"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
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Been chatting with a few old time geek friends online it looks like we are
going to start an embedded Linux project for this hardware while keeping
it capable of running current nav data/maps my unit just booted an 8 gig
CF card (Avmap SW) a friend is going to try a 32 gig card in the next week
or so on his. Looks like this hardware will make a great open source
platform.
Unit Booted SanDisk ConnectPlus With Wifi 2 bad they are not larger in
capacity... Would be Great Wifi Addition.
Unit Booted 8 gig CF Card
Unit Booted 2 Gig SD With CF Type 1 Adapter
Unit Booted 1 Gig micro SD With CF Type 1 Adapter
Unit Did Not Boot With CFII Micro Drive.....
Unit Did not Boot With 2 Gig SD With CF Type 2 Adapter
I Will test Other Forms and sizes of flash memory when I can get my hands
on them. If any one Know of any sources of low power Wifi CF cards with
4gb or larger capacity please let me know.
Also if your looking for Interface Cables look Here Only $3.00 Pluss they
have right Angle Plugs Pre Wired Add a DB9 Connector There You Go Connect
to PC.
http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/4...mm_Cables.html
See what happens when I take time off get board and start playing.....
Laters
Finding all sorts of cool things about this Hardware!
OK,
Found out that the key File in Avmaps software is the CMAP2.CER it is some
how tied to The Compact Flash ID on the CF card marrying the data base to
the CF to the data base installed... This issue will be solved....
If anyone knows how to clone/change/generate a CF ID let me know.
Wife did not tell me UPS left a Package On the Door...
Upon Disassembly I notice Very Good Construction, The Wave and Reflo and
Photo Etching of the Board Is Top Notch Way to Go to the Board Houses if
they are In House at Avmap can see this company around a long time.
I do have the tools to remove the BGA package but not going to risk this
unit as it is a working one... and my skills are very rusty been few years
since I played with SMT rework equipment.
I will as soon as I receive the broken one first thing is remover and Dump
the TSOP thank Xeltek for the Auto ID feature the Old Legacy Model
Superpro 680 I have On My Desk Still Supports 11,400+ Parts hehehe Will
decompile it and see what's actually going on inside this thing.
Beware Battery Back Up Ram!!! If You Unplug the GPS Receiver You Will
Loose Your Almanac And Need To Wait About 30 Min to Download a New One....
GPS CHIP Set Ublox LEA-4S-0-000
Main Board, # BM831E
48LC8M16A2 X 2 SYNCHRONOUS DRAM
cy62128ev300ll-45ZXI Still Searching? Anyone?
Altera MAX EMP3256ATC144-10NIC, COMPLEX-EEPLD,256-CELL,7.5NS PROP
DELAY,QFP,144PIN,PLASTIC
Flash 29L? Ground Off???? Under the S8 Sticker...
CPU Samsung S3C2410AL-26 CO707 ARM 9 Under OK SMD Sticker
http://airplanemanuals.com/avmap_apart/S3C2410A.pdf
Right Now Changing Power Plug to Standard Type!!!!
Will Add DB9 Serial Connector To GPS Reciver Board
Lithium Battery Will be Socketed there is room!!!
Will Add Standard USB connector if I cannot find adapter.
Photo's Are Very Large...!!! Right Click & Download Use Photo Shop Or
Something?
Photo 1 Main Board 3.5MB
http://airplanemanuals.com/avmap_apart/Avmap_MB_DL.jpg
& Photo 2 GPS Serial & USB 1.5MB
http://airplanemanuals.com/avmap_apa...Serial_GPS.jpg
More To Follow,,,, Linux os looking good...
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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What sort of Linux applications are you considering for the Avmap
EKP-IV?
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
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Full E6B Calculator, Web Browser, Wi-Fi, Small Six Pack Display, Config
Files, Keyboard,
Each CF Card contains a "CF-ID". Your GPS Software reads that CF-ID and
compares this to a file on the card CMAP2.CER and the map file A mismatch
blocks the maps from loading. You can read the CF-ID through the About
Page.
Now all we need to do is figure out the CMAP2.CER File and So we can make
our files for cards to load our maps. Garmin has a similar type of file
protection system to prevent their maps from loading. There is a Key Gen
Called jetmouse keygen that creates a Garmin check file for the SD/MMC ID
format they use.
As soon as we can get the maps to load on another card, we will know what
will be required to include in the linux kernel for running their map data
and be able to grab updates when needed etc.
I have some Sketched some potential GUI's.
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
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WingFlaps wrote:
On May 1, 7:31 am, Thomas Borchert
wrote:
NW_Pilot,
As soon as we can get the maps to load on another card,
You will also have broken the copy protection, won't you? Exactly how
legal is that per Avmap'S licensing agreement?
Did he say he wanted to load an Avmap map copy? Maybe he just wants to
load his own maps or something else? I think his experimentation
should be encouraged.
Cheers
Over here in the US we have the DMCA that makes breaking any copy
protection pretty much felony. Breaking the copy protection so he CAN copy
the Avmap map is pretty much the same thing as breaking the copy
protection AND copying the map. Not something he ought to advertise that
he is doing. But NW_pilot has a history of telling us about doing things
he ought not do. Sometimes he even provides video. He hasn't gotten in
trouble for it yet I hope he never does but if he does you can bet your
ass that there will be plenty of folks that yell, "I told you so." I'll
probably be one of them.
That is like Microsoft telling us if you want a upgrade your hard drive to
something larger than what hardware mfg has given or is willing to give you
and you want a duel boot your original license you cant. Microsoft sure did
get I hot water when they tried it so what Aamap is doing software mfg's get
in trouble for... I want 8+ gig of storage and a Linux OS on MY hardware I
purchased, But I still want to keep the Avmap map data I paid for! There is
no license agreement with in the unit, with the unit, or displayed on the
unit! No agreement in the manual or packaged with the unit in it's
paperwork.
Reverse engineering for knowledge is not illegal...that I am aware of. Now
if I was, which I am not! make the data base public with A broken copy
protection included then that is a different story.
I am just learning how to upgrade hardware and keep and load the data I
already purchased and how to modify that data to make it better for my own
personal use. It happens all there time in the Linux environment to run
software not intended for the Linux OS.
Also reposting all because it did not post to the Linux groups and missing a
message or 2?
This Little machine and it's platform is capable of so much with linux
embeded lots of versions out there to pick but if I an unable to keep get to
keep the original os i am not going to bother!