Hi Scott and others I have just installed XCSoar on the Ipaq 312, it seems to work fine on the ground, I have not flown with it as yet. The set up pdf available with the 312 XCSoar download suggested to use the serial-bluetooth adapter saying that the GPS in the PNAs is built for driving and therefore the altitude information may not be reliable. Whilst I am not an expert on GPS engines, I would think that it it produces altitude information, it is likely to be as correct as any other GPS. Having said that, when I am driving with it, it does fluctuate a bit. I have also found a program called Wedge, that is able to take data supplied by serial to USB converter and present it to the Win CE device. It is US$135 though.
Cheers Paul 2009/6/4 Scott Penrose <[email protected]> > On 04/06/2009, at 1:17 PM, David Lawley wrote: > > HI all, > > There is no cable available for converting a USB to seral port. > > > Yes, mostly correct. You can actually get a converter (not a cable) but it > is unlikely to have drivers for the PDA/PNA. > However, the reason people often think this is the case, is that it uses > the same cable connector on the PDA/PNA with a built in serial port. > Unfortunately most new PDAs and almost all PNAs do NOT have a serial port > internally. > > The commonly avalable usb-serial adaptors will not work with these sort of > PDA/PNA, as the 312/312/314 is a USB client NOT a host. > > I have seen a post on the XCSoar group that this has been done but I cant > find the post relating to doing so, maybe Johnny W can remember. > > Another option moght be a serial to bluetooth adaptor to send the FLARM > data to the PDA. > > > This really leaves you with the option above. However, even that is not > ideal, as most PNAs do not have the bluetooth stack. > > A PNA works great with XCSoar or similar, but really you want to be using > the built in GPS - once you start wanting to connect to a FLARM, and > shelling out the expense of a Bluetooth -> serial adapter, you may as well > buy a slightly more expensive PDA with serial port - and thus actually save > money. > > That said, I am putting XCSoar on my PNA to allow me to take XCSoar into > Club Gliders - all stand alone. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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