I will check the Bluetooth location, it is possible it was moving around since
I just connected it to the cables between the powerflarm and the display
without securing it. Will report back my findings.
Thanks,
Ramy
On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:30 AM, SoarTronic team <soartro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you should look at the FLARM messages,
> Place you PDA/phone device where you normally use it during flight, start
> XCSoar and go to Config>Devices (FLARM selected)>Monitorig
> You should now see a new FLARM NMEA sentence coming about once per second.
> If it is interrupted, look at the antenna position. Class 2 Bluetooth is
> designed for max 30 meters range, it's very low power system. If the antenna
> is between metal housings, for example, please move it so, that there are no
> metal or carbon fiber objects between receiving and transmitting antennas.
> Also place BT module away from radio and radio antenna cabling, and GPS
> antenna.
>
> 2012/8/8 Ramy Yanetz <ryan...@yahoo.com>
> The delay I noticed was more like 10 seconds or more. Also the flarm radar
> would go off and on while the butterfly display was still showing targets.
> This is all based on a single flight so not sure what was going on. Perhaps I
> missed something in the configuration? My 302 is configured as device A,
> Powerflarm via SoarTronic as deviced B (using Flarm driver). I also have the
> internal GPS as device C.
>
> Ramy
>
> From: SoarTronic team <soartro...@gmail.com>
> To:
> Cc: "xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net" <xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 1:11 PM
> Subject: [Xcsoar-user] Flarm radar
>
> Flarm send a new NMEA sentence about once per second. The difference if it is
> transmitted on 19200 bauds or faster is just millisecs. Therefore we did not
> see it necessary to setup the Soartronic BT module for higher com speed than
> the std. 19200b.
>
> 2012/8/7 Sascha Haffner <s_haff...@yahoo.com>
> I also noticed a delay, but I wouldn't say it's significant maybe 1/2 sec.
> max I guess. Nonetheless, I keep Flarm radar turned off but show traffic in
> the map display, since I have a Butterfly and a Flarm V3 display connected to
> the Swiss built Flarm. Both display light up simultanously. Also I run the
> Dell Streak connected via BT (selfbuilt BT222) with 38.000baud. Assuming you
> run it with the standard 19.200baud, try speeding up the connection and see
> if you still see the delay.
>
> Cheers
> Sascha
>
> Von: SoarTronic team <soartro...@gmail.com>
> An:
> CC: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> Gesendet: 14:49 Dienstag, 7.August 2012
> Betreff: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Flarm radar
>
> When I have been testing the communication, it looks like the LED based
> display in not very fast. It seems to take some time to notice, that GPS
> connection is fixed. This based on comparing the NMEA sentences received in
> XCSoar (Devices/Monitoring) and the LED external display.
>
> 2012/8/7 Tobias Bieniek <tobias.bien...@gmx.de>
> I've been using the Flarm Radar for over 3 years now and I haven't
> noticed any delays like that. It might be related to the PowerFLARM
> since we mostly use the original swiss Flarms here in Germany/Europe.
>
> Turbo
>
>
> 2012/8/7 Ramy Yanetz <ryan...@yahoo.com>:
> > Finally got a chance to try the flarm radar with my powerflarm connected via
> > soartronic bluetooth. It seem to work well except that I noticed significant
> > delays between when the traffic shows up on my butterfly display to when the
> > flarm radar showed up and the traffic shows up on the map. Also the
> > radar/traffic would turn off intermittently while still showing on the
> > powerflarm display.
> > I set the flarm radar to turn off when there is no traffic.
> > Before I create a ticket I wanted to confirm if this is expected/known
> > behavior, or if others noticed this.
> >
> > Ramy
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