HL32)
e.. Demo updated to show alternates on moving map (club and competition)
Those features are in addition to features added in 2004 which includes the
ability to display reachable airports on the map screen. Airports within
gliding distance are shown as a "+" sign on the screen and airports that are
not reachable are shown with a "-" sign. Details and free upgrade files are
available here:
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ilec.htm

I do not know the extent to which PDA soaring software supports the new SN10
data output at this time. I believe SeeYou is working on support in SeeYou
Mobile. I don't know whether support is in the works for WinPilot or
pocket*StrePla. I imagine they will all support it eventually but I can't
say for certain.

I am now putting together new Goddard cable designs that will support the
new software functionality.

Also, the SN10 PC demo has been updated to show the display of reachable
airports on the map screen. It is also available on the page listed above.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Sure Paul,
>
> I was looking at buying an SN-10 but it did not talk with the Ipaq and
> Windpilot. Does it now?
>
> Jerz
>

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

I just learned a little more about soaring flight software for Pocket PCs
which support the new ILEC SN-10 features. pocket*StrePla is in late Beta
and reported to be working well. SeeYou is working on SeeYou Mobile
support.

It would be great for WinPilot to add support. I would think that the
ability to use the Climb Maximizer with an ILEC SN-10 would create some
WinPilot sales.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"Paul Remde" > wrote in message
news:sfOMe.35547$084.15898@attbi_s22...
> Hi Jerz,
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> The new free SN-10 firmware upgrade (version 2.31) adds the following new
> features:
> a.. Output to support PDA (echo NMEA inputs + new ILEC sentences) - This
> is a powerful new feature. The SN-10 can now received data from the GPS
> and add ILEC data to the data stream that is sent to the PDA. The ILEC
> data includes polar data, barometric altitude, wind speed and direction
> and vario data to the PDA for use by soaring software. Contact the
> soaring software vendor to see if it can support the use of this data.
> b.. Bug fix: Map Alternates work properly in Club Mode
> c.. VALI-IEC returns DOS ERROREVEL 1 on error, 0 on success (ease OLC
> scripts)
> d.. More helpful progress messages from PClink (HL/HL32)
> e.. Demo updated to show alternates on moving map (club and competition)
> Those features are in addition to features added in 2004 which includes
> the ability to display reachable airports on the map screen. Airports
> within gliding distance are shown as a "+" sign on the screen and airports
> that are not reachable are shown with a "-" sign. Details and free
> upgrade files are available here:
> http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ilec.htm
>
> I do not know the extent to which PDA soaring software supports the new
> SN10 data output at this time. I believe SeeYou is working on support in
> SeeYou Mobile. I don't know whether support is in the works for WinPilot
> or pocket*StrePla. I imagine they will all support it eventually but I
> can't say for certain.
>
> I am now putting together new Goddard cable designs that will support the
> new software functionality.
>
> Also, the SN10 PC demo has been updated to show the display of reachable
> airports on the map screen. It is also available on the page listed
> above.
>
> Good Soaring,
>
> Paul Remde
> Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
> http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
>
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Sure Paul,
>>
>> I was looking at buying an SN-10 but it did not talk with the Ipaq and
>> Windpilot. Does it now?
>>
>> Jerz
>>
>
>

[culverflyer]

Yes Paul
I would like my SN10B to talk to my PDA running winpilot so I can run
winpilot PRO.
your earlier post referred to a different wiring harness.

"Paul Remde" > wrote in message
news:mpKMe.260217$_o.254474@attbi_s71...
> Hi,
>
> Is anyone interested in details on the new ILEC SN-10 firmware? If so,
I'll
> post it here.
>
> Good Soaring,
>
> Paul Remde
> Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
> http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
>
>

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

Please contact WinPilot and ask them to add support for the new SN-10 vario
and wind data. It now can provide all the data needed for WinPilot Pro.

If you have working cables now they would probably need to be modified so
that the GPS data goes from the GPS to the SN-10 and from the SN-10 to the
PDA. We can do that for you of course.

I believe that both pocket*StrePla and SeeYou Mobile have working versions
available for use with the new SN-10 features. They may be beta (not yet
released) versions.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


"culverflyer" > wrote in message
...
> Yes Paul
> I would like my SN10B to talk to my PDA running winpilot so I can run
> winpilot PRO.
> your earlier post referred to a different wiring harness.
>
> "Paul Remde" > wrote in message
> news:mpKMe.260217$_o.254474@attbi_s71...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is anyone interested in details on the new ILEC SN-10 firmware? If so,
> I'll
>> post it here.
>>
>> Good Soaring,
>>
>> Paul Remde
>> Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
>> http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
>>
>>
>
>