Stratux

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Stratux

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Fedko	F Fedko posted 10/4/2021 11:14:26 PM Post Details Share Post
F Group: Forum Members Posts: 3, Visits: 0	Hello everyone. I'm quite new to Skydemon - first year of use, as well as very new to Stratux - just finished building a Europe Flarm version. I have a couple of questions, as I wanted to be sure that my Stratux is correctly built and setup. Some questions might seem dumb... but after a couple days of surfing on internet, I was unable to find a clear answer. Would anyone be able to perhaps clarify the following for me? I am currently using the lastest version of Stratux - 1.6r1-eu026. 1) I got nooelec v3 radios - One seems pre-programmed to 1090 Mhz and the second one to 978 Mhz. Do I need to somehow re-program the 978 Mhz unit to 868 Mhz with some SDR software? Or is this somehow done automatically by the Stratux software? 2) Is there any particular order in which the radios need to be connected to the USB ports of the Raspberry Pi? Or any radio can be plugged into any of the two ports, and the Stratux will somehow detect which radio receives on which frequency? Thank you @b3nn0 for your great support on this Stratux EU project. I saw on your Github page that the Stratux Flarm should be connected to Skydemon via the FLARM-NMEA protocol; 3) But is there any difference between "Air Avionics AT-1" and "FLARM via Airconnect"? 4) Should GDL90 protocol be only avoided due to stability issues? Or does it have any eventual advantage over FLARM-NMEA? Also, what power banks are you guys using, and what autonomy do you get? I still didn't buy one, and I read that some may cause interference with the Stratux unit. Thank you very much in advance.
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TouchTheSky	T TouchTheSky posted 8/31/2021 12:17:32 PM Post Details Share Post
T Group: Forum Members Posts: 153, Visits: 4.4K	+x Adam Erchegyi - 8/31/2021 11:00:32 AM +x TouchTheSky - 8/31/2021 7:22:13 AM +x Adam Erchegyi - 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM Hi folks, I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are: Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed? Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon? How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft? Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings! Adam, as one of the Stratux Europe contributors I am certainly happy to answer: This question obviously goes to Tim As of now I am aware of the following sources for pre-built ready-to-use versions of Stratux Europe: https://www.stratux-flarm.de/stratux-komponenten https://dross.net/aviation/shop/ no no Air Avionics AT-1 connected to Dynon SkyView, Stratux connected to SkyDemon Thanks a lot for the answer, I'll check the links. Actually, it's a pity that none of the sets have battery included, so in the end it will look like a homemade explosive It's pretty much off-topic here and might need to bring this conversation to the Slack channel, although could be useful for other SkyDemon users in the future. I'm thinking about keeping the box permanently in my pilot bag and making a suction mount for external antennas only. Any practical experience on power consumption (Pi3 should be better than Pi4 if my understanding is correct) and heat generation? I'm not sure if I understand your answer to #5. I meant how to avoid my own aircraft's target (either from modeS or Flarm) being visible on the SkyDemon map. Sounds like simple filtering based on whatever parameters. Why do you need AT-1 and SkyView for that? Ah sorry, did not carefully read your question. Right answer is: you simply put in the ICAO numbers in the Stratux web interface for which you don't want to receive alerts, including your ownship ICAO.
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Adam Erchegyi	Adam Erchegyi posted 8/31/2021 11:00:32 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 100, Visits: 2.3K	+x TouchTheSky - 8/31/2021 7:22:13 AM +x Adam Erchegyi - 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM Hi folks, I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are: Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed? Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon? How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft? Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings! Adam, as one of the Stratux Europe contributors I am certainly happy to answer: This question obviously goes to Tim As of now I am aware of the following sources for pre-built ready-to-use versions of Stratux Europe: https://www.stratux-flarm.de/stratux-komponenten https://dross.net/aviation/shop/ no no Air Avionics AT-1 connected to Dynon SkyView, Stratux connected to SkyDemon Thanks a lot for the answer, I'll check the links. Actually, it's a pity that none of the sets have battery included, so in the end it will look like a homemade explosive It's pretty much off-topic here and might need to bring this conversation to the Slack channel, although could be useful for other SkyDemon users in the future. I'm thinking about keeping the box permanently in my pilot bag and making a suction mount for external antennas only. Any practical experience on power consumption (Pi3 should be better than Pi4 if my understanding is correct) and heat generation? I'm not sure if I understand your answer to #5. I meant how to avoid my own aircraft's target (either from modeS or Flarm) being visible on the SkyDemon map. Sounds like simple filtering based on whatever parameters. Why do you need AT-1 and SkyView for that?
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TouchTheSky	T TouchTheSky posted 8/31/2021 7:22:13 AM Post Details Share Post
T Group: Forum Members Posts: 153, Visits: 4.4K	+x Adam Erchegyi - 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM Hi folks, I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are: Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed? Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon? How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft? Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings! Adam, as one of the Stratux Europe contributors I am certainly happy to answer: This question obviously goes to Tim As of now I am aware of the following sources for pre-built ready-to-use versions of Stratux Europe: https://www.stratux-flarm.de/stratux-komponenten https://dross.net/aviation/shop/ no no Air Avionics AT-1 connected to Dynon SkyView, Stratux connected to SkyDemon
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Adam Erchegyi	Adam Erchegyi posted 8/30/2021 7:17:19 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 100, Visits: 2.3K	Hi folks, I am catching up with this whole traffic topic (and the posts of this thread) and looking for some recent experiences. My primary goal would be to display both ADS-B and FLARM traffic in SkyDemon (the aircrafts I fly - mostly in Switzerland - have either power-flarm or TAS, but unfortunately without connectivity). Seems there are two good options out there, one being SkyEcho2 (cost of the device and the need for a yearly subscription to decode FLARM data makes it somewhat nah), other is Stratux (rather bulky and comes with home-made feeling). So my questions are: Why isn't this - very popular - option mentioned in the SkyDemon documentation? stratux.me doesn't show SkyDemon as a compatible EFB either. Is there still any pre-built ready-to-use version of Stratux available for my use-case? It seems the well-documented version from Crewdog Electronics comes with UAT radio only and there is no European version available. Are you aware of any other disadvantages compared to SkyEcho2 what I might have missed? Is there any use of the AHRS module while only used with SkyDemon? How do you avoid traffic warnings for your own aircraft? Thanks for any further hints you might have. Happy landings!
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TouchTheSky	T TouchTheSky posted 2/9/2021 6:47:16 AM Post Details Share Post
T Group: Forum Members Posts: 153, Visits: 4.4K	+x 177 - 2/8/2021 10:07:50 PM +x TouchTheSky - 2/8/2021 6:41:16 PM +x 177 - 2/8/2021 6:30:20 PM As far as I understand, Stratux DIY device is the best bang for your buck to get all of the traffic info from different sources. Is that correct? How it works with SkyDemon at this moment? I works great, there are many folks out using this combination (including myself of course). Just recently an OGN transmission option has been introduced, the Wiki has been significantly updated as well: https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/Building-Stratux-Europe-Edition https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/TTGO-T-Beam-Firmware-for-Stratux Good to know that, thanks! Can you give me a quick feedback on compatibility: 1) Is this correct Raspberry Pi ? 2) TTGO T-Beam 868Mhz M8N GPS 3) This RTL SDR 4) 868mhz and 1090 antenna 1) and 2) are ok 3) this SDR has more functionality than required and it is quite huge, I would recommend a Nooelec, e.g. a nano 2+ or nano 3 4) the 1090 antenna is also quite long, for 1090 a small antenna is enough For further discussion as this is not SkyDemon related, I recommend our slack channel (#stratux-europe-edition): https://stratuxadsb.slack.com/archives/C01CXUFDN5V
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177	1 177 posted 2/8/2021 10:07:50 PM Post Details Share Post
1 Group: Forum Members Posts: 72, Visits: 757	+x TouchTheSky - 2/8/2021 6:41:16 PM +x 177 - 2/8/2021 6:30:20 PM As far as I understand, Stratux DIY device is the best bang for your buck to get all of the traffic info from different sources. Is that correct? How it works with SkyDemon at this moment? I works great, there are many folks out using this combination (including myself of course). Just recently an OGN transmission option has been introduced, the Wiki has been significantly updated as well: https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/Building-Stratux-Europe-Edition https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/TTGO-T-Beam-Firmware-for-Stratux Good to know that, thanks! Can you give me a quick feedback on compatibility: 1) Is this correct Raspberry Pi ? 2) TTGO T-Beam 868Mhz M8N GPS 3) This RTL SDR 4) 868mhz and 1090 antenna Edited 2/8/2021 10:19:23 PM by 177
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TouchTheSky	T TouchTheSky posted 2/8/2021 6:41:16 PM Post Details Share Post
T Group: Forum Members Posts: 153, Visits: 4.4K	+x 177 - 2/8/2021 6:30:20 PM As far as I understand, Stratux DIY device is the best bang for your buck to get all of the traffic info from different sources. Is that correct? How it works with SkyDemon at this moment? I works great, there are many folks out using this combination (including myself of course). Just recently an OGN transmission option has been introduced, the Wiki has been significantly updated as well: https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/Building-Stratux-Europe-Edition https://github.com/b3nn0/stratux/wiki/TTGO-T-Beam-Firmware-for-Stratux
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177	1 177 posted 2/8/2021 6:30:20 PM Post Details Share Post
1 Group: Forum Members Posts: 72, Visits: 757	As far as I understand, Stratux DIY device is the best bang for your buck to get all of the traffic info from different sources. Is that correct? How it works with SkyDemon at this moment?
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pilot-byom	p pilot-byom posted 10/6/2020 11:00:45 AM Post Details Share Post
p Group: Forum Members Posts: 323, Visits: 388	Did Stratux EU021 break own-ship suppression? Since the update it does 'see' its own XPDR.
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