Suppress traffic warnings below a certain height

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Suppress traffic warnings below a certain height

Suppress traffic warnings below a certain height

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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 9/7/2020 9:54:07 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.2K	You know there's a SkyDemon option to temporarily mute aural traffic warnings, right? Just tap the traffic radar then choose Silence All. It's as easy to undo it, too. I'd rather not filter out all traffic below a certain altitude or height, wouldn't it be better to detect traffic that's on the ground if that's the problem? We could probably employ a check that used both the target's groundspeed and altitude to have a pretty good guess as to whether it was on the ground or not.
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PaulSS	P PaulSS posted 9/2/2020 1:07:53 PM Post Details Share Post
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 89, Visits: 3.2K	If the actual function of switching off audio below XXX is doable then I think the option to choose your own height will be a walk in the park for the computer gurus. I just hope the ability to link a height/altitude and a traffic audio-off switch is a realistic option. Yesterday I turned off the Bluetooth because others in the circuit were causing just too much noise but I was quite happy they remained displayed on the iPad.
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grahamb	grahamb posted 8/31/2020 6:08:12 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 576, Visits: 27K	+x PaulSS - 8/31/2020 5:25:54 PM Would there be a way of adding a filter so that (say), it doesn't display any traffic warnings below a set value? I'd probably set mine at 1500ft AGL for example. I think the idea of an altitude filter has merit but my preference would be for it to just inhibit the aural traffic warnings. The traffic could still be displayed on SD because you don't have to look at that but it is more the voices in my head that I find a bit distracting. I can just turn off the Bluetooth on my headset but I would prefer not to have to do that. I know Tim would like to still have the 'entering runway'-type warnings below 1500' but I would certainly support a function whereby aural traffic warnings could be automatically muted below (for instance) 1500'. I think it needs to be lower than that. I don't mind hearing about other circuit traffic that is potentially conflicting, it's the stuff on the ground which SD perceives as conflicting that is irrittating. IMHO a simple 'anything when I'm below 1500ft' ignores too may potential risks.
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PaulSS	P PaulSS posted 8/31/2020 5:25:54 PM Post Details Share Post
P Group: Forum Members Posts: 89, Visits: 3.2K	Would there be a way of adding a filter so that (say), it doesn't display any traffic warnings below a set value? I'd probably set mine at 1500ft AGL for example. I think the idea of an altitude filter has merit but my preference would be for it to just inhibit the aural traffic warnings. The traffic could still be displayed on SD because you don't have to look at that but it is more the voices in my head that I find a bit distracting. I can just turn off the Bluetooth on my headset but I would prefer not to have to do that. I know Tim would like to still have the 'entering runway'-type warnings below 1500' but I would certainly support a function whereby aural traffic warnings could be automatically muted below (for instance) 1500'.
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grahamb	grahamb posted 8/30/2020 4:48:35 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 576, Visits: 27K	+x nmcgovern - 8/30/2020 4:33:47 PM Hi folks, Having now added a PA system to the aircraft, I'm seeing some great results with SkyDemon producing aural alerts for traffic. The one main issue I have is when joining the circuit, it just won't shut up. Today, I also had it warning about traffic at the hold when I took off. This can be very distracting and has had me shouting at SD to shut up, followed by trying to yank out the audio cable. Would there be a way of adding a filter so that (say), it doesn't display any traffic warnings below a set value? I'd probably set mine at 1500ft AGL for example. I link an iPhone dedicated to the SD full-screen traffic display to my headset via bluetooth, and with the increasing number of ADS-B out emitters this is now becoming a real issue - particularly on final, when the last thing one needs is being repeatedly reminded about traffic sitting at the hold or taxying. Final approach is not the time to be fiddling with headset controls or SD 'silence all traffic' settings, so I fully support the concept of SD doing something clever with filtering out traffic that is apparently at AGL
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nmcgovern	nmcgovern posted 8/30/2020 4:33:47 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 0, Visits: 4	Hi folks, Having now added a PA system to the aircraft, I'm seeing some great results with SkyDemon producing aural alerts for traffic. The one main issue I have is when joining the circuit, it just won't shut up. Today, I also had it warning about traffic at the hold when I took off. This can be very distracting and has had me shouting at SD to shut up, followed by trying to yank out the audio cable. Would there be a way of adding a filter so that (say), it doesn't display any traffic warnings below a set value? I'd probably set mine at 1500ft AGL for example.
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