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Title: Flarm wiring information
Post by: shredmaster on November 21, 2017, 01:26:47 pm
Hi, I can't seem to find out how to wire up the Flarm mouse to talk to pilot aware ?

I've found a few threads which show it's possible, but not the wiring information. Can anyone help ?
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: exfirepro on November 21, 2017, 07:22:16 pm
Hi Shred,

Busy updating the instruction sheet to take account of new LXNav 4-Port splitters. Drop me a pm with your e-mail and I’ll send you a copy as soon as it’s done,

Regards

Peter
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: shredmaster on November 24, 2017, 12:27:31 pm
Thank you, I've pm'ed you with my email address.
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: exfirepro on November 24, 2017, 01:10:13 pm
Shred,

No message received my end.

Peter
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: Keithvinning on November 30, 2017, 06:20:06 pm
The excellent paper that Peter wrote is now available at PilotAware,com documents
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: Shgibson on January 15, 2018, 07:07:24 pm
Problem with putting Flarm RS232 USB in port 4 is that the infrared receiver lump on top of the RTL-SDR USB means it will not fit. If you put the RTL-SDR in 4 then RS232 will fit in 1 underneath it. Will this matter?
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: Paul_Sengupta on January 15, 2018, 07:55:40 pm
No. You just specify which port you want to use for the RS232 out in the configuration settings.
Title: Re: Flarm wiring information
Post by: exfirepro on January 16, 2018, 05:04:52 am
Quote from: Shgibson on January 15, 2018, 07:07:24 pm
Problem with putting Flarm RS232 USB in port 4 is that the infrared receiver lump on top of the RTL-SDR USB means it will not fit. If you put the RTL-SDR in 4 then RS232 will fit in 1 underneath it. Will this matter?

It doesn’t matter which dongle is in which port, as long as you reconfigure the correct port for your FLARM input. Unfortunately you seem to have got your port numbering a bit mixed up. Port 1 is NOT underneath Port 4. Looking at the PAW with the Ethernet connection on the left hand side, the ports are numbered....

                    Ethernet       Port 1    Port 3

                       Port           Port 2    Port 4

See pages 6 and 7 in the FLARMMouse Installation Guide in the Documents section on www.pilotaware.com

Getting this right is critical as otherwise you will be configuring the wrong Port, which means that your FLARM connection won’t work and neither will whatever you have plugged into the port you have (wrongly) configured.

Regards

Peter