Navworx ADS600-EXP Software Bug?

[Jesse]

It should be on their website. The new console should be out Monday. It should work fine.

http://www.navworx.com/Downloadable-Documents.php

[jbrv7]

What is depressing is ordering one in February and still don't have it.

[roadrunner20]

Originally Posted by Jesse

This just in from Bill Moffit:

Jesse,

We can confirm there is a problem sending weather over the (hardware) Display port. The weather does function over the Wifi channel.

We?ll release 5.3.0 on Monday.

Tested mine today with the 5.2.1 upgrade & I lost my weather.
Waiting for 5.3.

[Jesse]

I talked to NavWorx yesterday and they said that 5.3.1 should have the bug fixed and should be posted today. A translation, 5.3.1 may have the bug fixed and should be out no later than Easter.

[Jesse]

Wow, it came through today! I have been emailed a copy of the 5.3.1 UAT Console. If anybody needs it, here it is.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Z...QzdTSUIzZU1UQw

[roadrunner20]

Originally Posted by Jesse

Wow, it came through today! I have been emailed a copy of the 5.3.1 UAT Console. If anybody needs it, here it is.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Z...QzdTSUIzZU1UQw

It's also available on the Navworx website as per email from Bill.

Update: just noticed the price went up from $1149 to $1299

[FLightning]

yes, they have been saying the price will go up.

[roadrunner20]

Originally Posted by zlinman

This whole thing is very depressing. after finally receiving my exp, I have no information on this install where to get the "console".There is nothing on their website. now it sounds like it may not even work? im very sad.

It's been a long journey but I believe from now on it will be stable.
Btw, I have no financial interest in NavWorx, just want a good reliable product.

Just to let you know, the 5.3.1 upgrade completed without errors & the fix corrected the weather issue on my GRT Sport SX.

Now I get traffic & WX, and the FAA has confirmed that I'm reporting without any issues.

Others that follow will have an easier go on the whole process.

[stevemcgirr]

Dan,
Thanks to you and Jesse for your efforts on behalf of the rest of the herd that is following you. I installed my 600exp and antennae (GPS and UAT), but have not had a chance to finish the wiring or programming yet. I have an AFS 4500 and Garmin 327, so I will see how compatible that system is, hopefully this weekend.

[Fred.Stucklen]

Originally Posted by roadrunner20

It's been a long journey but I believe from now on it will be stable.
Btw, I have no financial interest in NavWorx, just want a good reliable product.

Just to let you know, the 5.3.1 upgrade completed without errors & the fix corrected the weather issue on my GRT Sport SX.

Now I get traffic & WX, and the FAA has confirmed that I'm reporting without any issues.

Others that follow will have an easier go on the whole process.

I installed Ver 5.3.1 last night, and started getting weather pictures via the serial display interface while on the ground outside my hanger. I flew to X60 today and was able to get a count of 5 ADS-B stations and RADAR images. An interesting issue was that I was getting what looked like scan lines on the screen. These started going away as the RADAR images appeared. A note from Jeff at GRT:

"The blue crossed-out rectangles are "no-data" areas. This means the display hasn't received an ADS-B radar block for that area. It doesn't know if it's clear or stormy there. ADS-B sends radar data in small blocks spread over many transmissions. Each rectangle will go away one by one as radar blocks are received for the area they cover."

I was also getting the AWOS, TAF, and METAR data for selected airports.
So it looks like it's all working as advertised... But I'm planning on doing a bit more testing. One issue I found with the previous version was that if the ADS-B GPS signal was lost, the unit would not recover. (I found this while doing aerobatics....). So I want to test this version some more....