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Subject: | External Flight Plans - Dynon Skyview/Garmin 696 |
Matt,
Thank you for sharing this Dynon email exchange with list readers. I act as the
newsletter editor for EAA chapter 166 (KHFD) <http://www.166.eaachapter.org/>
and am (very slowly) building a -9A. I would like your permission to use some
excerpts from your exchange in an article for our
<http://www.166.eaachapter.org/apps/documents/> newsletter as a cautionary note
for builders not conversant with the potential pitfalls of systems integration.
I spent many years at sea and learned early on to treat all electronics and
buoyage as "aids to navigation" only rather than a 'magic wand' that would get
you home no matter what. Batteries fail; buoys get moved off station by ice
flows or other weather phenomena; electronic components go out of spec for no
apparent reason, etc. When lack of common 'lingua franca' (e.g. EDI) between
devices, non-adherence to APIs, or lack of an API in the first place, get tossed
into the mix, bad things can happen as you point out. Again, thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Jack
Jack Hilditch
Newsletter Editor
EAA Chapter 166
Hartford, CT (KHFD)
Cell 860-729-6948
<mailto:wmjack@t3cs.net> wmjack@t3cs.net
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From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Matt Dralle
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:55 PM
Subject: RV-List: External Flight Plans - Dynon Skyview/Garmin 696
Dear Listers,
Below is a dialog that I'm currently having with Dynon technical support
regarding the support for External Flight Plans on the Dynon Skyview. I have a
Garmin 696 connected serially to the Dynon and use it for primary GPS positional
data. I would like to also have it transfer the current flight plan data as its
a LOT easier to look up remote airports, etc. on the Garmin696. But, for some
reason, the flight plan data doesn't seem to propagate to the Skyview; I can
only assume because the Dynon is ignoring the GPRMB NMEA0182 data fields.
In contrast, I have a King Skymap IIIc connected to the GRT HXs in the RV-8 (for
testing) and I am able to easily get external flight plan data from the Skymap
to the GRT HX over the serial line (see screen shots)
Finally, with the new ADSB receiver on the Skyview, I'm no longer getting
Traffic data on the Garmin 696. With just the Mode S transponder, I get traffic
targets when I'm in traffic areas so the TIS data link (Skyvew->Garmin696) seems
to be working. But as soon as I enable the ADSB receiver, I no longer get the
traffic on the Garmin 696 even though the ADSB traffic is showing up on the
Skyview Map and PDF displays.
Below are some composite screen shots I made for Dynon with embedded comments
and documentation to describe what I'm seeing. I thought I'd share with the
rest of the group in case someone maybe had some feedback or thoughts.
-
Matt Dralle
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At 10:36 AM 2/1/2013 Friday, you wrote:
Matt,
Please do send some screen shots. We will fly a flight plan from the Garmin. Do
you see the CDI on the HSI?
I can make sense out of this with a picture.
Mike H
Dynon Avionics Technical Support
support@dynonavionics.com
Phone: 425-402-0433 - 07:00-17:00 Pacific weekdays
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Matt Dralle" <dralle@matronics.com>
Cc: "dralle@matronics.com" <dralle@matronics.com>, "michael Woolson"
<mrwoolson@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: (Case 117228) Garmin GPS696 Input to Skyview
>Hi Mike,
>
>That's not what I'm talking about. What I mean is when I go into the Garmin
and enter in a flight plan. For example, KLVK to KEDU to KMRY. These
destinations are being transmitted by the Garmin over the NMEA 0183 serial
output but the Skyview isn't using them. I have to go into the Skyview and
reenter the destinations.
>
>In contrast, on my Garmin to GRT HX installation, if I have a flight plan
entered into the Garmin, that information is picked up and used by the GRT HX.
If I don't have a flight plan on the Garmin, then the GRT HX uses whatever I
enter in on the GRT HX. I can sent you some screen shots if you want.
>
>Matt
>
>At 09:26 AM 2/1/2013 Friday, you wrote:
>
Hi Mike,
Please see that attached two images. The first describes what I'm seeing on the
Dynon/Garmin696 and the second shows what I'm getting on the GRT HX/SkymapIIIc.
The third shot is of my Dynon and Garmin 696 configuration.
Note that with the Dynon, there's no external flight plan data utiliation.
Note on the GRT, there is full external flight plan data utilization. I've
included the NMEA0183 data strings that include the flight plan data.
Also note, the lack of ADSB traffic on the Garmin 696 when the ADSB is enabled.
With the ADSB DISABLED, the Mode S traffic appears.
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