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Old July 23rd 15, 01:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Sean Fidler
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Default PowerFLARM choking on too many targets?

Matt,

Yes, I have been getting this behavior often (understatement). It happens all the time actually. I'm glad that you brought this up. I have seen as many as 5 "reboots" in 30 seconds on the flarmView. It's almost constant. I basically ignored it but it was frustrating as it often reboots when I am trying to visualize where gliders are around me when it goes into a reboot spasm.

I have definitely been experiencing this problem consistently this season but also seem to remember is happening last season before the mandatory firmware upgrade. I could be mistaken.

I think this is a real problem with the flarm/flarmView system that should be addressed. Someone should take a video of the flarmView (or other) and post it here to help the developers understand the problem better. I will do the same hopefully within the next week or so.

I never had this problem on my flarm portable FWIW.

I am brick-SN10-flarmView-Oudie with the associated Goddard cables.

Sorry to be confirming the bad news here.

Sean
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