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Technical Support / Re: No C/S traffic plus iPad runs v slowly

« on: October 04, 2017, 02:59:15 pm »

Lee, I've checked and tried everything that has been suggested in this thread. However, the "no C/S or glider traffic" issue remains (curiously, the slow running iPad issue mysteriously sorted itself out yesterday). The unit appears to show all the professional traffic going in and out of places like Stansted and Luton but not (as in not ever in the 12 months I've had it) does it show GA traffic of any kind. The latter is the only relevant collision threat of course. So, what is wrong? Could it still be a configuration issue or is it a hardware issue? How do I check this? How do I remedy it?

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Technical Support / Re: No C/S traffic plus iPad runs v slowly

« on: September 22, 2017, 07:34:39 pm »

Here are my FLARM settings. Is there anything wrong here?
The two reasons I am confident that there was plenty of C/S traffic when I test flew the system were:
  1. The Mode column in the Traffic page of Pilot Aware showed numerous C and CS entries.
  2. I was flying in the vicinity of various major aerodromes where many light aircraft were operating.
However, none of these was seen in Runway HD (or ever has been). This is not an update issue as I never saw them when I used the system initially with "September 2016" software. Might I have a faulty PAW unit or have I failed to configure something correctly?
Re the question on GPS source, how would I know which it was using? The iPad itself is the Mobile spec which happily runs Runway HD without any external GPS. Would the system default to this rather than the Pilot Aware GPS source?
Re the point made about indirect routing of FLARM signals, yes, I do appreciate that. I thought they were pretty long range. Should I have received something in the corridor between Cambridge and Sywell?
Re the suggestion that I might have too many apps running, this was not the case. I only ever have Safari and Runway HD operating. Any other suggestions about the iPad slowdown issue would be very welcome.

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Technical Support / No C/S traffic plus iPad runs v slowly

« on: September 21, 2017, 01:22:27 pm »

I have re-commissioned my PilotAware with the new software key. But have two problems (plus one other question):
1. I use Runway HD running on an iPad mini 2. It is displaying airline type traffic but I cannot see any mode C or S traffic. Nor can I see any glider/FLARM traffic.  I know there has been plenty of both during the 3.5 hours of test flying I've done in the past week. This is with the filters set wide open. Any idea what the problem is? How should ModeC/S traffic be shown in Runway HD?
2. The iPad slows right down after about 15 minutes, for example, taking approx 60 seconds to "catch up" with true heading and position. If Pilot Aware is switched off and on again, the iPad operates normally again at first, before progressively slowing down again. Is this something to do with logging? What can I do about it?
3. A question: Am I right in thinking that Pilot Aware's "radar" display does not require Runway HD to be running (i.e. could work stand alone, with the iPad's only function being to display the output)?