I appreciate the note that proprietary equipment manufacturers are providing hardware to assist in XCSoar development.
I really love XCSoar and use it on every available opportunity. I fly club aircraft so don't have a system as capable as XCSoar in many aircraft I fly. So I use a $80 Chinese car GPS stand alone for navigation, final glide, confirmation of sector etc. Final glides are fantastic and reliable. I rely on the winter/B50 vario in the club aircraft and fly VFR. I consider wind direction and speed as essential and XCSoar gives me that reliably in thermal Xcountry mode. Wind direction and speed is absolutely essential in the wave flying I do in the Cooma region and I don't have a system that calculates other than doing at least 3 turns. I would be interested in options whereby I could easily and reliably get an ASI input into my cheap Chinese GPS through the standard small USB interface. But keep up the good work on you open source software. Please. Alan Wilson Canberra Australia http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightbook.html?sp=2012&st=olcp &rt=olc&pi=22975 PS Also, how do you force change from 'circling' screen other defined screens 'cruise', Aux. And stop the screen from locking into 'final glide'. -----Original Message----- From: Max Kellermann [mailto:m...@duempel.org] Sent: Monday, 25 June, 2012 6:30 PM To: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Xcsoar-user] Hardware donation from LXNAV Hi, last week, I have received a packet from LXNAV with a V7 vario and a Nano logger, for free. That allows us to improve support for these products. XCSoar 6.3.7 already has a few V7 specific fixes, and XCSoar 6.4 (first alpha this week) will feature extended support for both V7 and Nano. Quite a few vendors have already donated hardware to XCSoar developers: Triadis, EW, IMI, K6 Team, LX Navigation, SoarTronic. Sometimes, difficult interoperability problems can be solved quickly when a developer has the device on his desk. Every pilot can help by making hardware manufacturers aware that you care for XCSoar interoperability. If they feel XCSoar is important for their customers and their business, it's likely they will publish documentation and donate test hardware, and we can solve your problems easily. Max ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
