The nexus has GPS, wifi, and bluetooth. It can connect to Flarm either
through a bluetooth Ioio, or by cable to the flarm output. Cable will
also supply power to the nexus from the flarm. I currently have a small
power pack which I use for extra battery life, (runs all day in the twin
astir), but am getting a cable setup to the flarm for my single seater.
Cheers
Glenn
On 25/05/2014 7:04 PM, Peter Champness wrote:
Looks very good.
What about connectivity. Nexus 7 does not seem to have a serial port.
Also does it have inbuilt GPS. If mot how doe you connect to flarm or
your logger?
Peter Champness
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Glenn McLean <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Richard,
I have followed your thread and the responses. The machine that I
have been using is a Nexus7 loaded with the current vesion of
XCsoar. This is a very low cost option (Nexus about 300 xcsoar
free) and I must say how impressed I am with it. I recently flew
in the state 2 seater comp at Keepit and set up the nexus in the
back seat. The DG is equipped with an lx8000, loaded with flarm
and such. In flight, the audio varios were singing together in
harmony like the beach boys (remember them?). The program is easy
to use and "home grown'. The display was excellent in sunlight and
I improved this with an anti glare overlay. (about $1.50).The only
negative I have with the setup is that it offers too much
information, generally more than is needed for most situations,
but it's nice to know that info is there if needed. The
(only)other negative is that it takes up a fair bit of realestate
on the panel.
Other users I know are Paul Mander, and Mick Webster. Mick
downloads his flights to OLC whilst on downwind, and Paul says
that this machine is state of the art.
We have put one into our club two seater, mainly fo the vario
unction, but it can also be hooked to the flarm and display other
flarm traffic on the screen.
So, my recommendation is don't ignore his excellent , very low
cost option until you have tried oe. I have and I will continue to
use mine in both of my aircraft.
I hope you are well.
Regards
Glenn McLean
On 23/05/2014 10:11 AM, Richard Frawley wrote:
All,
I am seeking contact with anyone who has recent experience
with the any of the latest generation of Vario (Butterfly,
LX7, etc etc).
They do seem to full of many features that I will never use
(apart from the noise and the wiggly bit, I really only used a
couple of things (wind and final glide as a backup) on the 302
I was using in the Mozzie) as I find the Oudie more than
adequate for 'Compute' tasks.
Do the new devices add any value in things like gust rejection
or wind accuracy or anything that you find of personal value.
Am looking to possibly replace some older kit in an LS8 I am
acquiring.
Regards
Richard
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