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* upload waypoints into LX5000?Moshe Braner
`- upload waypoints into LX5000?Dan Marotta

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From: moshe.braner@gmail.com (Moshe Braner)
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Subject: upload waypoints into LX5000?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:27:15 -0400
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 by: Moshe Braner - Sun, 22 Oct 2023 22:27 UTC

A friend bought a glider with an LX5000. To make it useful beyond being
a vario, he needs to load the local waypoints into it. This ancient
device has no SD card slot. But it does have a serial cable for
connection to a PC. Do I need the LXE program on the PC to talk to it?
I installed LXE, it starts, but refuses to fully open since, it says, an
"airspace and airports" database is "not installed". Downloaded
ASAPT_E17_setup.exe and ran that, it installed some files in
lxnavigation\asapt - but LXE still says no database. Note: I didn't
actually run the database EXE on the same PC, rather on another one and
copied the files over - is that the problem? I installed LXE on a very
old laptop (Windows 98!) because it has a serial port. But the
ASAPT_E17_setup.exe refuses to run on that ancient laptop.

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From: dcmarotta@earthlink.net (Dan Marotta)
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Subject: Re: upload waypoints into LX5000?
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 by: Dan Marotta - Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:00 UTC

I had one of those nightmare LX5- or7000 devices (it came in my Stemme)
and, after some kind soul on this board helped me load a "starter
database" which I don't think is available any more, I decided it was
better used as a boat anchor... in salt water.

Get a good quality USB to serial adapter and run that program on a more
modern computer. Better yet, toss that thing and replace it with an
Android device running XCSoar or similar. You won't regret that!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QUZY4L0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Dan
5J

On 10/22/23 16:27, Moshe Braner wrote:
> A friend bought a glider with an LX5000.  To make it useful beyond being
> a vario, he needs to load the local waypoints into it.  This ancient
> device has no SD card slot.  But it does have a serial cable for
> connection to a PC.  Do I need the LXE program on the PC to talk to it?
> I installed LXE, it starts, but refuses to fully open since, it says, an
> "airspace and airports" database is "not installed".  Downloaded
> ASAPT_E17_setup.exe and ran that, it installed some files in
> lxnavigation\asapt - but LXE still says no database.  Note: I didn't
> actually run the database EXE on the same PC, rather on another one and
> copied the files over - is that the problem?  I installed LXE on a very
> old laptop (Windows 98!) because it has a serial port.  But the
> ASAPT_E17_setup.exe refuses to run on that ancient laptop.

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