Thanks, but I know I'm seeing him as we communicate each others'
locations and the outside view tracks what I see on the instruments.Â* I
saw something in my Flarm startup log that said something like, "Not
reading Flarmnet file".

But, right now, I'm recovering my Linux system after trying to add a
Windows partition for those times that I need to run a Windows program.Â*
And yes, I know about wine.Â* I was trying something different and it's
ruined my day. Fortunately I make daily backups...

Dan
5J

On 5/29/21 9:41 AM, Robert S wrote:
On Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 9:55:03 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Thanks, but I know that he's in the FlarmNet database and I still see
his ICAO address on my FlarmView device and on my ClearNav I see the
last two characters of the ICAO code. Really strange...

Dan
5J
On 5/28/21 2:49 PM, Robert S wrote:
On Friday, May 28, 2021 at 2:45:51 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
I don't expect the Flarm portable display to show contest ID, but I find
it odd that I see some contest IDs and not others. I've uploaded the
appropriate files for the ClearNav and for the Flarmview. The only
thing left that I can think of is the Flarm portable.

Dan
5J
On 5/27/21 10:24 PM, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
On Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 7:35:23 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Today I updated my ClearNav II and my FlarmView display and still did
not see my friend's contest number, only his ICAO ID. Someone told me
that I also have to load the flarmnet file into my PowerFlarm portable.
I tried that today and the device didn't like the SD card. So now I'm
trying to duplicate the factory card for the PowerFlarm portable.
Anybody out there got a hint?
Dan,

As far as I know the FLARMNET file does nothing inside a Flarm transceiver
device like a core, fusion, mouse, etc.

The file is only installed in a device that can display FLARM info.
I did recently download the latest FlarmNet file only to find it was
empty (0kb). Downloaded again and it was good.

But what about a FLARM Portable where it is both a FLARM transceiver
device *AND* a FLARM display device? I owned one once but don't
remember about this nuance.

Good Luck, John (OHM)
It's important to note that the flarmnet data is voluntarily entered by users so if a particular user has never registered their contest ID in the database then it won't ever show up on any device. The only way to solve that problem is to convince your friend to register with flarmnet. Of course, if this is a case where it used to show up but no longer does then I'd look to see if their FLARM is still configured with the correct ICAO number - it's pretty easy to fat finger it if a new config file was created between last known working date and now.

Robert
Any nearby friends who can take a look and see if it shows up correctly in their displays? At least that way you would be able to positively confirm that the issue is either your config or his. Clearly his FLARM is outputting an ICAO address since you're receiving it. But, who knows if it's the right/same one registered with flarmnet? I had a similar issue at my club where a friend who used to show up on my FLARM started only showing his ICAO. In that case it turned out that he had updated his flarm config file and accidentally reversed two digits of his ICAO in the new config. So, he was registered correctly with flarmnet but his unit was no longer outputting the same ICAO that was registered there. Just applying a bit of Occam before jumping to more nefarious reasons.

Robert