Flarm / Oudie issues

On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-6, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Hi All
Just got back from 3 weeks of flying in Ephrata and Nephi.

I have random issues with Flarm targets not showing up on my Oudie.

After several years of perfect functionality, Its not working so well now


So this spring I updated my Flarm Firmware, My Flarm net data base and my Oudie to all the latest versions of software.

Flying this year, Often times targets would not show up even though they were 50' away on the ramp, while most targets that did show up came in at very long range, often 10 miles+ out. Sometimes not though and I'd lose targets at 2-3 miles. Or less. Very random performance.

I lost all the targets I.D. which I used to have.

Does anyone know where my problem lies?

In the latest Flarm update?

In the latest Oudie update?

Is it in the Flarmnet data base update?

I checked my Flarm performance in the range analyzer and It came in as very good.
Some others reported they could see my I.D. but not all.

All ADS-S targets came in OK
Any ideas from the Pro's out there?
Anyone experiencing these problems this season?
Where should I start?
Thanks in advance.
Nick

Nick,
You might want to do a factory reset. Multiple threads in the past discuss that.
Here is the basic command. I stole this from JS's post a couple of years ago. I've used it successfully in the past. Remove the # sign to activate the command. After the reset, I used the config tool to redo my config file. Works fine(ish) now.

# Original reset line. Clears PowerFlarm, sets all parameters to default values
# $PFLAC,S,DEF

# Complete factory reset. Use once in a one-line config file.
# $PFLAR,99

Craig

On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 2:27:28 PM UTC-7, Craig Reinholt wrote:
On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-6, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Hi All
Just got back from 3 weeks of flying in Ephrata and Nephi.

I have random issues with Flarm targets not showing up on my Oudie.

After several years of perfect functionality, Its not working so well now


So this spring I updated my Flarm Firmware, My Flarm net data base and my Oudie to all the latest versions of software.

Flying this year, Often times targets would not show up even though they were 50' away on the ramp, while most targets that did show up came in at very long range, often 10 miles+ out. Sometimes not though and I'd lose targets at 2-3 miles. Or less. Very random performance.

I lost all the targets I.D. which I used to have.

Does anyone know where my problem lies?

In the latest Flarm update?

In the latest Oudie update?

Is it in the Flarmnet data base update?

I checked my Flarm performance in the range analyzer and It came in as very good.
Some others reported they could see my I.D. but not all.

All ADS-S targets came in OK
Any ideas from the Pro's out there?
Anyone experiencing these problems this season?
Where should I start?
Thanks in advance.
Nick

Nick,
You might want to do a factory reset. Multiple threads in the past discuss that.
Here is the basic command. I stole this from JS's post a couple of years ago. I've used it successfully in the past. Remove the # sign to activate the command. After the reset, I used the config tool to redo my config file. Works fine(ish) now.

# Original reset line. Clears PowerFlarm, sets all parameters to default values
# $PFLAC,S,DEF

# Complete factory reset. Use once in a one-line config file.
# $PFLAR,99

Craig

After you do a Complete factory reset. Put the 6.67 firmware and your FLARMCFG file
on a clean USB drive and put in the PowerFlarm.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com