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

« on: November 21, 2024, 12:49:57 am »

We have an FX, we're all learning to enable iGrid, for more aircraft detected and software updates.
I use a tablet to connect Skydemon to the FX and my phone to provide a hotspot for iGrid.
My phone (Android) can pick up the FX WiFi and connect, is this a fatal loop where neither device gets Internet (Phone has the FX WiFi, FX has the phone hotspot)?
I know iPhones (spit!) advertise that they can use the phone network for internet if their WiFi connection doesn't, and I think Android says the same, but...
I turn my phone WiFi off to prevent this.
BUT
If your using the android tablet for Internet as well as connecting to the FX - what happens then?

I'm hoping someone has tested this out and can tell me, because it will be a PITA to run sufficient tests to give the rest of my group a definitive answer (I'm writing a short 'How To' for the group, most of whom couldn't pick out a USB C connector in a line up with HDMI cables / think a megabyte is sold at McDonalds / think M.4 is a road to the West Country).
(I hope they don't find this page)

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General Discussion / New FX user questions

« on: November 14, 2024, 01:50:29 pm »

Is this the right place? Feel free to relocate
Installed the FX this week. I'm VERY PLEASED with it so far, I wish we'd upgraded sooner. ATM we are using the existing internal remote aerials mounted high on the front windscreen. I have some observations, questions and advice requests:

Observations
1 The FX seems much better at receiving signals than the Rosetta. It worked fine in the house before installing. I used to have to setup the Rosetta outside to get GPS / aircraft signals. (I do have a ATOM Grid ground station on the roof of the house).
2 The FX seems to hold on to traffic better (not have them disappear/re-appear), this means fewer but more accurate call outs of more traffic.
3 I haven't fitted external aerials yet, that's next week / during the annual.
4 The condition lights are a very useful visual confirmation, especially for the HotSpot / internet routing. Hotspot seems to work better.
6 I've noticed more traffic pretending to be Motor Gliders, is that because it's the default in the setup?

Questions
1 On FX, Does removing the WiFi password disable the WiFi? That is the implication of the messaging, so I left it alone.
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.
3 When will I be able to download flight tracks again (.trk). I think the website says 1/2024, does it mean 1/2025?
4 It would be nice if I got a clear summary numbers of what traffic I receive ie whether: Direct/ATOM Grid/iGrid/SkyGrid
5 I noticed frozen traffic on the FX in the pattern last night. I've seen that before on a Rosetta beta release (since solved), is it the same 'persistence after signal lost' problem? It lead to a lot of dire traffic warnings, which was distracting from other traffic. I'd notice the a/c freeze on the first circuit, so it wasn't too bad. It disappeared by the next circuit.
6 The Radar screen seems reluctant to count ground stations in the top left count box. Even when they show on the FX Radar and on SD.
7 Is it 'Pilotaware Rosetta FX'? Wouldn't 'Pilotaware FX' be better / clearer? I realise it might be a copyright thing.

Advice request
1 External Aerial positioning; we're planning on putting them to the rear of the lower fuselage (Fuji FA200), at least 50cm away from the ADSB/Xponder. I presume the lower the better to see forward below the engine (the tail section rises slightly).
2 Can we take a feed off the Garmin 430/G5 GPS aerial? We are assuming not ATM and using the supplied GPS puck
3 It will be wired into the 12V electrical system with an On/Off switch - comments / hints?

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Technical Support / Request - new standard non-beta software release - SOLVED

« on: September 22, 2024, 09:14:54 pm »

Our Fuji is on a beta release, my travelling Rosetta is on the Official version. Can we
a) have a new non-beta official release? Or
b) should I just grow up, blow a new microSD of the official release and stop whining.

I know, it's b), what can I say, my blood sugar is low and I'm hangry 

[SOLUTION] - You can revert with an option in the PAw menu

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Technical Support / Spurious position reading from a/c origin

« on: September 18, 2024, 08:40:44 pm »

Hello again, 'sbin a while. This is ATOM Grid related - right place?
We had a visit today from an AW169 air ambulance. I missed it in flight and checked it via the radar360 playback (which shows helicopters as planes).
a/c was 4074BF G-KSSC. The track shows spikes back to the take off point. Can this be filtered out? Would this affect a PAw detecting the a/c or is it just a ground station artifact?
I thought it looked like the kind of thing you can get with MLAT, but it's ADSB data I think.

Hopefully I've seen something that can be filtered, is new / novel.
Still loving the Rosetta, I carry a spare in case I'm in a poorly equipped a/c...

Regards neilmurg

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General Discussion / Different aircraft profiles / license expiry

« on: April 17, 2023, 11:08:39 am »

Is it possible that different aircraft profiles (on the configuration page) can contain old versions of the software key?
I loaded a saved profile and the software subsequently reported 'license expired' but it should be valid for another month.
I hope to re visit the aircraft this afternoon to check
neilmurg

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Technical Support / Track file explainer / crib sheet

« on: April 10, 2023, 08:47:39 pm »

Is there an existing guide to the {date/time}.trk file so that I can better analyse the raw data?
I check my tracks and aircraft spotted etc, but I would also like to see:
- how many FLARM, PAw, ADSB, ADSB-DF18(SE20), Mode S, Mode C the PAw has captured on a flight.
- whether the aircraft has been directly detected, passed by ground station or passed via iGrid
- what detected ship is emitting
-  'spiky' location data
I can work some of it out, but a reference sheet would be invaluable

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Technical Support / ATOM Grid not connecting to Server

« on: January 22, 2023, 12:50:07 pm »

Is this the right place to enquire about ATOM Grid?
I seem to be having trouble connecting to the Pilotaware Servers, starting this morning. The ATOM Grid is in the roof space. Another ATOM Grid I use, at the airfield is working OK.
My DNS at home is provided via a Pi Hole, is there anything I should white list to ensure it isn't causing a problem?
EDITAdd: Disabling the Pi Hole doesn't bring the ATOM Grid online. The ATOM Grid also seems to be trying to periodically reboot :AddEDIT

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General Discussion / Pilotaware config changes

« on: May 07, 2021, 09:40:17 pm »

I have a PAw semi permanently installed (ie, fixed, powered, remote dipoles, wired to audio but no holes drilled).
I'm sometimes surprised by the config when I eventually check: Aircraft ICAO code, ranges for audio warnings.

Is it because my tablet has overwritten the config with what it has used last time, or is it because someone else pressed Save on the config page (or I did without thinking)

I think I know the answer, just checking

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Technical Support / Vector POLAR display of ModeS

« on: April 21, 2021, 03:57:24 pm »

I fly a Fuji with ModeS + Rosetta and Rockwell Commander 114b with Garmin ADSB in/out and occasionally Rosetta
I used to get a Vector POLAR on ModeS with the Fuji, it's now blank. Has it been disabled?
I also wanted to compare the 114b ADSB Vector POLAR with ModeS POLAR, but there's no ModeS reported.
Has ModeS reporting been removed?
The ModeS charts were always more sparse than technologies with GPS position, presumably because the aircraft's position had to be determined by MLAT which means 3(4?) stations receiving

There's a previously saved ModeS Vector POLAR  display below, but now I just get blank, for the Fuji, with ModeS and PAw fitted

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General Discussion / ATOM coverage

« on: April 16, 2021, 11:39:07 pm »

I flew from Blackbushe EGLK to Lands End EGHC today
I used Bluetooth to access the SD warnings generated from PAw, it was a bit quiet, but worked well. I wasn't in my usual plane so the hard wired PAw audio to Audio panel wasn't available. Apart from that the SD warnings worked well and they (or PAw warnings) are needed right now, there's a lot of GA and gliders. I only [edit]say see[/edit] ~30% of what I received, but the increased SA was great.
I checked regularly and it seemed like I was always in receipt of ATOM coverage, therefore also local QNH and METARs.
That was a big help when I decided on a diversion and precautionary stop

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Technical Support / Twin internal dipole aerials (total 4) with SMA Y pigtails

« on: March 31, 2021, 07:11:45 pm »

I've been looking at the very useful polar map of my PAw coverage.
My setup has 2 dipoles on the passenger side near the A pillar, it's very close to vertical, unobtrusive and with a great view forward. The PAw aerial is highest so it can look down more effectively
I get some shadowing from the 'ugly bags of mostly water' at my 8 / 9 7 / 8 o'clock.

I'd like to double up the dipole antennae with a set on the captain's side by using a pair of splitter pigtails. After reading up a bit, it appears I should ensure that the cable lengths and types match to avoid signals destructively combining, and maybe cable length should be related to the frequency being received.
But I don't know how much that matters in 2, 1, and 1/2m cable.

Any advice from anyone who understands this wigglyamp stuff would be appreciated.

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OGN-R PilotAware / Is it OK to use a Pi 3 B+ for ATOM GRID?

« on: February 25, 2021, 04:02:19 pm »

It's all in the title really, I'm getting a spare Pi, I want it to be able to be an ATOM GRID and I want the latest/fastest suitable Pi as it will do other things.
I gave away all my Pi's (to PAw), just before I decided to build a Pi-hole etc (doh!).
I see that the Pi 3 B is OK, how about the B+, there was a delay in using B+ for Rosetta, hence my hesitation.
I've looked through a fair amount of docs and posts, but most refer to the Pi 2!
As I understand it the Pi 4 is too power hungry for Rosetta (+ different port, USB C)
Thankyou in anticipation.
neilmurg

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OGN-R PilotAware / OGN firewall

« on: February 17, 2021, 11:29:16 pm »

I've just changed Internet Broadband supplier. I knew that the BT router had a route for remote access for the ATOM GRID, but that's gone now ('cos new router).
What should it be? My ATOM GRID is down atm because of Inet upgrade/internal WiFi stuff, but I'd like to reprogram my Sky Router to be ready once the PoE / extender link gets re-enabled.
Yes I should have noted what it was. I did, but I can't find it / maybe this is useful general info for ATOM GRID owner / managers

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General Discussion / VECTOR analysis and obscuration video's

« on: December 30, 2020, 09:47:31 pm »

Keith has put some great video's on Youtube, on the Pilotaware channel
I commend you all to watch them through and give a like, good news needs to be promoted

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General Discussion / PAw no aerials

« on: September 14, 2020, 05:57:36 pm »

I've removed the PAw aerials to have them improved. I was surprised to see this generated a lot of false targets at 100ft and 200ft above/below, warning and danger.
I don't know if this says something that is useful or is just an unwanted 'edge/end case' effect. I don't need help with it, just sayin'