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British Forum => Technical Support => Topic started by: Ian Seager on October 30, 2018, 12:14:51 pm

Title: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: Ian Seager on October 30, 2018, 12:14:51 pm

Hi

Flying yesterday I had a couple of alerts for the aircraft I was flying. The reports appeared and disappeared, the software is configured for ownship, any ideas?

Screenshot attached

Thanks

Ian

Title: Re: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: Admin on October 30, 2018, 03:00:24 pm

Hi Ian,

can you post your configure page, this will help diagnose any issue

Thx
Lee

Title: Re: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: Ian Seager on October 30, 2018, 11:32:43 pm

Oops, seems a meatware problem at the user end. I had configured the correct Hex-ID, but for another aeroplane.

Sorry

Ian

Title: Re: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: Ian Melville on October 31, 2018, 07:49:15 am

Ian, you may want to check your profiles are correct. You can then toggle between them if they are regular mounts like Ian's C180(if my memory is correct), or delete any that you are unlikely to fly again.

Cheers
Ian
Howsat, three Ian's in one post 😀

Title: Re: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: Keithvinning on October 31, 2018, 09:00:03 pm

Hi Ian

As Ian(M) said PilotAware will record all changes to the ICAO that you install so that users of "hire" aircraft can pick the configuration that they are flying today. This was an early request from our users to make things easy. The downside is that the "meatware" as you call it must be as alert as the electronics and make sure that the correct Tail reg and hence ICAO is selected.

An easy way round this would be to detect the onboard Mode S transponder autofill the ICAO code. However I believe that GARMIN realised this before others did and patented this simple but useful addition. Ho Hum

Keith
 

Title: Re: Seeing own ship 3D issue?
Post by: exfirepro on November 01, 2018, 07:41:19 am

Hi Ian,

An easy mistake to make - especially if swapping the PAW between aircraft, or in my case running different settings for in-air or on-the-Ground testing. Easily sorted once you realise what is going on though.

As per Ian M above, it is a good idea to periodically check the data in the saved profiles and update/resave as necessary. I have caught myself out several times  :-\  :-[

Best Regards

Peter