Zaon XRX traffic alert can it be displayed
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Topic: Zaon XRX traffic alert can it be displayed
Posted By: motoadve
Subject: Zaon XRX traffic alert can it be displayed
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 10:14am
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Already have ADSB in with my 796 and GDL 39. But in the meantime looking for some traffic alert system, for non ADSB. Will be possible to display threats from the Zaon XRX in the IFD 540? It does have an SR 232 interface.
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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:29pm
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No idea. Have never looked at the Interface Control Document (presuming one exists) so I don't know what's involved. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: mfb
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 2:55pm
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Zaon went out of business a few years ago. I doubt that documentation exists, or that anyone would want to spend time developing an interface. Mike
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Posted By: clydeps
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 9:46pm
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So here's another question - any chance of accepting a traffic feed from a Flarm on RS232? The interface protocol for that is an extension of NMEA and is well defined and available here: http://www.ediatec.ch/pdf/FLARM%20Data%20Port%20Specification%20v7.00.pdf For those that don't know what Flarm is, it's a system similar to ADS-B in that Flarm devices broadcast GPS-derived position to nearby aircraft using low-power transmissions in the ISM band. It is mainly used in gliders, and in Europe and Australia virtually all gliders are equipped with it. Having a Flarm transceiver feed one of my IFDs would be nice, particularly since that would enable voice alerts. I already have active traffic and ADS-B on my MFD but that doesn't show gliders, and I do fly in areas where gliders are common. |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2016 at 3:31am
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Yes, we can integrate with FLARM. I expect to add that capability in the next major release. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: clydeps
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2016 at 7:18am
| Awesome! |
Posted By: KIM
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2016 at 5:35pm
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Does this apply for the "Powerflarm" ( Flarm/ADS-B/Xpdr-CAS) too? http://www.air-store.eu/epages/AIRStore-LuftfahrtbedarfundAvionik.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2FAIRStore-LuftfahrtbedarfundAvionik%2FProducts%2FFLAPFP-E ------------- Klaus |
AviJake wrote:Posted By: clydeps
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2016 at 7:25pm
The PowerFlarm serial data protocol is the same as the classic Flarm so once done any Flarm should work. |
Posted By: KIM
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 1:21pm
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Steve, my question refered to the ADS-B/ Transponder-CAS part of the Powerflarm. ------------- Klaus |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 9:42pm
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I don't know what that means but we expect all FLARM functionality to be supported. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: clydeps
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 7:54am
PowerFlarm uses the same sentences (PLFAA and PFLAU) to send data on any traffic it is receiving, FLARM or ADS-B, so any device receiving data from a PowerFlarm will get both Flarm and ADS-B traffic (assuming the PowerFlarm is configured for both.) |
Posted By: Arrow
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2017 at 4:53pm
Can anyone confirm the IFD 440 with 10.2 is Displaying Flarm Traffic? |
Posted By: AviSimpson
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2017 at 9:41am
FLARM is not displayed in 10.2. I think when Jake wrote that, he meant the next major release post 10.2. ------------- Simpson Bennett Avidyne Corporation Product Manager |
Posted By: Arrow
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2017 at 2:03am
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I can confirm, IFD440 works well with TRX1500A for ADSB Traffic AND Flarm Traffic (nearly all Gliders in Europe euqiped with Flarm) via Arinc429! |