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Old November 21st 12, 01:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Remde
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Default Spliting GPS out

Hi,

It is true that a K6 Mux could be used to do the job very nicely. However,
the note below is not correct. The ACK E-04 has pins for a jumper (not
provided) that can be used to change the baud rate. Several months ago I
purchased a jumper and set the baud rate to 4800 baud for a customer. I
also sell a nice Goddard wiring harness for the E-04 with a blinking light
to indicate GPS data receptions.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ack.h...9m-LED-12V-0.3

As stated before here, the GPS data can be split to go to multiple devices.
2 receivers nearly always works great. 3 works great sometimes. If a
simple split doesn't work then a K6 Mux is a good idea. If you are relying
on the data for an emergency with the E-04, then perhaps it makes sense to
invest in the K6 Mux to ensure the signals are strong.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/k6.htm

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Michael Huber" wrote in message ...

Example: take GPS from PowerFLARM to PNA and ACK E-04 ELT.


If you want to output collision warnings to the PNA the original Flarm
needs at least 19200bd, but the E-04 only accepts up to 9600bps. You
might want to check if this is the same for the Power Flarm.

Michael