I can't argue with success, Ramy! Really appreciate you posting all of your information, it was extremely important to know that PCAS can work properly.

I'm still trying to duplicate your PCAS performance, and thanks to you, Jim Staniforth and Darryl Ramm I now have an idea to test out. Wish me luck - I'll let you know how I get on.

-John, Q3

On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 12:21:08 PM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
John my guess is that since I am configure for mode C, powerflarm is smart enough to ignore the mode S altitude default. I believe this was my conclusion at the time when I first configured my powerflarm. My config file is based on their sample config file which was provided before the config tool was available.
The altitude difference readings I get are very accurate based on flying with gliders with transponder and flames the numbers are always very close (and the distance is also impressively accurate even though it is only estimated based on strength).

Ramy