Kirk - I'm not sure I understand your point here. Are you saying that choosing to "roll our own" custom HW interface solution is a negative? If someone either doesn't have the skills or simply doesn't want the hassle then they can purchase any one of a number of pre-built cables and interface solutions that will work with XCSoar. This is no different than hooking an Oudie up to instrumentation - you can "roll you own" or buy a pre-made cable and interface kit. Maybe I missed the point...

On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 12:31:34 PM UTC-5, kirk.stant wrote:
On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 4:42:25 PM UTC-5, Sean Fidler wrote:
Thanks Robert. Great info. Soldering iron warming up...

Sean, this is EXACTLY why many of us prefer the Oudie to building a "supposedly" superior system out of more "up to date" technology and software.

Buy it, hook it up, configure the displays to your liking (or use the defaults if you are really lazy or computer-challenged) and go fly. Oudie does that, at a fraction of the cost of the higher end systems.

Myself, I'll probably stick to my SN10+Oudie2+PF setup until something significantly better is available (and I don't see XCsoar as "significantly better" than SYM, in the ways I use my moving map). Right now, what I'm watching is the evolution of iGlide and the sunlight readability of the big iPhones - when they meet my personal criteria of features and cost-effectiveness, then I might retire my Oudie. My SN10, OTOH, stays until it dies, I like it so much...

And, as a big believer in redundancy - I would never want my primary nav display to also be my retrieve phone, etc. That's just asking for Murphy to have a go!

Meanwhile, have fun with your science project and keep us posted!

Kirk
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