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On 11/19/20 11:21 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Moshe Braner wrote on 11/19/2020 9:31 AM: On 11/19/2020 11:12 AM, Dan Marotta wrote: On 11/18/20 4:41 PM, Richard Pfiffner wrote: According to Flarm the New Fusion transmits and receives on both A and B Flarm Antennas. http://www.craggyaero.com/fusion.htm Richard www.craggyaero.com That looks to me like you can buy a license to activate the "B" antenna. Â*Â*Isn't that like buying a license to active the passenger side seat belt in a car?Â* Or the rear brakes? Maybe if you pay extra they'll sell you the feature where it keeps on working after the firmware "expires"?Â* (As long as the data packets are still compatible.) Dan: We have no choice about seat belts and brakes, which are mandated by law. Do you want to go there with PowerFlarm? :^( Dan: Buying a license for an optional feature (also known as "buying an optional feature") is like buying the "primo" optional interior for your new car, except you can do it anytime, even years after the purchase, unlike that fancy interior. Would you rather they included everything that is now optional, and charged you for it, instead letting you pay for only what you need? Moshe: They give me the updates FREE anytime I want one. I'm not going to whine about the 10 minutes it takes me to read the update instructions and load it into the glider. The present system seems like a good compromise: all units are no more than 1 year behind in capability, at no $ cost, and very little time and effort. As pilots, we are required to "update" our gliders every year with an inspection, to "update" the pilot every two years with a flight review, to keep our charts and database current yearly or less, to "update" our parachute every 180 days - I think we should expect a pilot to also handle updating Flarm! I think Dan was talking about paying extra to turn on features, such as audio output jack, IGC logging, ENL for IGC logging, using the B antenna, etc. This new PowerFlarm makes that stuff standard, rather than an la carte. The documentation provided by Richard shows the flarm B antenna being usable as standard, but as a receive only antenna. I expect it can transmit, but only if the FCC ever approves that. |
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On this page I show it as a feature bottom of table..
http://www.craggyaero.com/fusion.htm We will see when Flarm answers the question I emailed this morning. Does the Fusion transmit Flarm on both A & B antennas FCC approved in the USA. Richard www.craggyaero.com |
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On 11/19/20 1:58 PM, kinsell wrote:
On 11/19/20 11:21 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote: Moshe Braner wrote on 11/19/2020 9:31 AM: On 11/19/2020 11:12 AM, Dan Marotta wrote: On 11/18/20 4:41 PM, Richard Pfiffner wrote: According to Flarm the New Fusion transmits and receives on both A and B Flarm Antennas. http://www.craggyaero.com/fusion.htm Richard www.craggyaero.com That looks to me like you can buy a license to activate the "B" antenna. Â*Â*Isn't that like buying a license to active the passenger side seat belt in a car?Â* Or the rear brakes? Maybe if you pay extra they'll sell you the feature where it keeps on working after the firmware "expires"?Â* (As long as the data packets are still compatible.) Dan: We have no choice about seat belts and brakes, which are mandated by law. Do you want to go there with PowerFlarm? :^( Dan: Buying a license for an optional feature (also known as "buying an optional feature") is like buying the "primo" optional interior for your new car, except you can do it anytime, even years after the purchase, unlike that fancy interior. Would you rather they included everything that is now optional, and charged you for it, instead letting you pay for only what you need? Moshe: They give me the updates FREE anytime I want one. I'm not going to whine about the 10 minutes it takes me to read the update instructions and load it into the glider. The present system seems like a good compromise: all units are no more than 1 year behind in capability, at no $ cost, and very little time and effort. As pilots, we are required to "update" our gliders every year with an inspection, to "update" the pilot every two years with a flight review, to keep our charts and database current yearly or less, to "update" our parachute every 180 days - I think we should expect a pilot to also handle updating Flarm! I think Dan was talking about paying extra to turn on features, such as audio output jack, IGC logging, ENL for IGC logging, using the B antenna, etc.Â* This new PowerFlarm makes that stuff standard, rather than an la carte. The documentation provided by Richard shows the flarm B antenna being usable as standard, but as a receive only antenna.Â* I expect it can transmit, but only if the FCC ever approves that. Oh crap! You mean I'd have to pay to have the audio jack enabled, too??? Good thing my ClearNav has its own Bitchin' Betty and at no extra charge. ;-) -- Dan 5J |
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