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My 302 and PDA are no longer on speaking terms
On Saturday, my 302 and my PDA (5450) stopped talking to one another.
They've been together for about 18 months without any issues. It started when the PDA complained about low battery power. I thought that odd, but I still had GPS data. I could see that the PDA wasn't charging by the absence of the orange light. After I landed, I took the PDA to the truck to charge with the intent to download my flight after charging for a while. Now I can't connect to the 302 using Cambridge's file utility and I'm not getting GPS data either. I can get the PDA to charge from the 302 intermittently. The connection is via a RAM cradle I got from Cumulus. The flight software is mCU. Initially, I suspected the PDA. However, I can still use a GPS card that I have and I'm able to sync the PDA with my home machine. I suppose I'll have to pull the 302 and test with a PC of some variety. If that works, it must be the cradle. The 302 connection is through com1 on the PDA. The GPS Card is com4. Is there software that will let me test the com ports on the PDA? Does it make sense that for I while I had data and no power and now it's power (intermittently) and no data? The availability of power seems to be a connection issue. But even, when charging, there is now no data and no connection for file transfer. I'd like to verify that the PDA can use com1 before pulling the 302. That's a bit of a pain. Doug |
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My 302 and PDA are no longer on speaking terms
Doug,
Maybe not entirely the problem: But with my Ipaq 5550 i have had the problem that while connected to the 302 still the battery would run flat. It appeared that I had accidentily set the 'receive incoming beams' tick box on ánd also the wifi radio was on. Looking for a network plus the infrared port switched to on uses a lot of power. When i did switch these items off the problem was gone. However I didn't have connection problems. Maybe a reset of the Ipaq would help. Good luck, Bert At 02:30 10 September 2007, Dixie Sierra wrote: On Saturday, my 302 and my PDA (5450) stopped talking to one another. They've been together for about 18 months without any issues. It started when the PDA complained about low battery power. I thought that odd, but I still had GPS data. I could see that the PDA wasn't charging by the absence of the orange light. After I landed, I took the PDA to the truck to charge with the intent to download my flight after charging for a while. Now I can't connect to the 302 using Cambridge's file utility and I'm not getting GPS data either. I can get the PDA to charge from the 302 intermittently. The connection is via a RAM cradle I got from Cumulus. The flight software is mCU. Initially, I suspected the PDA. However, I can still use a GPS card that I have and I'm able to sync the PDA with my home machine. I suppose I'll have to pull the 302 and test with a PC of some variety. If that works, it must be the cradle. The 302 connection is through com1 on the PDA. The GPS Card is com4. Is there software that will let me test the com ports on the PDA? Does it make sense that for I while I had data and no power and now it's power (intermittently) and no data? The availability of power seems to be a connection issue. But even, when charging, there is now no data and no connection for file transfer. I'd like to verify that the PDA can use com1 before pulling the 302. That's a bit of a pain. Doug |
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My 302 and PDA are no longer on speaking terms
Hi Doug,
It could be the cradle or the iPAQ connector. But before coming to that conclusion, be sure to try a soft reset to the PDA by inserting the stylus into the hole on the bottom of the PDA immediately before trying to connect to the 302. Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com "Dixie Sierra" wrote in message ups.com... On Saturday, my 302 and my PDA (5450) stopped talking to one another. They've been together for about 18 months without any issues. It started when the PDA complained about low battery power. I thought that odd, but I still had GPS data. I could see that the PDA wasn't charging by the absence of the orange light. After I landed, I took the PDA to the truck to charge with the intent to download my flight after charging for a while. Now I can't connect to the 302 using Cambridge's file utility and I'm not getting GPS data either. I can get the PDA to charge from the 302 intermittently. The connection is via a RAM cradle I got from Cumulus. The flight software is mCU. Initially, I suspected the PDA. However, I can still use a GPS card that I have and I'm able to sync the PDA with my home machine. I suppose I'll have to pull the 302 and test with a PC of some variety. If that works, it must be the cradle. The 302 connection is through com1 on the PDA. The GPS Card is com4. Is there software that will let me test the com ports on the PDA? Does it make sense that for I while I had data and no power and now it's power (intermittently) and no data? The availability of power seems to be a connection issue. But even, when charging, there is now no data and no connection for file transfer. I'd like to verify that the PDA can use com1 before pulling the 302. That's a bit of a pain. Doug |
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My 302 and PDA are no longer on speaking terms
Doug,
Do a soft reset on your ipaq. Place in the ipaq cradle used to connect to your desktop computer. If the ipaq charges and connects and can transfer data to and from with the desktop using active sysn, then the Ipaq is OK. The intermittent changing and no data transfer to and from the 302, leads me to suspect the ground connection in the 302 to cradle wiring. I would replace the cradle first. Please see http://www.craggyaero.com/pdam.htm for cradles. I also provide troubleshooting and repair services. Ship me the Ipaq, the cradle and the 302. I can identify the problems rather quickly as I have all the components required. Richard www.craggyaero.com On Sep 9, 7:24 pm, Dixie Sierra wrote: On Saturday, my 302 and my PDA (5450) stopped talking to one another. They've been together for about 18 months without any issues. It started when the PDA complained about low battery power. I thought that odd, but I still had GPS data. I could see that the PDA wasn't charging by the absence of the orange light. After I landed, I took the PDA to the truck to charge with the intent to download my flight after charging for a while. Now I can't connect to the 302 using Cambridge's file utility and I'm not getting GPS data either. I can get the PDA to charge from the 302 intermittently. The connection is via a RAM cradle I got from Cumulus. The flight software is mCU. Initially, I suspected the PDA. However, I can still use a GPS card that I have and I'm able to sync the PDA with my home machine. I suppose I'll have to pull the 302 and test with a PC of some variety. If that works, it must be the cradle. The 302 connection is through com1 on the PDA. The GPS Card is com4. Is there software that will let me test the com ports on the PDA? Does it make sense that for I while I had data and no power and now it's power (intermittently) and no data? The availability of power seems to be a connection issue. But even, when charging, there is now no data and no connection for file transfer. I'd like to verify that the PDA can use com1 before pulling the 302. That's a bit of a pain. Doug |
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My 302 and PDA are no longer on speaking terms
Thanks to all.
I tried a soft reset very early on in the process. In fact, I've tried it several times While looking around Paul's site (thanks for all the info you provide), I saw that the cradle I have will also work with the 3700 series ipaq. I have one of those lying about unused. That should allow me to confirm or eliminate the PDA. Sounds like a project for the next unflyable day. Doug |
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