User`s guide

Cambridge Aero Explorer User’s Guide
then that folder will automatically visible as a workspace in the PC pane. Similarly, it
your flashcard contains a folder named Flights this will also be visible as a workspace in
the PC pane.
Transferring data to the recorder via a flashcard.
Navpoint, SUA and flight log files can be transferred to a Cambridge recorder that is
permanently mounted in the glider using a flashcard. To transfer navpoints and SUA files
to a recorder using a flashcard, follow these steps.
1. Make sure a flashcard reader is properly installed in your computer and a flashcard is
inserted in the reader. The flashcard must appear as a removable drive when you
double-click the “My Computer” desktop icon. This flashcard also must have a
folder called My Documents on it. If this folder is not there, right-click in the
flashcard window, point to New, then click Folder. Name the folder My
Documents.
2. Start the Cambridge Aero Explorer. If all the requirements in the previous step are
met, then you should see a workspace called Flash Card as the last entry in the PC
pane.
3. Find the navpoint file in the PC pane you wish to transfer to the flash card (and
eventually to the recorder). Right-click the navpoint file, point to Send To, then
choose Flash Card. The program transfers the navpoint file to the flashcard.
4. Repeat the procedure, selecting an SUA file if you wish to transfer a SUA file to the
flashcard.
5. Remove the flashcard from the PC and insert it into your Pocket-Nav computer.
Follow the instructions that came with the Pocket-Nav on how to transfer data from a
flashcard to the recorder.
Transferring flights from the recorder via a flashcard.
If your recorder is permanently installed in the glider, you can transfer flight logs from
the recorder to the PC using a flashcard. To perform this transfer, follow these steps.
1. Follow the instructions with the Pocket-Nav to transfer the flight from the recorder to
the Pocket-Nav flashcard. This transfer doesn’t automatically happen during the
flight, you must transfer it at the end of the flight.
2. Remove the flashcard from the Pocket-Nav and insert it in the flashcard adapter in
the PC.
3. Make sure a flashcard reader is properly installed in your computer and insert the
flashcard in the reader. The flash card must appear as a removable drive when you
double-click the “My Computer” desktop icon. When the Cambridge Aero Explorer
starts, the flashcard should appear in the PC pane as a workspace called Flash Card
(X:/Flights) where “X” is the drive letter the system assigns to your flash card..
4. Expand the workspace under Flash Card, and you should see your flight logs.
Double click on a flight log to display it.
To copy the flight from the flashcard and save it on the computer, follow these steps.
1. Right-click the flight log under the Flash Card workspace, and choose Copy.
2. Right-click a folder icon under one of the workspaces on your hard drive, then
choose Paste.