DataLink
DataLink is a free
utility developed by EGTrends Inc. It was designed to provide aircraft
owners and operators an alternate, convenient method of downloading data
from their engine monitors.
DataLink was developed for the
Electronics International UBG-16, the J.P. Instruments series of engine
monitors and any monitor that supports serial, RS232 data stream output.
Infrared capability is also available for users who have an RS232 to IR or
IRDA convert from the engine monitor.
The Insight Avionics GEM
series of monitors are NOT supported as a proprietary,
encrypted IRDA protocol is used to transmit the data. GEM owners should
contact Insight and request that they provide the required encryption and
protocol information to EGTrends in order to complete development for these
engine monitors.
NOTE for JPI Users
DataLink is designed as a data
transfer utility for PocketPC devices. JPI provides a free Palm-PC based download
utility from their web site at
http://www.JPInstruments.com
DataLink does NOT
decompress JPI data as it is downloaded from the instrument in the .DAT file
format.
DataLink is
ONLY a data
transfer tool and JPI customers will need to use the EZPlot or EZSave tools
from JPI to decompress their data after moving the .DAT files to their PC as
described in the ‘Operating Instructions’ later in this document.
System Requirements
1) PocketPC device such as, but not limited to:
Compaq / HP IPAQ
Dell Axim
Sony CLIE
2) Microsoft Mobile Windows 2002 or 2003 edition
3) Serial cable for your PocketPC device See
http://www.serialio.com/ for 3rd party serial cable
solutions.
4) Serial cable for the JPI, EI, or other engine monitor, see engine
monitor manufacturer's site for appropriate cables.
5) Gender-bender / gender converter to connect the two serial cables.
Installation Instructions
Download DataLink.cab from
http://www.EGTrends.com/DataLink.cab to your computer.
1)
Dock your PocketPC device to your computer
2)
Open ‘Microsoft ActiveSync’
3)
Click ‘Explore’ from the toolbar after your device has connected, and
synchronized.
4) Copy the downloaded DataLink.cab file from your PC, to your PocketPC device.
On your PocketPC device
1)
Select Programs from the Start menu
2)
Select ‘File Explorer’
3)
Browse to the directory in which you saved the ‘DataLink.cab’ file
4)
Click on the ‘DataLink.cab’ file to execute the install procedure.
Operating Instructions
1) To Run
DataLink, select ‘Programs’ from the Start menu on your PocketPC device.
2) Select
the Engine Monitor icon, DataLink.exe.
3) Select
‘Settings’ from the File Menu.
4) Select
your engine monitor from the ‘Analyzer’ drop down list box.
5) Select
the Port: RS232
6) Set the
Baud Rate:
a. 19200
for JPI
b. 9600 for
EI
7) Select
OK.
8) Connect your PocketPC to your engine monitor cables, in the
airplane.
9) Select
the ‘Start Download’ button when you are ready to start downloading data
from your engine monitor. The ‘Ready’ text will be replaced by a data
counter while DataLink is receiving data from the monitor.
10) Start the download procedure from the engine monitor.
11) Select
‘Stop Download’ when you are finished downloading the data from the monitor.
The Data is stored on the
root-directory of your PocketPC device. Synchronize your device with your
computer and copy the new file to your computer using the ‘Explore’ button
from Microsoft ActiveSync. The new engine monitor data is stored on the root
of your PocketPC device.
After your copy the file to your PC,
use your normal process to decompress, or convert the data file into a
format for EGView to import.
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