Which computer/vario?

Tim,Chris

I have SeeYou Mobile (mCU) and an LX1600 in my Nimbus 3. Both purchased
from their respective vendors. I also run SeeYou on my flight laptop.

SeeYou mobile is not a mature product at present and the interface to the
LX1600 is *not* fully operational at the moment. 3 months ago the last
version of SeeYou Mobile was released and since then there has been no
movement and the contributions to the mCU forum by the SeeYou programming
team have been less and less frequent. The forum has a list of suggestions
and requests of the programmers that is 50 or more items.
http://mobile.seeyou.ws/forum/

mCU does not automatically start a task, in fact the whole task/tp side of
things is being reviewed if the last comments on the forum are to be
believed.
Navigating with mCU can be a challenge. Sometimes small buttons are required
to be pressed and airspaces are not highlighted or contrasted so you really
can't identify which bit is which.
Some of the final glide calculations produce 'wierd' results

By all means consider this combination but I would stick with the FlyWithCe
PDA software at the moment ( its interface to the LX1600 is sorted out ).
You can use the mCU demo without registration until the mCU team gets their
act together.

The LX1600 manual leaves a lot to be desired, refering a lot to the manual
for your respective PDA software which in the true IT tradition refers you
right back to the LX1600 software.

I am having trouble getting electronic compensation to work on the LX1600
but I believe that this is related to the PDA software and not the hardware
although disconnecting the PDA does not sort out the problem and I am left
without help on how to proceed from both sides of the fence. The nub of the
problem is right there, the hardware guys say its the software and the
software guys say its the hardware!

I still have hopes for the success of the combination but if things don't
get sorted out in the next couple of weeks I will have to change something!

Ian


"Tim Mara" wrote in message
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I don't know what your budget is but if you already have the iPaq and
are running WinPilot, SeeYou Mobile or something similar, you could
just add the LX1600, which (I think) is designed primarily for use
with a PocketPC.

LX1600 is a great system.....however you noted it will interface with
WinPilot, it does not, but does interface with FlywithCE Navigator and
SeeYou Mobile, both programs are excellent and also far less costly that
Winpilot. With either of these software you can select from either the
iPaq
or the LX1600 and data is automatically transferred to the other (i.e.
change a turnpoint on iPaq and data changes on LX1600 and vise
versa....nifty
tim