Ex Bonanza Bucko
Well Known Member
Hi:
I have a new Dynon Skyview system with knobs etc. in a new RV12 S-LSA from Van?s. I have everything available from Van?s installed in the airplane.
After learning to use Skyview I went to Seattle Avionics to download their sectional and en route chart data. I found that getting that done with an iMac is danged near impossible and, at the very least, a major pain. For starters the download of the sectional data takes about two hours via a high speed internet connection and that is only the first of many files that must be downloaded. Then figuring out which arcane file name applies to which data base from the download menu is a trial and error process. Then extracting the zip file and installing it in the required files to make it useable for loading into Skyview doesn?t work. Two days of telling Seattle about these problems have produced only suggestions that I get Microsoft stuff installed on my Mac?.ain?t gonna happen!
It became very obvious, at least to me, that the geeks who produced the process for supplying the data to Mac users either never used a Mac to do it or they didn?t care about the trouble it was going to cause?..there is no pre info or warning about the trouble to come for Mac users. One of the replies I got from Seattle Avionics about the long download of the sectional chart data was that the file had to include the entire USA when sent to a Mac but that it could be split up as sectional charts all are and faster to download if you use a PC.
I think I have wasted my $99 with Seattle Avionics but I have learned a lesson?..and I think you should learn it too if you use a Mac.
I have a new Dynon Skyview system with knobs etc. in a new RV12 S-LSA from Van?s. I have everything available from Van?s installed in the airplane.
After learning to use Skyview I went to Seattle Avionics to download their sectional and en route chart data. I found that getting that done with an iMac is danged near impossible and, at the very least, a major pain. For starters the download of the sectional data takes about two hours via a high speed internet connection and that is only the first of many files that must be downloaded. Then figuring out which arcane file name applies to which data base from the download menu is a trial and error process. Then extracting the zip file and installing it in the required files to make it useable for loading into Skyview doesn?t work. Two days of telling Seattle about these problems have produced only suggestions that I get Microsoft stuff installed on my Mac?.ain?t gonna happen!
It became very obvious, at least to me, that the geeks who produced the process for supplying the data to Mac users either never used a Mac to do it or they didn?t care about the trouble it was going to cause?..there is no pre info or warning about the trouble to come for Mac users. One of the replies I got from Seattle Avionics about the long download of the sectional chart data was that the file had to include the entire USA when sent to a Mac but that it could be split up as sectional charts all are and faster to download if you use a PC.
I think I have wasted my $99 with Seattle Avionics but I have learned a lesson?..and I think you should learn it too if you use a Mac.