Where do you fellows plan to mount the box when it arrives? Seems to me, somewhere behind the baggage bulkhead would be best since the coax runs would be shorter and I have no room forward of the instrument panel. John
Interesting. I ordered in February and I have still heard nothing. This particular piece of technology is going to have to be pretty awesome to make up for the inexcusably bad customer relations.
The configuration, assuming you have a laptop running Windows with WiFi, is extremely easy.
Bird dog them, Steve. They'll get it to you.
I have installed 2 -EXP units this week. One was DOA, so they overnighted me a replacement. The configuration, assuming you have a laptop running Windows with WiFi, is extremely easy.
It appears there may be some communications issues between the Navworx and the AFS, but they are looking into it. The traffic works, but I am getting no weather.
Great news, Dan.
Today, I was able to configure the UAT EXP unit by using an older XP laptop I had stashed away. So apparently, my newer laptop had security which prevented me from allowing the UAT to communicate & confirm configuration.
I received my unit yesterday, and installed it into the RV-7A. Before firing it up, I did a continuity check on all the wiring again (because I installed the harness back in Aug, and wanted to be sure it was correct). With the harness in place I powered up the whole panel (using a Power Supply so that the battery doesn't go dead).
The Wi-Fi interface powered up OK on my laptop. I put in the required EXP setup parameters. It's interesting to note that the EXP wants to see the "Z" format from the GRT EFIS instead of the "EFIS" setting.
The transponder (GTX330) was initially set to REMOTE+TIS on it's output, so I reset that to just "REMOTE". Changing setting on the GTX330 transponder was reflected on the Wi-Fi app (I could see the transponder Mode Changing - Mode A, Mode C, Stby on the Wi-Fi app), but that part still failed and there was no transponder squawk code. I have not been able to get past that. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Hi Fred,
I'll get the info for you when I go to the airport tomorrow after work.
On the GTX327, I only get the squawk. The alt encoder comes from the GRT split to the UAT and 327.
My 327 output was not set to REMOTE. Seems like I remember Garmin/Trimble
Dan, I added to the above comment. It's now working (thanks to Jesse) and FAA compliant. Now am not getting weather or station count.
I'd like to know what ADS600-EXP software version you're running. Mine is Ver 5.2.1.
My GTX 330 is also fed with the EFIS Alt output as is the ADS600-EXP, and the EXP only reads the transponder squawk code too....
Fred,
I posted an update onto the other thread.
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=131783
BTW, will you be at BKV in the morning?
I'm stopping at ZPH for fuel and might stop in after.
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.
Navworx has placed the UAT configuration release 5.3.0 onto their website.
This should correct the weather reporting issue.
I plan on upgrading this evening & will report the results.
Jessie said his upgrade went well & will flight test this afternoon.Great news Dan. I'll await your results as I'm currently out of town (in CT) for the holiday. If your's goes OK, I'll update mine when I get back....
Still not reporting weather
Dan,
I'm assuming you mean that the new ver 5.3.0 software is not reporting weather over the serial port to the GRT displays.
Has anyone verified that the weather is being transmitted over the the Wi-Fi link?
Submitted an ADS-B UAT operation compliance report request on Friday 11/27 & received the report today. Very quick turn around & detailed report.
Got an "everything looks good"
I have a question regarding confirming ADS-B out is working...I emailed the FAA ([email protected]) for a status report on the new ADS-B unit. I received it today. There were no issues with any of the parameters that the FAA is looking at. 100% compliant! So At least that part is working OK.
I just send my N-number and that covers it.