PowerFLARM firmware v3.00 released (feature complete)

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:43:05 PM UTC-4, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
I guess I could unscrew my glare shield after every flight,
but I don't want to.

Get one of these:
http://www.frontx.com/pro/p1011_036.html

Oudie will hopefully display (nearly instantaneous)
IGC file download progress information.

Hope that helps,
Best Regards, Dave

On May 16, 8:10*am, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:43:05 PM UTC-4, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
I guess I could unscrew my glare shield after every flight,
but I don't want to.

Get one of these:http://www.frontx.com/pro/p1011_036.html

Oudie will hopefully display (nearly instantaneous)
IGC file download progress information.

Hope that helps,
Best Regards, Dave

I have a brick and I still can't update a config file or firmware with
this cable because I don't see the LED on the unit. I actually need to
take off the canopy. Is there solution to this problem coming?
Shouldn't a display show this LED status through the communication
protocol. This a big pain in the rear end.

Andrzej et all..

Turn off the flarm, plug in the USB stick, turn on the flarm, wait for
the display to go to the standard view (butterfly with gps and tx boxes)
- the update is done, pull out the USB go fly and have fun. No need to
watch the LED. If you want to verify the update was completed, turn off
the flarm, turn it back on and hit the display knob during boot up to
get flarm info. Installing the panel mounted USB extension makes life
even easier.

Don't let the tech drive you nuts, you will enjoy flying a lot more :-)

Luke

Andrzej Kobus wrote, On 5/16/2013 5:58 AM:
On May 16, 8:10 am, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:43:05 PM UTC-4, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
I guess I could unscrew my glare shield after every flight,
but I don't want to.

Get one of these:http://www.frontx.com/pro/p1011_036.html

Oudie will hopefully display (nearly instantaneous)
IGC file download progress information.

Hope that helps,
Best Regards, Dave

I have a brick and I still can't update a config file or firmware with
this cable because I don't see the LED on the unit. I actually need to
take off the canopy. Is there solution to this problem coming?
Shouldn't a display show this LED status through the communication
protocol. This a big pain in the rear end.

Firmware _updates_ are rare, so that is a small inconvenience. Updating
the config file doesn't need any LED watching. It's not an "update", it
just reads a tiny file into the box. Just leave the USB stick in the
unit all the time, and it will read the file automatically in a fraction
of second as it starts up - no need to monitor it.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

I use this panel pass-through, and it works well: "NEUTRIK - USB A/B Pass Thru Black D-Type". I have a usb stick with a flashing LED to indicate it is accessing.

I would be nice if there were a menu item, perhaps below the one where you set it to download IGC files, where you could end recording and then download IGC files to the USB stick without cycling power. I have to turn off everything, then boot my 7007 (provides power to the Core) in order to get the IGC file out.

I am happy that I can transfer declarations from my Dell Streak/XC Soar via IOIO to the Core - very handy.

On 05/16/2013 10:52 AM, Dan Daly wrote:
I use this panel pass-through, and it works well: "NEUTRIK - USB A/B Pass Thru Black D-Type". I have a usb stick with a flashing LED to indicate it is accessing.

I would be nice if there were a menu item, perhaps below the one where you set it to download IGC files, where you could end recording and then download IGC files to the USB stick without cycling power. I have to turn off everything, then boot my 7007 (provides power to the Core) in order to get the IGC file out.

I am happy that I can transfer declarations from my Dell Streak/XC Soar via IOIO to the Core - very handy.

There is an IGC flight download menu item in the new display firmware,
it seems to work fine.

Luke

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:58:46 AM UTC-4, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
I have a brick and I still can't update a config file or firmware with
this cable because I don't see the LED on the unit. I actually need to
take off the canopy. Is there solution to this problem coming?
Shouldn't a display show this LED status through the communication
protocol. This a big pain in the rear end.

Stop whining and follow the instructions.
Yes, display units report the status of software updates,
IGC file downloads, etc...

Really now...

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:11:09 AM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:58:46 AM UTC-4, Andrzej Kobus wrote:

I have a brick and I still can't update a config file or firmware with

this cable because I don't see the LED on the unit. I actually need to

take off the canopy. Is there solution to this problem coming?

Shouldn't a display show this LED status through the communication

protocol. This a big pain in the rear end.



Stop whining and follow the instructions.

Yes, display units report the status of software updates,

IGC file downloads, etc...



Really now...

Uh, Oh, Dave is getting angry! However, I agree with him. Downloading a flight trace is so easy. Turn off the brick, insert usb-stick, turn it back on and wait until the normal butterfly thingy is displayed with green status boxes. The unit will only download files that are not already on the stick and it beats the 4800 baud rate that I get with ConnectMe out of my 302 by a factor of 20.
Herb

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:32:32 PM UTC+2, wrote:


Uh, Oh, Dave is getting angry! However, I agree with him. Downloading a flight trace is so easy. Turn off the brick, insert usb-stick, turn it back on and wait until the normal butterfly thingy is displayed with green status boxes. The unit will only download files that are not already on the stick and it beats the 4800 baud rate that I get with ConnectMe out of my 302 by a factor of 20.

Herb

No, Dave is getting frustrated, and I agree with him! If you upgrade the display software and look at the stupid thing - IT HAS AN IGC FILE DOWNLOAD FEATURE! So stick in the free USB extender, route it so you can reach it without taking your glider apart, then after your incredible flight, WITHOUT CYCLING THE PFB POWER, stick in your fancy thumb drive with the pretty lights, go to the igc file download menu, and get your stinking file so you can rush to post it on OLC to the amazement of the unwashed masses and adoration of the breathless groupies...

I would say RTFM, but of course the M isn't quite up to date yet...

Sheesh, don't you guys know any 14 year olds?

Kirk
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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.

Paul, I've done this. You need to get good quality fiber optic multi-strand and it works pretty well. There is some loss but under a shadowed part of the panel, you can see it just fine. The trick is to make a coupling for the fiber at the LED end.
Darren