Main Transfer Screen
SoarPilot offers functions to exchange information between the PDA and your desktop PC and to save your data onto an SD card or internally on the Palm in DOC format.
This screen which is accessed from the “Settings” menu can be used to start a file exchange. See below for details about the default filenames SoarPilot is using for each type of file, and how to choose a different filename. The transfer method is selected on the NMEA Port Settings screen and is displayed in the title bar of the transfer screen.
 | ← transfer method is from/to SD Card |
Tap one of the buttons on the screen to select the data you wish to transfer
Additionally if you have either a C302, C302A, GPSNAV, Volklogger, LX or Filser selected in the Comp field on the NMEA Port Settings screen, then there will be an additional button to select data transfer with an external logger.
Default Filenames used for Data Transfer
| Data Type | Default Filename | Receive | Transmit | Format | Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Configuration | config.scg | X | X | SoarPilot | .scg |
| Waypoints | waypoints.dat | X | X | Cambridge | .dat |
| waypoints.cup | X | X | SeeYou | .cup | |
| waypoints.wpl | X | X | $GPWPL NMEA Sentence | .wpl | |
| Polars | polars.spl | X | X | SoarPilot | .spl |
| Tasks | tasks.spt | X | X | SoarPilot | .spt |
| Flight | IGC Name | X | IGC Format | .igc | |
| SUA | suadata.sua | X | Tim Newton-Pierce | .sua |
These are all plain text files.
For SD (Memory) Card transfers, these files should be placed into the following directory on the card:
\PALM\Programs\SoarPilot
If these directories are not currently on your card, simply select the Configuration option then touch the Transmit option, choose the “Default” button to get the default filename and “Transmit”. All of the required directories will be created automatically for you.
Choosing a Filename
If you use the SD Card method or Palm DOC method you will be given the option to choose a filename to Receive or Transmit. The file extension is fixed according to the file types above.
Receiving a File
Tap on the item in the list to select it, or use Page-Up or Page-Down to view other pages in the list
Receive Will start the receiving process for the file selected.
Delete will delete the selected file.
Cancel will return to the Main Transfer Screen.
Transmitting a File
Tap on the item in the list to select it, or use Page-Up or Page-Down to view other pages in the list
You can enter the filename you want in the Filename field.
Transmit Will start the transmitting process for the file selected
Default will put the default filename for that file type in the filename field.
Cancel will return to the Main Transfer Screen.
SoaringDotNet
SoaringDotNet is a program on the PC to partner SoarPilot and to make the process of preparing SUA, Terrain, Task, and Waypoint files for uploading into SoarPilot, and to download flights from SoarPilot much easier.
SoaringDotNet can be found under Files on the Soaring Pilot Yahoo group site or on the SoaringDotNet website.
Details on the SoaringDotNet program can be found here. More documentation will be available on the SoaringDotNet website.
