Hey, I think both approaches (filtered output vs. instantaneous) have their advantages and disadvatages.
What makes a filtered output appealing to me is: -Extended usable range: A circling glider at the outer limit of the reception range will appear and disappear as target depending on the momentary antenna geometry. Such a target coming on and off just to show me the limitations of my FLARM does not seem reasonable to me. I might be interested in the climb rate of the other glider and it would be an improvement to see the last received data. So you can spend the time looking outside instead of waiting for the target to come back on. -An average climb rate feature would give information which is probably more useful for decision making. The advantages of instantaneous display are: - No wrong or outdated information -Faster response How about combining some of the advantages? Wouldn't it be possible to keep the instantaneous display and whenever a target is not received anymore, the last position data received is still displayed with the average climb rate. Maybe the Glider Symbol could change color when reception is lost or the Callsign could be prefixed by an Asterisk or such. What do you think? Greets Henrik Am 11.09.2012 09:38, schrieb Michael Huber: > Von: Ramy Yanetz [mailto:ryan...@yahoo.com] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. September 2012 01:59 > >> Now perhaps the butterfly display has indeed a built in filter which >> continuously >> interpolate the other target position based on changes in my position and >> heading, >> I cant tell. > The significant delay of the Butterfly display reported by Sascha might be a > hint that some kind of filtering is implemented. > >> But whatever it is doing is better than blinking traffic/blinking radar in >> XCSoar. I >> recommend implementing the same logic in XCSoar. > Sorry, I have to disagree. Bad or no reception in some relative positions is > an issue of the original FLARM implementation (single antenna) in a carbon > fuselage, and not something that can be solved by software. There simply is > no FLARM data available at this time, and any display showing a target is > simply guessing its position. This guessing may work for centered > thermalling, but will definitely be wrong when someone leaves a thermal. If I > have to choose between correct and convenient (but incorrect) data, I choose > the correct one. > >> But if this is not a problem with my implementation, am I the only one >> noticing it? > A possible reason: In Europe pilots started to use FLARM with lower > expectations. We used the very simple LED display, and just to get a hint > that there is some other glider in an approximate direction was considered > useful (there even wasn´t any relative altitude info available in the > beginning!) . FLARM was considered as an additional chance to find traffic > you might have missed, not as a tool to get situation awareness. And we got > used to FLARM limitations, that are clearly stated in the manual by the way. > Today we have radar like displays that are great, but may create a false > impression and wrong expectations, if people don´t consider the limitations > underneath. > >> I am pretty sure it is not a problem with my powerflarm installation since I >> already >> tried couple of antenna locations and I can see traffic more than 5 miles >> away. > Unfortunately, this proves exactly nothing. You may have a range of 5miles in > some directions, and not half of a mile in a different direction or to a > different aircraft. Even if FLARM range analysis > (http://www.flarm.com/support/analyze/index_en.html) shows good range in all > directions, it does not mean that you will see any target in that range. > > Michael > PS: Your pictures at soaringcafe are great! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
