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Old April 23rd 08, 03:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Cambridge 302A CFR questions

On Apr 22, 8:38*pm, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi James,

The 302 and 302A support up to 1500 waypoints.

I don't think there is a way to change the output NMEA sentences.

Below is a data capture from a 302. *The 302 send similar data, but no wind
or airspeed data. *I believe the !w sentence is not sent by the 302A. *It
contains the 302 air data.

!w,000,000,0000,500,01287,01020,-0668,191,199,191,000,000,100*44
$GPRMC,163805,V,4448.5614,N,09333.0117,W,000.0,000 .0,260304,002.1,E*7D
$GPRMB,V,,,Stanton * * ,,4308.8388,N,09300.9833,W,,,*47
$GPGGA,163805,4448.5614,N,09333.0117,W,0,00,00.0,0 .0,M,0.0,M,,*5F
$PCAIB,00280,00067
$PCAID,N,+00224,000,128*05

I created an Excel spreadsheet a while back that compares the data output
from a 302 and 302A. *I'd be glad to e-mail it to you if you send me a note
asking for it.

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

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I thought this would be simple, but I can't find the answers in the
manual.
1. *How many turnpoints can I load into the memory (not the task, but
the turnpoint file)?
2. What NMEA sentences are output to the serial port?
3. Not that I will do it, but can I change the data output to NMEA
sentences other than the default?
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Thanks Paul,
I was wondering about the waypoint limitation because I used to have
the impression there was a 250 waypoint limit (don't know where I got
that idea) and had already exceeded that by loading 456 waypoints.
Thanks also for sending the data stream. I'll hook mine up tonight
and play little. I am particularly interested in the PCAID
sentence. I use XCSoar, and it currentlly doesn't properly display
the pressure altitude (always shows zero). I wasn't sure if cambridge
included that in the output datastream, or just recorded it in
the .igc file.
.... and thanks for having so much great information on your
website!