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Old August 3rd 05, 03:24 AM
Morgans
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Default XM Weather for laptops?

A friend has a laptop that he uses with a GPS moving map. I can't remember
what program he uses, but he would like to be able to overlay weather on his
existing program. Anyone know how to do that?
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Jim in NC

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Old August 3rd 05, 05:28 AM
Victor J. Osborne, Jr.
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I used wx works on a laptop & a TPad 800 for a while before I got my NavAero
computer. Doable if you watch the cables.

I had to get a transformer (24v to 12v) and a converter because the laptop
would not run 3 hours. Also, watch the hard drive. Will it run at 9-11,000
ft?

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Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.
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Hey Jim,
what about http://www.wxworx.com/?
Jim Burns

"Morgans" wrote in message
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A friend has a laptop that he uses with a GPS moving map. I can't

remember
what program he uses, but he would like to be able to overlay weather on

his
existing program. Anyone know how to do that?
--
Jim in NC





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Old August 3rd 05, 05:34 AM
Jim Burns
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Hey Jim,
what about http://www.wxworx.com/?
Jim Burns

"Morgans" wrote in message
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A friend has a laptop that he uses with a GPS moving map. I can't

remember
what program he uses, but he would like to be able to overlay weather on

his
existing program. Anyone know how to do that?
--
Jim in NC



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Old August 3rd 05, 12:04 PM
Nathan Young
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 00:28:23 -0400, "Victor J. Osborne, Jr."
wrote:

I used wx works on a laptop & a TPad 800 for a while before I got my NavAero
computer. Doable if you watch the cables.

I had to get a transformer (24v to 12v) and a converter because the laptop
would not run 3 hours. Also, watch the hard drive. Will it run at 9-11,000
ft?


I have a Fujitsu ST4121 and have approx 150 hours on it in the
cockpit. I regularly fly at 11.5k. No problems yet... But hard drive
crash due to high density altitude is a potential problem.


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Old August 3rd 05, 03:37 PM
Longworth
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Morgans,
I am in the process of trying to do the same thing. My T43 laptop
should arrive in few days. My plan is use the blue tooth connection for
GPS, XM weather and to use an 8" LCD touchsreen display (Lilliput or
Xenarc) for XMweather and approach plates with moving map.
I only know of two software options for XMweather and moving map on
tabletPC/laptop

1. NAVAirWX
http://www.airgator.com/
http://www.airgator.com/Weather.htm

2. Anywhere XM WX For Windows XP
http://www.anywheremap.com/detail.aspx?ID=93

The discussion board at controlvision is a great place to learn
about hardware/software options
http://forum.anywheremap.com/


Hai Longworth

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Old August 3rd 05, 10:06 PM
Darrel Toepfer
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Morgans wrote:

A friend has a laptop that he uses with a GPS moving map. I can't remember
what program he uses, but he would like to be able to overlay weather on his
existing program. Anyone know how to do that?


I don't kneaux of any software that XM can be added to, that wasn't
already specifically compatible... Definitely nothing free - yet!!!
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Old August 3rd 05, 11:28 PM
Victor J. Osborne, Jr.
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I didn't have any problems on my laptop (Compaq) but my NavAero crashes
anytime I fly above 10,000ft for two or more hours. Five flights, five
crashes. No problem at up to 9,000. In fact, 9,500 VFR from Atlanta
yesterday, no prob.

YRMV, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.
"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 00:28:23 -0400, "Victor J. Osborne, Jr."
wrote:

I used wx works on a laptop & a TPad 800 for a while before I got my
NavAero
computer. Doable if you watch the cables.

I had to get a transformer (24v to 12v) and a converter because the laptop
would not run 3 hours. Also, watch the hard drive. Will it run at
9-11,000
ft?


I have a Fujitsu ST4121 and have approx 150 hours on it in the
cockpit. I regularly fly at 11.5k. No problems yet... But hard drive
crash due to high density altitude is a potential problem.




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Old August 4th 05, 02:17 AM
Jonathan Goodish
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In article ,
"Morgans" wrote:

A friend has a laptop that he uses with a GPS moving map. I can't remember
what program he uses, but he would like to be able to overlay weather on his
existing program. Anyone know how to do that?



I would probably steer away from the AirGator products and toward
AnywhereMap XP or some of the RMSTek products (FlightSoft/Vista). I
believe that the latter can overlay weather on top of sectional/enroute
raster charts.

WxWorx on Wings is a great package for weather display, but not so great
for navigation. However, it provides the most impressive weather
display that I've seen so far.



JKG
 




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