Lester/Tytus,
Wielki dzieki za podzielenie swoje doswiadczenie.
Dostalem wiecej informacje od Digifly na temacie zjintegrowanie z LK8000:
LK8000
LK8000 fully supports Digifly Leonardo Pro BT at the latest firmware 66.x
Telemetry is available either through serial RS232 or BlueTooth serial.
If you are using Bluetooth, remember to unplug the serial cable! If you are using a serial cable,
remember to disable Bluetooth on the device.
In ADV SETTINGS choose Telemetry mode FL1 for normal flight usage with samples at 1hz (one
sample per second). Do not choose FL2 in current LK8000 version. Check that you are not using CAR
mode, otherwise no air telemetry is sent out, of course.
LK8000 is receiving from Leo GPS position, GPS altitude, Barometric altitude, Vario and battery
information.
Optionally, if your Leo is equipped with external sensors, IAS and Netto Vario are received.
LK8000 does NOT use Leo's values for wind calculation and ground efficiency, since it has its own
calculations. You will thus be able to read wind values both from Leo and LK8000, each one calculating
it independently. The same for GR (glide ratio).
Battery information is available in infobox External.Battery 1 and 2.
" EXT.BATT.1 will report voltage on the main lithium battery,
" EXT.BATT.2 will report voltage on the backup AA battery.
Baro Altitude is received from Leo and compared to corresponding QNH. We are using Altimeter n.1. If
you did not change QNH on the Leo (i.e. you did not adjust the altimeter n.1 to the correct altitude), then
LK8000 will look at your GPS location, and guess an average altitude. The Baro altitude is then set
accordingly.
If you have no GPS signal, or you have no terrain configured in LK8000, then it is not possible to
guess an average altitude for your location and QNH will not be set automatically.
Once QNH is changed for the first time (either because you adjusted altitude in altimeter 1, or because
in the meantime GPS signal was acquired and terrain altitude was used), then it will NO MORE be
changed automatically. To adjust baro altitude in LK8000 anytime you can enter MENU CONFIG
"BASIC SETTINGS", where you can change both altitude and pressure value, whatever you prefer.
Remember that the Leo will stop sending out telemetry values when you enter the config MENU!
A good solution is the car navigator MIO400 Europe Lite Edition for 65 euro at Mediaworld megastore.
This unit is very very cheap and has not the BT but this is not a problem because the mini usb cable connection will be used for both external extra power and communication with any LeonardoPlus , LeonardoPro or LeonardoProBt.
In the LK8000 forum there are a lot of people using this item and they are very satisfied .
I think the only limitation is that it has only 3 hours of battery life so for long flights (competitions) an external battery pack with 5VDc output is required.
I have connected my LeonardoPro to the MIO M400 in this way :
1) LeonardoPro connection using with 2 wires : ground and telemetry output (TxD) from the 3,5 mm stereo jack
2) invert the logical level of the TxD using a simple inverter scheme with a NPN transistor and connect it to the pin 3 of the mini USB
3) a rechargeable 5 Volts external power pack to extend the battery life of the M400 and to power the transistor
4) connect together the pin 4 to the pin 5 of the mini usb that goes to the M400
Zobaczylem Mio w niedziele, i jak dla mnie ekran bylo bardzo kepski, ale za to za rozsadna cena. Jak narazie przystaje sie przy Vertica V1, ktory zamierzam kupic w nastepnych tygodniach.
Jezeli ktos chce kupic LEONARDO PRO i LEODARDO PRO BLUETOOTH, jestem w stanie ich dostac za okolo £290 i £360 +wysylka (ktora mozemy podzielic). To znaczna roznica z cenami tutejsze £447 i £521. Zamawiam swoj juz niedlugo.
Podczas czekanie na tamte urzadzenie, kupilem Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, ktory oprocz tego ze wyglada na "bomb proof"
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, ma wewnetrzy barograph/altimeter, i da sie uruchomic XCSoar/LK800/Gaggle. Wiec mozna korzystac funkcje wario.
Wedlug Giselle, ktora ma C-pilot (i nie uzywa bo uwaza ze za ciezki) oraz miala Samsung Gallaxy, Xperia jest bardzo fajnie i sie sprawdza i ma bardzo jasne widoczny ekran na slonce. Jednak trzeba czekac kilka tygodnia na poprawienie kody od XCSoar/LK800 na funkcje wario. Gaggle dziala bez problemu. Mozna to obejrzec to w
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(ale slodkie ta maskotka - babskie sposoby na latanie
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Ekran troche malo, ale i tak potrzebowalem nowy telefon i oprocz tego bede go korzystal do wyslanie track log do Leonardo Live tez.Ale trzeba pamietac, ze ona nie lata na zawodach jeszcze, wiec do jej portrzeb to jest ok.
Pozdrawiam,
Dymitr