"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Esysc.1914$eT4.92@attbi_s54...
if you are thinking about hooking up a VOR why not a GPS? The outputs
can be the same depending on the head configuration.

How can I hook up my autopilot to my AvMap's outputs?

Now THAT would be useful.

If your autopilot supports nav coupling (ie has CDI L/R input pins and
some kind of a mode button to bring this into the control loop), you
can get a converter that generates the standard CDI voltages from an
NMEA RS-232 data stream, see the Smart Coupler on
http://www.porcine.com. Looks like it could be installed in a portable
manner via some panel jack, or get the "LE" model and hide it under
the panel good ;-)

I thought about doing this for the ARC 200A Fail-o-Matic in my
Cardinal, its not much of an autopilot, but it does work fairly well
in the VOR/LOC tracking mode, so the GPS input would make it slightly
more useful in the typical VFR GPS direct-to flying. I understand
people have done this with mixed results, however, the dampening
circuits in these units were designed for twitchy VHF nav, not the
ultra-steady GPS corrections. May need to use the "high-sens" mode for
that, if it has one (the ARC units have a button for that, used when
tracking a localizer).

Martin