Hi Matt,

I hear what you're saying, and I do hope they get it working soon... but I
sincerely think you're going about it the hard, slow way. A serial flight
log download takes minutes. Using a USB Flash Drive takes seconds. The
PowerFLARM Core (Brick) units were supplied with USB extension cables
designed for panel mounting. If you use a USB Flash drive that has a
built-in LED that flashes to indicate when it is working (mine is a Sony) -
I really think you'll be all set.

A friend has proposed the idea of using a fiber-optic cable to bring the
Core's LED out to the panel. I don't know whether or not that will work,
but it is an interesting idea. He's looking into it.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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"Matt Herron Jr." wrote in message
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Last weekend I flew with the PF core upgraded to 3.00 and an Oudie upgraded
to 4.40.004. A V7 connects the two together (Firmware 2.02). All the
flight stuff worked fine, but I still got the error -9 when attempting to
download the flight from the core via the Oudie ConnectMe program.

ConnectMe recognizes the PF and displays it SN, Vers. No., etc. but will not
download the flight file. It is really inconvenient to have to plug in a
USB stick under the hood and try to see the light on the brick flashing. I
guess I could unscrew my glare shield after every flight, but I don't want
to.

Both Naviter and PowerFlarm think this should work, and both companies have
error logs from when it doesn't. It would be wonderful if they could get it
working! Has anyone else had any luck?

Thanks in advance,

Matt