On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11:48:43 PM UTC, ursus wrote:
I just did a test on PowerFLARM as a logger:
Set it outside, powered up and waited. Nothing happened for hours. All surrounding trees are still standing.
Those darn FLARM folks have really overpromised! Or maybe I need to change configuration settings? Or handicraft my own antenna? Or read the manual?
I suspect it will need a hard- and software update; maybe if someone can point FLARM to an autonomous chainsaw with serial interface (ideally IGC specification) they could finally deliver what has been promised:
FLARM as a logger.
Timber!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo
Now, if it could only make coffee...
Most loggers don't start recording an IGC file until you start to move above a certain speed. What did you expect your PF to do in those circumstances?
And did they promise it would be a logger? When I recently bought a PF Core (European version) I did not receive any such promise.