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This is my initial evaluation of the Navman PiN for use in
a glider as an integrated flight computer system. The reason for this evaluation is my desire to find a self contained flight computer for the SparrowHawk I have on order. By self contained I mean with an internal battery suitable for several hours use and complete with GPS. There are no other bits and pieces to complete the system. Both Glide Navigator 11 and SeeYou Moble function correctly and I think I have a working system. The Navman PiN looks like and functions similar to a regular IPAQ 3950 which I am currently using in the DG800B. There is a full function computer (MSN operating system) and a color display very slightly smaller than the IPAQ 3950. A small flip up antenna is used for the GPS. The GPS is on Comm 2, and 4700bps. The object of the Navman PiN is to supply a mobile color navigation system for automobile use with a full personal PC function. This it does well. The street price (Ebay etc.) for the Navman is less than $400 including shipping and no tax and it comes with a 32 Mbytes flash card suitable for GN 11 and nearby US street maps but insufficient for the full US maps etc. I have both GN 11 and mSeeYou operating correctly and todate have used these programs in a vehicle in hilly Nevada to test out the system. Both work correctly and I am able to generate IGC files to load down into my desktop PC using activesync. The road navigation program that comes with the Navman also works well. Bottom line is that the Navman offers a compact alternative to the IPAQs and I intend to install this system in the SparrowHawk. A couple of caveats for the pocket PC novice. I think the operating system used on pocket PCs was designed primarily to frustrate humans and secondly to provide a useable tool. There are similarities and large differences between pocket PCs and desktop PCs that are not INTUITIVE! As usual documentation is abysmal and the novice user will suffer. Many programs such as the navigation program cannot be turned off. They are always in the background. So if the GPS function is ON for the navigation program no other program can use the GPS. Fortunately with 4 clicks you can switch off the GPS function to the nav program and the GPS is available for either GN 11 or mSeeYou. To do the opposite requires only 3 additional clicks. If any of you want to try this system and have startup problems don't hesitate to email me. After many hours of frustration I think I can now suggest fixes to most startup problems. Dave |
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....is there no equivalent to the iPaq "itask" button (#4 button) which
shows all running tasks and with a press and a tap ends them all at once? and no 'Exit' option anywhere from the Nav. program? That would seem to be a poor design if true. Sometimes the devlish software engineers hide the Exit udner Tools or FIle or ???? Bob |
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