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Paul Remde wrote:
Hi, The "USB Jump Drive" SD card and CF card readers found using the link below look very nifty! I'll I transfer files to my PC using ActiveSync at home and bring a USB SD card reader to contests. That way the scorer doesn't need to install ActiveSync and setup connections to all the Pocket PCs at the contest. Hi Paul - ActiveSync offers a "guest" connection (versus the "partnership" connection) when you plug in a PDA, so you don't have to set up connections to every PDA that is used with with the desktop. Just a matter of clicking on the Guest button and it connects you so File Explorer can access the PDA. No file synchronization is done, but you don't want any! The contestant needs to bring a USB cable that matches his device, unless the scorer is really well set up. The USB SD card reader looks like a drive to the PC. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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"Paul Remde" wrote in message news:Mtr%c.129224$9d6.51414@attbi_s54...
Hi, I have just completed testing of a method for uploading waypoint databases and downloading flight logs from an ILEC SN-10 to a Pocket PC. Details are found on my ILEC page: http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ilec.htm It worked great. It is easy for a Pocket PC power user like me but may or may not be easy to do for those not as familiar with Pocket PCs and PCs. I have documented the procedure on the web site. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com I've been using this method for a year now, and it works well. Although if you have your PDA hooked up in flight, you don't need to download the non-secure SN-10 log, you can just use the non-secure log from the PDA software. The PocketDOS software also works with the Volkslogger DOS software, which allows you to download a secure log without removing the Volkslogger from the glider (and breaking the seal). What I would really like to see is for the ILEC SN-10 to work with the PDA in flight, just like most every other flight computer. I see the two as complimentary, not mutually exclusive. As I have said previously, this could be done if the SN-10 software simply outputs the IGC file B-records in real time on the serial port. This could be implemented simply without any major code revision. With this change you could leave the PDA permanently connected to the ILEC, and you would not need to mess with a download cable at all. In flight you would use a PDA software like SeeYou Mobile, then after landing all you would need to do is close this program and open PocketDOS. By saving the files to a memory card, you don't even have to remove the PDA from the glider. |
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I went out and tried this procedure using an Ipaq 3950 and it didn't
work worth a can of beans. I only tried downloading a flight log from my SN10B. Running PocketDOS and getting the SN10 to recognize the HL file transfer program worked fine, but as soon as I started to download the flight log it was apparent that the speed of the download was INCREDIBLY SLOW! I could live with that, but after a few minutes of uninterrupted downloading, the connection would self disconnect, and I would have to start all over again. After fooling around for about an hour, and only getting 33% of the flight log (a 4 hour flight) downloaded before it aborted, I quit. So, am I missing something? Is there a setting in PocketDOS (or the PDA) that will make the file transfer faster? What could be causing the connection to be interrupted? Once I start it, I walk away and don't touch a thing! Are there some weird problems with the 3950 that I don't know about? Mine refuses to format or read SD cards, could that mean that the PDA is bad? Has anyone else had any luck with this, or similar problems? Kirk |
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Hi Kirk,
I'm sorry to hear it is not working for you. My testing is limited because I don't have any large flight logs in my SN10 units. I'll do my best to try it with a friends unit soon. I was able to download small flight logs just fine using an iPAQ 3970. I guess more testing is needed. Thanks, Paul Remde "Kirk Stant" wrote in message om... I went out and tried this procedure using an Ipaq 3950 and it didn't work worth a can of beans. I only tried downloading a flight log from my SN10B. Running PocketDOS and getting the SN10 to recognize the HL file transfer program worked fine, but as soon as I started to download the flight log it was apparent that the speed of the download was INCREDIBLY SLOW! I could live with that, but after a few minutes of uninterrupted downloading, the connection would self disconnect, and I would have to start all over again. After fooling around for about an hour, and only getting 33% of the flight log (a 4 hour flight) downloaded before it aborted, I quit. So, am I missing something? Is there a setting in PocketDOS (or the PDA) that will make the file transfer faster? What could be causing the connection to be interrupted? Once I start it, I walk away and don't touch a thing! Are there some weird problems with the 3950 that I don't know about? Mine refuses to format or read SD cards, could that mean that the PDA is bad? Has anyone else had any luck with this, or similar problems? Kirk |
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Hi Kirk,
We must be doing something differently because it didn't work well for you and worked great for me. On Saturday I download a friends flight log from his SN-10b using my iPAQ 3970 with PocketDOS and the HL utility from ILEC. It worked perfectly. It downloaded the flight log in only about 1 to 2 minutes. However, the SN-10 then seemed to "think" for several minutes, but eventually the SN-10 reported that the transfer was successful. My iPAQ 3970 is basically the same as the 3950 you are using. Perhaps something was set differently in Pocket DOS? I tested PocketDOS without buying a license initially but later bought a license. I think it cost around $35. Without the license the software has some delays at startup and other differences. Could that be the problem? Paul Remde "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:SR55d.105486$MQ5.55893@attbi_s52... Hi Kirk, I'm sorry to hear it is not working for you. My testing is limited because I don't have any large flight logs in my SN10 units. I'll do my best to try it with a friends unit soon. I was able to download small flight logs just fine using an iPAQ 3970. I guess more testing is needed. Thanks, Paul Remde "Kirk Stant" wrote in message om... I went out and tried this procedure using an Ipaq 3950 and it didn't work worth a can of beans. I only tried downloading a flight log from my SN10B. Running PocketDOS and getting the SN10 to recognize the HL file transfer program worked fine, but as soon as I started to download the flight log it was apparent that the speed of the download was INCREDIBLY SLOW! I could live with that, but after a few minutes of uninterrupted downloading, the connection would self disconnect, and I would have to start all over again. After fooling around for about an hour, and only getting 33% of the flight log (a 4 hour flight) downloaded before it aborted, I quit. So, am I missing something? Is there a setting in PocketDOS (or the PDA) that will make the file transfer faster? What could be causing the connection to be interrupted? Once I start it, I walk away and don't touch a thing! Are there some weird problems with the 3950 that I don't know about? Mine refuses to format or read SD cards, could that mean that the PDA is bad? Has anyone else had any luck with this, or similar problems? Kirk |
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"Paul Remde" wrote in message news:YxL5d.117055$MQ5.57483@attbi_s52...
Hi Kirk, We must be doing something differently because it didn't work well for you and worked great for me. On Saturday I download a friends flight log from his SN-10b using my iPAQ 3970 with PocketDOS and the HL utility from ILEC. It worked perfectly. It downloaded the flight log in only about 1 to 2 minutes. However, the SN-10 then seemed to "think" for several minutes, but eventually the SN-10 reported that the transfer was successful. My iPAQ 3970 is basically the same as the 3950 you are using. Perhaps something was set differently in Pocket DOS? I tested PocketDOS without buying a license initially but later bought a license. I think it cost around $35. Without the license the software has some delays at startup and other differences. Could that be the problem? Paul Remde Paul, Not sure. I also bought the license, so it should be the same setup. Like I said, I couldn't use the SD card, and that could be part of the problem. I might play with it this winter some more. Kirk |
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