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Feeature Request: Hardware Tool to output serial Signals to steer my autopilot


Feeature Request: Hardware Tool to output serial Signals to steer my...
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Joachim Gothe
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Hi,
we have the Air Connect Interface to send Traffic from Powerflarm to skydemon via WLAN.
I need a Hardware connected via WLAN and RS232 to Skydemon to steer my Autopilot.

Every old Handheld GPS (e.g Garmin Pilot III from 1997) can send this signals from the progammed track to my Autopilot. (TruTrak of Trio)

Any change to realize this Hardward and bind it to skydemon ?
Achim

Edited 3/18/2019 10:24:35 AM by Joachim Gothe
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DMOIN - 5/12/2020 6:02:38 AM
Good, read your message but I am now flying since 11 years now 550 hours. Not much maybe but I am a privateer and have to earn some money..... 10 out of 11 years I have used my iPhone or iPad as main source for navigation. NEVER in these 10 years they ever failed while the EZpilot and Garmin did (lost GPS signal) 

So if I would rate your opinion I would say it is an educated guess or position as it has no solid background except that you cn draw the certificate Garmin did and Apple (for good reason) did not. Apple don't want to be a supplier in this industrie, but hat does nt say their HW is unreliable. 

The certification process is no joke and it took both vendors major effort (and money) to receive the permit to connect an autopilot to handheld devices. Just a few years ago this would never ever have been imaginable in the certified world, so who knows what comes next.

But, there are only certain handheld devices on specific software versions approved, which also reflects the thorough testing of the devices. Internal error correction and RAIM monitoring are fields of testing and yes, the device has to disconnect when defined error margins are not met. An iOS device does not do that and more drastic - the iOS device is a multi purpose device, so it cannot guarantee alltime function by design.

iOS and iPadOS are not real time operating systems, so they most probably will never qualify in such configuration for aviation. Apple would have to implement real time operations mode, which would be in direct contradiction with the thought function of a smart device. So, yes, I guess Apple is not interested in our tiny niche market wrecking their philosophy.

Edited 5/12/2020 7:02:10 AM by MarkusM
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