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Reducing traffic alerts height from PilotAware and SkyDemon PC


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brinzlee
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Hi
I am trying to find where to reduce the height from flarm alerts. In iOS SkyDemon this is achieved by going to Navigation Options and reducing the traffic height. But where is this function on the PC version of SkyDemon....I have looked under Setup and GPS Navigation Options and it is nowhere to be seen. Currently I have all the traffic being displayed from PilotAware and I would like to reduce this.
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Tim Dawson
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I am not sure what you mean by the "height from flarm alerts".
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Sorry Tim
In SkyDemon for the iPad I have a PilotAware connected via a Flarm connection, I can reduce the reduce the the contact height of traffic in Navigation Options, Other Traffic and then reduce the height under Show Within Vertically. I currently have this set to 5000 feet. I now want to achieve this with SkyDemon using Flarm on a PC which I currently have working but can't reduce the visible traffic height as the same settings that are in SkyDemon iPad are not on the PC version. 
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Tim Dawson
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Ah, thanks. You're right, that option isn't in SkyDemon Plan as that product is not generally used for navigation.

The workaround is quite easy though: save your settings to the cloud from your mobile device, then load them from the cloud on your PC.
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You're a star !!
Thanks Tim
Alberto.panterani
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Hi Tim,

I'm using skydemon together with powerflarm, but I'm not sure about the result; I show you some pictures:


What is the meaning of the white circle? Is one aircraft below me 2.300 ft? (The altitude appeared as -2,3)
How is possible if I'm flying at 2.120 ft? Means that that aircraft was on the ground?


What about this one? Means that I have one aircraft above 800 ft (+0,8)? Why I see the white ring and not the small white aircraft? Could be bc it is equipped only with AC transponder?


Which is the reason of the diameter of the ring?

Thanks for your patience and your collaboration. Best regards. Alberto
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What is showing on your PowerFlarm screen when you have observed this in SkyDemon? It would appear to be a bearingless target, as you suggest a Mode A/C/S target. With that type of target the "range" is only estimated by the PowerFlarm device, as I understand it.
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Hi Tim,

Unfortunately my PowerFlarm is installed inside the aircraft, so no way to see nothing directly on it.
Please tell me your opinion on the following screenshot:









My altitude was from 900 to 1100 ft. How is possible that the system show me an aircraft 1200 ft below me?

Best regards
ALBERTO
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I understood that the number in front of the white circle is the vertical distance of another aircraft. Correct? So -1.2 means one aircraft below me 1200ft. -0.9 means one aircraft below me 900ft?
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Hi Tim,

Can you help me with this matter?

Best
GO

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