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Skydemon intelligent voice alerts with Pilotaware


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neilmurg
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I tried SD today with a Rosetta PAw, using GDL90. PAw connected to the audio panel, SD sound connected via tablet / Bluetooth to my headset (with a different voice).
The runway annunciation and airspace warnings were great. GPS traffic worked fine.
There was 'traffic' target in the tower, a base station I think, but SD thought it was an aircraft and warned me of it while PAw ignored it.
I prefer to also receive the bearingless targets that PAw provides.
Any chance that SD could add that as an option? Then I would only need the SD audio into my panel. Otherwise it gets complicated, or I have to use only PAw and lose the airspace / runway stuff. I don't need rings when the targets are announced.

I use the GDL90 protocol with PAw with 2 SDRs, so the weather can be received aloft. My weather tab shows the red dot. I just need to fly over SD HQ or Redhill to get an update. I'll let you know.

SD rocks, thankyou
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My two penneth:
After reading this thread I tried the SD voice alerts today (2 bluetooth headsets attached to Samsung Galaxy 8+ .. works great). I have PAW. I totally agree that too many voice alerts devalues the functionality , and that's why I stopped using the PAW voice alerts. However, the bearingless targets alerting coming from PAW is very useful, perhaps more so than the ADSB based alerts since still not so many aircraft have adsb-out, and the Mode C/S detection is also rather accurrate. Generally I just want an audio alert when a 'circle' of some colour would appear in SD where the wasn't one before. My vote is for :

AREA TRAFFIC NOTICE
AREA TRAFFIC ALERT
AREA TRAFFIC DANGER
then relative altitude if available "800 feet above"

.. with this audio I don't have to scan the mobile device to see if there's a circle, and I know its bearingless because of 'AREA TRAFFIC' rather than just 'TRAFFIC' being said (or use some other phrase).
I dont think it should generate any area traffic alerts when on the ground (which was super irritating using the PAW audio), and doesn't need to alert anything if the same source (aircraft) reduces its 'severity level'. I'd also consider suppressing warnings when on a 'route' and within a certain radius of the start/destination fields, because on any non-deserted airfield you just get tons of warnings from aircraft on the ground or in the circuit (another problem I experienced with PAW voice alerts).
To summarise : if I'm en-route, tell me whenever the danger increases, otherwise stay quiet.


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                     That’s worrying!
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