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Technical Support / FX fixed install - temperature and WiFi

« on: August 22, 2025, 08:49:30 pm »

We’re thinking of permanently installing an FX in a PA 32.
Looking at installing the external aerials on the underside of the aircraft behind the nose gear. Does that sound reasonable?

For the FX unit itself, we’re thinking of putting that in the front luggage bay

Couple of questions on that.
1) how sensitive is a unit to heat? It does get quite warm in the front luggage bay.
2) how about Wi-Fi? Signal strength? We can have a play with this before we commit but I understand there may be a way to boost Wi-Fi strength?

Finally, for the GPS mouse sounds like just leaving it on the coming is the best option?

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Technical Support / Re: Volume too quiet

« on: March 07, 2025, 12:08:01 pm »

Thanks Keith. Assume it’s the gain version but bass?

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Technical Support / Re: Volume too quiet

« on: February 18, 2025, 06:11:34 pm »

Is PAW team willing / able to publish stats on what proportion of detections are Mode C/A bearing less.  This might sway me to using SD audio.

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Technical Support / Re: Volume too quiet

« on: February 18, 2025, 12:02:13 pm »

Update. It’s a Garmin GMA 345. The aux inputs (MUSIC 1 and 2) don’t have any independent volume/gain control

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Technical Support / Re: Volume too quiet

« on: February 18, 2025, 11:58:47 am »

. Check the volume is set to 10 in the web GUI.

2. Are you using any sort of isolation transformer in line with the PAW feed to get rid of hum? If so, there will be a big drop in volume.

Yes set to 10. No transformer direct 3.5mm out/in.

Will have a look at the garmin settings

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Technical Support / Re: iGrid sees more than Atom?

« on: February 17, 2025, 08:39:16 pm »

My first insight would be to ask on the right forum, and not a forum where people are stuck in a tedious loop with "Track up/North up" crap which pollutes every thread it can.

Indeed - that forum is special!

He may be just North of Headcorn but the station at Challock is over the hill and on the slight North facing slope over the crest of the Downs. It may not be line of sight, so is obscured.

He had a green symbol on the ground station

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Technical Support / Re: Volume too quiet

« on: February 17, 2025, 08:33:46 pm »

Thanks. To clarify

I want to maintain PAW audio to pick up mode C/A which SD doesn’t annunciate.

Ignore the mixer - the volume is low even when paw is connected directly to the garmin aux in. If I connect anything else the volume is fine.

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Technical Support / iGrid sees more than Atom?

« on: February 17, 2025, 05:41:25 pm »

Does anyone have any insight into an issue raised by someone on this forum:
https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=135995

Specifically the pilot is receiving Flarm via iGrid but not via atom when the iGrid drops out

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Technical Support / Volume too quiet

« on: February 17, 2025, 05:39:52 pm »

Until recently, I’ve been feeding the audio output from the Rosetta into a passive mixer alongside a input from SkyDemon. These are then routing into the auxiliary input into my panel mounted Garmin intercom.

The audio from the PilotAware is very quiet on the ground and almost unreadable in the air. I had thought that this was due to the passive mixer I was using and I’ve tried different combinations. However, after plugging the PilotAware output directly into the Garmin, it’s still very quiet.

Any suggestions?

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 07, 2024, 03:50:56 pm »

I’m in the SE of England.

I’ve opted for a regular Rosetta as  can’t see how the price point for the FX makes sense. I see it as twice the price for “just” smaller packaging and lower power consumption but a loss of bearing less and Audio out.

The data driven approach PAW have always had has been great - vector being an example.

Why can’t some stats be analysed to show by region or country the average differences ? Not only would it move everyone to FX But also help on discussions with regulators.

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General Discussion / Suction mount advice

« on: March 07, 2024, 02:16:42 pm »

Does anyone have experience using the six suction cups that come with Rosetta? Do they stand up to the test when it’s warm. They are quite fiddly to get off the window (I move between aircraft)

Alternately, using 1/4inch camera thread - what suction mounts have people used with success, i like the idea of a single twist lock style one but they all seem to be large or come with an arm that’s too long.

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 03, 2024, 11:40:57 am »

Don’t get me wrong, I think PaW is great and have owned several. But if PAW themselves published the stats it would (a) kill any arguments about MLAT and (b) upsell  people to the FX.

The fact that the sales blurb goes to efforts to state that there is no mode s/c direct receive raises the question. Can we have it answered to kill the detractors.  Even if it was a small net lose - say 10% I’d live with that for the smaller unit, power draw, other features and the fact that in 5-10 years I hope mode s only will dry up

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 03, 2024, 09:26:04 am »

I find the logs a bit difficult to navigate.
How do I do a “diff” on direct receive versus MLAT for the same target?
I think it would be much more powerful; and statistically reliable if PAW did this analysis with bulk data. I’m hoping it’ll show how  much Igrid and atom has done for the benefit of GA

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 03, 2024, 08:26:24 am »

Funnily enough I’m too busy flying the plane to make a note of that!

I wonder if PAW have enough data to do some statistical analysis? Compare a set of flight logs versus the MLAT data available that day?

Right now, my conclusion is that unless having a small form factor or flarm is a critical issue then the FX is grossly overpriced for potentially less feature functionality.

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 02, 2024, 05:00:49 pm »

thats my point....i dont know how much to worry about the loss of bearingless :-)