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As I said, Russ, I did ask for clarification of the RJ12 wiring but have not yet got the definitive answer. I assumed it would be the Flarm wiring I supplied but I have found differences even to that recently. The wiring to the Flarm input of the LED+ indicator has changed in the last few months, which leads me to suspect that not all Flarm outputs are equal and, therefore, not all Flarm wiring diagrams are to be taken as read  :(

I think it's going to be a matter of trial and error but I'm not in a position right now to do so.

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 All will be well  :)

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General Discussion / Re: Aircrew.co.uk- not secure
« on: March 19, 2024, 09:34:38 pm »
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.....even has the ‘sun’ position if appropriate based on time of day of the flight.

I would put money on that 'feature' never having been requested of the Pilot Aware developers  ;D

Big yellow thing outside the window.......why do I need an app for that?

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Technical Support / Re: adsb (out) not showing on Vector
« on: March 19, 2024, 05:40:02 pm »
How old is the Funke transponder? The new versions are not brilliant for ADSB Out, the old ones could be useless. Upgrading them requires a return to Germany and a fair number of Deutschmarks.

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX
« on: March 03, 2024, 08:06:48 am »
How many coloured rings do you see versus pictures of traffic?

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Hi Russ,

I can see no reason why you can't solder the existing wires to/from your SkyView onto the appropriate wires from the RJ11 connectors plugged into the FX. The wires are teeny and you'd need plenty of strain relief or they'll easily snap. The trouble is trying to crimp the AWG24 (for instance) wires into an RJ11 plug.....they're too big for the holes  ::)

I have asked about the exact layout of the FX RJ11 plugs but have not got a definitive answer. Lee did say to wire them as per Flarm but, unfortunately, they may have had a standard layout once but they don't any more, it would seem. As an example, I have attached what would appear to be the Flarm layout for RJ11, however, the other day when installing a Flarm indicator (LXLED+) we had one manual saying pins 2 & 3 were RS232, 4 GND and 5 DC but a slightly newer manual saying pin 1 is GND, 2 & 3 RS232 and 6 was DC. Same Flarm device and a couple of months difference made a big difference to how they were wired and did nothing to convince me there is a Flarm standard.

SO, the upshot of this is we need a kind soul from PAW to give us the definitive answer on the RJ11 pin layout for the FX. Pretty please  :)

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don't suppose it can be pushed into the same plug can it rather than needing to use two like the standard PAW?

HMmmm, I don't know but I can see no reason why not but it would depend on how the FX has been configured internally. It might be that the 'In' RJ11 socket does not have an RS232 out connection internally and the same for the 'Out' wire. If both RJ11 slots are wired internally for in and out then you could (in theory) use the In from your SkyView GPS serial Out and the Out to your SkyView Flarm Traffic serial In.

SO, another pretty please; are the FX RJ11 sockets wired internally for RS232 in AND out (Rx/Tx)?

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Yes, my PAW is feeding my HDX with traffic. I have the iGrid dongle and no problems at all. No warning messages and traffic stays shown.

As per my diagram, I have PAW USB port set to Flarm Out and HDX serial port is Flarm Traffic. I've set the baud rate to 115200 on both. Maybe if your baud rate is set lower it might not be fast enough for all the data (a very inexpert analysis I realise).

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For Clive, it has a column with the source (Mode). All detailed in the manual:

https://www.pilotaware.com/knowledgebase/traffic

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Hi Russ,

I've discussed this with Lee and Ashley and have found it is all possible. Attached is my question in diagram form (the same as yours). I was hoping to have it installed and documented but delayed at the moment.

The main thing is, yes, what you want can be done......it just hasn't been yet  ;D

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Technical Support / Re: adsb (out) not showing on Vector
« on: February 20, 2024, 06:02:18 pm »
I don't think you're doing anything wrong because I can't see your ADSB on Vector either. I can see your PilotAware and Flarm.

Looking on FR24 I can see your two flights on 15 Feb but there is no indication whether the history is derived from ADSB, Mode S multi-lateration or Flarm (via OGN, as I understand it). In other words, there's no guarantee FR24 saw your ADSB.

What kit did the other aircraft have in it that only transmits and receives ADSB?

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Thanks Paul, I was avoiding having anything else connected to the PAW by wifi aside from my two SD screens.
Assume that isn't an issue with this set up?

It's not an issue at all; it's what it's designed to do. PAW transmits traffic over WIFI to your SD. It receives iGrid information from your 4G dongle on the little WIFI dongle that plugs into the PAW USB slot.

This is the iGrid dongle that you can plug in and use to receive the 4G data:

https://www.pilotaware.com/product/igrid-wifi-connectivity-module

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I set the PAW to hook up to the dongle on the set up screen?

It's on the Network tab. Just go int there, select the 4G dongle name from the drop down list as the hotspot to which you wish to connect and enter the password. It will remember it from then on and connect automatically once your dongle gets going. You can also enable the router option, which means your tablets will also get 4G data from your 4G dongle, via the PAW connection.

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Though I have to ask if everything is working why don't I leave it as it is?

Because the Raspberry Pi in your PAW is quite power hungry and running your 4G dongle off the internal USB power as well will cause a larger current to be drawn and the next question will be 'why is my PAW throttling'. Just keep the 4G dongle on another power source.

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How do I power the dongle externally but still have it giving data to the PAW unit via the USB?

You have your WIFI dongle (with 4G sim card installed) powered from a USB source, other than your PAW and you have a WIFI dongle (the type sold for iGrid) plugged into your PAW. Your WIFI dongle acts as a WIFI hotspot and you just join that hotspot.

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I've got a 4G cellular dongle plugged into the Classic on a USB. The Dongle has an external pad antenna connected by two cables.
It's signal to start with was really consistent but it seems to be dropping out a bit lately. Works better across the channel than here.

I, too, have the capability with my 4G dongle of having external antennas but found it made no difference to 4G reception if they were used or not. It was pointed out to me (buried deep in one of the threads on this forum) that the external antennas were only used for the WIFI signal from the dongle to the receiving device (iPad, PAW iGrid etc) and had nothing to do with receiving 4G signals.

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There's been a fair bit of advice on 4G dongles and not to power them from the PAW USBs. You need to plug the 4G dongle into a different power source.

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It is true that I have lost touch with programming. That stopped with my A Level computer science in 1984 and the world advancing from Machine Code, Fortran etc. Until then I was pretty good.

The fact that my PAW Classic, with Serial connection to my Dynon HDX, GPS from the HDX, WIFI to my iPad/SkyDemon and iGrid all work perfectly, without me trying to re-program anything, would indicate slightly better than ‘illiterate’……….whilst accepting the expertise of the likes of Lee and Co, who have made such a good job of making it plug & play for the other ‘illieratii’.

My ATOM station also works very well, despite me not interfering.

You’re not actually trying to improve things for the benefit of others. You’re just attempting to show off how much better your ideas are compared to Lee and Co. Whereas they are far too polite to say, there are others amongst us who are quite happy to say we really don’t care how clever you think you are.

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