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Technical Support / Re: Upgrading Pi

« on: June 30, 2019, 08:28:01 pm »

I’ve worked out the manual install bit and have prepared a new SD card.

Is the licence updated through the config html portal once I’ve spoken to you guys?

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Technical Support / Upgrading Pi

« on: June 30, 2019, 07:12:26 pm »

I'm looking to upgrade the Pi in my groups shareoplane while I'm updating the software.

Am I right in thinking that I'll need to get in touch to update the licence somehow?

I'm planning to run the update at the airfield - do I need a usb drive to update it?

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OGN-R PilotAware / Old PAW 2B what do I need to go OGN-R?

« on: June 24, 2019, 08:00:59 pm »

Is there any call for a station 5m SW of EGCN?

I’ve recently cannibalised my old PAW to set up a 360radar station.

I’m just getting round to installing a mast which should take antenna height to ~8m AGL, possibly higher, so potentially have a much better base for rebroadcast.

Other than a nice outdoor aerial for the PAW rebroadcast, what else do I need?

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General Discussion / Pilotaware unit going spare

« on: April 08, 2019, 12:24:56 pm »

Having just bought a share in a plane with a PAW installed, my portable unit is now surplus to requirements.

I've just advertised it as a complete setup, but realised that there might be some use in it towards the network.
Is there any use for a base station setup around EGCN at all?

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General Discussion / Ships power and Skydemon Logging

« on: March 27, 2019, 12:20:37 pm »

Hi all,

I've been trying to solve an issue with logging engine start times in SkyDemon whilst using PAW connected to ships power.

Previously I used PAW on a powerbank, but now I am using one connected to ships power, I have stumbled on the issue of logging engine start when the PAW is not yet booted.

See discussion on SkyDemon Forum here...

It would appear that the only way to use PAW on ships power is to start the engine and then start flight logging 2-3 minutes later once the PAW has booted.

Are there any other users of installed systems that use SkyDemon that have come up with a better process for startup?

I'm wondering about a pass-through powerbank and separate switch, but I know Anker don't do that and I know PAW issues are frequent when homebrewing power supplies!

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Technical Support / Boot time

« on: March 26, 2019, 12:13:38 pm »

How long should it take to boot up a pilotaware on Pi2B to Wifi communications?

Mine takes just over 2 minutes.

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Technical Support / Re: Using PAW to provide traffic info only

« on: March 20, 2019, 07:47:35 pm »

Useful Info!
Thanks

Does a ‘contact’ just get sent to the EFB program as a waypoint then?

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Technical Support / Using PAW to provide traffic info only

« on: March 20, 2019, 12:40:49 pm »

Hi all,
Prompted by a discussion ongoing on the SkyDemon forum...

I've just bought a share in an aircraft with a permanently fitted PAW (previously I was renting with a carry-on setup).
Because the PAW is powered from the avionics bus, it cannot be running prior to engine start as per my previous battery powered setup.
As I have become used to using the engine start and off blocks logging feature on SD, this is a bit of a pain as you can't 'go flying' until the GPS has warmed up on the PAW.

I was querying whether there was a way to start a flight using internal GPS then switch to PAW once booted up, but someone has suggested using internal GPS for navigation and use the PAW to feed pure traffic information to SD.

Not having got involved in the technical details of the transmission between PAW and SD, can the two bits of information be separated or are they intrinsically linked?

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Technical Support / Re: Multiple position sources

« on: October 13, 2018, 02:39:27 pm »

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Technical Support / Re: Multiple position sources

« on: October 13, 2018, 02:14:31 pm »

Looks like it picks up what is there in port order, so that makes it very easy!
My trials showed the two devices but it always booted to the left hand device.
Unplugging or covering the right hand device showed no change in gps status, where the same action on the left hand device caused gps to fail or satellites reduce.

So I’ll be setting up as below:
External USB port     Ublox 7 GPS dongle
DVB-T dongle           WiFi dongle

With no mouse connected to the external port it will boot on the internal device, but if I plug in a mouse before powering up, it will use that!

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Technical Support / Multiple position sources

« on: October 13, 2018, 11:44:21 am »

As a carry-on user in multiple aircraft I have recently upgraded my classic into a Rosetta-esque case.
I’m contemplating putting an externally accessible USB port on the case to allow me to connect the gps dongle remotely (or a dedicated mouse, but I already have a spare standard dongle) for aircraft where placement makes it harder to get a good gps reception.

What would the RPi make of having two dongles connected at the same time?
Would it run both (I assume this would cause an issue due to location discrepancy)
Would it start one in preference to the other?

My gut feel is that it will grab the first to wake up and communicate or by port number.
I will be having a play at this later on, but wondering if anyone else knows first!

And Yes, I could just remove the accessory cover, remove the dongle and plug in the mouse, but I’m trying to make something a bit slicker than that!

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Technical Support / Re: Failed GPS dongle

« on: September 06, 2018, 01:29:22 pm »

It's ok Keith, I've got a replacement now - I was more interested in helping with feedback WRT a potential failure mode.

I will test those joints Ian - I've been a bit busy since the intial 'swap-it-out' repair.
Although I couldn't see any obvious break, it might have gone a bit high resistance - if low quality USB cables can cause an issue then a high resistance joint could also give the same problem.

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Technical Support / Re: Failed GPS dongle

« on: September 06, 2018, 08:04:17 am »

Going from 7-8 satellites working well to Absolutely nothing and the light going off sounds more like a board error to me...
As I mentioned in my OP I am happy to admit it may have been damaged in transporting the unit.

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Technical Support / Re: Failed GPS dongle

« on: September 04, 2018, 11:57:41 am »

Ran last night and this morning for 9hrs without dropping so it certainly looks like the dongle was failing.

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Technical Support / Re: Failed GPS dongle

« on: September 03, 2018, 08:31:36 pm »

Classic - bought in April B827EB4D0E8D