IFD Software Release 10.2.0.0

Thanks.

+1

Gary L wrote: I bought my 440 in Sept with assurances 10.2 would be out at month end or October at the latest. I lost my ADS-B out in the bargain (have a Garmin 330ES). Ok fine I'll cope for a month. Well, the slope of my aviation frustration curve is climbing ever more steeply and the slope of my aviation participation curve is diving. They are soon to intersect. Wanna buy a Cardinal RG?

What are you asking for it?

Thinwing wrote: 1976...huh..me too ,but if you are through you are through...regardless your tspd is currently defaulted to mode s...same as mine awaiting Garmin adsB+ protocol contained in 10.2 ...atc doesn't at this time know or care the difference..

From the March 2017 AOPA Magazine

Enforcement in 2020 still lots of time

I don't think that installing the new software, even if you had to pay for it, would burn a hole in your pocket. It's not the financial consequences that weigh much on Avidyne clients, it's this inability to get this thing through with the FAA that is bothering. An almost 1 year delay has nothing to do with the FAA being inefficient, it is clear that when Avidyne made the announcement about a year ago the software was not ready. I don't buy any conspiracy theory. I am sure that Avidyne is at least as eager as us to get the product out asap, but if it hasn't happened yet, most of the delay is to blame on them.

tomd wrote: I have a concern about the 10.2 delay and my warranty. I believe it has been posted in this thread that the 10.2 install costs will be covered while under warranty and with the original owner. I was an early supporter of the 540 and had a May 2015 install/purchase date.   Obviously the end of my 2 year warranty is within sight, but the release date of the 10.2 is nowhere within sight.  I have (to my regret) actually delayed/avoided a few minor avionics squawks thinking that the squawks could be addressed at the same time as the 10.2 update while the aircraft was at the avionics shop.  Like many, my patience is running thin  (no finger pointing here for Avidyne/FAA: facts are facts).  What are other early install customers thinking about this timeline? Let's not go into the discussion about the additional 2 year warranty with contract signing.

Edited by LANCE - 08 Mar 2017 at 6:08am

Thanks for the optimism. Here's to a positive answer. 👍

I just want my tee shirt this year!!! See you at OSH. :-)

Sure would be awesome if the release happens in the next few weeks...  my plane is going into the shop in a week or so to do some upgrades.  Adding an IFD 440 to go along with the existing IFD 540 :)

I think we're very, very close to release. New 10.2 features update just posted on the Avidyne website:

<https://techsupport.avidyne.com/portal/helpcenter/articles/ifd-software-10-2-0-features>

It looks like the IFD100 got bumped?

EDIT: Still there. I just missed it.

Hope release comes soon.

Edited by ddgates - 05 Mar 2017 at 12:08pm

That we is, ain't we. LOL!

teeth6 wrote: Very cool. Could someone suggest how #13 (designated waypoint info) might be useful? It seems to be a favorite of Jake but I'm having trouble seeing where it would be used. When might you want nav info to a single saved waypoint not in your flight plan?

For general situational awareness.  For example; in my local area (Y19), when in the practice area which starts a few miles southwest of the field and extends out some distance, it is useful to know your distance and bearing from the field when both giving and receiving position reports.

You may be reading too much into this. In December Avidyne posted a document online that 10.2.0.0 "WAS" released in January 2017!!!!

Jepp updated its JDM software to accommodate 10.2.0.0 a couple of months ago, we though the release was imminent then.  Hopefully it will be released soon so they can start working no the EX5000 software updated to be able to display ADS-B traffic and weather from the Avidyne Skytrax.

Congrats!

Is today April 1st?

Great News

Terrific -  Thank you Jake, and congratulations to all.

orbiting at a waypoint!!!  OH... 10.2 is Cooool... Love the IFD simulator... works great!

If I'm running an earlier version of the simulator, how do I update to the new 10.2 ?

Search IFD Trainer in the App Store.

n7ifr wrote: From the above, my take is: v10.2 is now "approved", but not yet released for consumption.  Hopefully available soon for our shops to install...  The new Avidyne iPad simulator is very cool though. Tom W.

Not correct, there is no provision for covering the labor. I was incorrect. We did make some improvement on the update itself so the update should take less time than others in the past.

Appreciate the clarification,  although I just today insisted to my Avidyne Dealer (in PRC, Az) based on previous Avidyne statements, that the "free update" install would be covered by Avidyne... Tom W.