Thread: FLARM ethics
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Old February 24th 15, 06:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy Blackburn[_3_]
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Default FLARM ethics

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9:50:36 AM UTC-8, Ramy wrote:
I think the real concern here is that during the month of March, updated flarms will apparently (according to another thread) not able to communicate with those which were not updated yet. This is surprising and concerning, at least I would expect this upgrade announcement will come with a clear warning, and also explains why the window for update is so short. It would be better if it was reduced to just one week...

Ramy


Yes, one reason to have a short transition is to reduce the incompatibility period, though one would think a better approach would be to have the new firmware retain the old protocols as well as the new ones and switch over on the expiration date automatically.

Andy, 9B