On Dec 10, 10:08*am, wrote:
Steve,

I started with a Butterfly 57mm display, but it is severly limited on menu choices and usability in-flight. *The display on my Butterfly was quite dim which made the small text harder to read.

I switched to the FlarmView by LX. *It's much brighter and you have a lot more options on how you want to configure the display and all the options are available in flight. *In my opinion the FlarmView is a significantly better choice. *The only minor drawback is that it's not designed to go into a 57mm panel cut out. *I simply made a small bracket and it's directly in front of a spare 57mm instrument location. *The text on the FlarmView is still small, but the resolution of the better quality display screen makes it easier to read. *The size of the two screens is basically identical. *One BIG advantage of the FlarmView is the ability to assign a contest number to an "unknown" FLARM target on the fly. *If you use the Butterfly, you can NOT edit the ID in any way other than the convoluted database download, upload and pray method of the Butterfly. *With FlarmView if you see an unknown FLARM target you can select that target and then enter the contest number for that target and you're DONE. *FlarmView will also accept the FlarmNet data, but you have to do a simple conversion of the data first. *Another simplification is that you can remove the mini SD card and add the FlarmNet data to the card and it doesn't require a RadioShack project of making your own custom data transfer cable which is currently required with the Butterfly Display.

Anyway, enough said. *Go here to see the FlarmView Display.

http://lxnav.com/products/flarmview.html

Paul at Cumulus has the FlarmViews.

Mark

On Sunday, December 9, 2012 5:42:27 PM UTC-6, SteveB_Z5 wrote:
I'm thinking about getting a Power Flarm brick. *What do users think of the display? *Sun and shade readability?

Thanks,

Steve

Steve,m

The Butterfly hardware is very nice. The screen is quite clear and
very readable if you have 20/20 vision or glasses like in my case.
There is great potential to this display if the firmware is updated
e.g. font a big bigger. I actually like the hardware and it is bright
enough for me.

By the way PCAS range of PowerFlarm brick improved somewhat with the
latest firmware update but it is still not where it should be. I
tested the latest update in the middle of November and I found some
targets showing up early while others showing late. I found the PCAS
antenna position to be extremely important in getting better
performance but there is still work that PowerFlarm needs to do. It
seems to me there is still a software issue.