Hey Skydiving Geeks

[ERICCONNELLY 0]

Here’s a question for the techies out there.
The Pro-track uses a IR diode to download all it’s logged data
My PDA (a handspring) can send/receive IR data.

Has anyone looked in to writing some Palm OS code to allow you to download a Protrack to a PDA?

If not, sounds like a good project for a rainy day…

E

[quade 4]

Go for it!

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[PhreeZone 20]

If you want pointers.. talk to L&B. They love helping on projects like this and if it goes well they might even help with really deep tech questions like what does the data actually mean...

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[PhillyKev 0]

From what I remember hearing the IR signal is somehow scrambled or at some weird frequency. You can't use the native IR receiver in your PC, you have to buy the adapter (probably why it's designed that way, so that you have to buy it). So, I'm guessing unless you can crack that, it won't work for your PDA.

[AndyMan 7]

It's on their website....

Since they designed the interface before IRDa ports and XML were common, they had to difine their own protocol, which isn't documented.

From their faq at http://www.l-and-b.dk/asp/faq.asp?mode=Jumptrack

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Q:The ProTrack has an IR interface. Recent computers have an IRDA interface. Is it possible to let the computer and ProTrack exchange information without the special cable you're supplying?


A: No, you need the PC-Interface unit to transfer the data. There is NO way you can use another brand interface unit or transmit directly. Inside our PC-Interface unit is a powerful microprocessor that decodes the custom made 1-way IR signal to RS-232.

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