PC Software
I
downloaded the software but cannot find it on my PC.
I
just downloaded a flight log and the date is stated as
1936.
My Toshiba Portege 3110CT laptop will not
communicate with the GPS-NAV. My Dell Inspiron 5000, PIII, Win 98 laptop
will not run CAI 5.882, help?
Please provide detailed instructions for
installing the PC Software on my PC.
When I attempt to transfer flight logs from
my FR, I get a message "unable to register graphic
fonts". What is the problem?
I have just downloaded a turn point
file, how do I display an overhead view?
I have downloaded a Turnpoint Database from
the Internet, how do I load it into my Flight Recorder?
When I view a flight on my laptop computer
the image doesn't fill the screen, why?
Why
am I finding task declarations in files which were not
declared.....?
I
would like to print my flight using my color printer, how
is this accomplished?
I
have downloaded some flights via the Internet but cannot
view them, what is wrong?
Why do I get a "Run Time
Error" message while trying to install the GPS PC
Software?
I get a message stating "not enough
space for environment" when I try to run the GPS PC
Software, why?
Why do I get a "divide by zero"
error message when trying to run the GPS PC Software?
Can you clarify some questions
regarding the GPS PC Software?
Will
my Cambridge Aero products continue to function
correctly in the Year 2000?
I
downloaded the software but cannot find it on my PC.
One of our customers had
this problem and solved it as follows.
"I got to thinking
there might be some program or function on my PC that
could be deleting this file after it had completed
downloading. This led me to suspect that my McAfee
VShield virus scan program might be the culprit. I found
that the downloaded file was listed by VShield as the
"last downloaded file checked" even though the
file was by that time nowhere to be found.
I then got a successful
download as soon as I turned off the "downloaded
file virus check" function in the VShield program.
So, it seems that for some reason, VShield deleted the
file immediately after it had checked it at the end of
the download. Now, if Virus Shield thought your code
contained a virus and decided to immediately delete the
file, it should have told me that it had done so. But it
didn't!
After I did download the
file successfully, I did a virus scan on it using the
same VShield program. No viruses were reported, so I'm
still mystified by the fact that VShield was deleting the
file after checking it at the conclusion of the
download".
I
just downloaded a flight log and the year is stated
as 1936.
This happens when you
download a flight log recorder in the year 2000 using
V5.6 of the PC Software. This will be corrected when you
upgrade to V5.882. Before you upgrade to V5.882, delete
the flight files from your PC using the PC Software. This
is accomplished by making the following selections:
Flight Logs/Delete
Unwanted Flight Log Files/Select from all Flights/Arrow
key to highlight/Space key to Select/Enter key delete
selected files/Abandon or Delete all marked log files
(select Delete).
Once this is accomplished
download the PC Software (found on the Software page) and install it on your PC.
My Toshiba Portege 3110CT laptop will not
communicate with the GPS-NAV. I try to transfer flight
logs and it remains on Status: "Attempting
connection" for ever. Please can you suggest
anything or help?
It appears that Win98
powersave deactivates the COM1 port when going into MSDOS
mode. This cannot be reactivated by MSDOS software. As a
work around Toshiba suggested deactivating the PC's COM
port power management in the registry. I've done the
regedit and everything is now fine. Details may be found
in Toshiba bulletin GRL-0002, 01/2000.
My
Dell Inspiron 5000, PIII, Win 98 laptop will not transfer
flight logs to or from the data logger. No problem with
opening the program. All other functions are fine,
including export. Logger connects without problem to my
home computer. Have checked all the usual things like com
port, power cable (it works fine with the other
computer), logger #. I have spent hours on the phone with
Dell, even re-installed operating system. Tried copying
the "transfer" file which works just fine in
the home computer to the laptop CAI folder and it won't
run on the laptop!! Any ideas?
It appears the problem is
Windows 98 SE (second edition). Try going into: My
Computer/ Control Panel/ System/ Device Manager/ Ports
(COM & LPT)/ and delete the com ports. Then reboot
the computer and let Windows find the ports again.. You
may have a port with two copies on file.
I
have downloaded the PC Software from your website, how do
I install it on my computer?
To accomplish the
following instructions you should be familiar with the
Window Explorer function provided with the Windows
operating system. You will use Windows Explorer to do the
following.
1st step - create a
new directory titled "tempcai" on your C:
drive.
2nd step - copy the
cai5882E.exe into the new directory you made in step one.
3rd step - double
click on the cai5882E.exe file. It will extract out the
files it needs for installation. A file will appear that
is titled "readme". This file contains
information regarding the installation.
4th step - double
click on the install.exe file.
5th step - It will
ask you for the directory name to install to. Press the
enter key to accept the default directory. This will
install the all of the files and folders associated with
the PC software into the directory titled cai.
6th step - Find the
file with the name "GPS" and the file type
"MS-DOS Batch File" and right click on it.
Choose the option "create shortcut". Now right
click on the file named "Shortcut to GPS" and
select "cut". Close Windows Explorer. Minimize
or close any other programs that you may have running so
that all that is visible is the desk top (the default
screen you see when you turn on your computer). Place the
mouse pointer anywhere on an open area of the desktop and
right click the mouse. Select "paste". This now
places what is called a "short cut" to the PC
Software on your desktop so that all you need to do to
run the program is double click on the short cut icon.
When I attempt to transfer
flight logs from my flight recorder I get a message,
"unable to register graphic fonts". What is the
problem?
This is likely due to
insufficient DOS memory. Check the amount of free memory,
and try to ensure that it is at least, say, 540K.
I have just
downloaded a turn point file, how do I display an
overhead view?
What you need to do is to
go to:
'single flight'
then select from all flights
Then select any flight
Then go to 'choose a different pc database'
Select the one you want to view
Then go to 'assigned task and navpoints from pc database'
Then go to 'Options'
Then to 'Display options'
Then to 'View control'
Then select 'View all navpoints'
Then Exit back to the 'flight display screen'
Now when you choose 'Overhead View' you will see your
database
I have downloaded a
Turnpoint Database from the Internet, how do I load it
into my Flight Recorder?
Download the list of
navpoints in .CAI file format.
Copy the file to your C:\cai\data\ directory and give it
the extension .dat, in other words, if you have a
file titled uvalde.txt then you would copy the file to
your C:\cai\data\ folder and call it uvalde.dat
Once you have accomplished
this then start the GPS-NAV Software (go to C:\cai and
type GPS). You must have your GPS-NAV connected to your
computer via the serial data port.
Go to PC Databases.
Then go to Soaring Sites.
Then ADD a soaring site.
Give it a name and enter through all the other fields
until you see POST at the top of the screen. (Post just
means 'save changes').
Now you have a new soaring site with no navpoints.
Now choose Exit.
Now go to Special Functions.
Now choose Import.
Now choose Navpoint Export File.
Now type in the full path and filename,
C:\cai\data\uvalde.dat and press Enter.
Select Import All Navpoints.
Now it should tell you how many navpoints there are.
Select Import XXX navpoints.
It should tell you XXX navpoints were imported. Press any
key.
You should now have all the turnpoints added to your
soaring site.
When I view a flight on my
laptop computer the image doesn't fill the screen, why?
The GPS-NAV PC Software is
written in DOS for VGA display (640 x 480 pixels). When
the software runs on a desktop PC, the monitor
automatically converts the 640 x 480 image so it fills
the whole screen. This is true even if the desktop is
configured for SVGA (800 x 600 pixels) or XGA (1024 x 780
pixels).
Laptop LCD screens have
actual pixels rather than an electron beam scanning an
array of phosphors. Showing a 640 x 480 image full size
on a 800 x 600 pixel display requires logic to interpret
the image an make decisions about which pixels to turn
on.
Laptop manufacturers use
Video Cards from different vendors. Display of 640 x 480
images on SVGA or XGA LCD screens is a function of the
video card, not the laptop itself.
It is simplest to continue
using the small VGA image on your new XGA laptop. If you
want the larger image, the best place to start is by
browsing the web.
Find the web site for the
PC manufacturer and browse for video card updates or
patches. Make sure to use only a patch for the specific
video card in your laptop.
Why am I finding task
declarations in files which were not declared and how can
I edit the file to remove the declaration?
A flight declaration can
be made from the GPS-NAV display or from the PC software.
The usual method is from the GPS-NAV display. A PC task
with code "A" will be sent to the GPS-NAV
during database transfer. This permits a declared flight
to be made without need for a GPS-NAV navigation display.
Our primary goal in
defining how declarations work in the GPS-NAV was to
preserve a valid declaration with its associated secure
flight log. The GPS-NAV keeps only one flight
declaration; it is transferred with every flight log. The
declaration contains its own date and time. This can be
used to determine if the declaration applies to the
flight in question.
The only way to remove a
declaration from the GPS-NAV is to transfer a new
database into it.
A declared task stays in
the GPS-NAV until another task is declared. Any flight
that is transferred from the GPS-NAV to a PC will contain
the Declaration.
If you do not want to see
an inappropriate declaration with each flight, view the
flight with the database from the PC rather than the
flight log. The PREFERENCES menu lets you highlight this
database source by default.
If you do not have the
appropriate database in your PC, you can import it from
the flight log itself.
I would like to print my
flight using my color printer, how is this accomplished?
Here is how to capture
screen images for color printing (you must be running MS
Word 7):
- [Alt]+[PrtSc] to
capture the image. The screen should blink during
capture.
- [Alt]+[Tab] to switch
between CAI PC Software and Word 7.
- [Ctrl]+[V] to paste
the image in the Word document.
I have downloaded some
flights via the Internet but cannot view them, what is
wrong?
Check the name of the
directory (or directories in the path) that the flights
have been saved to. As the PC software is DOS based, it
will not recognize file or directory names that contain
more than eight characters. If this is the case, just
rename the directories or move the files to a valid DOS
folder.
Why do I get a
"Run Time Error" message while trying to
install the GPS PC Software?
One possible reason is
that you are trying to install the software into a
directory that does not meet the DOS naming convention of
eight characters or less. During the installation, the
program will create a directory on your C: drive titled
cai. It is in your best interest to allow this to happen.
If you must install it in another directory, make sure
the name of the directory is eight characters or less.
Also, to make life easier on yourself, make sure the
directory that contains the PC Software resides in the
root directory C:\cai not as a folder
within a folder in the root directory
C:\soaring\programs\cai.
I get a message stating "not enough
space for environment" when I try to run the GPS PC
Software, why?
Version 5.2 of our GPS
Software was about 30K larger than our previous version
(3.1.1). The error message indicates that there is not
enough memory in the MS-DOS environment to run the
program. This does not refer to your 8MB of ram or your
hard disk memory, but to the available memory in DOS to
"run" the program. You are probably using a lot
of card drivers (TSRs) in your laptop. If you can spare
one of these you should be able to free up the additional
memory needed. Our new V5.8 PC Software requires less
memory to run and should take of this problem.
I recently purchased a new computer with
a 200Mhz Cyrix microprocessor. When I try to run the GPS
PC Software I get a message stating "divide by zero
error", help?
This problem is due to the
internal architecture of the microprocessor. The
microprocessors exhibiting this condition are the AMD K-5
and K-6 family, and the Cyrix 6X86 family.
There are two choices
available to correct this situation. First, reload the
GPS-NAV PC Software (V5.2) using "instfast"
instead of "install". At the DOS prompt type
gpsfast instead of gps. This will run a file called
"pipeloop" which will solve your problem with
the Cyrix microprocessor.
The latest version of the
PC Software, V5.8, has corrected this problem with the
AMD as well as the Cyrix microprocessors.
Can you clarify some questions
regarding the GPS PC Software?
Q. What assigns the
date of a Flight Log, the flight Recorder or the laptop?
A. The answer
depends on the source for display of Flight Log
Navigation Point data.
IGC Flight log filenames
come from the GPS clock which is based on UTC time. The
first GPS fix in the flight log is the source of time and
date information for filename assignment.
Day ---- 10th - a ------------------l
Month ---- June 6 ------------l l
Year -- 98 ---------------------- | | l
| | |
86ac0rw1.cai
| | l
Manufacturer (Cambridge)------| | l
FR Identifier 0rw -----------------------l l
Flight Number ---- 1 ---------------------l
Month and day are encoded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -- --
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f - -
A local time offset is associated with the PC Software
database for navigation points. Barograph traces,
"fix" times, and flight evaluation times are
all displayed in local time.
In California, the local
time offset should be -7. UTC-PDT = 7. California time is
7 hours BEHIND time in Greenwich, England (the reference
location for UTC).
This works fine except in
New Zealand where the local time offset is +13 hours. If
the first fix in a GPS flight is later than 1 PM local
time, the UTC date is the next day! This caused problems
at the New Zealand World Championships.
Beginning with PC software
Version 5.2, flight log listings and all displays are
based on Local time as controlled in the 2 - SOARING
SITES database.
If a flight in California
used +7 rather than -7 for the local time offset, then
flight log selection and display which relates to date
may not work properly. The Task used in 2 - MULTIPLE
FLIGHTS is only valid for one day. Therefore, incorrect
local time offset may cause failure of some flights to
be displayed.
If the flight log is
displayed with database information from the flight log
rather than the PC database, then the local time offset
will from the 2 -SOARING SITES database of the PC that
loaded data into the Flight Recorder. This may not be the
same as the local time offset in the 2 - SOARING SITES
database of the flight display PC.
Q. Must I create a
separate task for each class?
A. Tasks are
organized by CODE in the 4 - TASKS FOR THE SITE. Contests
typically have different tasks for different glider
classes (15 meter, Standard, Open, etc.) at the contest.
The PC software allows entry of different tasks for
different classes. This makes competition scoring much
easier and faster.
If the CODE field of a
TASK is left blank, that task applies to ALL flights for
that date.
If a task has CODE A
through J assigned, that task will be sent to the GPS-NAV
together with the Navpoint database. However, tasks with
CODE letters A-J cannot be used for PC task evaluation.
To use the task, clear the letter CODE an make sure task
and flight date agree.
Q. Does the date of
the flight log have to agree with the date of the task?
A. Yes, the LOCAL
date of Task and flight log must agree for the flight to
be displayed with task turnponts shown.
Q. Why do some
traces appear to have no data (data in gray) when viewed
as a multiple flight?
A. Flight
evaluation requires that the pilot get "near"
the start point and turnpoints. Otherwise, the program
does not know when to move the evaluation to the next leg
of the task. Incomplete evaluations are shown in gray.
Q. Why does the
multi-flight not run if all the entrants do not have
data?
A. The first flight
in the flight log list must have a class as well as a
date match with the task. Otherwise, the software does
not know how to choose an appropriate task. The safest
way to assure this is to use leave the CODE field blank.
This assures that ANY glider flight for that day will
call up the appropriate task.
Will
my Cambridge Aero Products continue to function correctly
in the year 2000?
Below are listed the
products with comments as related to the Y2K issue.
M-NAV: Non issue.
S-NAV: Non issue.
L-NAV: Non issue.
CAV: Non issue.
GPS-NAV PC Software: The Y2K bug has been
corrected in Version 5.882.
GPS-NAV: The
release of V5.4 for the Flight Recorder has a fix for a
leap year bug that was discovered during our Y2K
investigation. During our investigation no Y2K
problems were found. However, we did find that if a
flight log is being recorded at midnight UTC, December 31
at the beginning or end of a leap year, the flight log is
divided into two parts.
The GPS receivers
contained within the Models 10, 20, and 25 is supplied by
Garmin International. Please read the Garmin Y2K Statement on their website.
During the end of
week event (EOW) in August some GPS-NAV Model 10s
experienced problems with satellite acquisition due to
the old eight channel receivers. Garmin states that they
no longer support the old eight channel receiver
(GPS-10). After the event, we were able to write some
code that enabled the GPS-10 receivers to "wake
up". We were not able to anticipate (simulate) the
EOW event as we have no control over the data that is
received by the GPS-NAV from the satellites. We do not
know what will happen at the rollover to the year 2000
with regard to the GPS-10 receivers. Garmin states that
there should not be a problem. If there is, Cambridge
Aero will make every attempt to correct the problem.
Worst case is that the Model 10 will need an upgrade to
the current GPS-25 receiver. This hardware upgrade will
not be considered a warranty issue.
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