Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Many thanks, Ron. We are currently in the UK and off to Morocco on Saturday. Been very lucky with the weather to date.All the bestBernardBernard Barry___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Jim, Could be radio frequency interference. The pressure altitude and GPS altitude are two different parts of the output messages. Could be that you are losing GPS altitude sometimes and Winpilot then uses PA. IF WinPilot has setups that allow it, take a look at what you have set it to use for altitude and if it does an automatic switch back to the other when one is unavailable for some reason. For airspace conformance Pressure Altitude is what you need. GPS is geometric altitude which is what your glider cares about for how far it can glide. Mike At 11:40 AM 9/09/2013, you wrote: I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly between gps and barometric pressure. I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a winpilot thing? Jim jar...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia" To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, Iâve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: <http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473>http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? Iâve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. Iâve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek -- Email sent using Optus Webmail ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 www.borgeltinstruments.com tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 mob: 042835 5784: int+61-42835 5784 P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Hi Tim,
There is an internal backup battery in the recorder (the black box
with the GPS antena on top) and in the L-NAV (flight computer) unit
itself. So far, I've replaced the recorder backup battery, is it the
one you had in mind?
Regards
Jarek
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It is almost certainly the internal battery. I have seen this type
of erratic behaviour quite a few times.
I’m not saying that with 100% certainty, because much else can go
wrong. But it is the first thing to try.
Cheers
_TIM_
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I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly
between gps and barometric pressure.
I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a
winpilot thing?
Jim
jar...@optusnet.com.au [1] wrote:
Hi Jim,
Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did
this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but
will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any
difference.
Regards
Jarek
BTW
I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700
JM
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Jarek.
I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm
(ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have
checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and
it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no
idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try
the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the
program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps.
Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you
find a solution let me know.
Jim
Jarek Mosiejewski wrote:
Hi,
I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has
an idea what could be the problem.
- No trace in the Cambridge recorder.
- The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the
flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994.
- In flight, I experienced some strange final glide
and L/D required calculation by WinPilot.
- The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a
series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473
[5] (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record
to the actual flight date)
- HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it
be better than this?
I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer
reports 3.0V.
I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen
anything like this.
Regards
Jarek
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Sorry Jim – my mistake. I was talking about Cambridge 20 problems where the internal battery often causes erratic behaviour. OzFlarms don’t have an internal battery – which is why if the power goes off they die instantly. Flarms, like other loggers, record both pressure altitude and gps altitude, and transmit an NMEA sentence to the PDA which contains the altitude readings, so that the PDA then has pressure altitude to use for glide calculations. I don’t think the Flarm would “switch” altitudes in the way you suggest. Cheers Tim Tra dire e fare c’è mezzo il mare From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jim crowhurst Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 11:52 To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem But i dont have the cambridge just the flarm and the pda. Do either of these have a internal battery? Sent from Samsung Mobile Tim Shirley wrote: It is almost certainly the internal battery. I have seen this type of erratic behaviour quite a few times. I’m not saying that with 100% certainty, because much else can go wrong. But it is the first thing to try. Cheers Tim Tra dire e fare c’è mezzo il mare From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jim crowhurst Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 11:41 To: jar...@optusnet.com.au; aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly between gps and barometric pressure. I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a winpilot thing? Jim jar...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia" To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek _ Email sent using Optus Webmail _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6601 - Release Date: 08/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6601 - Release Date: 08/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
But i dont have the cambridge just the flarm and the pda. Do either of these have a internal battery? Sent from Samsung Mobile Tim Shirley wrote: It is almost certainly the internal battery. I have seen this type of erratic behaviour quite a few times. I’m not saying that with 100% certainty, because much else can go wrong. But it is the first thing to try. Cheers Tim Tra dire e fare c’è mezzo il mare From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jim crowhurst Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 11:41 To: jar...@optusnet.com.au; aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly between gps and barometric pressure. I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a winpilot thing? Jim jar...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia" To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek Email sent using Optus Webmail No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6601 - Release Date: 08/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date.___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
It is almost certainly the internal battery. I have seen this type of erratic behaviour quite a few times. I’m not saying that with 100% certainty, because much else can go wrong. But it is the first thing to try. Cheers Tim Tra dire e fare c’è mezzo il mare From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jim crowhurst Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 11:41 To: jar...@optusnet.com.au; aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly between gps and barometric pressure. I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a winpilot thing? Jim jar...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia" To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek _ Email sent using Optus Webmail _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6601 - Release Date: 08/23/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
I have a feeling the my problem may be the flarm switching rapidly between gps and barometric pressure. I will try my other pda and then the volkslogger. Could it be a winpilot thing? Jim jar...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia" To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek Email sent using Optus Webmail___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Thank Ross, The PDA has the correct current date set so the IGC files written to the PDA file system were dated correctly, it is the internal IGC file record HFDTE that shows an incorrect date; In SeeYou, it is the one on the Flight tab, General Information, Date of Flight. Regards Jarek - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:59:37 +1000 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek The date issue will be related to the date/time set in your PDA. The Barogram issue is likely to be an intermittent "spike" in the log trace, I sometimes get this issue on my log trace as well, that would also possibly screw up your final glide and L/D calcs. ROSS FROM: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] ON BEHALF OF Jarek Mosiejewski SENT: Sunday, 8 September 2013 9:20 PM TO: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' SUBJECT: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 [1] (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek - Email sent using Optus Webmail Links: -- [1] http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Hi Jim, Tim Shirley suggested changing the Cambridge internal battery. I did this (the voltage jumped from 3.0V to 3.3V) as a precaution but will have to wait until the next flying day to see if it made any difference. Regards Jarek BTW I run WinPilot 9 on a HX4700 JM - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:37:55 +1000 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 [1] (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek - Email sent using Optus Webmail Links: -- [1] http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Jarek The date issue will be related to the date/time set in your PDA. The Barogram issue is likely to be an intermittent "spike" in the log trace, I sometimes get this issue on my log trace as well, that would also possibly screw up your final glide and L/D calcs. ROSS From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jarek Mosiejewski Sent: Sunday, 8 September 2013 9:20 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem Hi, I've already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I've checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I've been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Jarek. I run winpilot on my ipaq 3890 and it gets data from the flarm (ozflarm) I get the same steps on the trace from winpilot. I have checked this with 2 different flarm systems in 2 different gliders and it is the same problem. So unlikely to be lose wires etc. I have no idea why it does this. I am troubleshooting atm and am going to try the volkslogger to feed winpilot instead. The strange L/D info is the program trying to adjust the calculation from the steps. Its odd because on my traces the stepping is intermittent. If you find a solution let me know. Jim Jarek Mosiejewski wrote: Hi, I’ve already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I’ve checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I’ve been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Cambridge 20 problem
Hi, I've already emailed Ian McPhee about this but perhaps someone has an idea what could be the problem. - No trace in the Cambridge recorder. - The PDA connected to the Cambridge recorded the flight (WinPilot) but with the date of 23/01/1994. - In flight, I experienced some strange final glide and L/D required calculation by WinPilot. - The barogram when loaded to SeeYou appears as a series of up-and-downs of about 200+ ft. vertical range: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3375473 (the flight is invalid because I manually changed the HFDTE record to the actual flight date) - HFFXA100 record - fix accuracy is 100m, should it be better than this? I've checked the internal battery voltage, Cambridge Aero Explorer reports 3.0V. I've been using this instrument for a few years but never seen anything like this. Regards Jarek ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
