Navworx ADS-B

[Delta Bravo]

Installed the new firmware today. No GPS. As per Navworx I selected Erase EEPROM than reinstalled it. Still no GPS. Probably repeated the process of updating the UAT three times and finally got a PASS and operable GPS. Will test fly on Saturday to verify function....

[Delta Bravo]

OK Proper ADSB operation on my 15 minuter test flight this AM with 5.6.0.

[Peterk]

can you now see 1090ES?

[Billvt]

I too received a note from Bill Moffitt about my 5.6.0 failing ( NO GPS ) with instructions to clear the eprom and reload 5.6.0

Did that and all was now functional. Only took 1 iteration to get it working.

Took a flight and had a fellow pilot fly his aircraft that has 1090ES

Saw his traffic for the entire 1 hour flight. This is the first time I had seen 1090ES traffic. Prior to this I only received TIS-B traffic.

Also got to see the hockey puck thingy in action.

There was a skydiving jump plane at 12,000 feet who only has a mode C transponder. So he is TIS-B traffic.

Did not see him until he dropped his jumpers and then descended to 6000 feet. I was at 2500 feet so when he got down to 3500 feet above me, he popped on the display ( FlyQ on Ipad ) - Then saw him all the way down till he landed.

So thanks to Bill at Navworx for the software fix and also for his usual response to e-mails.

Bill M

[Delta Bravo]

My question is : Is the 1090 traffic displayed now with 5.6.0 being rebroadcast through the 978 towers or has this revision activated the internal 1090 receiver I purchased with my 600EXP? I think it's the former since I have not seen any 1090 traffic when outside of tower coverage...

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by Delta Bravo

My question is : Is the 1090 traffic displayed now with 5.6.0 being rebroadcast through the 978 towers or has this revision activated the internal 1090 receiver I purchased with my 600EXP? I think it's the former since I have not seen any 1090 traffic when outside of tower coverage...

Don,

I know this question has probably been discussed somewhere before but I don't recall seeing it...

How does one tell the difference in 1090 traffic direct broadcast, rebroadcast 1090 traffic, and 978 tower broadcast traffic on the display...it all looks the same to me, except on rare occasion I see an aircraft tail number attached.

Larry

[Delta Bravo]

I should have specified that I use Wingx....

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by Delta Bravo

I should have specified that I use Wingx....

I use FlyQ with iPad so guess that's the dif.
Larry

[AllThumbs]

That is correct - 5.6.0 is not on the iPad App's server yet because it has a bug (the GPS issue) that Bill is working to correct. I'm not sure why it got out in the wild on the PC console but I suggest you DO NOT update until the corrected version is available.

Once I get the new version, test it, and put it on the server, I'll post here so you can grab it and install in your ADS600-EXP.

[Delta Bravo]

Thanks AllThumbs. It is installed and working now but I have always had the issue of momentary GPS dropouts with "NO GPS" enunciated coinciding with loss of data even with the previous version. Lasts 3 seconds than returns to normal ops. Hopefully the final fix along with the 1090 in software will correct that.