Tankerpilot75
Well Known Member
I am thinking about porting FlightBox ads-b "In" and weather data to my dual GRT Horizon WS EFIS system. I have already updated my FlightBox SIM card and purchased a FlightBox USB to serial data adapter.
My current system has the GRT weather module connected to the bottom EFIS's #2 serial port and had a Barron WX module on top of the GRT module but I removed that because it couldn't feed both the EFIS and broadcast iPad data at the same time. I also suspended my XM weather account due to its cost and the annoying need to "pin" the system if I went a few weeks without using it.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone in the VAF network connected their FlightBox (stratux) to their GRT EFIS?
2. If so, are their any gotcha's I need to be aware of?
3. The GRT instructions indicate the "stratux" needs to be connected to a "high speed" serial port but the FlightBox blog indicate the system defaults to a 38,400 baud rate. I'm not real smart about this stuff but I think this is a low speed baud rate. If I need to connect to a high speed baud rate port then that means using the #2 serial port my old XM weather unit was using and not an unused low speed serial port currently available. If you have done this I would appreciate some insight.
4. Where did you mount your FlightBox? Are you using a remote antenna?
5. Are you satisfied with the results?
My current system has the GRT weather module connected to the bottom EFIS's #2 serial port and had a Barron WX module on top of the GRT module but I removed that because it couldn't feed both the EFIS and broadcast iPad data at the same time. I also suspended my XM weather account due to its cost and the annoying need to "pin" the system if I went a few weeks without using it.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone in the VAF network connected their FlightBox (stratux) to their GRT EFIS?
2. If so, are their any gotcha's I need to be aware of?
3. The GRT instructions indicate the "stratux" needs to be connected to a "high speed" serial port but the FlightBox blog indicate the system defaults to a 38,400 baud rate. I'm not real smart about this stuff but I think this is a low speed baud rate. If I need to connect to a high speed baud rate port then that means using the #2 serial port my old XM weather unit was using and not an unused low speed serial port currently available. If you have done this I would appreciate some insight.
4. Where did you mount your FlightBox? Are you using a remote antenna?
5. Are you satisfied with the results?