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buzz53
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posted 12/16/2020 10:17:03 AM
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Skydemon and SoftRF (an open source EC device) are no longer fully compatible. The issue arises when SoftRF is operated in Pilotaware mode, and with Airconnect/FLARM protocol. After some experimenting it seems this is because SoftRF emits an IDtype parameter of ‘3’ in the $PFLAA sentence, and Skydemon rejects this with the dialogue “Unexpected GPS data”. Values 0/1/2 are accepted. I’m pretty sure SoftRF has not changed since December 2019 (when this worked OK).
I think this needs fixing at the SoftRF end but just be 100% sure, I'd be grateful if you could tell me:
1) Please confirm IDtype values > 2 in $PFLAA are rejected by Skydemon ?
2) Has this changed at the Skydemon end since Dec 2019?
3) The only public version of the FLARM dataport spec shows ‘3’ as a valid value (“Anonymous mode”) but I think this mode was abandoned by FLARM. Can you confirm it is no longer a valid value in the latest spec (which I guess you must have)?
TIA, Alan
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12/16/2020 10:20:47 AM by
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Skydemon SoftRF compatibility
buzz53
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12/16/2020 10:17:03 AM
It looks like SkyDemon has never supported anything other than 0, 1 or...
Tim Dawson
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12/16/2020 4:03:35 PM
I am confused, isn't ID = 3 mode <reserved>/<only used>...
pilot-byom
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12/16/2020 4:44:34 PM
Tim: thanks for confirming, I don't know how I persuaded myself it was...
buzz53
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12/18/2020 2:38:12 PM
Please make sure that the addresses being sent by SoftRF actually ARE...
Tim Dawson
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12/18/2020 2:44:22 PM
Just to add to the plea, please make absolutely sure HEX data from...
pilot-byom
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12/18/2020 5:50:31 PM
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