This screen as accessed from the “Settings Menu”

The screen is split into 2 sections.

• NMEA Input Config - to configure the GPS input
• Data Transfer Config - to configure the transmiting and receiving of soarpilot data (Waypoints, Tasks, flight logs)

This sets the communication type and speed between Soarpilot and the GPS unit. Options are

• Serial - GPS connected via the serial port.
• IR - GPS connected via the Infrared port.
• BT - GPS connected via Bluetooth.
• USB - Special option for the USB port on a Tungsten E using a Kirrio cradle/cable GPS to USB interface.
• STap - Special option for running SoarPilot on the StyleTap platform.

The speed is selectable from 1200 to 115200 baud.

Is used for GPS units that do not calculate the magnetic deviation. When checked, Soarpilot calculates the deviation based on the position information from the GPS.

Is used to get Soarpilot to check the checksum on the GGA NMEA sentence for altitude, to ensure correct data is being receive.

This field is used to make a fixed offset from the GPS altitude information from the GPS. Normally, using a the MSL or WGS84 options below will produce an accurate result.

• MSL - is the standard setting and is what 95% of the people will use. MSL is what the GPS GGA line is supposed to output for the altitude value.
• The WGS84 option is for some GPS units (Sirf II-based) do not output MSL but output the height above the WGS84 ellipisoid. In this case, it uses the correction value being outputted in the GGA line along with the height to correct the altitude value back to MSL.

See the GPS Status screen to see actual values from your GPS unit.

For example - If you have a Holux 230 Bluetooth GPS, you want to set it to WGS84. If you have it set to MSL and the altitude ALWAYS looks WAY off, check the GPS Status screen and see if the GH value has a value and is approximately the amount that is off. The GH value for your area will not change much as you move around. If there isn’t a value for GH and likely your GPS isn’t outputting a correction value. In that case, you’ll have to use the MSL Adjust field (above) to make the correction manually.

Used to select the type of flight computer connected to Soarpilot. Connection to the flight computers below gives the following features and benefits to Soarpilot:

Computer	Wind Data	True Airspeed	Use MC	Polar Potential (Bugs)	Ballast	Pressure Alt	Lift Data	Alt. Setting
B50						(B500)
B50/Volks
C302
C302A
LX/Filser
EW Model D
EW Micro
ReCo
B50/LX
iQue
Tasman	Tasman	Development	Use	Only
Volks
Flarm
GPSNAV
SN10
SR940/GP941
PosiGraph

Also the following data transfer functions are available

Computer	Declare Tasks	Clear Declaration	Download Flights	Delete Flights	Transfer of Waypoint, Pilot, Glider data
B50/Volks
C302
C302A
LX/Filser
EW Model D
EW Micro
ReCo
B50/LX
iQue
Tasman
Volks
Flarm
GPSNAV

Used to set the source of the altitude information used in Soarpilot. See also the QFE/QNH screen. See above tables for which logger can provide pressure altitude information to SoarPilot.

This option controls if Soarpilot should use the pressure altitude received from the logger/vario for the primary altitude reference, rather than the MSL altitude data received from the GPS. Note: This option is only visible with a pressure altitude source selected in the Alt field, but not the C302 , as this provides an very accurate MSL reference, and the QNH value required to adjust to Flight Level (FL)

This sets the communication type and for transfering data into and out of Soarpilot

• Serial - Use the serial port. A program SPTerm is then required on the PC to handle the data transfer
• Memo - Use the Palm internal Memo format. This is not recommended as long files need to be split over several memos. Using Memo to transfer flights is not supported.
• DOC - Use the Palm DOC format.
• IR - Use the IR serial port.
• Card - Use an SD memory card.
• BT - Use the Bluetooth serial connection.

Note: Card and BT option are only visible when your PDA supports this.

Sets the speed of the serial data connection. The speed is selectable from 1200 to 115200 baud.

Options to use no flow control, or hardware flow control on serial connections. Note: Hardware flow control requires a fully wired serial cable.

To see more information on how to use these transfer methods, see Saving/Exporting the Flight Log.