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That's interesting, because _every_ contest that I have competed in for
years has accepted flight recorders... especially Cambridge that will automatically download directly. Larry Goddard "01" USA "Richard" wrote in message oups.com: Contests that I have competed in, over the last 5 years the scorer wants nothing to do with a flight recorder, they would not accept them. They required SD Card, USB sticks. disk etc. I sell a nice Colibri with a mini SD Card. Richard www.craggyaero.com On Feb 19, 3:54 pm, "Paul Remde" wrote: Hi Kirk, 2 comments It is my belief that contest scorers will love the EW microRecorder because you just plug it into the USB port on any PC and it looks like a memory card reader or hard drive. Very simple. No software required. EW is working on a slightly more expensive version of the microRecorder that will include an SD card slot. To be honest, I don't think it is necessary or worth the extra money. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "kirk.stant" wrote in message oups.com... Tom, SD cards are the way to go with a PDA. Good idea to have a couple of them (they don't have to be big - 64 or 32mb work fine if you can find them!) and put your contest ID and name on them (of course, your logger file in it also has that info). You may have to leave it with the scorer if he's swamped, and that makes it easier to get it back later or the next morning. That's the only problem I see with the new EW logger - you either leave the whole logger in the box with the rest of the SD cards and floppies, or you drag along you notebook and download it and transfer to another format. Ideally, a logger should transfer it's files directly to a USB thumbdrive or SD card (directly or via reader connected via USB port). Lot cheaper to misplace than a logger! Doesn't the latest Colibri do that? Kirk- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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"Richard" wrote in message oups.com... Contests that I have competed in, over the last 5 years the scorer wants nothing to do with a flight recorder, they would not accept them. They required SD Card, USB sticks. disk etc. I sell a nice Colibri with a mini SD Card. Richard www.craggyaero.com I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle. |
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Maybe its a west coast thing, Scorers in Ephrata, Montague 18m Nats,
15m Nats required the pilot to fiddle around instead of the scorer. CAI does connect well if you have a serial port and power to it which the scored may or maynot have. If his computer only has a USB then ???????? converter time. On Feb 20, 6:04 am, "01-- Zero One" wrote: That's interesting, because _every_ contest that I have competed in for years has accepted flight recorders... especially Cambridge that will automatically download directly. Larry Goddard "01" USA "Richard" wrote in message oups.com: Contests that I have competed in, over the last 5 years the scorer wants nothing to do with a flight recorder, they would not accept them. They required SD Card, USB sticks. disk etc. I sell a nice Colibri with a mini SD Card. Richard www.craggyaero.com On Feb 19, 3:54 pm, "Paul Remde" wrote: Hi Kirk, 2 comments It is my belief that contest scorers will love the EW microRecorder because you just plug it into the USB port on any PC and it looks like a memory card reader or hard drive. Very simple. No software required. EW is working on a slightly more expensive version of the microRecorder that will include an SD card slot. To be honest, I don't think it is necessary or worth the extra money. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "kirk.stant" wrote in message roups.com... Tom, SD cards are the way to go with a PDA. Good idea to have a couple of them (they don't have to be big - 64 or 32mb work fine if you can find them!) and put your contest ID and name on them (of course, your logger file in it also has that info). You may have to leave it with the scorer if he's swamped, and that makes it easier to get it back later or the next morning. That's the only problem I see with the new EW logger - you either leave the whole logger in the box with the rest of the SD cards and floppies, or you drag along you notebook and download it and transfer to another format. Ideally, a logger should transfer it's files directly to a USB thumbdrive or SD card (directly or via reader connected via USB port). Lot cheaper to misplace than a logger! Doesn't the latest Colibri do that? Kirk- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Because they don't want to get into anything which looks like a cable
connector. USB sticks or SD cards are simply shown as drives after insertion, and you pull the respective file. "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle. |
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Hi,
I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "Bert Willing" wrote in message ... Because they don't want to get into anything which looks like a cable connector. USB sticks or SD cards are simply shown as drives after insertion, and you pull the respective file. "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle. |
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No Paul I didn't miss the point. The scorer didn't want to deal with
flight recorders in general, if one then why not all questions, and they don't want to provide security for recorders that are left in the scoring office or just in the hanger. In short the scorers in the contests I was in just did'nt want to deal with flight recorders. Richard www.craggyaero.com On Feb 20, 8:57 am, "Paul Remde" wrote: Hi, I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "Bert Willing" wrote in message ... Because they don't want to get into anything which looks like a cable connector. USB sticks or SD cards are simply shown as drives after insertion, and you pull the respective file. "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Paul,
I originally assumed that the unit had to be turned on in order to access the files contained in memory. It appears from your posting that the 5V provide by the USB cable actuates memory access just like it does in a "thumb" drives. Cool!! Wayne EW Model D owner. "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:8MFCh.5413$PD2.2898@attbi_s22... Hi, I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. |
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Hi Wayne,
Yep. Paul Remde "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... Paul, I originally assumed that the unit had to be turned on in order to access the files contained in memory. It appears from your posting that the 5V provide by the USB cable actuates memory access just like it does in a "thumb" drives. Cool!! Wayne EW Model D owner. "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:8MFCh.5413$PD2.2898@attbi_s22... Hi, I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. |
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Richard wrote:
No Paul I didn't miss the point. The scorer didn't want to deal with flight recorders in general, if one then why not all questions, If you mean what I think you thought you meant ( ), the reason to make an exception for the EW is that downloading doesn't require a special program or cables or special knowledge - unlike all previous loggers. It's a memory stick just like all the others that scorers are demanding! and they don't want to provide security for recorders that are left in the scoring office or just in the hanger. So. No security for 50 or so cards and sticks? No security for the scorers' laptops? No security for the scorer's data on the laptops? Try again, Richard. ... In short the scorers in the contests I was in just didn't want to deal with flight recorders. No. They didn't want to deal with EXISTING flight recorders. This one sounds great and I'd be happy as a scorer to have one handed in. MUCH happier than to be given a Colibri or Volkslogger, both of which I would hand back and say - put it on a stick. If you're going to get grumpy with Paul, we're going to make you stand in the corner for a month. You're both only here on sufferance. GC Richard www.craggyaero.com On Feb 20, 8:57 am, "Paul Remde" wrote: Hi, I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "Bert Willing" wrote in message ... Because they don't want to get into anything which looks like a cable connector. USB sticks or SD cards are simply shown as drives after insertion, and you pull the respective file. "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Excuse me Graeme, I forgot that this is Paul's personal advertising
news group. Richard On Feb 20, 8:11 pm, Graeme Cant gcantinter@tnodedotnet wrote: Richard wrote: No Paul I didn't miss the point. The scorer didn't want to deal with flight recorders in general, if one then why not all questions, If you mean what I think you thought you meant ( ), the reason to make an exception for the EW is that downloading doesn't require a special program or cables or special knowledge - unlike all previous loggers. It's a memory stick just like all the others that scorers are demanding! and they don't want to provide security for recorders that are left in the scoring office or just in the hanger. So. No security for 50 or so cards and sticks? No security for the scorers' laptops? No security for the scorer's data on the laptops? Try again, Richard. ... In short the scorers in the contests I was in just didn't want to deal with flight recorders. No. They didn't want to deal with EXISTING flight recorders. This one sounds great and I'd be happy as a scorer to have one handed in. MUCH happier than to be given a Colibri or Volkslogger, both of which I would hand back and say - put it on a stick. If you're going to get grumpy with Paul, we're going to make you stand in the corner for a month. You're both only here on sufferance. GC Richard www.craggyaero.com On Feb 20, 8:57 am, "Paul Remde" wrote: Hi, I think you and Richard are missing the point about how easy the EW microRecorder is to use. You connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable and it looks exactly like a card reader or hard drive to the PC. The scorer can copy and paste the files from the EW to the PC in exactly the same way he/she copies files from a card reader. There is no software or drivers required. It is extremely simple. Once you see it in action you will most likely agree that no scorer will have a problem with connecting to the logger because it doesn't act like a logger - it acts like a card reader. I agree that it is nice that the new Colibri has a built-in microSD card reader because then the scorer won't need to use LXe or SeeYou or StrePla to copy flight logs from the Colibri. Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "Bert Willing" wrote in message ... Because they don't want to get into anything which looks like a cable connector. USB sticks or SD cards are simply shown as drives after insertion, and you pull the respective file. "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I don't see why a EW miroRecorder would be less convenient that a USB stick. Maybe the technology associated with the ON/OFF switch is too much for the scorer to handle.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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