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Technical Support / Licence Key Renewal Problem

« on: January 18, 2020, 08:31:00 pm »

I have a PAW Classic using version 20180129 and the licence expires on 25/01/2020.
The intention was to apply the new licence keys and once verified everything was working as expected to then upgrade to the latest version.

I renewed the licence on 10/01/2020 and received an email with the new key with an expiry date of 24/01/2021.

On Friday, 17/01/2020 I entered the new licence key into the PAW system, saved it and rebooted the system. On reboot the Config page was showing "License Expired".

Checked that new key entered was as per the email and that the MAC address on the email was that of the PAW system. Both were correct.

Reentered the current licence key, saved and rebooted. On reboot the Index and Config pages showed "License Expires (25012020)"
Entered the new key, saved and powered down the system. After power up the Config page was showing "License Expired".

As the plane was booked for Saturday I reentered the current licence key and verified that the system was fully functional.

At home I rechecked and verified that the correct MAC address had been used when requesting the licence key renewal.
 
Could you please check as to whether I have made a mistake resulting in an incorrect licence key being issued  and advise my next steps.

I noticed that the new expiry date is 24012021 instead of 25012021. I presume that this is due to the extra day this year and would not affect the creation of the licence keys.

I was made aware this afternoon of a problem with both a national bank and the DVLA.
A friend tried to change a direct debit to begin on 01/02/2020 but was rejected with the message "Must not be more than 50 years in the future".

I have included a link to the DVLA as it is also date related
Y2K quick-fix crick? 1920s come roaring back after mystery blip at UK's vehicle licensing agency • The Register

Could these issues be related to my licence date problem?

 Thanks
Ian

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Technical Support / GPS Output Query

« on: May 24, 2019, 10:44:55 am »

Follow on query from the Power cable query.

With the approval of CS-STAN Amendment 3, we are now going to take advantage of it and connect the GPS from the PAW to a Trig TT31 transponder. Straight forward as the procedure is well documented.

We have a Garmin 225 radio which has a GPS input. It would be a shame not to take advantage of this so that the radio provides confirmation of the station of the frequency selected and a few other options.

As the PAW is a "temporary" install, it has to be easy to remove and therefore the connections would be via plugs & sockets.

Has anyone have experience of splitting the GPS output from the USB-RS232 module and if so how?

Thanks
Ian

 

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Technical Support / Power Cable Query

« on: May 24, 2019, 10:35:44 am »

I have 2 queries relating to  1) power cable and 2) GPS output, the 2nd of which will be in a separate thread.

We have had a Classic PAW "temporarily" fitted to a Cessna 152 since Jan 2018 using the supplied 1M 20 AWG power cable connected to an Anker 4.2A/24W USB car charger. This setup has been working without any problems. The only downside is that the power cable runs across the instrument panel.
Several members of the group have older systems that can only be powered from a car charger type socket hence only 1 of the devices can be used.

We are now going to install a Charge 4 USB panel mount unit into the radio stack and hardwired into the electrics.
No issues are foreseen with this new setup.

However, the distance between the Charge 4 and the PAW unit is now less that 0.25m. The existing 1m power cable is too long and the shortest 20 AWG cable that I can find is 0.5m.
Does anyone know where I can purchase a 20 AWG cable between 0.20m and 0.25m in length?

Thanks
Ian