Release 10.1.1.0

Here is the list of items resolved/included in Release 10.1.1.0 - I know it's a little cryptic so I'll field questions as they arise.   This release should be available by the 3rd week of October:

Edited by AviJake - 28 Sep 2015 at 8:17pm

AviJake wrote: 3.Change the line select key label on the System Status tab; 13. Fix standby comm (monitor) volume attenuation problem;

AviJake wrote: Here is the list of items resolved/included in Release 10.1.1.0

Edited by oskrypuch - 28 Sep 2015 at 10:38pm

2, 4, 17: Hurrah !!

Same parameters/settings as before in Mx Mode - the slope value now has a greater influence (now 1:1) such that 100% slope results in 100%  brightness.   We had previously empirically determined that 21% was the optimum max value generated by 100% slope during development a few years ago but we were wrong.

It's in there but it's not explicitly part of 10.1.1.0.  It's been in since 10.1 - we just didn't tell anyone how to activate it (via IM and SIL instructions) until the FAA gave us the blessing.

So, we didn't add any new code for ADS-B traffic as part of 10.1.1.0.  It's really just coincidental timing that we got FAA approval to use ADS-B traffic at about the same time.

The IM and SIL is available on the website and an email has been sent to dealers notifying them of the announcement. You should be able to walk into a shop today and have it wired/enabled. An email will be sent out to all customers this morning with the same information.

Correct. If you aren't a current or future MLB customer, you don't have to concern yourself with this.

I'm going to have our website manager upload them first thing on Monday in the Documents & Download section. He was on vacation this week and I tried to upload them but failed.

AviSimpson wrote: XM radar resolution will also be superior to ADS-B.

While true, I have found the situational picture of ADS-B to be superior. XM paints an additional lower range of returns, which makes its overall picture appear more threatening than that of the ADS-B.

Will number 15 also adjust the magenta line on the HSI (on the Avidyne Entegra R.8 PFD) when the OBS is set or is it strictly going to move it on the MFD.  If not, are you going address the change on the HSI magenta line at some point.

edbissada wrote: Will number 15 also adjust the magenta line on the HSI (on the Avidyne Entegra R.8 PFD) when the OBS is set or is it strictly going to move it on the MFD.  If not, are you going address the change on the HSI magenta line at some point. Another question is receiving info on updates.  I have never received any e-mails from Avidyne.  How do I get added to this list.

Yes, we will adjust the magenta line on the HSI.

For email updates, you can sign up here: http://www.avidyne.com/landing/fms.asp

AviSimpson wrote: I'm going to have our website manager upload them first thing on Monday in the Documents & Download section. He was on vacation this week and I tried to upload them but failed.

Simpson,

I have been reviewing the installation manual at revision 5, and there is still the same error in Figure D-18 that existed when I first did my installation.

Pin 1 of P1001 from the IFD should connect to pin 24 of the CDI.  If you connect it to pin 18 as shown, it will NOT work.  If connected as shown, it will indicate Back Course mode on the CDI any time VOR or LOC is the active mode of the IFD.

David Bunin

Try deleting everything after landing in the link. Then it worked for me.

AviSimpson wrote: drapo wrote: [QUOTE=AviSimpson]   I tried to sign up, but I cannot input my Canadian adress, is there another way? The mailing address isn't a required field. You should be able to input the remaining information.

T-shirt??  Oh now you've done it!

Me too!!

Is the bt keyboard still in the works?

I got a Pilots Guide, but no T-shirt.

XL please, I'll wear it proudly.

David Bunin

Sorry for the late reply, if you are interested in a stylish Avidyne Insider Tshirt, email me at sbennett(at)avidyne.com. We have Large and XL.

Is there any update on the release of 10.1.1.0?  Or is this a foolish question given

bureaucratic labrynith of the FAA? Just getting anxious....

So will that make it 10.1.1.1 or 10.1.2.0 or will it still hit the streets as 10.1.1.0?

GPS may be typically better, but not everybody has it (yet).   ATC needs to see equivalent altitude reports from all aircraft.   The way the FAA ensures this is to have transponders report pressure altitude rather than some other form of altitude.  GPS wasn't around when this decision was made, but imagine if the transponder reported indicated or baro altitude.  Aircraft at the same altitude, in the same vicinity, but with different altimeter settings would report different Mode C altitudes, perhaps indicating no collision risk when in fact such a risk was imminent.  

Perhaps in the future when all aircraft report ADS-B out it would be possible to switch the standard to GPS altitude.  I think the likelihood of such a decision by the FAA is extremely low for at least a few decades - I think it more likely that at some point well after 2020 the transponder will not be required for UAT ADS-B out equipped aircraft.

If you have a serial source of pressure altitude (Aspen, recent ACK A-30), that can be the input to the transponder instead of the parallel Gray code.   The serial altitude provides a higher resolution pressure altitude (to 10', rather than the 100' of the Gray code).   The 340 has two dedicated Serial inputs: one for Altitude, one for GPS Position.  The install manual notes that if you connect the parallel code, it will be used, even if the serial input is present.

Jon