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9
PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE
To download your flight data to your PC, plug the optional PC
serial or USB cable into the middle socket on the base of your
Digifly instrument.
9.1
COMPETITION SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY
The Digifly instrument instruments can communicate via a direct cable connection with
some of the commonly used competition software packages e.g. CompeGPS,
MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC.
With these programs is possible to upload competitions Waypoints, download flight
tracks in IGC format with competition validation and to add automatically the digital
signature required for the On Line Contest (OLC).
The Digifly VLtools2008 software and the CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-
PWC software have two different and completely independent ways to connect to the
instrument:
To communicate with a PC connect the optional PC serial cable or USB cable in to the
left socket on the bottom of the vario, marked GPS.
9.2
CONNECTING WITH COMPEGPS, MAXPUNKTE, GPSDUMP, CHECKIN (PWC) SOFTWARE
9.2.1
UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS
To upload competition Waypoints from your PC to the Digifly instrument , install on your
PC one of the following software packages (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump,
CheckIn-PWC).
Select the correct COM port and set up the communications protocol to MLR 38400
baud.
Turn on the Digifly instrument and navigate to the “MENU” screen. With the up and
down keys, highlight the “WPT COMP” menu, without entering it.
From your PC software (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC) select “send
Waypoints to the gps”.
Note that this procedure will automatically erase all old competition Waypoints and the
old Competition Route (Rt 1 Comp).