Power Flarm Display

On Monday, March 18, 2013 7:44:54 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote:
On Mar 17, 6:03*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:

*Sadly, my mode c/s pcas range on powerflarm still stinks, it's one or two miles *at best*. *Saw a bizjet rip by at less than 2 miles. *Not a peep :-(.





I'm glad to hear another report of this. It exactly matches my

experience. Head on traffic less than a mile away - in sight ,

alerted by ZAON PCAS, and Power FLARM portable indicated nothing!



I hope FLARM will eventually recognize this problem and correct it.

Until then I don't fly without my ZAON MRX.



Andy


Andy,

When I did a side-by-side comparison with PowerFlarm PCAS function and a Proxalert R5 on the glare shield of my Husky, I found that the R5 was interfering with the PF. The R5 would show a PCAS target which would not show up on the PF until I turned off the R5.

I didn't test the PF with the ZAON, as by then I'd sold it in favor of the R5, mostly because that gives target squawk code. I wonder if the proximity between your ZAON and PowerFlarm is affecting your results?

bumper

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:36:50 PM UTC-7, bumper wrote:
On Monday, March 18, 2013 7:44:54 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote:

On Mar 17, 6:03*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:



*Sadly, my mode c/s pcas range on powerflarm still stinks, it's one or two miles *at best*. *Saw a bizjet rip by at less than 2 miles. *Not a peep :-(.











I'm glad to hear another report of this. It exactly matches my



experience. Head on traffic less than a mile away - in sight ,



alerted by ZAON PCAS, and Power FLARM portable indicated nothing!







I hope FLARM will eventually recognize this problem and correct it.



Until then I don't fly without my ZAON MRX.







Andy





Andy,



When I did a side-by-side comparison with PowerFlarm PCAS function and a Proxalert R5 on the glare shield of my Husky, I found that the R5 was interfering with the PF. The R5 would show a PCAS target which would not show up on the PF until I turned off the R5.



I didn't test the PF with the ZAON, as by then I'd sold it in favor of the R5, mostly because that gives target squawk code. I wonder if the proximity between your ZAON and PowerFlarm is affecting your results?



bumper

I tried that early on and did not notice any correlation between the two. The latest firmwares improved the PCAS range and now it is comparable to the Zaon but the Zaon is still detecting more consistently and accurately than the PF. AFAIK they are still working on improving the PCAS functionality.

Ramy