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Stephen McNaught wrote:
For me, if the turbulence was "bad enough", I wouldn't be messing with the PDA, as I use it for situational awareness only. Having said that, there a few things that assist in rough air. First you can assign functions to the physical buttons on the PDA. Second, Control Vision has a feature called "Rough Air Buttons", that are icons that you can show on the screen for several functions. Third, Control Vision supplies a keyboard with larger character keys. A couple screenshots : http://www.shn.org/AWSIPA.jpg http://www.shn.org/AWSIP1.jpg The scenario I envision is being bounced around while looking for "better weather", which might mean seeking a nearby airport at which I can land. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the product to know how I'd do such a thing, but (1) can I do it and (2) can I do it in turbulance? Thanks... - Andrew |
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Many of the things you want to do with the software, you can do without any
"keyboard/text" input. A lot is based on selection screens, where a list of airports, navaids, user waypoints, etc, are listed, and you select what you want, or tapping what you want on the moving map screen, such as the airport. The section of the their documentation that is relevant to this, is : http://docs.controlvision.com/pages/...by_airport.php One quote from that section is: "The ideal way to select the nearest airport in an emergency is to use the EMODE button. This button will allow you to graphically select the nearest airport with a single tap, and will set up a flight plan to that airport, with VNAV enabled and a glide predictor arc drawn in front of the aircraft. For more information on this, see the EMODE section of this document." Over all, "I" don't think it's a major problem doing what you envision. I should point out that I have no vested interest in the company. I'm a user of the product. Needless to say, everyone needs to base their selection on their unique requirements. For me, I like using a PDA. I not only have the aviation moving map software, but street level moving map for all of the U.S. of A.(Navman Smartstreets), keep a bunch of songs in mp3 format, have checklists, have a mini word processor and spreadsheet, Quicken, cruise the Internet, print, view pictures, pdf files, check email, weather, calendar, calculator, etc, etc, and fit it in my pocket. Do all that with a Garmin 296. ;-) If anyone in the eastern mass area would like a look, send me an email if you want to meet someplace. I'm in the KOWD/K1B9/KTAN/K3B2/KPYM area. "Andrew Gideon" wrote in message online.com... The scenario I envision is being bounced around while looking for "better weather", which might mean seeking a nearby airport at which I can land. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the product to know how I'd do such a thing, but (1) can I do it and (2) can I do it in turbulance? Thanks... - Andrew |
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In addition to the "rough air buttons" available in CV's Bluetooth
version, another option is just to pull the pda out of the cradle, do what you need to do, then park it back in the cradle. If you have a competent autopilot that you trust to drive for a minute in rough air, using 2 hands works well. If it's really rough, though, I find it difficult to operate ANY device in the airplane that doesn't have a large handle on it. The XM activation problems that CV has been having are apparently a problem with all XM users because of the way XM handles activation. |
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paul kgyy wrote:
The XM activation problems that CV has been having are apparently a problem with all XM users because of the way XM handles activation. I suppose this refers to the statement earlier in the thread: "There have been some issues with the XM Weather unit forcing activation and apparently they have been pushing out firmware updates to try and correct that." Can someone please elaborate on what the "XM activation problems" are? I don't understand what "forcing activation" means. Thanks. Dave |
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:09:00 -0400, Jonathan Goodish
wrote: In article , Newps wrote: There's a guy on the CPA board who ran the software on a tablet and an ipaq 4705. For this software the tablet killed the ipaq. It took a full 10 seconds to zoom in one level on the ipaq, the tablet does it immediately. Generally speaking the software runs very slow on the PDA. It shouldn't surprise anyone that a TabletPC is more capable and much faster than a PDA. Generally speaking, though, folks seem to speak fairly highly about the speed of the iPaq 4705, though I haven't heard anyone claim that it's comparable to a TabletPC. The Tablet PC is also the only one with a display coming close to being large enough. On a rough ride I don't want a tiny display like a PDA. The issue with the Tablet is space. I have a Cherokee and I fear that the Tablet will simply be too big with me (6' 3", 200lbs) and my much smaller wife in the airplane at the same time. Unless the tablet is a lot bigger than I remember it shouldn't be a problem. I'm flying a Debonair which like the Bo has a roomy cabin and very little lap space due to that massive cross bar for the dual yoke. I have to be careful with the size of who ever is in the right seat and the yoke can easily hit their legs going left or right and that is without pulling it back which makes it even worse. I want a display that can give me charts, approach and enroute, weather, lightening, and moving map. I currently use a 295 GPS which has a map display I consider just barely adequate, but mounting it on the cross bar (I do have a Bo specific mount) is a tight fit. I'd rather mount a tablet on the yoke. The other issue is that I really don't have any other justified need for a TabletPC... this device will pretty much be a one-trick pony for me, Nor do I, but I consider having weather, lightening, and charts worth the cost.. It's still a whale of a lot cheaper than the equivalent panel mount. OTOH if I get to the panel of the G-III any time soon I'll probably go with the dual Blue Mountain set up. BUT I will not purchase the panel *stuff* until the last minute as the technology is changing so fast. Currently I find that a good reason for going with portable, non certified displays which cost far less. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com and even the iPaq is pricey for just that function. JKG |
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XM protects their satellite broadcast from unauthorized use by having
the XM receiver carry an authentication code. I'm not sure how the whole process works, but when you get a new XM receiver, you call XMRadio, provide your radio serial number, and they respond by broadcasting a code for a couple of hours that "enables" your radio to decode the satellite signal that you've paid for. What's apparently happening with a number of users is that the code stored in the receiver is being lost, particularly when it hasn't been used for a while, as in airplanes. The CV system then displays a screen message that receiver activation is needed. You then have to re-dial XMradio and have them re-send the activation signal. It isn't a big deal, but if you just got to the airport and planned to launch into LIFR with all your inflight wx data, you will either need to wait for re-activation or launch without it. In theory, once you make the call, you can fly and let the system update in the air, but these things are supposed to reduce workload, not increase it. CV has a new software release that assists in retention of the activation code, but I recently defeated that by turning off my system components in the wrong order. I'm good at this... :-( |
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paul kgyy wrote: XM protects their satellite broadcast from unauthorized use by having the XM receiver carry an authentication code. I'm not sure how the whole process works, but when you get a new XM receiver, you call XMRadio, provide your radio serial number, and they respond by broadcasting a code for a couple of hours that "enables" your radio to decode the satellite signal that you've paid for. Same way Directv works. Your receiver is already receiving all the information. They program your receiver over the air to let you hear what you paid for. |
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In article ,
Roger wrote: It shouldn't surprise anyone that a TabletPC is more capable and much faster than a PDA. Generally speaking, though, folks seem to speak fairly highly about the speed of the iPaq 4705, though I haven't heard anyone claim that it's comparable to a TabletPC. The Tablet PC is also the only one with a display coming close to being large enough. On a rough ride I don't want a tiny display like a PDA. I guess it depends on what your priorities are, because both have drawbacks. Both CV and AirGator have large-button modes where you can easily navigate with your fingers rather than a stylus. I can easily take the PDA off of the yoke if I need to, but fumbling with the Tablet would be a challenge. With the daylight-readable Tablets that I've seen (Fujitsu and Motion), there is no way that I could mount them on my Cherokee yoke--way too big. Sony has the U50/U70 series, which are Tablets with a much smaller (5" I think) screen. They seem like the ideal compromise between power, screen size, and practicality. The only problem is, they cost as much as the other TabletPC options, and I'm not sure what I would do with a Tablet that only has a 5" screen outside of the cockpit. I finally decided to try the PDA route. I played around with both the CV product and the AirGator product on the iPaq 4705 over the weekend, and the screen is small, but adequate, at 4". AnywhereMap is much more feature filled than the AirGator product, but it's also slower on the iPaq. I have no idea whether a high-speed memory card would help the situation. JKG |
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That's the problem I had with them when I signed up in Phili AOPA show in
2003. When I would call XM, I got the phone clone support person who would 'refresh' my 'radio'. Then I launched, and guess what no service. All the talking in the world would not convince them they had a problem with support. The phone clones didn't seem to know about the Aviator mode. Now it's better but no amount of talk would produce a credit for my un-usable time. Very Microsoft of them. -- Thx, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr. VOsborne2 at charter dot net "paul kgyy" wrote in message ups.com... XM protects their satellite broadcast from unauthorized use by having the XM receiver carry an authentication code. I'm not sure how the whole process works, but when you get a new XM receiver, you call XMRadio, provide your radio serial number, and they respond by broadcasting a code for a couple of hours that "enables" your radio to decode the satellite signal that you've paid for. What's apparently happening with a number of users is that the code stored in the receiver is being lost, particularly when it hasn't been used for a while, as in airplanes. The CV system then displays a screen message that receiver activation is needed. You then have to re-dial XMradio and have them re-send the activation signal. It isn't a big deal, but if you just got to the airport and planned to launch into LIFR with all your inflight wx data, you will either need to wait for re-activation or launch without it. In theory, once you make the call, you can fly and let the system update in the air, but these things are supposed to reduce workload, not increase it. CV has a new software release that assists in retention of the activation code, but I recently defeated that by turning off my system components in the wrong order. I'm good at this... :-( |
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