Contest Number on PowerFlarm (US)??

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:59:40 -0700 (PDT), brianDG303
wrote:

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OK, so I don't have LibreOffice and my version of Excel doesn't have the Toolpak.
It took a bit longer to find a converter online than one would expect, but here is an example,
perhaps PF-USA could just mention it or link to it from their website:

http://www.digitconvert.com/

Again, thanks for your help, I'll give it a try.

Brian


Recall the post from Dan Daly a few message earlier in this thread. A
much easier route to your Mode S code in hex format.

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First two steps can be combined if you use
http://www.avionictools.com/icao.html; this gives both hex and octal
(dunno why you'd need the octal for FLARM) addresses directly for N-
and C- registrations. Stuff that into your PF - which you have to
configure anyway to tell it it's in a glider - and register it on
FLARMnet. Took a few seconds for me today.

Now, if I could only figure out where to put the flarmnet file for it
to read into my Brick...

Dan
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On Sunday, August 26, 2012 6:10:13 PM UTC-7, Bob Gibbons wrote:


Now, if I could only figure out where to put the flarmnet file for it

to read into my Brick...



The Brick doesn't care about flarmnet. You can't load the flarmnet file to the brick.

It is the display device that uses the flarmnet file. I have posted instructions on loading the Butterfly display with flarmnet in the flarmnet thread.

The documentation seems to suggest that loading the flarmnet file to the display from the brick usb port will be supported in the future.

The Butterfly remote display is also plug and play compatible with the portable and can provide flarmnet support for that device.

BTW anyone with a Windows PC has an Octal to Hex converter. Just open the supplied calculator in scientific view. Select Oct, enter the octal ICAO address, press HEX, read the HEX address.

Andy, GY

Thanks, Andy. I will probably wait for the functionality to be built into the Brick.

I see that, while you have the FAA using OCTAL, we in Canada use the much-more-user-friendly binary system, with the 24-bit address, up here!

Dan

On Aug 25, 10:36*pm, wrote:
See here for my cable.https://sites.google.com/site/threeu...terfly-display
3U

Damn, that's complicated. No wonder people are shying away from doing
this.

All you need is a scrap 4 wire telephone lead, a 7pin D Sub connector
and a couple of AA cells.

If you want to take the power from the brick then add an RJ-11 coupler
and use the supplied RJ-45 / RJ-11 cable.

Even if your computer doesn't have a legacy serial port most pilots
probably have a USB to serial dongle to support their other toys.

The display data output is +/- approx 5 volts and the input accepts
the signal from a standard serial port. Butterfly display manual
indicates direct connection to the PC serial port is acceptable.

I made my cable more complicated by providing the abilty to switch the
display data lines between the PC port and the Brick but that's not
needed.

A similar simple cable, without the power source, can be used to talk
to the brick using a standard PC terminal emulation program.


Andy GY

On Aug 29, 9:21*am, Andy wrote:
All you need is a scrap 4 wire telephone lead, a 7pin D Sub connector
and a couple of AA cells.

9 pin of course. - I hope I fly better than I type.