XCSoar's website has a few IOIO suppliers listed - http://www.xcsoar.org/hardware/ I have a prototype plug-and-play SoarTronic that seems to work reliably (although it is quite 'noisy' - needed to lift the squelch on my radio) -matthew
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Paul Mander <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Macca, can you put me in touch with the IOIO supplier you mention, > please? All the best, Paul > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ian Mc Phee > *Sent:* Friday, 8 November 2013 7:43 AM > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > *Subject:* [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 302 and 303 service > > > > I spoke to Gary Kammerer of Clear Nav a few days ago and am pleased to > report he will be taking over the service of the 302 varios & 303 navigator > (he has been doing service on earlier LNav and model 20 loggers). The > owners of Cambridge closed the doors for business earlier this year and > finally parted with parts etc so service could be continued. The owners of > Clear Nav are glider pilots as is the software developers who are based in > UK. > > > > Most of the issues with 302s is the equipment made at Martinsville which > was between Vermont base and then Memphis as quality control was not good > enough. There were little issues with equipment which came from Gary and > then Jeff Bennett at Memphis. It is now 20 years since Cambridge introduced > GPS logging to the gliding world and all that gear can now be serviced. > > > > The Clear Nav vario has been extremely slow at coming to the market but > think this has proved a good decision. The presentation of climb and > cruise I believe is better than the 302 but the same very reliable > transition between cruise and climb of 302 has still been retained. Clear > Nav have submitted the Vario to the IGC and await their approval as a > secure logger which I would like to think may be done by Christmas.. > > > > Coming shortly for the CN vario will be an inexpensive navigation display > and will look a little like the Cambridge 303 navigator. It is designed for > those not coupling their vario to the CN Multi Function Display or Nexus 7 > etc. > > > > I recently did an install and customer with 2 seater and was using a pair > of Nexus 7 using XC soar and are linking it to Clear Nav Vario via an IOIO > box from Sweden. > > This looks interesting and I would expect even better displays just around > the corner. > > > > That's about all I know for know for now. > > > > Ian McPhee > > 0428847642 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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