New technologies flight computer

A guy flying in our club has the New Technologies/Easybox Flight recorder
from an Italian company, he has a diamond flight he needs to validate but
can't seem to figure out how to download it from the flight recorder
using an IGC shell executable. There is a SD card reader with a USB port
to hook a laptop too but doesn't seem to be working. Does anyone have any
experience with this devise that can offer any suggestions to extract the
file for validation.Note has a CF card that can download the raw file
(.NT) then can convert to IGC on desktop but for badge purposes they say
(badgelady) they need it validated right from the flight recorder I'm
assuming. Any help would be great.



EG-

On Jul 14, 10:26*am, Ed Gaddy wrote:
A guy flying in our club has the New Technologies/Easybox Flight recorder
from an Italian company, he has a diamond flight he needs to validate but
can't seem to figure out how to download it from the flight recorder
using an IGC shell executable. There is a SD card reader with a USB port
to hook a laptop too but doesn't seem to be working. Does anyone have any
experience with this devise that can offer any suggestions to extract the
file for validation.Note has a CF card that can download the raw file
(.NT) then can convert to IGC on desktop but for badge purposes they say
(badgelady) they need it validated right from the flight recorder I'm
assuming. Any help would be great.

EG-

Hi Ed,

From your email address I'll assume you are in the US. I'm going to
be stating the obvious, but the two places to look are the
manufacturer's website and the IGC approval document.

Based on the latter, it appears that the only approved way of
accessing the file is via the cable connection between the box and a
PC as follows:

[quote]
B3.3 Transferring the Flight Data. If a portable PC is available, the
flight data may be transferred at the glider
without disturbing the installation of the Recorder; if a portable PC
is not available, the OO shall check and break
any sealing to the glider, and take the Recorder to a PC. If the OO is
not familiar with the actions required, the
pilot or another person may transfer the data while the OO witnesses
the process. Security is maintained by
electronic coding embedded in the Recorder which is then independently
checked later at the NAC (and at FAI if
the claim goes to them).
B3.3.1 Method: Use the manufacturer's cable that has an RJ45 connector
for the recorder, a female 9-pin
RS232 for connecting to a PC and 12 volt power connections to power
the recorder. Download the free IGC
Shell program and place all the files in one directory (the name IGC
Shell is recommended). These files are
available on the IGC GNSS web pages through the file igcdll.zip. For
the shell program to work with a
Recorder, the appropriate Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file from the
recorder manufacturer must be copied
to the IGC Shell directory. After copying it to the directory that
contains the IGC Shell files, execute IGCSHELL.
EXE. Set the path to the IGCshell directory using the "Set
Directories" button on the screen. The
IGCshell menu will now appear in a grey rectangular box with 9
software buttons for selecting the recorder
type, recorder settings and flight logs. The recorder software box at
the top should now include the line "NT
New Technologies s.r.l. 1.0 Easy Matchbox" or later version numbers.
This should be selected. With the
recorder connected to the PC and the correct Com Port selected on the
IGCshell screen, selections for data
Download and Validation can now be made using the screen buttons
provided. You can now download the
flight data which appears directly in IGC format.
B3.3.1.1 Validation of IGC files. With the recorder connected to the
PC and the IGC Shell program
menu selected, select the manufacturer from the top menu box, press
the "Validate" button and select the
IGC file that is to be checked. If successful, the message "File has
been successfully validated"
appears.If security has been breached the message "Validation check
failed" appears with a likely reason.
B3.3.1.2 Latest File Versions. The latest versions of the IGC shell
and DLL files must be used. These
can be obtained from the IGC GNSS site for software listed at the
beginning of this document.

[endquote]

The link to the IGC page(s) is as follows: http://www.fai.org/gliding/gnss/freeware.asp

Sorry can't help more, but I don't recall ever seeing an NT Easybox
here in the US of A.

Erik Mann
LS8-18 (P3)