On Monday, July 23, 2012 7:58:31 PM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 7/23/2012 5:26 PM, Brad wrote:
> I have the stand-alone unit and have been flying with it for a few
> months now. I am curious about the display.
>
> Is it supposed to show the flarm targets in color, or in black? The
> manual shows lot's of colorful icons floating across the screen, all I
> see are black triangles with numbers and arrows.
>
> I'm sure the flarm information I am getting is correct, but spending a
> few paychecks on this little unit and having a bad display is a little
> annoying, if in fact it should be in color.
They are supposed to be green, but the current color selection is so
dark it looks black. I'm told that will be adjusted in the next update.
I've seen PCAS warnings in red, but haven't gotten Flarm warnings, so I
can't say what I'd see, but they are supposed to be red, also. I'm not
sure I've seen any orange "alerts", but I think that is the other color
used.
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
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- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what
you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz
OK, so I installed my Powerflarm Brick, read all the manuals, and now am confused, and am sure that others will be as well. I assumed all along that the main difference between powerflarm portable and brick is mostly the packaging and antennas, but apparently they function differently, or at least according to the manual. The UI is quiet different, especially when it comes to displaying threats (radar style in portable vs traditional led like alert in brick, which seem to be far inferior to the portable). Also the setup is quiet different, with significantly less configuration options for the brick.
So am I misunderstanding the manuals, or those are really two different devices with different functionality and displays?? If the later, I must wonder why, as any differences will result in confusions, and it introduces additional considerations between the two units which is not limited to panel space.
Ramy