New Garmin 396

"Dan Luke" wrote in message

I believe this is an XM, rather than WxWorx issue.

Yes, that is disconcerting. But how can it be an XM issue if it only
happens with certain brands of hardware?


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Richard Kaplan

www.flyimc.com

"Richard Kaplan" wrote:

I believe this is an XM, rather than WxWorx issue.

Yes, that is disconcerting. But how can it be an XM issue if it only
happens with certain brands of hardware?

Is that so? A WxWorx person on the phone led me to believe it is
something to do with the XM system.

I do not understand the technical issues. I'll call WxWorx again and
see if I can get more details.

BTW, re. Bluetooth issues: I just got my WxWorx receiver back from being
converted. I spent a couple hours setting the system up, including a
Holux 230 Bluetooth GPS. WxWorx kindly includes a 120v power supply
with the conversion so this can all be done at home. That was a good
thing, as it took considerable fiddling to get everything to work,
although I never had to resort to calling WxWorx.

Everything seemed to be working fine at last, but I failed to make a
critical test before I put it all in the airplane: I did not do a cold
start of the whole system. Upon starting everything up in the airplane,
I found that WxWorx could not communicate with the GPS. Nothing I tried
worked until I deleted the GPS from Bluetooth devices in the Windows
Control Panel and added it back again. Then, everything worked fine
until I cold started again, whereupon WxWorx again could not find the
GPS.

*sigh* That will be the other thing I'll be talking to WxWorx about
today.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message

Is that so? A WxWorx person on the phone led me to believe it is
something to do with the XM system.

I have certainly heard and read that if you do not use an XM receiver for 90
days then it needs to be re-activated. There is no doubt that is an "XM"
issue.

I have not heard of any such deactivation issue for a unit used more often
than every 90 days; if that is the case, that is certainly not common to XM
receivers overall.

The Bluetooth situation you describe is indeed an excellent example of why a
solution like the 396 is more appealing than a PDA solution. The less
potential in-flight issues to diagnose the better. I love tinkering with
computers but not while I am flying.


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Richard Kaplan

www.flyimc.com

In article 1121262944.2f06222670a0bc3f220fd5b432f1d014@teran ews,
"Richard Kaplan" wrote:
I have not heard of any such deactivation issue for a unit used more often
than every 90 days; if that is the case, that is certainly not common to XM
receivers overall.

Richard,

It is common to the XM receivers used by WxWorx, and it is fairly well
known. It doesn't matter whether you're using those receivers with a PC
or PDA, or whose software you're running. I am not sure whether they've
found a resolution in the newer receivers, but as I stated, I haven't
had a problem with this issue.


JKG

In article ,
"Dan Luke" wrote:
Everything seemed to be working fine at last, but I failed to make a
critical test before I put it all in the airplane: I did not do a cold
start of the whole system. Upon starting everything up in the airplane,
I found that WxWorx could not communicate with the GPS. Nothing I tried
worked until I deleted the GPS from Bluetooth devices in the Windows
Control Panel and added it back again. Then, everything worked fine
until I cold started again, whereupon WxWorx again could not find the
GPS.


I haven't had any of these issues on the PDA, so it makes me wonder if
the Bluetooth issues are related to WindowsXP. I know that I can't get
my WindowsXP laptop to maintain a steady WiFi connection no matter what
I do... it's good for a random period of time, and then it drops and
resets. Have no such problem with WiFi on the iPaq or with my
Apple-branded laptop.



JKG

Jonathan Goodish wrote:

I haven't had any of these issues on the PDA, so it makes me wonder if
the Bluetooth issues are related to WindowsXP. I know that I can't get
my WindowsXP laptop to maintain a steady WiFi connection no matter what
I do... it's good for a random period of time, and then it drops and
resets. Have no such problem with WiFi on the iPaq or with my
Apple-branded laptop.

Its not XP, its the firmware in your device...

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Darrel Toepfer wrote:
I haven't had any of these issues on the PDA, so it makes me wonder if
the Bluetooth issues are related to WindowsXP. I know that I can't get
my WindowsXP laptop to maintain a steady WiFi connection no matter what
I do... it's good for a random period of time, and then it drops and
resets. Have no such problem with WiFi on the iPaq or with my
Apple-branded laptop.

Its not XP, its the firmware in your device...

Yes, I think the LInksys PC Card is the problem.


JKG