On Friday, July 26, 2013 1:40:47 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Flew on Thursday and I didn't change anything since last Sunday's flight where everything worked great. I tried the same set-up yesterday and nothing worked. I kept getting a message that said it wasn't reading the vario data and then it couldn't read the GPS. Just locked up. I give up. Back to the old cable, Compaq PDA and Winpilot 13.01.

Chuck,

I went to the airport today and tried to run WinPilot PRO for PNA's off my storage card. It gave me the same window as you had seen about not being able to read the Vario.
I then removed my storage card and then opened Winpilot PRO as it is installed on the PNA. It opened without any problems. I flew for over 2 hours and had no problem and then after landing let it run for another hour as the ramp temp was well over 100 degrees.

At 15 thousand feet, today, it also ran just fine in the nice cool air.....ahhhhhh. Also, it ran fine when I penetrated a thunderstorm line with lighting and thunder along with some very heavy rain.

If I am recalling correctly, I do believe it needs to be installed on the PNA and NOT run from the storage card. I also believe since I was the first one to run WinPilot PRO for PNA's, that many changes have taken place as the first early version is much smaller in size than the current version.

DISCLAIMERI am retired and not employed by any vendor for anything. PERIOD.

Best regards, #711.