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Technical Support / Re: ICAO HEX Code, not Callsign

« on: May 12, 2025, 09:20:13 pm »

This is a long story.

in the FLARM protocol, there is no way to communicate the tailreg/flightID, only the ICAO code.
SD added an extension to the protocol, such that you could append a tailreg to the ICAO code, so in the message that goes from PilotAware to SD the ID changed from (for example)

400ABC
to
400ABC!G-ABCD

Unfortunately, this illegal syntax causes foreflight to crash.
So we try to detect in the following manner.

If there is only a PilotAware connection using UDP (when you tell SD to connect using PilotAware), we will send the registration.
If any device connects using TCP (which is used by Foreflight) we have to disable sending the tailreg, otherwise if the connection is foreflight - it will crash.

Can I ask how you are connecting SD to the FX, and is this the only connection to FX ?

I hear mention of safesky in this thread, I dont know if safesky connects using TCP to FX, if so we have to assume it could be foreflight

thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: Intermittent GPS dropout on FX

« on: May 04, 2025, 09:46:44 am »

Hi all
External does not indicate remote antenna, it indicates a remote gps source, eg a flarm input providing gps messages
Can you describe your configuration, most importantly what is connected to the rj45 connectors
FX is seeing data and attempting to decode
Thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: Identification of type

« on: February 04, 2025, 01:35:46 pm »

If you can provide a link to the track file we can take a look
Also what are you using to view the traffic ?

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Technical Support / Re: New Raspbery Pi 3B+ does not boot

« on: January 18, 2025, 09:13:46 am »

Hi Alan
So to confirm, you are confident this resolves the issue on the newer hardware ?
If so I will try it out, just need to make sure it does not affect the older hardware platforms
Thx
Lee

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General Discussion / Re: Parachutes!

« on: November 29, 2024, 07:52:05 am »

Is this FX or Rosetta ?
And what software version ?
Thx
Lee

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General Discussion / Re: FX - WiFi, hotspot, WiFi loop?

« on: November 21, 2024, 07:55:48 am »

Hi Neil

Some devices can act as a wifi hotspot whilst maintaining a cellular connection, my iPhone SE will do this, your mileage may vary!

Also the RX will act as a router, so if you connect fx to phone, and iPad to fx, the iPad will see the internet

Thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: I can see other traffic but my the Vector chart shows no broadcasts -STILL BROKE

« on: November 07, 2024, 11:36:54 am »

I agree it looks very different.
Can you describe your setup

1. What type of antenna are you using ?
2. Where is the unit located (if antenna attached to unit)
3. Where are the antenna located (if antenna are remote)
4. What type of aircraft construction, metal, wood ... ?

thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: Ghosting

« on: November 06, 2024, 07:57:28 am »

@ILIMB

Could you please provide a screenshot of your configure page
Also, you can replay the recorded track file in our replay browser
This will show all of the mode/s+c captured data

Thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: I can see other traffic but my the Vector chart shows no broadcasts -STILL BROKE

« on: November 05, 2024, 04:40:34 pm »

I see the diagram here

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Technical Support / Re: What's in Rosetta version 20241006?

« on: November 05, 2024, 04:37:36 pm »

a lot of the work we are doing is improving performance, and provide telematic data back to the servers
None of this is user visible

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Technical Support / Re: Ghosting

« on: November 05, 2024, 04:36:30 pm »

can I ask a few questions

Did you fix the issue? I occasionally have the same problem, with a portable setup, and if I check the aircraft callsign is always an aircraft that is plausible. The Hex value corresponds to the transponder's. It's kind of scary.
Multiple times I tried to carefully "separate" from the "ghost" but did not get a distinct trace.
What's very strange is that on the radar I don't see them, only on Skydemon. Could it be a FLARM protocol issue?

What you are describing is a Mode-S return which contains no position report, but does report an altitude
With no position, it cannot be plotted on a moving map

This is not ghosting, this is a correct detection.

you say you do not see these on the radar, only on skydemon
Can you provide your settings. and also describe exactly what you see in skydemon

Thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: Trouble with Rosetta in Herefordshire

« on: November 05, 2024, 04:32:36 pm »

Hi Joe,

you initially said

Rosetta couldn’t find GPS until back East of Malvern.

Can you provide the exact wording of the error that you saw ?

I suspect that SD was not reporting a GPS error, but was more likely reporting cannot connect to device ?

I can see no loss of GPS in any of the data, however the data is truncated into 3 files
This indicates a catastrophic fail - most likely a power disconnect, and this would explain why there are 3 files as the system rebooted when power is lost

it is not possible to definitively prove this because of course, if the power is lost no writes to the log are made.
Categorically there are no GPS issues, the lock was constant for the entire time the unit was running

can you check the cabling and importantly if any of the connectors feel a little loose.

Thx
Lee

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: OGN STATION TO VRS

« on: November 01, 2024, 07:46:42 am »

Who setup this station, and what did they install ?

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Technical Support / Re: Trouble with Rosetta in Herefordshire

« on: October 24, 2024, 08:07:54 am »

Hi Joe

Do yo have a file sharing app such as
OneDrive
Google
Dropbox

You can place the files in one of those, then send me the link in a PM

Thx
Lee

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Technical Support / Re: Trouble with Rosetta in Herefordshire

« on: October 16, 2024, 03:11:53 pm »

That is quite an old version Joe
Could you please update, and also provide the track file of your flight
Thx
Lee