INSTRUMENTS
COMPASS TRACKING
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ompass Compass have really taken on board the growing importance of tracking. All the recent Compass instruments, including the entry level Easy Pilot, are equipped with a SIM card slot. As with all instruments of this type, it is necessary to initially remove the SIM card’s PIN code, for example using the ‘security’ menus on a normal mobile phone. Next you need to find out the APN (acces point name) field in the Easy Pilot menu, and depending on the operator, enter its pseudonym and Livetrack 24 password. At the moment, all the tracking at Compass is done via an external service provider, whose reliability is well known. Soon, it will also be possible to send, via Livetrack 24, the whole flight to the XContest server. Even more impressive, it will soon be possible to see, on the instrument’s screen, the position of other pilots who are part of the same group. Shortly, it will also be possible to connect onto the server of the service provider, AirTribune. Compass recommend and market the SIM card, Onesimcard. In contrast to the Flymaster card, it isn’t exclusive to Compass. It costs 30 €, then about 1 € per month, but it isn’t an unlimited tariff like the Flymaster one.
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