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Technical Support / MGL Lite to PAW connection and instructions.

« on: July 18, 2021, 02:19:55 pm »

This is a brief description on how easy it is to connect  a cable from your PilotAware Rosetta ( not tested on a Classic)  to your MGL Lite panel.

1) Obtain a  cable that is needed from USB ( P.A. unit to RS232 port ---  your RX of your MGL Panel ) Cable is a R.S. USB-RS232-WE-1800-BT_0.0 from R.S. (1800 being the length in mm )

2) Configure your P.A. unit  to identify a free USB slot/port . Port 1 on mine was the GPS dongle . I used Port 3 which is the Top Right port when looking at the unit with the Ethernet port on your left.
Port 1- Top Left , Port 2 Bottom Left. Port 3 Top Right, and Port 4 Bottom Right.
3) Use the orange wire ( SIGNAL) of the cable to go to the RX of the RS232 port ! or Port 2 depending on your setup.
4) Black cable must go to ground.
5) Configure your P.A. Port  ( Port 3 in my case) to be "Flarm Out" ----Baud rate 19200
6) On your MGL Panel  go to "Traffic Monitoring Setup" menu and you will have the option to "Enable" traffic monitoring.
7) The Horizontal Alert Distance can be set up to a maximum of 10nm.
Vertical Alert Distance 9900'.

Tip- Keep the parameters wide open to check you do see traffic and then close the parameters down when satisfied to suit your requirements.

You can now connect up and power up P.A. and you should see the USB plug of your cable give out a flashing red led. If not check ground connection! Also you have the correct port on your P.A. unit.
The MGL screen will now show traffic and if meeting your parameters will give you a Traffic warning and position --e.g. "Traffic 11'o'clock" and you will be given a visual target with a thin redline from your aircraft position (centre) to the traffic identified.

I also tested this with an ipad Wi-Fi setup to PilotAware "Radar" to see the traffic and compare.
A very easy traffic awareness aid for less than £30 on your MGL panel.

Still keep a good look out with the Mk1 eyeball , not everyone has E.C. devices fitted or Transponders !!

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General Discussion / Re: Flarm-in - Beta

« on: January 20, 2017, 12:12:18 pm »

Could you tell me where to purchase a Flarm Mouse please?

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General Discussion / Re: Verifying Mode S ES ADS-B Out transponder setup - Can PilotAware help?

« on: June 12, 2016, 12:46:17 am »

Just FYI on approval, already covered on this thread.

I did get approval in May 2016 for Trig TT31 using MGL uncertified GPS from the LAA and I sent in the mail received from Nats for a flight I covered April 2016 from Friedrichschafen (EDNY)  to UK (EGCG).

"I am pleased to say your ADS-B data matches the acceptance criteria for a non certified GPS source and a sample of your data-
For information, the NATS’ trial has officially finished and the flying associations are now supporting the validation of Mode-S/GPS modifications for their respective members.  If you are flying a part 23 aircraft on the EASA register then a registered aircraft engineer should have completed and signed off the modification to connect a non certified GPS source to your Trig TT31"
 
 

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General Discussion / Re: Verifying Mode S ES ADS-B Out transponder setup - Can PilotAware help?

« on: December 03, 2015, 11:56:15 pm »

I have received my TRIG TT31 back from Trig with the latest s/w ( Turned around in 3 days and all free- Thanks Trig). I can now confirm that I am putting out ADS-B on the transponder ( using MGL Explorer Lite panel - NMEA 0183  protocol)  and I'm hoping tomorrow, to use PA to get the actual report on the Web pages from the  PA.
Some really useful info on this thread, thanks Steve for all your hard work on this.

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General Discussion / Re: NMEA out to transponder.

« on: November 18, 2015, 11:08:44 pm »

Hi Steve and PA forum posters

Thanks for all the info in this thread.
I found today my Trig TT31 saw "GPS Input Activity" but no Position (Lat/Long) yep I'm running on old software V 2.1 (2009) and now sending unit to Trig for "free: upgrade to V3.4 or higher. Very helpful and efficient in the support dept..

Keep up all the good work and keep posting guys, as it really is a font of knowledge on here.
 
Regards
Pete

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General Discussion / Re: Verifying Mode S ES ADS-B Out transponder setup - Can PilotAware help?

« on: November 05, 2015, 11:47:20 pm »

Just to add a little more to the melting pot.
Trig TT31 when configured to ADS-B the TT31 will ask for the aircraft length and width (Wingspan) in metres, and will calculate the appropriate size code for transmission.
SIL Values:
VFR only GPS or uncertified  TIL ( Transmitted Intergrity Level)-------- Low
GPS installation certified for en-route and terminal IFR  -------   -------Medium
GPS installation certified with augmentation, such as WAAS or LAAS---High

Hopefully this week I will get to connect up PA to my TT31.

All interesting stufff.

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General Discussion / Re: NMEA out to transponder.

« on: October 31, 2015, 08:05:09 pm »

Thnx Lee

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General Discussion / Re: NMEA out to transponder.

« on: October 31, 2015, 07:04:51 pm »

Hi Lee.

How about a TRIG TT31

From the Installation Manual

The GPS position input is an RS232 input to the transponder.
" The TT31 GPS input can recognise either the industry standard "Aviation" format or the NMEA 0183 format, the interface speed can be selected between 4800, 9600 and 19200 bps"

Hopefully the PA can accommodate the above requirement?.

Regards
Pete

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General Discussion / Re: Long Marston Test 17 October

« on: October 19, 2015, 09:25:00 pm »

Hi.

Just want to reiterate a few things.
I had a measurement done on the PA Box -89mW was recorded. I have tested on the ground and in the air all 3 types of build.
Build 1 - The original self build with Digole Regulator board and home brewed wiring using 40 pin IDC block..
Build 2-  Jeremy's shield board with Baro and myself soldering another ARF unit to it.
Build 3-  Jeremy's  shield board with Baro and ARF as the plug and play no soldering option using pigtail and direct SMA for comparison. No difference observed.


The most range I ever had from these units was 4.7nm line of sight to a unit on the ground from 1000'. I have not done an air to air  test and flying at 150kts wouldn't want to get anywhere near a potential target either. One aircraft used during testing, had the Aerial mounted externally for testing with a 70Kts airspeed.
More tests are planned at lower airspeeds. Same observations  as most of this topic thread indicates-, nothing has been consistent.

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General Discussion / Re: In-flight testing with ADS-B aircraft

« on: October 18, 2015, 11:28:40 pm »

Thanks, be very interested if you do get a chance to see another PA unit.

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General Discussion / Re: In-flight testing with ADS-B aircraft

« on: October 18, 2015, 07:40:21 pm »

Hi

Could you confirm if you performed a range test in the air with another PilotAware unit ?
If so, what range you were able to obtain.So far the best I can obtain is 4.7nm from 1000' altitude-direct line of sight to a test box mounted on a 4' high post in free space on the airfield runway.
The ADS-B side (1090MHz) of the PA works fine and is not an issue due to the higher power output of transponders.
Any information, much appreciated.

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General Discussion / Re: Regulator board & ARF Board

« on: October 10, 2015, 12:29:27 am »

Both  options of boards arrived today, thanks Jeremy. All fitted spot on.
 Just a tip for anyone putting their existing ARF board onto Jeremy's shield.

Take your time aligning the pins and hopefully if your are doing a retrospect fit from Lee's original setup, you soldered the pins in a straight line (didn't you?) in the first instance as per the manual, otherwise you may have to very gently persuade the pins to come into perfect alignment.Take your time and no shaky hands when soldering the pins in place .
Have fun.

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General Discussion / Re: Can any more details shown about other aircraft

« on: October 05, 2015, 11:19:13 pm »

I've tried two PA boxes by driving up the road and SD gives out good audio/visual warnings to my  iPad/iPhone when a collision is anticipated-which in my case , the warnings would be linked to Headset audio  when flying.

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General Discussion / Re: Can any more details shown about other aircraft

« on: October 05, 2015, 09:11:50 pm »

Sounds a good idea.
I've been using the standard audio out from my mini iPad ( the SD audio warnings etc) to my headset and it's good at getting your attention if your not watching the screen as I'm sure you are keeping the Mk1 eyeball working out of the cockpit for most of the time?
Look forward to seeing the finished product.

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General Discussion / Re: USB-GPS Working in PilotAware

« on: October 05, 2015, 07:11:34 pm »

Hi Lee

Just received my GPS Dongles (2) today,both acquired fixes within 5 mins and from inside the house ( Sat on window sill)

One thing puzzles me, the dongle you supplied me at Rally has always been perfect and  others I obtained kept giving the "Connection Lost to SD" and eventually "Butterfly Connection Lost"
I'm currently testing one of those suspect dongles with USB GPS Dongle and so far (2hrs ) hasn't lost connection? Is this a coincidence fix as the WiFi dongles aren't working so hard with as much data by using USB GPS dongle?
New s/w is loaded on all units BTW and it has some great improvements. Thanks for your efforts on this.