---------------------------------------------------------- Pulsar-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 03/16/16: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:09 AM - Re: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro (Larry Wheat) 2. 04:58 PM - Re: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro (Phil Ishmael) 3. 05:08 PM - Re: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro (Larry Wheat) 4. 07:22 PM - Re: New (Free) Aviation App (gbrasch) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:09:36 AM PST US From: Larry Wheat Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro As many of you know I have been having some problems getting my stratus to load. I have a duplicate system which shows the same signs. When I look at the SD card the Boot file and the IMG file are there and the data size is was it should be. What I noticed is that the IMG file is grayed out. Is this a normal indication is the question. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Larry On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, ronko@att.net wrote: > Pulsar Friends, > > Well I flew last Saturday with my ADS-B in set up. This time running the $2.49 ADS-B Pro app for Android. I ran the SDR (software defined radio USB module) from the tablet that wasn't fully charged to start (around 85%), and turned the screen intensity to full and left it always on and in a little over an hour I was down to 34% battery. It seemed to work great. Attached are screen shots of the Avare Map (note I am southeast of Chicago), the screen of the frames activity at one point during the flight and a picture of my set up showing antenna duct taped to the back of the passenger seat, the SDR, a OTG cable (with extra power in cord/connector that I didn't use) and my Samsung tablet. Landed with about 20% tablet battery left after a 1.7 hour flight, but when the tablet battery got to 34% I started blanking the tablet screen to see if the tablets battery would drain at a slower rate (still SDR powered) and indeed the battery didn't drain nearly as fast (still I liked having the screen on all the time). > > I turned on the Avare option to display ADS-B weather, but there wasn't any in the 3 state area (which made it a great day to fly, but not a good day to show how the weather appears; Avare's app on Google shows how weather is displayed). > > I plan on making a better antenna, specific for the ground base 978MHz reception (cable to make my antenna is coming from China) and will probably mount the antenna behind the passenger seat. Also am working on a simple cable solution to power both the tablet and SDR in flight (the Y cable I got supplies power to the SDR and not the tablet). > > I just started working on a holder for the tablet and SDR which will utilize one of my RAM mounts (back up hand held radio is going to move somewhere else). > > After this becomes more permanent a set up, I am wondering if I will need my Garmin 396 GPS anymore. I think I can get the functions and information that I use the 396 for, from the Avare app as it uses the tablet's GPS. > > Best regards, > > Ronko > N1037L > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:58:54 PM PST US From: Phil Ishmael Subject: RE: Pulsar-List: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro I've attached a screen shot of my Stratux SD card, a known working install. Phil From: owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Wheat Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:09 AM Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro As many of you know I have been having some problems getting my stratus to load. I have a duplicate system which shows the same signs. When I look at the SD card the Boot file and the IMG file are there and the data size is was it should be. What I noticed is that the IMG file is grayed out. Is this a normal indication is the question. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Larry On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, ronko@att.net wrote: Pulsar Friends, Well I flew last Saturday with my ADS-B in set up. This time running the $2.49 ADS-B Pro app for Android. I ran the SDR (software defined radio USB module) from the tablet that wasn't fully charged to start (around 85%), and turned the screen intensity to full and left it always on and in a little over an hour I was down to 34% battery. It seemed to work great. Attached are screen shots of the Avare Map (note I am southeast of Chicago), the screen of the frames activity at one point during the flight and a picture of my set up showing antenna duct taped to the back of the passenger seat, the SDR, a OTG cable (with extra power in cord/connector that I didn't use) and my Samsung tablet. Landed with about 20% tablet battery left after a 1.7 hour flight, but when the tablet battery got to 34% I started blanking the tablet screen to see if the tablets battery would drain at a slower rate (still SDR powered) and indeed the battery didn't drain nearly as fast (still I liked having the screen on all the time). I turned on the Avare option to display ADS-B weather, but there wasn't any in the 3 state area (which made it a great day to fly, but not a good day to show how the weather appears; Avare's app on Google shows how weather is displayed). I plan on making a better antenna, specific for the ground base 978MHz reception (cable to make my antenna is coming from China) and will probably mount the antenna behind the passenger seat. Also am working on a simple cable solution to power both the tablet and SDR in flight (the Y cable I got supplies power to the SDR and not the tablet). I just started working on a holder for the tablet and SDR which will utilize one of my RAM mounts (back up hand held radio is going to move somewhere else). After this becomes more permanent a set up, I am wondering if I will need my Garmin 396 GPS anymore. I think I can get the functions and information that I use the 396 for, from the Avare app as it uses the tablet's GPS. Best regards, Ronko N1037L ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:08:26 PM PST US From: Larry Wheat Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro I can open the boot BUT the .img is grayed out. Cannot open-can you? Cheers On Mar 16, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Phil Ishmael wrote: > I=92ve attached a screen shot of my Stratux SD card, a known working install. > > Phil > > From: owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Wheat > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:09 AM > To: pulsar-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: ADS-B with Avare's ADS-B Pro > > As many of you know I have been having some problems getting my stratus to load. I have a duplicate system which shows the same signs. When I look at the SD card the Boot file and the IMG file are there and the data size is was it should be. What I noticed is that the IMG file is grayed out. Is this a normal indication is the question. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Larry > On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, ronko@att.net wrote: > > > Pulsar Friends, > > Well I flew last Saturday with my ADS-B in set up. This time running the $2.49 ADS-B Pro app for Android. I ran the SDR (software defined radio USB module) from the tablet that wasn't fully charged to start (around 85%), and turned the screen intensity to full and left it always on and in a little over an hour I was down to 34% battery. It seemed to work great. Attached are screen shots of the Avare Map (note I am southeast of Chicago), the screen of the frames activity at one point during the flight and a picture of my set up showing antenna duct taped to the back of the passenger seat, the SDR, a OTG cable (with extra power in cord/connector that I didn't use) and my Samsung tablet. Landed with about 20% tablet battery left after a 1.7 hour flight, but when the tablet battery got to 34% I started blanking the tablet screen to see if the tablets battery would drain at a slower rate (still SDR powered) and indeed the battery didn't drain nearly as fast (still I liked having the screen on all the time). > > I turned on the Avare option to display ADS-B weather, but there wasn't any in the 3 state area (which made it a great day to fly, but not a good day to show how the weather appears; Avare's app on Google shows how weather is displayed). > > I plan on making a better antenna, specific for the ground base 978MHz reception (cable to make my antenna is coming from China) and will probably mount the antenna behind the passenger seat. Also am working on a simple cable solution to power both the tablet and SDR in flight (the Y cable I got supplies power to the SDR and not the tablet). > > I just started working on a holder for the tablet and SDR which will utilize one of my RAM mounts (back up hand held radio is going to move somewhere else). > > After this becomes more permanent a set up, I am wondering if I will need my Garmin 396 GPS anymore. I think I can get the functions and information that I use the 396 for, from the Avare app as it uses the tablet's GPS. > > Best regards, > > Ronko > N1037L > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:22:17 PM PST US Subject: Pulsar-List: Re: New (Free) Aviation App From: "gbrasch" We just completed a major upgrade to Airport Courtesy Cars App, which now makes the app available on ALL devices, including the web. Please upgrade your app to the latest version. 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