Re: [Apps4Av] Digest for apps4av-forum@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 1 topic

[Phil Pirrotta]

Out here in the Pacific Northwest the adds weather is blocked by both mountains, and distance so the only reliable inflight weather is Serius XM that works even on the ground in backcountry airstrips. One workaround is to cell tower or wifi download the latest weather before departure. Then switch to adds weather enroute then repeat at your next fuel stop.  Most lightplanes only fly a couple of hours per stop. Unfortunately it does require switching download preference on every stop.

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Metars and tafs

Simon Roberts <dancingclou...@gmail.com>: Dec 29 09:37AM -0800 Might be insufficient altitude and/or location. The transmitters that send out the weather information are clustered around major airports and then thinly spread elsewhere. If you're 10,000 AGL, you should get a good signal "most places" I think, but if you're 2,000 AGL, you likely won't get anything unless you're on class bravo's doorstep. That's not Stratux, nor avare, that's the infrastructure.     On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 12:57:34 PM UTC-7 Roger R wrote:

Flyboat <rohrb...@aol.com>: Dec 29 09:48AM -0800 Well, actually when I was using fltplan go, getting weather was no issue at 3,000 feet where i live. I will play with the settings some more perhaps finding a slution. With Pltplan go... I had metars and radar over the maps with no issue all tho the radar was horrible, with early edition of Roblox looks (and I understand why), squares, etc, but worked. I'll keep playing around avare.   On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 12:37:38 PM UTC-5

Simon Roberts <dancingclou...@gmail.com>: Dec 29 09:50AM -0800 Indeed, the FAA provides a KML file that documents the coverage of ADS B. Here's a screenshot that shows the zoomed out view:   [image: Screenshot at 2021-12-29 10-44-15.png]   It came from here: https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/research/airspace/ and that link includes far more description of the nature and limitations of the service.     On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:37:38 AM UTC-7 Simon Roberts wrote:

Simon Roberts <dancingclou...@gmail.com>: Dec 29 09:53AM -0800 @Flyboat Well, yeah, if you were seeing the signals reliably at a given point in space, then that's not the problem... In that case, the only other point that comes to mind is the configuration setting that was already mentioned.     On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:50:12 AM UTC-7 Simon Roberts wrote:

Jeffrey Ross <je...@xyzzy.bubble.org>: Dec 29 02:47PM -0500 Best I can tell Avare does reliably receive METARs and TAFs from Stratux (and other compatible ADS-B in devices).   One thing that was mentioned is you were trying Fltplan Go and this raised a red flag for me.  Without going too far into the technical weeds, both Avare and FltPlan Go need to be able to receive the ADS-B in data from the same place on the tablet (it is called a network port and is UDP/4000), the problem is only one application at a time can access that network port, so if you have started up FltPlan Go and then try loading Avare, Avare will be blocked from receiving the data stream from the Stratux.   The first thing I'd check is to make sure FltPlan Go is completely closed and exited (force close?) before opening Avare so that Avare's access is not blocked.   Second item, if you are still not receiving data from the Stratux unit, you can connect to the StratuX box (http://192.168.10.1) and one of the menu options will allow you to see the METARs and TAFs coming in, make sure they are being received.   Lastly, keep in mind that METARs are updated hourly/as available and broadcast every 5 minutes and TAFs are updated every 6hrs/as available and broadcast every 10 minutes.   Side note, Avare uses CONUS NEXRAD images (as opposed to Regional), these images are updated every 15 minutes and are several minutes old even when transmitted, the images are good enough to use for planning, but not good enough to pick your way through thunderstorms!   Jeff   On 12/29/21 12:53 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:

Flyboat <rohrb...@aol.com>: Dec 29 08:44PM -0800 Yep, Fltplan go was uninstalled from my tablet. UDP/4000 is enabled and I'm receiving good signals from both *(http://192.168.10.1 <http://192.168.10.1>) 978 MHz and 1090 MHz*. Rain ever stops when I can get out again I'll keep trouble shooting.   On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 2:47:13 PM UTC-5 Jeffrey Ross wrote:

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