SD and Connection to autopilot kit

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SD and Connection to autopilot kit - the latest?

SD and Connection to autopilot kit - the latest?

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C S	C S posted 8/24/2018 3:11:20 PM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 50	I have just read the forums about this topic and I'm now wondering if the debate has moved on? I use SD in an iPad Mini 4 (alongside??) iLevils own AHRS GUI in my Europa Mono - both work well and reliably 1: Tim: from what i can glean, you are reluctant to interface SD routes/output NMEA to external devices. Could you explain for the benefit of the Forum contributors at least, why please? SD's GDL90 connection to my iLevil works really well for displaying position data and ADSB data on my real-time SD display. Now i would really like to send the SD route data back to e.g. a Trutrak or Navaid roll-axis (and eventually pitch axis) autopilot. 2: Are the legal profession the problem (again)? 3: Would the development of an Wifi interface box to a range of AP controllers, help SD bridge the gap? A loyal - and mostly pleased - SD user (not a troublemaker), asking . . .
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Chris_LSZO	Chris_LSZO posted 8/31/2018 11:16:50 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 107, Visits: 149	+x Tim Dawson - 8/30/2018 4:27:07 PM We have no current plans to implement this. We are not aware of any mass-market product which communicates with GDL90 and that has the capacity to receive NMEA in return to drive an autopilot, so it's unclear whether you are talking about a potential use case or an actual use case. We reserve the right to change our minds at any point and without any notice, because we are human beings. Just for Info: Easy-VFR offer this useful feature. I hope, SD will offer this too. Sure, I can copy/paste a route into another device. But If I want change the route in flight there is no acceptable workaround to send this new route to the autopilot. Chris
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