Flarm with Firmware 1.20 update

On Jan 30, 7:31*pm, "Dan Marotta" wrote:
Thanks, Luke and Dave

I'm still thinking this over and trying to minimize clutter in my cockpit..
Currently the only thing appended to the panel is an Android on a flex
mount. *If there is, indeed, a blind mount box which can be interfaced via
Bluetooth to the Android (XCSoar has configuration pages for Flarm), then I
could hopefully have the alerts displayed on XCSoar. *I'd then have a clean
panel with no obstructions to outside scan.

I would hope this blind mounted box (brick?) could be had without having to
purchase a display, which I wouldn't need.

Dan, the quick answer is no, you have to have the PowerFLARM brick
display on your panel; it has the controls for the device on it.
Please spend some time on Paul Remde's site and learn more about the
device. You can send data to your droid so it will show FLARM traffic
on the moving map, but it probably doesn't send Mode S, ADS-B, or Mode
A/C warnings.

I have an LS6 with a small panel - and I can find a place for the
small PF display. I'll even cover my backup vario and compass if
necessary - it's that much more important, IMHO. Don't know what kind
of glider you fly, but seriously doubt there isn't a good place to
mount it.

Since you have already spent the $3K for your Trig (nice!), as others
have said the PowerFLARM makes the perfect complement in that it shows
YOU the traffic around you, including Joe Dentist in his Cirrus,
squawking 1200 VFR and not talking to anybody, heads down playing with
his shiny toys. It's only a big sky until the moment someone hits
you....

Cheers,

Kirk
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On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:49:08 AM UTC-5, kirk.stant wrote:
but it [FLARM] probably doesn't send Mode S, ADS-B, or Mode
A/C warnings.

FLARM will send this info in NMEA data stream in an upcoming
release, and likely all downstream devices will display.
For example, ILEC SN10 will have a SW update to display
this info...

You still *may* want a cockpit-accessible control for FLARM.

Hope that helps,
Best Regards, Dave

I am just wondering if this would work. Like Dan, I have a Lak17A and
the panel is full, and the cockpit is a bit cramped. Even so, I could
imagine that with remote aerials/antennae on leads, either a one-piece
PowerFlarm or the two piece version could be stowed in a way that
allows access to the controls, not on the panel. I am devising a
camera mount that fits on the canopy. Anything electrical so mounted
would need breakaway capability to avoid impeding canopy jettison, but
should be doable. I expect the separate control thingy would be small
and light, and the larger power bit could perhaps be stuck behind the
seat or in the luggage place behind the headrest.

Does that sound feasible?

Chris N.

I've owned two(!) LS-6s, great ships with small panels, but that was before
all these new devices came on the market. I currently fly a LAK-17a which
has a similarly small panel, actually, maybe a tiny bit larger, but it's
fully populated and I won't hang anything off the side or on top.

Now if anyone wants to buy an electric turn indicator (practically new,
57mm) or a PZL mechanical vario (80mm), I could free up some space. But
then I have to ask: Are any models of Flarm configured so that they can be
fitted to one of these holes?

I'll spend some time on Paul's site and the Flarm site and try to figure a
way to do what I'd like to do.


"kirk.stant" wrote in message
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On Jan 30, 7:31 pm, "Dan Marotta" wrote:
Thanks, Luke and Dave

I'm still thinking this over and trying to minimize clutter in my cockpit.
Currently the only thing appended to the panel is an Android on a flex
mount. If there is, indeed, a blind mount box which can be interfaced via
Bluetooth to the Android (XCSoar has configuration pages for Flarm), then
I
could hopefully have the alerts displayed on XCSoar. I'd then have a clean
panel with no obstructions to outside scan.

I would hope this blind mounted box (brick?) could be had without having
to
purchase a display, which I wouldn't need.

Dan, the quick answer is no, you have to have the PowerFLARM brick
display on your panel; it has the controls for the device on it.
Please spend some time on Paul Remde's site and learn more about the
device. You can send data to your droid so it will show FLARM traffic
on the moving map, but it probably doesn't send Mode S, ADS-B, or Mode
A/C warnings.

I have an LS6 with a small panel - and I can find a place for the
small PF display. I'll even cover my backup vario and compass if
necessary - it's that much more important, IMHO. Don't know what kind
of glider you fly, but seriously doubt there isn't a good place to
mount it.

Since you have already spent the $3K for your Trig (nice!), as others
have said the PowerFLARM makes the perfect complement in that it shows
YOU the traffic around you, including Joe Dentist in his Cirrus,
squawking 1200 VFR and not talking to anybody, heads down playing with
his shiny toys. It's only a big sky until the moment someone hits
you....

Cheers,

Kirk
66