LX NAV offers new V7 Vario

It is my great pleasure to announce a new product by LXNAV, V7.

V7 is a standalone digital speed-to-fly variometer and final glide
calculator with GPS input and PDA/PNA input/output. It is a great
companion to the Ultimate Le, Oudie, PDA or PNA.

See details later today at:

www.craggyaero.com

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Oct 19, 6:31*pm, Richard wrote:
It is my great pleasure to announce a new product by LXNAV, V7.

V7 is a standalone digital speed-to-fly variometer and final glide
calculator with GPS input and PDA/PNA input/output. It is a great
companion to the Ultimate Le, Oudie, PDA or PNA.

See details later today at:

www.craggyaero.com

Richardwww.craggyaero.com


If the V7 is connected to a simple GPS (e.g. a Nano) and an Oudie
will the V7 mix and pass through air data from itself with the NMEA
data stream from the GPS?

Would ConnectMe in the Oudie be able to download datalogger traces
from the Nano through the V7 without altering the connections.

If it does both of the above it is effectively an up to date 302
replacement.

John Galloway

Hi John,

I sell the LXNAV V7 also. It is a very, very nice variometer. It will work
fantastically with a Nano and Oudie. I have not received my first batch
yet, so I can't give you a first-hand review yet. But I should receive them
very soon. I have played with the very similar V5 variometer a lot.

Yes. The V7 will pass GPS (and FLARM) data through the V7 to any PDA.

Yes. The V7 will add air data (airspeed, variometer, wind, etc.) and send
it to the PDA.

Yes. You can send a task declaration from an Oudie through the V7 to the
Nano.

However, it is not possible to download a flight log from a Nano over the
serial port because the Nano doesn't support that functionality. If it did,
you could do it through the V7. The idea is to take the Nano home. I don't
know whether it will support flight log downloads over the serial port in
the future. That would be a nice feature for customers that want to leave
the Nano in the glider. Theoretically, you could take the microSD card out
of the Nano and take it home for flight log transfers. But the Nano manual
strongly recommends leaving the microSD card in the Nano permanently.

I have a preliminary version of the V7 manual which I have read from cover
to cover. If it is not up on their web site yet, it will be soon.

I'll finally get the V7 onto my web site today.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"johngalloway" wrote in message
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On Oct 19, 6:31 pm, Richard wrote:
It is my great pleasure to announce a new product by LXNAV, V7.

V7 is a standalone digital speed-to-fly variometer and final glide
calculator with GPS input and PDA/PNA input/output. It is a great
companion to the Ultimate Le, Oudie, PDA or PNA.

See details later today at:

www.craggyaero.com

Richardwww.craggyaero.com


If the V7 is connected to a simple GPS (e.g. a Nano) and an Oudie
will the V7 mix and pass through air data from itself with the NMEA
data stream from the GPS?

Would ConnectMe in the Oudie be able to download datalogger traces
from the Nano through the V7 without altering the connections.

If it does both of the above it is effectively an up to date 302
replacement.

John Galloway

On 10/26/2011 9:31 AM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi John,

I sell the LXNAV V7 also. It is a very, very nice variometer. It will
work fantastically with a Nano and Oudie. I have not received my first
batch yet, so I can't give you a first-hand review yet. But I should
receive them very soon. I have played with the very similar V5
variometer a lot.

Yes. The V7 will pass GPS (and FLARM) data through the V7 to any PDA.

Yes. The V7 will add air data (airspeed, variometer, wind, etc.) and
send it to the PDA.


Does the V5 also do this? If so, what is the difference between the V5
and the V7?

On Oct 26, 9:35*am, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/26/2011 9:31 AM, Paul Remde wrote:

Hi John,

I sell the LXNAV V7 also. It is a very, very nice variometer. It will
work fantastically with a Nano and Oudie. I have not received my first
batch yet, so I can't give you a first-hand review yet. But I should
receive them very soon. I have played with the very similar V5
variometer a lot.

Yes. The V7 will pass GPS (and FLARM) data through the V7 to any PDA.

Yes. The V7 will add air data (airspeed, variometer, wind, etc.) and
send it to the PDA.

Does the V5 also do this? *If so, what is the difference between the V5
and the V7?

Greg,

The V5 is a vario Module for use with only the LX8000, LX8080 and the
LX9000.
The V7 is a standalone Vario that can be used with other GPS inputs
and provides output to many displays, Ultimate Le, Oudie etc.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Oct 26, 2:26*pm, Richard wrote:
On Oct 26, 9:35*am, Greg Arnold wrote:



On 10/26/2011 9:31 AM, Paul Remde wrote:

Hi John,

I sell the LXNAV V7 also. It is a very, very nice variometer. It will
work fantastically with a Nano and Oudie. I have not received my first
batch yet, so I can't give you a first-hand review yet. But I should
receive them very soon. I have played with the very similar V5
variometer a lot.

Yes. The V7 will pass GPS (and FLARM) data through the V7 to any PDA.

Yes. The V7 will add air data (airspeed, variometer, wind, etc.) and
send it to the PDA.

Does the V5 also do this? *If so, what is the difference between the V5
and the V7?

Greg,

The V5 is a vario Module for use with only the LX8000, LX8080 and the
LX9000.
The V7 is a standalone Vario that can be used with other GPS inputs
and provides output to many displays, Ultimate Le, Oudie etc.

Richardwww.craggyaero.com

What functionality would the vario add to an existing Oudie/Nano
system?

On Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:31:08 AM UTC+10, Richard wrote:
It is my great pleasure to announce a new product by LXNAV, V7. V7 is a standalone digital speed-to-fly variometer and final glide calculator with GPS input and PDA/PNA input/output. It is a great companion to the Ultimate Le, Oudie, PDA or PNA. See details later today at: www.craggyaero.com Richard www.craggyaero.com

I am considering a Nano - V7 - PNA (Nexus 7 tablet with XC soar) with a Mini oz flarm set up . Could I send all flarm data to the tablet using a bluetooth dongle on the back of the V7? If so, what exactly would appear on my tablet screen? Would I see registration and climb rates for other aircraft?

Mark

Mark,

The V7 will pass data from the GPS source through to XC Soar.

You said you would connect a Nano to the V7, but to get the flarm info. you either need an IOIO board that will take the signals from both the V7 and flarm into the tablet, or mpre simply use the flarm as the GPS source for the V7.

This will allow the flarm info to be passed through the V7 to XC Soar via the V7 bluetooth module.

Dave Springford

On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:02:25 PM UTC+10, Dave Springford wrote:
Mark, The V7 will pass data from the GPS source through to XC Soar. You said you would connect a Nano to the V7, but to get the flarm info. you either need an IOIO board that will take the signals from both the V7 and flarm into the tablet, or mpre simply use the flarm as the GPS source for the V7.. This will allow the flarm info to be passed through the V7 to XC Soar via the V7 bluetooth module. Dave Springford

Dave,
OK, thanks for that and that sounds like what I want to do, but what will appear on the tablet (xcsoar)? A flarm radar with registration and climb rates? Or just targets. I suppose it doesn't really matter, but it would be nice to see those two things!
Mark

Mark, I have an IOIO board mixing an LX7007 Pro IGC and PowerFLARM Core, to a Dell Streak running XC Soar 6.5.

The answer to your questions, in my case - though I'm wired to the Android device not bluetoothing (once the connection is made, really to the user there are no differences) - a

1. On the map page - you see the FLARM targets and, IF you have installed the FLARMnet database for XC Soar (easy), you also see the contest ID (or whatever the FLARMnet owner has decided to put in - perhaps, registration). Page 104 of the 6.6.5 manual shows a picture.

2. To get more detail, when the FLARM radar screen appears (lower right corner) over top of the screen (so you may lose info boxes depending on your screen set-up), you tap it. It takes over the whole screen; you then get
Top left : If available the FLARM ID of the selected target.
Top right : Vario of the target, derived from the consecutive altitude
messages.
Bottom left : The distance to the target.
Bottom right : The relative height of the target, for the selected target.

You tap again to get rid of it and go back to your navigation screens. Pages 105-108 talk about and show pictures of this (manual at http://www.xcsoar..org/discover/manual.html).

I don't think the PCAS/ADS-B targets are passed from PowerFLARM; I don't know if miniOZ flarm does transponders/ADS-B.

For me, having the flarm take over the whole display is bothersome; even the small flarm radar screen is a problem, overlapping info boxes whenever traffic is displayed (where I fly, airspace is usually nearby). I will probably turn off the flarm radar screens, and just keep the map display of flarm targets. I have an external rectangular Butterfly display that displays flarm targets, climb rates on selected targets; a glance at that screen gets me the info I want, and keeps my head out of the cockpit for the large number of gliders around me that aren't flarm equipped. If you don't have space for a small display, the android display likely will meet your needs; if not, purpose-built flarm displays are fairly cheap.

Overall, for me it works very well; if I lose my Butterfly display in flight, I have a back-up, and get situational awareness of traffic around me on the XC Soar map. You do have to have a friend or vendor make an IOIO box if you are a techno-bozo like me (thanks again Luke). Dave indicates that the dongle will pass the flarm data by bluetooth. A neat solution.

So, in answer to your questions:
A flarm radar with registration and climb rates? Or just targets.

The answers a Yes (qualified, when you go to the purpose flarm screen), and yes (always, with contest numbers).

There has been discussion on why more tactical data isn't displayed on the main screen; the developers feel that more data would clutter the screen, and that the purpose of the flarm - anti-collision warning - is achieved by the current implementation, and it keeps your head out of the cockpit.

Hope this helps.