Brief review of Android XCSoar on the Streak 5 and LK8000 on the MIO 400

On Mar 31, 2:29*pm, Max Kellermann wrote:
Mike wrote:
Just received a Streak 5, updated to Froyo and installed XCSoar for
Android, and thought I would compare it to the MIO 400 with LK8000
that I used last year and give a quick review.

Even though you compared just the two hardware products, you mentioned
explicitly that you tried LK8000 on the MIO. *I would like to mention
that XCSoar can run on the MIO, too. *The installation procedure is
the same.

I could not get the 1.6 version of the Streak to find XCSoar on
Android Market and could not install XCSoar

Several people have reported that problem with old Android versions.
So far, I could not check this, because all my Android test devices
have Android 2.x, and XCSoar runs just fine in the 1.6 emulator.

According to the Market statistics, 4.4% of all XCSoar/Android users
still have Android 1.6.

Max

Today I tested the Bluetooth connectivity between the Streak and LX
Nano. Appears to work fine with the exception of task declaration.
Using a Win CE device the declaration to the Nano is possible through
SeeYou "ConnectMe" but I know of no way using an android base device.
I wish LX would make their output data public, so their products would
be more usable with other soaring programs.

Mike wrote:
Today I tested the Bluetooth connectivity between the Streak and LX
Nano. Appears to work fine with the exception of task declaration.
Using a Win CE device the declaration to the Nano is possible through
SeeYou "ConnectMe" but I know of no way using an android base device.
I wish LX would make their output data public, so their products would
be more usable with other soaring programs.

XCSoar 6.1 supports task declaration to LX Nano, but it's not released
yet. You can get a preview on the Android Market:

https://market.android.com/details?i...xcsoar.testing

Please give feedback if it works for you. Rob Dunning tested from
Windows Mobile to his LX Nano, and I tested from my Dell Streak to a
Colibri, but never from Android to Nano.

Max

On Apr 1, 12:07*am, Max Kellermann wrote:
Mike wrote:
Today I tested the Bluetooth connectivity between the Streak and LX
Nano. *Appears to work fine with the exception of task declaration.
Using a Win CE device the declaration to the Nano is possible through
SeeYou *"ConnectMe" but I know of no way using an android base device..
I wish LX would make their output data public, so their products would
be more usable with other soaring programs.

XCSoar 6.1 supports task declaration to LX Nano, but it's not released
yet. *You can get a preview on the Android Market:

*https://market.android.com/details?i...xcsoar.testing

Please give feedback if it works for you. *Rob Dunning tested from
Windows Mobile to his LX Nano, and I tested from my Dell Streak to a
Colibri, but never from Android to Nano.

Max

Max,

Task declaration works perfectly between the Nano and the Streak.
Triple checked it, no problems.

How stable is the 6.1 test version?

Thank you

Mike

Mike wrote:
Task declaration works perfectly between the Nano and the Streak.
Triple checked it, no problems.

Thanks, I'm very happy to read that!

How stable is the 6.1 test version?

Several people have given very positive feedback about 6.1. My
flights with it have been without any complications so far. But
still, you should keep the stable version 6.0.8 installed, just in
case you happen to discover the first severe bug. It's officially
"experimental" at this point.

Max

LK8000 v2.2 will be distributed on april 15th. It supports LX Nano and LX Colibri declaration, it has been tested a lot in the past months.
So we don't need ConnectMe. LX has kindly given out their specifications, and there are no more problems.




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On Mar 31, 2:29 pm, Max Kellermann wrote:
Mike wrote:

Today I tested the Bluetooth connectivity between the Streak and LX
Nano. Appears to work fine with the exception of task declaration.
Using a Win CE device the declaration to the Nano is possible through
SeeYou "ConnectMe" but I know of no way using an android base device.
I wish LX would make their output data public, so their products would
be more usable with other soaring programs.

On Apr 1, 4:13*am, "PCool" wrote:
LK8000 v2.2 will be distributed on april 15th. It supports LX Nano and LX Colibri declaration, it has been tested a lot in the past months.
So we don't need ConnectMe. *LX has kindly given out their specifications, and there are no more problems.

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* On Mar 31, 2:29 pm, Max Kellermann wrote:
* Mike wrote:

* Today I tested the Bluetooth connectivity between the Streak and LX
* Nano. *Appears to work fine with the exception of task declaration.
* Using a Win CE device the declaration to the Nano is possible through
* SeeYou *"ConnectMe" but I know of no way using an android base device.
* I wish LX would make their output data public, so their products would
* be more usable with other soaring programs.

Great news concerning LX loggers and task declarations using both
XCSoar and LK8000! Thanks to both teams and to LX.

Mike