PowerFLARM Brick and PowerFLARM Remote Display Manuals Available

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On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:07:22 AM UTC-5, vontresc wrote:
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On Monday, May 14, 2012 6:31:57 PM UTC-5, Paul Remde wrote:
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Hi,

FLARM has made the preliminary manuals for PowerFLARM Brick and
PowerFLARM
Remote Displays available he

Manuals and Software
Updateshttp://powerflarm.us/manuals-software-updates-and-release-notes/

The first Brick units will be used and tested at the Mifflin contest.

It is my understanding that hardware changes were made to the Brick to
improve the range. If they work well at Mifflin, existing Portable
units
will need hardware upgrades.

It looks like we are finally in the home stretch in regard to
PowerFLARM
availability - which is great news.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

What's the latest on the cost of the Butterfly display and will it
display Mode C and Mode S traffic? For that matter, what's the status
of Mode C, Mode S in Power Flarm?

I'm all in favor in PowerFlarm. However, contest flying is a small
portion of my overall flying. Awareness of glider threats is
important. But in my environment, awareness of GA threats is equally
important.

It may be a while before PowerFlarm is all that we want it to be? But
what is it now with respect to Mode C and Mode S threat display?

thanks,
Doug

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Hi Doug,

The PowerFLARM software does support the display of FLARM, ADS-B and Mode
S/C traffic.

The remote displays that are provided by FLARM for use with the
PowerFLARM
Brick do display all those traffic types.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

Note that PowerFLARM does NOT support TIS-B data transmitted by ADS-B
ground stations, which is very disappointing.

From what I understand is that you only get TIS-B if you are ADS-B out. That
kind of surprised me as well when I found out about that bit of info, but
that's the way it works.

Peter

ADS-B ground stations only transmit TIS-B data in response to receiving an ADS-B OUT signal from an aircraft. The TIS-B data only includes aircraft within the vicinity of the ADS-B OUT equipped aircraft.

However, even if you are ADS-B Out equipped (e.g. with a Trig 21 transponder and a GPS source), and the ADS-B ground station is broadcasting TIS-B data, PowerFLARM does not handle this data. That is a MAJOR shortcoming of this device.