Filser interfacing woes

Why not try an up-to-date laptop with bluetooth capability. With a bluetooth
adaptor in the cockpit downloads, uploads and task programming can be
acheived from the laptop in your car or minivan!

Ian


"CV" wrote in message
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Eggert Ehmke wrote:
All new notebooks have USB ports, that replace the serial ports. To
connect
an old serial cable, you need an usb-to-serial adapter. These adapters
are
to be found in electronic shops, and on eBay in the 10-20 $ range (at
least
in europe). They work fine.
Eggert

Big thanks to you, and others who replied. The adapter seems to be
the quick and easy way out for the moment. But I'll keep the PDA
in mind too. Must say that fiddling around with the laptop in
the cockpit when you are just about to derig and have a thousand
other things to think about is a bit invonvenient.

Thanks again /CV

tango4 wrote:

Why not try an up-to-date laptop with bluetooth capability. With a bluetooth
adaptor in the cockpit downloads, uploads and task programming can be
acheived from the laptop in your car or minivan!

interesting, but are there Bluetooth adaptors that fit on a LX 5000
without requiring a PC (I guess it would be a serial to Bluetooth
adaptor) ? Have you tried it ?


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Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?

I have tried it with variable results. I have some RS232 to bluetooth
adaptorsthat automagically connect to my laptop once it comes within range.
Once I have sorted out how to make a reliable connection I'll post the
results here.

Ian


"Denis" wrote in message
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tango4 wrote:

Why not try an up-to-date laptop with bluetooth capability. With a
bluetooth
adaptor in the cockpit downloads, uploads and task programming can be
acheived from the laptop in your car or minivan!

interesting, but are there Bluetooth adaptors that fit on a LX 5000
without requiring a PC (I guess it would be a serial to Bluetooth
adaptor) ? Have you tried it ?


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Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?

tango4 wrote:

I have tried it with variable results. I have some RS232 to bluetooth
adaptorsthat automagically connect to my laptop once it comes within range.
Once I have sorted out how to make a reliable connection I'll post the
results here.

Ian

thank you - I will be interested by the reference if it works well ...

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Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?