Still too many alerts and warnings

[John Mittell]

I have unchecked all but the critical warning. Does the vertical range
limit the number of warnings by displaying only those threats within the
bounds of vertical range. If so, what is a safe number, 500 feet?

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You are correct.
You get to set your own level of terror.

[John Mittell]

At 17:35 03 August 2015, John Mittell wrote:
Having flown several contests with the Power Flarm, I still get warnings
that do not appear real threats. I have unchecked all but the critical
warning. Does the vertical range limit the number of warnings by
displaying only those threats within the bounds of vertical range. If so,
what is a safe number, 500 feet
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[[email protected]]

It is not so much the check-boxes as setting the vertical and horizontal boundaries.
Especially for transponders!

[Dan Daly[_2_]]

On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 1:45:05 PM UTC-4, John Mittell wrote:
> I have unchecked all but the critical warning. Does the vertical range
> limit the number of warnings by displaying only those threats within the
> bounds of vertical range. If so, what is a safe number, 500 feet?

Note the contest number of the person alerting you. Ask them to check that they are set as a glider in flarmcfg.txt. If they are set as a towplane/etc they alert a much wider volume than if they were set correctly as a glider/motorglider. This was a problem at the Chilhowee contest this spring; after a bit of effort, the last several days had vastly reduced alerts.

[Tango Eight]

On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:02:30 PM UTC-4, Dan Daly wrote:
> On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 1:45:05 PM UTC-4, John Mittell wrote:
> > I have unchecked all but the critical warning. Does the vertical range
> > limit the number of warnings by displaying only those threats within the
> > bounds of vertical range. If so, what is a safe number, 500 feet?
>
> Note the contest number of the person alerting you. Ask them to check that they are set as a glider in flarmcfg.txt. If they are set as a towplane/etc they alert a much wider volume than if they were set correctly as a glider/motorglider. This was a problem at the Chilhowee contest this spring; after a bit of effort, the last several days had vastly reduced alerts.

This has been a problem at R5N two years running, as well.

T8

[David Kinsell[_2_]]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:47:06 -0700, Tango Eight wrote:

> On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:02:30 PM UTC-4, Dan Daly wrote:
>> On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 1:45:05 PM UTC-4, John Mittell wrote:
>> > I have unchecked all but the critical warning. Does the vertical
>> > range limit the number of warnings by displaying only those threats
>> > within the bounds of vertical range. If so, what is a safe number,
>> > 500 feet?
>>
>> Note the contest number of the person alerting you. Ask them to check
>> that they are set as a glider in flarmcfg.txt. If they are set as a
>> towplane/etc they alert a much wider volume than if they were set
>> correctly as a glider/motorglider. This was a problem at the Chilhowee
>> contest this spring; after a bit of effort, the last several days had
>> vastly reduced alerts.
>
> This has been a problem at R5N two years running, as well.
>
> T8

If people aren't getting the obvious settings correct, wonder how many
get all the obscure, undocumented settings set to something reasonable?