On Aug 11, 8:55*am, Papa3 wrote:
On Aug 10, 8:57*pm, Al wrote:





On Aug 10, 1:55*pm, Papa3 wrote:

On Aug 10, 4:14*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:46:42 -0700, Papa3 wrote:
However, I'm now less clear on which version is the "PNA Version".. * I
tried the one from the Italian site referred to by Al above, but after
extracting the files to the SD Card and trying to run the PNA
executable, I get an error message that one of the components is
missing. * I tried extracting all files to the root and also maintaining
the original folder names (ie. with XCSoardata) but neither approach
worked.

What was the missing component?

Its difficult to diagnose the problem without that information.

You probably need to know that GRecordDll.dll is normally missing from
PNA alpha and beta releases. IIRC its absence is silently ignored: XCSoar
runs without it but won't create IGC log files. You can get it by
downloading the latest stable version (5.2.2), and dropping its copy of
GRecordDll.dll into the 310 alongside the exes. Or contact me off list
and I'll send you a copy.

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martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org * * * |

Well, there were a number of DLLs that ship with the 5.2.2 PNA version
missing. * Once I loaded the 5.2.2 version onto the SD Card then the
new LX8000alfa, everything seems to be just fine. * I think I had
previously loaded a version designed for the PC by accident...

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So far, I've only used it to navigate from the comfort of my easy-
chair. *Didn't get lost, so that's a good sign :-)

Seriously, I've been flying with Glide Navigator and Pocket-Nav before
that, which is the minimalist approach to situational awareness and
information presentation. *I'll need to fly with XCSoar to form an
opinion. *The original goal was to have something we could stick into
a Grob 103 for use in local and regional tasks. * *It looks like it
will fit the bill, though I do get the sense that task entry isn't a
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Well, so far so good. I have the basic configuration items more-or-
less set (geez 20 something different customization screens - we've
done SAP implementations with fewer options :-0 ) Once I got through
that, I was able to load airspace and waypoint files without
problems. Still haven't quite figured out the purpose of Airfields
files (I know, RTFM). The only rub is that I don't seem to be able
to get the Terrain Generator server to create an XCM file for me. Not
sure if it's down or if it's another stupid user issue. I was able
to download a zip file from Sourceforge that contained some terrain
for the eastern part of the US of A, which seems to work, though the
colors and contrast are a little washed out.

Anyway, there's a lot more configuration than what I'm used to with
Glide Navigator, but that's a one-time deal. I'm sure I'll figure
out what settings work best. Thus far, the only complaint is that
the standard landscape mode seems to eat up an awful lot of precious
real-estate on the 310; the data bar on the right side is about 1/3 of
the total screen area. I could do without the vario feature and a
single column of information. Full screen mode seems a little more
efficient in terms of screen usage. We'll see.

Erik