PowerFLARM firmware v3.00 released (feature complete)

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:11:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
A friend has proposed the idea of using a fiber-optic cable to bring the
Core's LED out to the panel. I don't know whether or not that will work,
but it is an interesting idea. He's looking into it.

Paul, I've done this. You need to get good quality fiber optic
multi-strand and it works pretty well. There is some loss but under
a shadowed part of the panel, you can see it just fine. The trick is
to make a coupling for the fiber at the LED end.

Darren

Guys, you really don't need the LEDs.
Any display device *should* echo the relevant status messages.

On May 16, 1:58*pm, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:11:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
A friend has proposed the idea of using a fiber-optic cable to bring the
Core's LED out to the panel. *I don't know whether or not that will work,
but it is an interesting idea. *He's looking into it.

Paul, I've done this. You need to get good quality fiber optic
multi-strand and it works pretty well. *There is some loss but under
a shadowed part of the panel, you can see it just fine. *The trick is
to make a coupling for the fiber at the LED end.

Darren

Guys, you really don't need the LEDs.
Any display device *should* echo the relevant status messages.

The designers of PowerFlarm must have intended to put this LED on a
Christmas tree but they confused it with PowerFlarm brick and now we
have LED there that is not needed. Great!

It's too bad the PowerFLARM display doesn't have an attitude indicator on it and a direct link to an online glider-for-sale site - then we could have a really good thread going!

Seriously, it can be frustrating, but if you ensure you have the correct files for updating the PF and display - making SURE you check the file name because Windows 7 WILL try to stick a .txt on it - the install is easy.

And if you have a Butterfly External display (the one that comes standard with the PF Core), you will no longer have to power cycle the PF to download.

And for Mike Stringfellow - With an Oudie, it is literally plug and play. The hardest part of installing the Flarm system is finding a place for all the antennas!

Let's all go flying!

Kirik
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On Friday, May 17, 2013 1:58:35 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
It's too bad the PowerFLARM display doesn't have an attitude indicator on it and a direct link to an online glider-for-sale site - then we could have a really good thread going!



Seriously, it can be frustrating, but if you ensure you have the correct files for updating the PF and display - making SURE you check the file name because Windows 7 WILL try to stick a .txt on it - the install is easy.



And if you have a Butterfly External display (the one that comes standard with the PF Core), you will no longer have to power cycle the PF to download.



And for Mike Stringfellow - With an Oudie, it is literally plug and play. The hardest part of installing the Flarm system is finding a place for all the antennas!



Let's all go flying!



Kirik

66

RAS seems to serving perfectly well as an "Attitude Indicator". Happy Friday, let's go fly now.

Craig

Andrzej Kobus wrote, On 5/16/2013 4:59 PM:
On May 16, 1:58 pm, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:11:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
A friend has proposed the idea of using a fiber-optic cable to bring the
Core's LED out to the panel. I don't know whether or not that will work,
but it is an interesting idea. He's looking into it.

Paul, I've done this. You need to get good quality fiber optic
multi-strand and it works pretty well. There is some loss but under
a shadowed part of the panel, you can see it just fine. The trick is
to make a coupling for the fiber at the LED end.

Darren

Guys, you really don't need the LEDs.
Any display device *should* echo the relevant status messages.

The designers of PowerFlarm must have intended to put this LED on a
Christmas tree but they confused it with PowerFlarm brick and now we
have LED there that is not needed. Great!

My guess: one reason it's there is to give the pilot indication when
he's using a flight computer for the display, as they may not bother to
show update messages.

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