• SeeYou Navigator WiFi input?

    From Moshe Braner@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 21 22:18:55 2022
    If you run the SeeYou Navigator app on an Android phone, can it receive
    data (GPS, FLARM) via WiFi? Or can it only receive it via Bluetooth?
    (Only Bluetooth is mentioned on the Naviter web site.)

    I tried it out on a friend's phone with SeeYou Navigator installed, and
    it said "scanning for devices" for a while and didn't come up with
    anything. On the same phone I also tried XCsoar instead of SeeYou
    Navigator and it could get data via WiFi (UDP).

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  • From Richard Pfiffner@21:1/5 to Moshe Braner on Thu Sep 22 08:16:56 2022
    On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 7:18:59 PM UTC-7, Moshe Braner wrote:
    If you run the SeeYou Navigator app on an Android phone, can it receive
    data (GPS, FLARM) via WiFi? Or can it only receive it via Bluetooth?
    (Only Bluetooth is mentioned on the Naviter web site.)

    I tried it out on a friend's phone with SeeYou Navigator installed, and
    it said "scanning for devices" for a while and didn't come up with
    anything. On the same phone I also tried XCsoar instead of SeeYou
    Navigator and it could get data via WiFi (UDP).

    You need a special BT Dongle from Naviter to connect via Bluetooth .

    https://www.craggyaero.com/oudie_n.htm

    Richard

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to Richard Pfiffner on Thu Sep 22 11:06:59 2022
    ... Because they encrypt the data?

    I have a Rotax 915iS powering my home built gyro plane. I can get the download/analysis software for free, but I need a $300 cable to connect
    the engine ECU to my computer. You'd think that for a $40K+ engine
    they'd toss in the cable.

    Dan
    5J

    On 9/22/22 09:16, Richard Pfiffner wrote:
    You need a special BT Dongle from Naviter to connect via Bluetooth .

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  • From George Haeh@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 22 10:24:21 2022
    Navigator can use the phone GPS. The dongle transmits GPS and vario from selected instruments. Flarm data is at an as of yet unannounced point in the future; so I'm hanging on to my Oudie 2 which displays Flarm targets in a substantially more visible way
    than the run of the mill itty bitty Flarm displays.

    The folks designing these displays are kids out of university who don't yet need bifocals.

    Navigator is very much a bleeding edge work in progress and is getting better all the time.

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  • From Moshe Braner@21:1/5 to Richard Pfiffner on Thu Sep 22 17:26:30 2022
    On 9/22/2022 11:16 AM, Richard Pfiffner wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 7:18:59 PM UTC-7, Moshe Braner wrote:
    If you run the SeeYou Navigator app on an Android phone, can it receive
    data (GPS, FLARM) via WiFi? Or can it only receive it via Bluetooth?
    (Only Bluetooth is mentioned on the Naviter web site.)

    I tried it out on a friend's phone with SeeYou Navigator installed, and
    it said "scanning for devices" for a while and didn't come up with
    anything. On the same phone I also tried XCsoar instead of SeeYou
    Navigator and it could get data via WiFi (UDP).

    You need a special BT Dongle from Naviter to connect via Bluetooth .

    https://www.craggyaero.com/oudie_n.htm

    Richard


    I assume that cable is for the Oudie? Or perhaps it is for the devices
    sending the data? I'm talking about the Navigator software running on
    an Android phone instead. The phone has both Bluetooth and WiFi
    capability built in. Navigator reports searching for external devices,
    but not finding any. In my experiment there were no Bluetooth devices
    to be found, but there was a device offering data via WiFi, which XCsoar
    on the same phone had no trouble receiving.

    The posting in this thread from George Haeh says that "Navigator can use
    the phone GPS. The dongle transmits GPS and vario from selected
    instruments. Flarm data is at an as of yet unannounced point in the
    future." - not clear whether WiFi is, or will be, an option. I guess
    this will be revealed over time.

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  • From George Haeh@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 22 16:47:35 2022
    Oudie 2 is connected by cable.

    Navigator uses Bluetooth to the dongle without a cable for data. You may want a cable for power.

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