Update your complete PowerFlarm system. Core, Butterfly Display andFlarmNet Database.

OK, so the V6 FirmWare update is there.
For all the folks who were getting nervous and loosing their sleep and seeing their PowerFlarm and their glider go up in smoke and who were afraid that all of the USA was going to disappear into a big giant sinkhole and the sun stop revolving around the earth because of the FirmWare update not being available 2 week before the deadline, well, I hope you are all relaxed again by now !!

We will also survive the next 2 weeks of whining and griping about the update being out too early and the old Flarms not talking to the new V6s. But hey, it is still early spring, so still time for hangar talk (and not that many folks out there flying yet).
And then there is that thing that we did before there was PowerFlarm. What was it again, let me think....
Stare at the flight computer.... No, that was not it... Stare at the vario.... No, that was not it either... Now, come on, what was it again... Oh yeah, now I remember, SEE AND AVOID.
So, for the next 12 days, (push your friend to) update and SEE AND AVOID.
After that you can revert to the heads down again.

I did a complete update of my system, meaning
- PowerFlarm Core V6 FirmWare update
- Butterfly Display V3.4 Firmware update
- FlarmNet latest Database update (now encrypted).
- Checked my CONFIG file for proper settings.

The Butterfly Display firmware update to V3.4 is needed to accomodate the new encrypted FlarmNet files.
All of these updates can be done in 1 run with the proper files on the USB stick for the core.
The complete run takes less than 5 minutes.

All 3 items mentioned above installed with no problems on my system.
I tested under the Mineta Airport (SJC) approach, with FlightRadar24 running on a laptop to see the approaching traffic.
- PCAS operation OK, PCAS targets showing properly on radar screen.
- ADS-B operation OK, ADS-B targets showing properly on radar screen.
- Flarm operation not yet tested, no targets around.
- Datacom OK, IPAQ310/LK8000 showing ADS-B targets properly on moving map.

I have updated my step by step instructions.
Links to all the necessary files are included.
You can find them as usual at:
https://sites.google.com/site/threeu.../pf-brick-tips.
Make sure to read down to last year's instructions for the step-by-step.

Now is the time to update your complete system, register to FlarmNet if you have not yet done so or get a PowerFlarm system if you haven't got one yet..

Fly safely.
3U.