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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: FLARM to change protocol

« on: March 26, 2024, 02:41:15 pm »

By safesky directly

FLARM encryption has changed and this is affecting the OGN as stations are manually updated.

I can't see this would affect SafeSky <-> SafeSky comms...

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General Discussion / Re: Aircrew.co.uk and PilotAware Playback Sites

« on: March 26, 2024, 02:37:34 pm »

It's been a while but I have uploaded .trk files to GPS Visualizer:

https://www.gpsvisualizer.com

Can't remember if they showed traffic...

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OGN-R PilotAware / Re: FLARM to change protocol

« on: March 21, 2024, 07:54:54 pm »

gliders were available with safesky

SafeSky directly or via the OGN?

FLARM is a bit banjaxed... more here:

https://xcmag.com/news/xc-tracer-flarm-collide-over-software-update/

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General Discussion / Re: Suction mount advice

« on: March 19, 2024, 08:25:29 pm »

Loads on eBay or the one the SE2 comes with...

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Technical Support / Re: adsb (out) not showing on Vector

« on: March 19, 2024, 05:43:16 pm »

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

I'm not that familiar with the Funke, but my first port of call would be to check the coax cable from the back of unit to the aerial.

If it's a BNC, then checking the the centre pin has not been pushed back in and is full inserted in the connector body, and the that both the inner and outer conductor buzz as continuous with a multimeter from one end to the other. Is the aerial grounded properly to the metal skin of the aircraft, if it needs a ground plane?

Either connector corroded? Quick squirt with contact cleaning spray?

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General Discussion / Re: Aircrew.co.uk- not secure

« on: March 19, 2024, 05:40:28 pm »

Are you trying to get to the site with https in the front of it?

Try:

https://playback.pilotaware.com/playback/

You do not have the rights to access the directory above...

Your tablet and phone may be autocompleting...

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 03, 2024, 09:48:06 am »

I think it would be much more powerful; and statistically reliable if PAW did this analysis with bulk data. I’m hoping it’ll show how  much Igrid and atom has done for the benefit of GA

AIUI, because of the huge amount of data, mode-S is not kept for any length of time.

Those of us running ATOM stations know how much it has done for the the community, without ATOM, we would have no FLARM on Classic or Rosetta.

I'm exactly 10km from a gliding club; my ground station and the one at the gliding site are out of line of sight of each other. VRS displays at either club show things the ground station at that club can't see.

You have only to look at a VRS running off any ground station to see the enormous value of them. A VRS in the clubhouse, like at Sandown, will show pilots, PAW owning on or not, that paragliders with FLARM are on the cliffs at Blackgang... that's situational awareness before take off.

A lot has been written, neutrals will be aware of what's going on but some sections of the GA community have closed ears and minds.

Horses to water...

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 03, 2024, 09:10:24 am »

I wonder if PAW have enough data to do some statistical analysis? Compare a set of flight logs versus the MLAT data available that day?

Right now, my conclusion is that unless having a small form factor or flarm is a critical issue then the FX is grossly overpriced for potentially less feature functionality.

Any existing PAW user will have that data already for their own flights stored in their own device in the track logs.

It just needs to be uploaded to PAW playback and viewed.

As for cost, every pilot will have their own use case which will determine value for money.

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 02, 2024, 04:44:03 pm »

Thanks - that's only a partial answer though.

Yes - i agree that a chunck of the contacts i see on Rosetta are bearlngless.
The question then is, if i have an FX unit instead - how much of that do I lose. e.g. if 50% of the traffic i currently see if mode c/s and i only get 50% of that via rebroadcst (FX) then i've list 25% of the traffic i used to see.
i'm not picking fault - i'm just trying to figure out if buy a new rosetta or new rosetta fx

It depends on how you have set things up. As I understand it, bearingless targets are not rebroadcast. Any C/S (not MLAT) stuff you get on Rosetta has been directly received. The mode C/S stuff you get rebroadcast is stuff that has been located by MLAT. I'm not a PAW insider and I'm just theorising here. I have also cut down on the number of things I see by configuring the PAW to limit audio alerts just to close by targets.

Bearingless stuff is, however, fed to servers so if enough ATOM stations see them, then can then be located via MLAT.

You also need to decide the quality and usefulness of a bearingless target?

I'm hoping to try a Rosetta FX soon and I'm not worried about the loss of bearingless targets. I'd have them if they were on offer but if not, I'd let them drop.

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General Discussion / Re: Rosetta FX

« on: March 02, 2024, 01:41:11 pm »

I'm flying in the SE of England (Kent/Sussex) and the majority of my audio warnings are bearingless.

However, as the interpolation for distance is just a rough one, you have to decide how much of the warning takes you to a target, and how much is a distraction. I guess I spot about 1 in 2 of the bearingless warnings at best, but then how many are behind me in a 3 axis aircraft with limited rearward visibility, which I would not be able to see anyway?

A small number of bearingless targets pop into MLAT then out again.

In the medium term most mode S transponders will move to ADS-B out or get retired when shared airspace with drones comes in...

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Technical Support / Re: PAW audio to Trig radio

« on: January 28, 2024, 05:27:09 pm »

I'm quoting elsewhere from one of the internal PAW people, the sound levels on the Raspberry Pi are low level because it's an educational targeted system, and the idea is to avoid damaging young people's hearing via overly high audio levels.

However, the audio alerts that come from the iPad running SD having nothing to do with the level set in the PAW, as I understand it, the audio alerts that SD gives are derived from the data stream from the PAW, and are set in the SD software, as are alerts for airspace.

Maybe this is the problem, and now with an amplifier will be the solution.

There is something wrong with the audio set up if an amplifier is needed for everything. Have you also turned up the volume on the iPad BT output to maximum? You may have to go up past a warning for higher volumes and ear damage?

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Technical Support / Re: PAW audio to Trig radio

« on: January 28, 2024, 09:47:13 am »

From what I can see it should be simple enough, as I understand the PAW outputs via bluetooth, so I have plugged a bluetooth receiver into my noise reducing headset, which is paired to my iPad, when I play music on my iPad the sound comes through no problem.
However NO audio can be detected on the iPad, for broadcast to me.

Have you paired the iPad with the PAW? Is this actually possible (Apple limits BT protocols allowed), and if done, will the iPad stream the received audio to the headset?

I'm questioning how the 3.5mm jack is wired, and if the ground is actually effective enough...

How many Bluetooth connections can your headset receiver support? I've seen receivers that will support more than one, in which case the second option is pair the PAW with the headset BT receiver directly as a second device...

Third possibility & my preferred option - if you are running Skydemon on the iPad, and the iPad is connected to the PAW and receiving traffic, then simply turn on the traffic alerts in Skydemon. That way you can have airspace alerts and trafic alerts from the same place, and you already know that BT from the iPad to the headset is working.

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Technical Support / Re: PilotAware seems to not be transmitting

« on: January 17, 2024, 01:45:09 pm »

I guess that with the wrong ICAO code I have been displaying to others but with the wrong ID. 

Yes, so you would have been safe, but just wrongly identified...

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Technical Support / Re: Huawei-E3372-325

« on: January 17, 2024, 01:34:28 pm »

I am hoping to use the spare power slot in the Anker charger adapter with a USB extension cable to mount the dongle in an appropriate location to get the best reception.

I think you'll find that PilotAware recommends that you don't share the Anker adaptor with any other devices, I can't find a reference to it quickly, but I'm sure it's the case.

Someone with  more in depth knowledge may be along soon...

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Technical Support / Re: Huawei-E3372-325

« on: January 16, 2024, 09:41:50 pm »

There is a reply here from Lee (in another thread) explaining that these USB dongles draw too much current and are not a good idea:

http://forum.pilotaware.com/index.php/topic,2347.msg24314.html#msg24314

I'd get something else that does not need to plug into a PAW USB port.

Example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HUAWEI-E5576-230-Download-Configuration-Required/dp/B0896X7QPG/