I managed to resolve this problem by returning IPAQ to factory settings and
reinstalling all software and files. Everything working correctly now. BTW
to reset your IPAQ to factory settings - hold in the two outer buttons below
the screen, hold in the soft reset button below unit and hold in the power
button until screen goes dim. An extra hand would be be good. Then do
another soft reset and you are back to square one. I hope this helps anyone
else that this might happen to. Not the sort of problem you would want in
the middle of a gliding contest. Might have to, heaven forbid, learn to read
the maps again. Shudder.

PC


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I recently installed a new Colibri logger and cable set up so that the GPS
antenna could, in addition to driving my Colibri, also provide GPS data to
the IPAQ 3970 with WinPilot 7.0.

After three good flights with no problems from the Colibri or the IPAQ I
got airborne a fourth time to find a "NO GPS data" messsage on my IPAQ. I
thought it would a simple case of just dong a soft reset of the PDA but no
joy.

Maybe a Comm Port issue so I tried all 8 Comm Ports at 9600 baud but still
no GPS data. I then tried a friends IPAQ 3970 with WinPilot 8.0 but again
no GPS data. This was looking more like a wiring problem or worse another
damaged IPAQ input plug or receptacle. The guy who supplied the Colibri
and cable set up was adamnant that the problem would be software related
rather than the new cable and logger. He suggested I try a Trial Version
of "FlywithCE". Surprise, surprise the IPAQ worked again and I got a good
distance and bearing to a local Turnpoint. Winpilot however still fails to
find GPS data. The Colibri is sending all of its possible data to the IPAQ
so I have no idea what could have gone wrong with my WinPilot. Anyone like
to offer a possible cause and/or fix?
Peter