IFD Database updates with USB 3.0
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Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
Forum Description: Topics on Avidyne's IFD 5 Series and IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
URL: http://forums.avidyne.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2668
Printed Date: 12 Sep 2024 at 8:30am
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Topic: IFD Database updates with USB 3.0
Posted By: IanJay
Subject: IFD Database updates with USB 3.0
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2024 at 1:49pm
| Has anyone been able to successfully update their IFD with a usb 3.0 flash drive? I already have one that I can configure to FAT32, but if it’s incompatible I’ll get a 2.0. Reason I’m asking, rather than trying, is my plane is still in the shop. I would like to be prepared with the correct usb when it’s out. Cheers |
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Posted By: PA23
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2024 at 6:30pm
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USB3.0 thumb drives are supposed to be backward compatible so in a perfect world it will work fine as long as the thumbdrive is formated as FAT32 and that you are using MBR and not GBT which WindoZe likes to throw in there occasionally. Keep in mind that the database updates are quite small, for the North America databases, the obstacle database is 1.3MB and the Navigation database is 14MB which means just about any thumbdrive you find will work, I've used 512MB drives before with no issues. -PA
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Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024 at 7:28am
^^^You can completely ignore this, since you are not trying to boot Windows or Linux on your IFD. (And it's GPT, not GBT.) Short answer: Pretty much any USB drive that is formatted in FAT32 will work. As PA32 said, the files are relatively small (if you're not doing a terrain update, anyway--I think that file's pretty big but I don't know how big since I only did it once about 9 years ago).
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PA23 wrote:Posted By: PA23
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024 at 8:32am
| actually you cannot, the Avidyne needs to see it as a MBR partition table otherwise it will reject the thumb drive as invalid. |
Posted By: IanJay
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024 at 9:16am
| I spoke with Avidyne and didn’t get a clear answer of than “it should work.” When my plane is out of the shop, I’ll give the 3.0 a go and follow up to confirm whether or not it works. |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2024 at 11:09pm
The point is that if you plug the USB stick into a Windows machine and format it as FAT32 using the Format option in File Explorer, the question of MBR vs GPT doesn't ever come up so the OP doesn't have to worry about it.
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Posted By: Gring
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 7:41pm
| I can confirm that I use USB 3.0 sticks to update my two IFDs |
Posted By: IanJay
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 7:46pm
| Great to hear. Looking forward to finally getting my hands on it when it’s out of the shop |