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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 17, 2019, 03:18:39 pm »
Thanks Lee, appreciated.
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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 16, 2019, 09:35:02 pm »
A fully charged Anker 20100 with JuiceBitz cable.
Can you give me full details of your power supply and USB cable that feeds the power?
It is the "Command Not Registered" that interested me.
Ian,
I’m pretty sure Lee said elsewhere that that’s just because the unit is running an older Kernel, so it isn’t able to respond to the ‘Throttling Display Command’. Not something to worry about.
Peter
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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 16, 2019, 08:33:38 pm »
Thanks Ian. Its stopped raining so I've tested the unit, rebooted 3 times and left it on as you suggested. Screen shots attached.
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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 16, 2019, 06:24:09 pm »
Sorry, should have said I captured the Home page with the PA indoors, it was raining hard, it all lights up green.
Yes the audio alerts start in the climb, don’t know about descent as audio muted at about 500 feet!
Yes the audio alerts start in the climb, don’t know about descent as audio muted at about 500 feet!
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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 16, 2019, 03:06:49 pm »
Thanks. Version is 20180520. Files attached plus link for log. https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjvkmxc8yebxpiz/2019-01-15_14-35.trk?dl=0
Mike
Mike
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Technical Support / Re: Yet again - ghost target 100 feet above
« on: January 16, 2019, 10:40:29 am »
Over the past 2-3 months this has started happening to me too. I have checked and mode CS+filter is selected. Is there going to be an update soon to tackle this please? At present I'm disconnecting the audio to cut out the continuous warnings.
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 26, 2018, 08:03:46 am »
All working just fine. I thought the sticker was definitely ruined as it was transparent, but even that looks OK.
Phew, thanks all,
Mike
Phew, thanks all,
Mike
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 25, 2018, 04:51:17 pm »
Well, I forgot I left the PAW in the garden, went out just now and its got wet from the rain!!! Here's hoping no damage done. 
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 25, 2018, 12:14:00 pm »
Well, the thin bit of wire stuck in the dongle has solved the problem, full system working for 90 mins now. So it looks like discontinuity in the antenna ground.
Being tight fisted I've cut the antenna cable down to 100 mm of the plug to see if I could just repair it, but it must be broken at the plug. So there goes another £2.28 on Ebay. This flying business is all spend!
Thank you everyone for you help in this, very grateful!
Being tight fisted I've cut the antenna cable down to 100 mm of the plug to see if I could just repair it, but it must be broken at the plug. So there goes another £2.28 on Ebay. This flying business is all spend!
Thank you everyone for you help in this, very grateful!
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 24, 2018, 09:52:58 pm »
Hi Peter,
There seems to be continuity between the centre pin of the antenna plug and the centre wire of the antenna base. However there is an open circuit between the outer of the plug and the cable screening in the antenna base. Is that correct?
I'll try a makeshift antenna tomorrow, that sounds a good idea.
There seems to be continuity between the centre pin of the antenna plug and the centre wire of the antenna base. However there is an open circuit between the outer of the plug and the cable screening in the antenna base. Is that correct?
I'll try a makeshift antenna tomorrow, that sounds a good idea.
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 24, 2018, 05:18:03 pm »
Thanks Lee.
I've just dissected it and it looks OK to me. I'll increase the earth braid before reassembly.
Forgot to mention earlier, after I did the log screen shots I shut the PAW down and the dongle was cool. Others say it runs very hot. Could this indicate it has failed?
I've just dissected it and it looks OK to me. I'll increase the earth braid before reassembly.
Forgot to mention earlier, after I did the log screen shots I shut the PAW down and the dongle was cool. Others say it runs very hot. Could this indicate it has failed?
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 24, 2018, 12:02:10 pm »
I've had the PAW under test this morning. Due to rain I wasn't able to site it outside and by the window it has hardly picked up any ADS-B traffic. There were times when it did detect traffic, but I didn't manage a screen grab in time.
Over an hour it hasn't done a reset either. The logging shows lots of errors, do these indicate anything?
Over an hour it hasn't done a reset either. The logging shows lots of errors, do these indicate anything?
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Technical Support / Re: Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 23, 2018, 10:27:00 pm »
Thanks Ian. Power supply is the recommended Anker PowerCore 20100 with the supplied JuiceBits cable. Its been fine for the past 15 months.
I'll see if I can run it for a couple of hours tomorrow on the ground.
I'll see if I can run it for a couple of hours tomorrow on the ground.
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Technical Support / Transponder signals received intermittently
« on: April 23, 2018, 08:59:00 pm »
I've been using my PilotAware for over a year without problems. However during the last few flights the reception of ADSB and transponders appears lacking, but PAW signals are OK. (I know this thanks to a local ground station).
On Saturday I checked the web browser screen and all the status tags were green. However during the flight the connection to my iPad failed a couple of times too. Prior to this I removed and refitted all bits, checked the transponder reciever aerial for continuity, checked bridge card fitted ok etc.
I had originally thought the receiver dongle might be failing. If this is the case could it be intermittent and could it cause the Raspberry Pi to restart?
Thanks,
Mike
On Saturday I checked the web browser screen and all the status tags were green. However during the flight the connection to my iPad failed a couple of times too. Prior to this I removed and refitted all bits, checked the transponder reciever aerial for continuity, checked bridge card fitted ok etc.
I had originally thought the receiver dongle might be failing. If this is the case could it be intermittent and could it cause the Raspberry Pi to restart?
Thanks,
Mike
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Technical Support / Re: mode c/s
« on: January 18, 2018, 05:44:22 pm »
Just the point that having C/S working doesn't mean the bridge card is 100%.
Not relevant to original poster, but maybe useful to others who think they've broken their bridge card and think the presence of C/S means its OK. It maybe/maybe not. Fooled me for a while until I found no-one could see me as there was no PAW output.
Not relevant to original poster, but maybe useful to others who think they've broken their bridge card and think the presence of C/S means its OK. It maybe/maybe not. Fooled me for a while until I found no-one could see me as there was no PAW output.