This page references information regarding the EWView/DOS program which is not guarenteed in any way by EW Avionics but which may never-the-less be of use or interest to people using the software, particularly to those writing programs to be used in conjunction with EWView/DOS.

Users of this page may also find the contents of my MapComp and Log2EWT pages to be of interest.

EW Windows Uploader is a 32-bit Windows program used to upload traces from EW Loggers in the .IGC file format described above.

Follow this link to obtain test and production versions of the program.

Validation software provided as an alternative to the IGC-EWA.DLL file available on the IGC web site.

EWView/DOS provides the ability to export traces in the .IGC format defined by the International Gliding Commission - part of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This trace export function is supported for FAI Sporting Code purposes.

These documents describes the subset of the .IGC format which is actually produced by the EWView programs.

EW Avionics IGC File Format

A general definition of the format of the .IGC files produced.

EW Avionics IGC File Format - REX Code Interpretation

Details of the interpretation of the manufacturer specific fields of the 'B' records in the .IGC file.

EW Avionics IGC File Format - Character Mappings

Details of the way in which characters in the EW file formats which do not have equivalents in the subset of ASCII allowed in IGC files are represented.

EW Barograph & Logger Models A, B and C - Notes contains some miscellaneous notes about these barograph and logger models which could be useful to anybody wishing to write an uploader for them.

EW Model "D" Flight Recorder contains a description of the protocol used to communicate with the EW Model "D" Flight Recorder, including the format of traces stored in memory which are transferred on upload. It is intended for anybody who wants to write software to communicate with the EW Model "D" - for example, to upload traces or to set up the logger before a flight with the sample interval, date and time, user number, pilot and glider details and/or flight declaration.

Tim Newport-Peace's company, Specialist Systems, has a web site at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/ which contains many resources of use to the computer literate glider pilot.

http://www.blue-hills-innovations.com/ looks like it could be a handy source of cables, etc. I have no experience of their service but would be interested to hear any recommendations or otherwise.

If, on the other hand, you feel like making up your own cables then the Swedish University Network has many potentially useful resources. In particular, there is a "Hardware Book" containing pinouts for many devices including various serial connections for the Macintosh.