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Technical Support / Re: New FX user questions

« on: December 02, 2024, 08:29:41 am »

Thanks for all the info about how to get audio alerts via bluetooth.

Overall, I'm not comfortable with using a bluetooth adapter to get audio alerts from Skydemon on the ipad. I think it would introduce new failure modes and a more complex connection from what I have today. For example, last summer my ipad overheated and shutdown, fortunately I was able to continue getting audio traffic alerts from Rosetta audio out, this would not have been possible if I had upgraded to the FX.

So I think I'll hold off upgrading, maybe in future if audio out is added to the FX unit or another compelling new feature is added then I could reconsider.

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Technical Support / Re: New FX user questions

« on: November 28, 2024, 09:36:21 am »

Thanks for your response Steve.

This sounds like a possible solution for me also.

Please could you provide details of the BT adaptor that you use. I've seen a few on Amazon but most seem to be battery powered and I'm not sure how reliable they would be in a cockpit environment.

Best regards,
Chris.

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Technical Support / Re: New FX user questions

« on: November 27, 2024, 08:50:41 am »

Hi all,
Thanks for this post and answers which provides useful info on the new FX unit.

I've been looking at upgrading also, but I'm concerned about the loss of the audio alerts. For me this is a major retrograde step. Currently my Rosetta unit provides audio via a wired connection to the Garmin GMA240 audio panel (which does not have a bluetooth input as far as I'm aware). I don't have a bluetooth headset either, and I would be reluctant buy one since I prefer to have control over the audio in one place and be able to suppress alerts at busy times with the push of a button.

So the response below, to use bluetooth from Skydemon on my ipad would not work for me. Does anyone else have this problem? Can anyone offer any other solutions, for example a standalone bluetooth to audio jack gizmo?

Note: There is an audio jack on my old ipad but this would be difficult to access via our panel mount and require a messy cutout and visible headphone jack+wire.

2 Is there no PAw traffic voice anymore? (We wired the PAw into our Audio Panel). We don't need it, we use SD voice these days and Bluetooth an SD tablet to the Audio Panel.

Correct, the FX doesn’t include an onboard audio circuit. Most users now prefer voice alerts from EFBs like SD via Bluetooth. That said, we’re open to revisiting this if demand for native audio grows.

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Technical Support / What's in Rosetta version 20241006?

« on: October 25, 2024, 12:52:00 pm »

Hi All,
I've just updated the software in my PAW Rosetta unit to version 20241006.

I cannot find any information on the PilotAware website / knowledge base about it. Please could someone let me know if there are any release notes / updated operating instructions for this version?

If it is just bug fixes then I'm less concerns, but if there is some new functionality / settings then it would be useful to know.

Thanks in advance.
Chris Young
G-RVAH

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Technical Support / New FX unit

« on: May 08, 2024, 09:21:18 am »

Hi,
I have a question about the new FX unit.

Is it intended for aircraft with an existing FLARM installation to enable them to see and be seen directly (i.e. without the ground network) by PilotAware equipped aircraft?

I have an existing PilotAware Rosetta installation and I'm not sure I would benefit from the FX unit, unless it allows the opposite of the above, i.e. enable me to see and be seen by directly FLARM equipped aircraft.

Please could someone clarify this.

Thanks,
Chris Young
G-RVAH

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: January 01, 2024, 05:23:34 pm »

Yes indeed, here's to a dry January 

FYI I've made a video showing the installation and function (see link below). The MFD page and traffic mode is from 6:08 min.

https://youtu.be/8j9-yZG965I

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 31, 2023, 04:00:49 pm »

See photos of the wifi pages for ref.

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 31, 2023, 03:58:24 pm »

Hi all,
Just to close on this thread. I managed to get my PAW Rosetta to send traffic info to my new AV-30 EFIS via wifi.
The problem I had before was that the filter was too tight on the AV-30. Today I widened the filter to allow all traffic except my own aircraft and I was able to see all the traffic on both my PAW radar and AV-30 traffic page.

See attached photos showing the radar displays on both units. I'll send the wifi settings pages separately.

Happy flying in 2024 to all 
Chris.

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 19, 2023, 08:44:29 pm »

See photo of AV-30 traffic screen with only one aircraft showing.

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 19, 2023, 08:42:43 pm »

Hi all,
Just to report back on this thread.

I installed an AV-30 unit in my RV-7 today. I got it talking to the PAW unit via wifi and it seemed to be receiving traffic info.
However I could only see one aircraft on the AV-30 whereas there were several on the PAW radar page.

Anyway I ran out of time to experiment further, but maybe I need to adjust some of the filter settings on the AV-30 to see more.

See attached screenshot of the AV-30 page showing connection to PAW and photo of the unit with the one aircraft.

I'll report back next time.
Regards,
Chris.

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 12, 2023, 07:53:41 am »

Thanks Alan,
I've ordered the AV-30 with AV-link and will feedback how I get on with getting it to talk to my Rosetta unit.
BTW I've read in the PilotAware manual that there are 4 Device Connect settings:

1. All
2. PilotAware (UDP)
3. GDL90 (UDP)
4. FLARM (TCP)

At the moment we have it set to number 2 and that works well by sending traffic info to SkyDemon. I'm not sure whether to change this setting so that PAW can talk to BOTH SkyDemon and the AV-30? Please let me know if you have any thoughts on this, if not I'll try changing it if it doesn't work on number 2.

Best regards,
Chris.

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Technical Support / Re: Rosetta / Sky Demon / uAvionix AV-30 combo

« on: December 10, 2023, 08:45:38 am »

Hi Chris / All,
I also have the same question whether my Rosetta will be able to send traffic information to an AV-30 EFIS. Please could you let me know whether you've managed to get this to work?

Best regards,
Chris Young
RV-7
G-RVAH

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Technical Support / Re: What's in the 20230228 software release?

« on: March 31, 2023, 06:17:14 pm »

Hi Keith,
Yes we were trying to eliminate all the bearingless contact alerts since we found them excessive. However if this option converts them into contacts with a bearing then that would be more useful. So we'll try turning this back on and see how we get on.

Thanks for the tip,
Chris.

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Technical Support / Re: What's in the 20230228 software release?

« on: March 16, 2023, 07:21:19 pm »

Thanks for this info Lee. I understand that most of the changes are with iGRID.

I'm interested in whether there have been any changes to the audio alerts?

We find that there are an excessive number of audio alerts for bearingless contacts which come through even though we have disabled them (see attached settings picture). We get multiple alerts “TRAFFIC NOTICE”  “TRAFFIC ALERT” “TRAFFIC DANGER”- usually 1000'+ below, especially when near airfields. I'm not sure whether this is a bug or whether there is another way of disabling these?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Technical Support / What's in the 20230228 software release?

« on: March 11, 2023, 04:12:41 pm »

Hi,
Please could someone help me to understand what is in the latest (20230228) software release. The PilotAware website appears to be out of date since it talks about "The second fantastic software release for 2022 is available now." and gives details iGRID features.

However, I cannot find any release notes for v20230228.


Thanks in advance,
Chris Young.