Hey All, I've set a task with TAT turnpoint cylinders. But on the display it shows a quadrant instead. In Task Settings, I've set Turnpoint to Cylinder. In...
Closing out the problem report; Tested your fix this evening. Memo transfer only reads from the one memo, just as I expected. Thanks, Gavin. ... is ... memos. ...
Hi Paul, I tried converting waypoint data from a Garmin12 at the weekend, but it seems that the Garmin needs a 'Requesting sentence' first sent to the Garmin,...
Jim, Try to setup the Radial1 and Radial2 to "0" in the Task Waypoint Edit window and the MaxR to the radius of the area that you want. This setup plus Area...
Make sure you rebuild your task from scratch after changing the waypoint area values. The initial suggested aim point for an area task is calculated when the...
Mark, That did the trick. Thanks much to you for that final bit of advice. Jim \\--- In soaringpilot@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hawkins" ... waypoint ... ...
The target point in the area can be moved around the area by tapping the View button in the task waypoint edit screen. This takes you to the Waypoint Edit...
Do you know the format of the 'Requesting sentence' What is required for the GPS unit to accept waypoint data from SoarPilot? This is a good idea about a check...
I'm looking at the GARMIN PROTOCOL that controls the passing of information between a Garmin and a host computer. In our case the host is the Palm. I'm having...
Thanks for the information Stan, What I actually meant was that if someone could save their already created waypoints file and allow me to import it. Trying to...
Gavin, I have programmed the $GPWPL transmit from SP to GPS already and this works fine. On my Garmin GPS2+ it accepts the $GPWPL sentences fine and make new...
When I look at the "Thermal %" under "Flight Info" leg one shows 0%. This has happened the last two times I flew the flight. Do I have the task set up wrong?...
I've now bought a tungsten T, a car charger to give a 5V supply, and will shortly have an SD card to transfer data. I think I have also figured out the best...
See comments, but bear in mind that Mark and the two Paul's are the authoritative information sources (there may be others, I apologise for not knowing who): ...
This was found in the readme.pdf file which comes with all the releases (there may be updates to this, but I haven't found them): EW Logger Task Declaration...
The MLR requires no request, it can be set to send the waypoints in $GPWPL format from the buttons on the GPS. So the program just waits for the transfer. ...
After flying for a bit the "Home" and "Calc" silkscreen buttons don't seem to do anything. It doesn't happen immediately but seems to take about 30 or 45...
Hi Martyn, I'll try and answer the questions you asked. Please see below Paul ... and ... polars ... By setting the Comp field on the NMEA/Port screen to EW....
You can make them yourself with the SPTerm 1.3.4 or later program as described in the SP readme.pdf file The required DEM input files can be found at...
One more question If the waypoint name is just WP with an altitude of 100m is the ID sent as 1: WP010 or 2: WP 010 Also, since you have access to an MLR, can I...
Hi, I am using SP on a Handspring Visor with a Magellan GPS Companion. I have the latedt beta installed and discovered a little bug ( ? ) in the GPS status...
Marc, That sounds like it NOT related to the GPSCompanion for once. :-) I'll try to make it break with the Visor simulator. Thanks for the feedback....
Hi All, The first version of the $GPWPL format waypoint data is ready to test. Please can you let me know by email if you would be interested to test this....
How do I show UK airspace on the screen? In fact, is this possible on soaring pilot? If it is, what file type is used? Sorry to fire off all of these...
Hi Simon, Yes, you can display the airspace on the moving map screen. Soarpilot also has the ability to warn you a set distance before you enter airspace...
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