New ILEC SN-10 Firmware

Hi,

I just learned a little more about soaring flight software for Pocket PCs
which support the new ILEC SN-10 features. pocket*StrePla is in late Beta
and reported to be working well. SeeYou is working on SeeYou Mobile
support.

It would be great for WinPilot to add support. I would think that the
ability to use the Climb Maximizer with an ILEC SN-10 would create some
WinPilot sales.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
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Hi Jerz,

Thanks for asking.

The new free SN-10 firmware upgrade (version 2.31) adds the following new
features:
a.. Output to support PDA (echo NMEA inputs + new ILEC sentences) - This
is a powerful new feature. The SN-10 can now received data from the GPS
and add ILEC data to the data stream that is sent to the PDA. The ILEC
data includes polar data, barometric altitude, wind speed and direction
and vario data to the PDA for use by soaring software. Contact the
soaring software vendor to see if it can support the use of this data.
b.. Bug fix: Map Alternates work properly in Club Mode
c.. VALI-IEC returns DOS ERROREVEL 1 on error, 0 on success (ease OLC
scripts)
d.. More helpful progress messages from PClink (HL/HL32)
e.. Demo updated to show alternates on moving map (club and competition)
Those features are in addition to features added in 2004 which includes
the ability to display reachable airports on the map screen. Airports
within gliding distance are shown as a "+" sign on the screen and airports
that are not reachable are shown with a "-" sign. Details and free
upgrade files are available he
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ilec.htm

I do not know the extent to which PDA soaring software supports the new
SN10 data output at this time. I believe SeeYou is working on support in
SeeYou Mobile. I don't know whether support is in the works for WinPilot
or pocket*StrePla. I imagine they will all support it eventually but I
can't say for certain.

I am now putting together new Goddard cable designs that will support the
new software functionality.

Also, the SN10 PC demo has been updated to show the display of reachable
airports on the map screen. It is also available on the page listed
above.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


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Sure Paul,

I was looking at buying an SN-10 but it did not talk with the Ipaq and
Windpilot. Does it now?

Jerz