-8A with a Garmin GTX-327; nearly 1200 hours over nearly eight years. Decided to take the ADS-B plunge with an echoUAT/SkyFYX Ext installation.
For optimum operation, the echoUAT instructions say to connect the echo Pin 4 wire to the GTX-327 Pin 20. Even though the 327 is the bottom box of my avionics stack, I cannot easily access the back connector. I can contort my 75+ year-old body enough to get to it but worry about whether I'd be able to reconnect the thing.
John Stark of Stark Avionics did my initial avionics wiring. He suggests going through the front of the tray and loosening the four screws holding the backplate thus lowering the connector for access.
No problem doing that but I again worry about being able to properly align the backplate to reconnect it.
Shane at EchoUAT support says the hardwire connection to the 327 isn't absolutely necessary and not connecting it will result in only marginal performance loss. Not worth the risk of screwing up the transponder.
Anyone have experience/ideas?
For optimum operation, the echoUAT instructions say to connect the echo Pin 4 wire to the GTX-327 Pin 20. Even though the 327 is the bottom box of my avionics stack, I cannot easily access the back connector. I can contort my 75+ year-old body enough to get to it but worry about whether I'd be able to reconnect the thing.
John Stark of Stark Avionics did my initial avionics wiring. He suggests going through the front of the tray and loosening the four screws holding the backplate thus lowering the connector for access.
No problem doing that but I again worry about being able to properly align the backplate to reconnect it.
Shane at EchoUAT support says the hardwire connection to the 327 isn't absolutely necessary and not connecting it will result in only marginal performance loss. Not worth the risk of screwing up the transponder.
Anyone have experience/ideas?