A64Pilot Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 (edited) My GDL-39 is dying, It’s hardwired to my panel mounted 696 and Bluetooth to my Ipad running Foreflight. The Bluetooth part is dead, the hardwire still feeds the 696. I think I can buy a GDL-50 and it uses the same wiring as the 39? But can’t find out, if it does then it’s an easy replacement for the 39, but it’s $850. Wing-X is free for me because they give it away to the military, I know it’s nothing compared to Foreflight, but it’s all I need so I’m thinking get a receiver that will work for Wing-X probably save some money over the GDL-50 and save the yearly Foreflight subscription, plus the 39 works with the 696 still, both are obsolete, but work. A problem is the only list I can find for Wing-X receivers is from 2013, Garmin won’t play with Wing-X so I’d need a non Garmin receiver to run Wing-X 1. First question is does anyone have a semi current list of Wing-X compatible receivers? 2. Second question does anyone know if a GDL-50 is a drop in replacement cable wise for the 39? I’m pretty sure the plug is the same but have no idea if the wiring is The cable is sold as a 39 / 50 cable indicating it’s the same Edited February 4 by A64Pilot Quote
toto Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 The list on the WingX website is from 2019, so I guess it doesn’t get newer than that. WingX is compatible with Stratux devices, which really is the cheapest possible solution. You can make one yourself or get one on eBay for very little money. 1 Quote
LANCECASPER Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 5 hours ago, A64Pilot said: My GDL-39 is dying, It’s hardwired to my panel mounted 696 and Bluetooth to my Ipad running Foreflight. The Bluetooth part is dead, the hardwire still feeds the 696. I think I can buy a GDL-50 and it uses the same wiring as the 39? But can’t find out, if it does then it’s an easy replacement for the 39, but it’s $850. Wing-X is free for me because they give it away to the military, I know it’s nothing compared to Foreflight, but it’s all I need so I’m thinking get a receiver that will work for Wing-X probably save some money over the GDL-50 and save the yearly Foreflight subscription, plus the 39 works with the 696 still, both are obsolete, but work. A problem is the only list I can find for Wing-X receivers is from 2013, Garmin won’t play with Wing-X so I’d need a non Garmin receiver to run Wing-X 1. First question is does anyone have a semi current list of Wing-X compatible receivers? 2. Second question does anyone know if a GDL-50 is a drop in replacement cable wise for the 39? I’m pretty sure the plug is the same but have no idea if the wiring is The cable is sold as a 39 / 50 cable indicating it’s the same The GDL39 cable is compatible with the GDL50, 51 & 52. Quote
A64Pilot Posted February 4 Author Report Posted February 4 6 hours ago, LANCECASPER said: The GDL39 cable is compatible with the GDL50, 51 & 52. But will it drive a 696? I think it will as I believe basically all that’s needed is a twisted pair as it may be NMEA protocol and I guess that’s the real question, is the output from the 50 what a 696 needs? I was wrong about the plug, it seems the 50 uses a standard 15 pin serial port where I think the 31 is some kind of flat plug, but plugs aren’t difficult as I think only four wires are needed. Thank you for your response by the way. I’m also thinking just buy a sentry mini for $400 to drive the Ipad and the 39 continues to drive the 696 Quote
LANCECASPER Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 1 hour ago, A64Pilot said: But will it drive a 696? I think it will as I believe basically all that’s needed is a twisted pair as it may be NMEA protocol and I guess that’s the real question, is the output from the 50 what a 696 needs? I was wrong about the plug, it seems the 50 uses a standard 15 pin serial port where I think the 31 is some kind of flat plug, but plugs aren’t difficult as I think only four wires are needed. Thank you for your response by the way. I’m also thinking just buy a sentry mini for $400 to drive the Ipad and the 39 continues to drive the 696 Look at page 3-5 for the GDL39: https://static.garmin.com/pumac/190-11110-00_0H_Web.pdf Look at page 8 for the GDL-5X: https://static.garmin.com/pumac/190-02087-02_B.pdf The wiring is compatible. Your 696 won't see any difference in the serial data from your GDL39 or a GDL50. Quote
Pinecone Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 Many of the portable boxes work with Fore Flight also. Quote
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