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Old 09-03-2019, 11:44 AM
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To make sure I'm not missing anything else, is this the right cable and connectors that will work with the Stratus ESG? If so, will order it asap today.
The TNC connectors shown are correct (straight or right angle at your preference). The RG400 cable should be fine also.

I successfully used an RG400 cable with these connectors for my Stratus ESG install (though from another source).

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Old 09-03-2019, 12:17 PM
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Old 09-04-2019, 04:28 AM
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Minimum 10 feet on the coax cable. I installed the same unit in my plane over a year ago and am very satisfied
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Old 09-07-2019, 02:48 PM
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I'm connecting my Stratus up to an ACK A30 encoder using a parallel connection. Anyone have any luck with this yet? On the diagnostics screen, I don't see any gray code data and the altitude is -1100. I have all the ABCD connections made. My question is what about pin #37, Altitude Common, does this go to ground?



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Old 09-07-2019, 07:05 PM
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I'm connecting my Stratus up to an ACK A30 encoder using a parallel connection. Anyone have any luck with this yet? On the diagnostics screen, I don't see any gray code data and the altitude is -1100. I have all the ABCD connections made. My question is what about pin #37, Altitude Common, does this go to ground?



Inside the transponder, pin 37 is tied to all the other ground pins (pins 1 & 20). I buzzed mine out before I installed to make sure.
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Old 09-07-2019, 07:40 PM
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I have the same transponder and encoder installed in both of my planes using the parallel connection. No problems with either.
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Old 09-07-2019, 08:08 PM
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Thanks guys. I got it working. I had to ground the strobe wire on the A30. I ended up leaving the pin 37 open. Up and running now.
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Old 09-25-2019, 11:58 AM
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Got my RG-400 coax in, 12' this time, but afraid it didn't solve my problem. It still doesn't have the green light come on the GPS, just flashes the orange light even after 30 minutes of being on and outside.

The second problem is still having the "Altitude Input Failure" come on, and having to press function to clear. I read from another on this thread, he simply put in the other choice than the one he had, and it cleared it up. I think now I have went through all five choices, and after five minutes on each choice, it alerts me again that there is a failure.

I wrote to Cannon Avionics this morning, wanting to know if they could identify my encoder since their name was on it. They said they have never sold it, but did test it back in 2000. They identified it as a Trans Cal D120-p2-T. It worked fine with old transponder. My guess is that it is still something simple, but not sure what direction to go in at this time.

My ADS-B appears to be working fine on screen, showing various aircraft and tracking them just fine. My aircraft when on ground, will sometimes show the blue circle identifying my A/C, but it is sporadic. It comes and goes while on ground. When I get airborne, my Foreflight doesn't track me at all with any kind of a symbol. But it still tracks other planes.

I've contacted Stratus, and they sent me a form letter back through e-mail, not sure when I'll hear back from them, but I understand they are quite good on helping. I sure hope so, if they don't have any answers for me, you guys are stuck with me for awhile.

Whatever the problems turn out to be, I will certainly pass it on to the board so that hopefully others don't make the same mistakes I have made. So frustrating to have a perfectly good plane to fly, other than this installation and the problems that came with it. Would have loved to have gotten a shop to do this, but in my area, none were to be found that were willing to do it, and with many shops months out that I did contact that were a good distance from me, but also wanted roughly $300 an hour for installation (roughly $2,500), which I would have never caved for that price, anyway.

If anybody has a clue to either problem, I'd certainly like to hear it.
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Old 10-03-2019, 06:54 AM
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Thumbs up Kudos to Stark Avionics

I just flew back from Columbus Georgia, where I had Stark Avionics install the Stratus ESG on my RV6A. They did a great job and while flying back to Connecticut had it verified in NY ClassB Airspace, now waiting for my $500.
Thank You Stark Avionics, Highly recommended.

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Old 10-07-2019, 12:07 PM
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Since I last wrote, I got feedback from Appareo, John Stark, and my two SAFB guys came through and solved the gps problem. Looks like one wire was misplaced. While on the ground the blue circle stays on permanently now instead of fading in and out, and up in the air it turns into the airplane symbol now, while before I got nothing. They felt like with the existing thicker wire I had in my plane, it was tough to get it into the 37 pin, and thought two of the frayed wires may have also been touching one another.

Anyway, they weren't pleased with their original harness, decided to make another one in the shop, along with getting my plane out of the hangar and into full sunlight. They were much happier with it. Due to a storm in the area the first time they installed it, they had to work in a dark hangar.

So I'm just left with a "altitude input failure". Appareo said I had a 20 year old encoder, and suggested I consider a newer one that would indicate 10 feet instead of 100, and would power up fairly quick, compared to my old one taking 10-20 minutes. It has yet to power up at all for unknown reasons.

So I ordered a ACK A30.9 (MOD 9) ENCODER from Aircraft Spruce. Appareo said it only had one power wire, a ground, and a wire going to pin 5, which is a heck of a lot less wires than my old encoder. Feel like it will solve that problem.

John Starks was great too, offering feedback and staying with me. He certainly thought the transponder fitting in the tray was something that gets overlooked, but so important to check and double check not just how it fits in back, but other aspects of it fitting up front too, that could have been contributing to my problems.

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They did a great job and while flying back to Connecticut had it verified in NY ClassB Airspace, now waiting for my $500.
Thank You Stark Avionics, Highly recommended.

Peter
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Some are still getting the $500 rebate? John Starks is great to work with, he also probably has the best prices on the equipment too.
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