I know I can use my IPAQ with FS to see moving map...How?

[sky010]

Hallo,

I've seen a few posts here of people using the ipaq as a nice moving map..

what do I need?

Could I also use it as an FMC (that would be marvelous.. :lol: )

Bye!

thx

SkY

[Pete Dowson]

I've seen a few posts here of people using the ipaq as a nice moving map..what do I need?

If it has a serial connection, you need a cable for it, and you need GPSout.dll installed in the FS Modules folder, configured appropriately (see the other post on this for now -- I'll update the GPSout read.me in due course).

GPSout is one of the free modules available on http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.

Could I also use it as an FMC (that would be marvelous.. :lol: )

No: for that it would need to be Networked and have the folks at Project Magenta produce an Ipaq version of their CDU program, or something similar!

Regards,

Pete

[sky010]

Hi Pete,

Thx a lot x your help..

My IPAQ is a '1st gen' one.. so Its connected to PC via a serial COM standard cable (no USB)..

Will this be enough, or do I have to get something else?

I wonder what's the best prog u suggest as map.. I've read about this pocketFMS..

Is there anything else u suggest?

PS: I suppose none of the FS screens are importable into the Ipaq..

[Pete Dowson]

My IPAQ is a '1st gen' one.. so Its connected to PC via a serial COM standard cable (no USB)..

Will this be enough, or do I have to get something else?

That should be okay. If the Ipaq software can talk through it, so can GPSout.

I wonder what's the best prog u suggest as map.. I've read about this pocketFMS..

Is there anything else u suggest?

Sorry, I don't know any of that stuff. Maybe others have suggestions. There are some folks have used on a Palm PDA. I have a Palm, but it's USB.

PS: I suppose none of the FS screens are importable into the Ipaq..

None. Pretty much all parts of FS need all the other parts. Although I assume your PDA uses "Pocket Windows" or "CE" or whatever it is called, even if it was 100% compatible with Windows98 or XP, which is unlikely, I don't suppose it sports 2 Gb disk space and at least 256 Mb main memory, does it? :wink:

Regards,

Pete