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Technical Support / iOS14 / SkyDemon connection issues

« on: August 25, 2020, 10:43:48 am »

I and numerous others (going by the Facebook posts) are still plagued by the dreaded hanging message “Connecting to Device”. See attached image. I am using latest version iPad running Sky Demon and set to Pilotaware UDP. However, yesterday I could not run Sky Demon using PAW (so had to use the iPad internal Location Services to run Sky Demon) but frustratingly at same time I found my iPhone 11 connected and ran Pilot Aware to Sky Demon seamlessly.

It would be so good to resolve this issue for so many of us  for what is otherwise such a great product!

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic icons incorrectly pointing opposite direction on Sky Demon

« on: May 29, 2020, 10:24:43 am »

My contact at Funke Germany (Michael Frost) called me back same day yesterday. My Funke transponder is from 2014. From 2015 they slightly changed the hardware but still called the software version 5.3 (which software I have). Only their transponders from 2015 transmit heading and speed as well. Michael says there are thousands of Funke transponders that are like mine and so the company is working hard to provide a solution and in fact are now already in beta testing stage of new software that will upgrade some earlier transponders. He told me to call back in about 8 weeks and he expects to be able to advise when I can do the mod. He thought it may (but not sure yet) also require a minor physical mod. Either way, for certification purposes, it will have to go back to Germany, and is expected to cost circa 200 euros!

Michael also mentioned the following - and please don't shoot the messenger 

1.             Although the data does indeed come from the transponder, he commented that why could not the receiving device be programmed to
                calculate direction from the track it plots?

2.             He also stated Funke are innovative and as technology improves so they work hard to keep up to date and it would not be fair to expect
                Funke to have to foot the bill every time technology moves on. Even though I know Trig offer free upgrades, I suppose he may have at
                least some point, however unpalatable for myself and other Funke users!


 

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic icons incorrectly pointing opposite direction on Sky Demon

« on: May 28, 2020, 10:56:13 am »

I have a helpful contact at Funke in Germany. I just phoned him. He explained transponder technology has moved forwards and newer units also give data on speed and heading, not just position. However he also said my 2014 transponder (Funke TRT800H-OLED) with software version 5.3 should be doing this already. Anyway, he requested I email him the sky demon snapshot showing my plane flying backwards, which I have done.

I will keep you updated.

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Technical Support / Traffic icons incorrectly pointing opposite direction on Sky Demon

« on: May 27, 2020, 07:55:09 pm »

I have seen various references to this issue on the forum but couldn't see anything definitive about resolving. Myself and another friend flew south down to Sandown yesterday. We both have pilot aware and transponders. I have a Funke with version 5.3 software. Although we were flying in loose formation in the same direction, the plane icon showing me (G-NILT) just to left of him on his skydemon was pointing north not south (see snapshot below). Any idea if this can be resolved as obviously could be dangerous?

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 12, 2020, 12:13:03 pm »

G-IMPS is simply using the Rosetta “as is” with its two stubby aerials. I have leads from my Pilot Aware feeding two stubby aerials connected underneath (they fit through two existing 6mm jig holes on the Eurostar that the BMAA gave permission to drill out to 8mm).

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 12, 2020, 10:15:28 am »

I would be interested if Lee responds to Peter's last post.

To possibly confuse further, on 11th Jan, myself and another plane (G-IMPS) flew together. The owner having just fitted Pilotaware. You can see from below that the screenshot of my own Traffic screen at 3.46pm shows both myself G-NILT in grey and G-IMPS in red but his screenshot at 3.47pm only shows me G-NILT in red but not him at all !

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 07, 2020, 11:24:04 am »

Dear Lee and Peter

1.    I think you are saying due to saturation (caused by the proximity of the avionics on my microlight to each
       other) it will be rather lucky if and when "ownership" ever shows on my PAW Traffic screen in the Mode column as a
       CSA---- i.e. ADSB but that when near a ground station I should at least likely see ownership in the Mode column as
       ---P--U or even ----F-U.

2.    Just to confuse things, I have a traffic screenshot (as pasted below) dated 1st June 2019 at 8.56am when I was
       about 2,000 feet and 3 miles south east of Booker, en-route to the coast. You can see I am highlighted red and the
       Mode column showing CSAP---. So I am still a bit confused as to the "ownership" variations I am seeing

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 07, 2020, 12:40:50 am »

Hi Lee

I confirm the 3 snapshots  were all my PAW.

To clarify, I am not asking about ADSB. I want to know why the 3 PAW traffic screenshots I posted are all different in that (1) the one from July (likely pre PAW software upgrade)  shows my microlight at the top highlighted red (2) the one at 15.46 a few days ago on 4th Jan showing my microlight at the top greyed out and (3) the one at 15.45 same day (4th Jan) but a minute earlier, not even showing my microlight i.e. they are all different??

Hope you can help.

Gary

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 06, 2020, 02:56:52 pm »

Dear Lee

Thank you for your 2 posts.

1.     I am indeed meant to be emitting PAW; FLARM and ADSB. I have had a Flarm LX mouse for a couple of years but
        have never seen an elusive "F" in the PAW traffic screen, only gliders rebroadcast via the Uplink. I think you need to
        be only a couple of km or less and so perhaps that is why. Good to know you could see my Flarm emitting (I assume
        via the online OGN network where I have seen it as well).

2.     Re not seeing my ADSB until 15.24 on Saturday 4th Jan. I had taken-off from Wellensbourne Mountford at 15.16 and
        so that is only a gap of 8 minutes. I do normally switch it on before take-off but I think on this occasion I may have
        already been in the air, so hopefully not an issue.

3.     The last view you saw at 15.55 at 700 feet was my coming into land at Plaistows (3 miles north of Elstree) having left
        Wellensbourne Mountford at 15.16.

4.     My Funke transponder TRT800H-OLED is using version 5.3

5.     I only ever keep my PAW Flight-ID on G-NILT and HEX-ID on 406C23 and would never change either.

6.     The red traffic screen shot (showing my microlight) was taken 29th July and I was still on the ground at Plaistows for
        a short flight a few minutes later over to Bovingdon active airfield. The grey traffic screenshot (showing my
        microlight) was on 4th January at 15.46 and 30 minutes into the above referred 39 minute flight from Wellensbourne
        Mountford to Plaistows (I was about 4 miles west of Bovingdon). The third screenshot (not showing my microlight)
        was a minute earlier at 15.45

So re point 6 above, I am still perplexed why the 3 snapshots of my PAW traffic screen are different when it comes to my microlight. Any further assistance would be very much appreciated

Gary

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Technical Support / Re: Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 06, 2020, 05:32:21 am »

As far as aware, my Funke transponder is either on or off, manually by my switching it on/off. Regardless, the red report is showing me transmit CSA i.e. ADSB out. So I think the question remains why the discrepancies. Hopefully someone will know?

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Technical Support / Traffic Page - own aircraft not always showing

« on: January 05, 2020, 10:00:07 pm »

I paste below 3 x screen shots of my PAW traffic page (as well as having PAW, I also transmit ADSB via a squitter from my Funke transponder) On one of them my aircraft (G-NILT) is shown at the top highlighted red and showing Mode CSA-- but no details of aircraft. On another it is shown at the top highlighted grey with reg "G" and showing Mode ---P--U and confirming it is a EV-97 Eurostar. On the third it is not showing at all. Any idea why the discrepancies?

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Technical Support / Auto lock on iphone

« on: November 02, 2019, 03:53:25 am »

Does the Radar function on Pilot Aware have a choice to “Prevent Auto Lock” for iPhone. The Waze app for example does (see image). I ask as currently when I use Radar on my iPhone,  the phone screen auto locks and goes dark after the time I have set (option is between 30 seconds and 5 minutes or never). If I set it to never then my credit and debit cards on Apple pay are disabled for security and I need to re-enter the CVV number to reactivate them, which is a pain.

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Technical Support / Re: Query re upgrade 20190621 - Mode S 3D

« on: November 02, 2019, 03:38:52 am »

Keith

Thanks and I will try flying near. Is EGLD the old Panshangar and where is EGIM as I could not find it or look it up on SD or Google

Rgds

Gary

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Technical Support / Why are some entries grey

« on: October 26, 2019, 09:37:00 am »

Does anyone know what the grey means on the Pilot Aware Traffic print out page?

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Technical Support / Query re upgrade 20190621 - Mode S 3D

« on: September 24, 2019, 04:52:09 pm »

My home airfield is based in the airspace between Luton, Heathrow and Booker. The OGN coverage charge seems to include this area in its green coverage map. However , even though I upgraded to latest version PAW, I am still getting a fair number of bearingless transponder proximity circles on Sky Demon. Should these not (unless Mode C) all now be plane icons i.e. showing a bearing as well?