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Old March 3rd 10, 04:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Peter Wyld[_2_]
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Default Downloading .igc fliles from Volkslogger


"Wojciech Scigala" wrote in message
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Uzytkownik RN napisal:

Now, I just need to figure out why P-Strepla shows it has found the
Volkslogger, and has the correct file, but somehow downloads the
SeeYou file on the PDA to the SD Card.

I've just browsed P-Strepla's features, and it seems to me that this
software cannot download files from flight recorders (like Volkslogger).
It only uses Volkslogger as a source of GPS signal and barometric
altitudes.

So P-Strepla is perfectly correct saying it has found and connected to
Volkslogger. But it has nothing in common with IGC-sanctioned flight
recording.

SeeYou Mobile cannot download files as well. There's a companion
application called ConnectMe (freeware) which does it.

Usually there's no need to download logger's files to PDA, as they are to
be analysed on PC anyway. You can connect Volkslogger to PC directly to
make the download.

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From a scorer's point of view, it is considerably faster to get results done
if the igc file is handed in on a card or thumb drive. Downloading traces
from loggers is a pita and takes considerable time which could be better (or
more enjoyably) spent in the bar!
SeeYou even provide a free program (IGCMail) which collects igc files from
an email account which makes it even simpler! Neither this nor the igc file
on a card absolves the pilot from the responsibility of keeping the original
trace in the logger for possible checking.