Suppress traffic warnings below a certain height

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Suppress traffic warnings below a certain height

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nmcgovern	nmcgovern posted 8/30/2020 4:33:47 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 0, Visits: 4	Hi folks, Having now added a PA system to the aircraft, I'm seeing some great results with SkyDemon producing aural alerts for traffic. The one main issue I have is when joining the circuit, it just won't shut up. Today, I also had it warning about traffic at the hold when I took off. This can be very distracting and has had me shouting at SD to shut up, followed by trying to yank out the audio cable. Would there be a way of adding a filter so that (say), it doesn't display any traffic warnings below a set value? I'd probably set mine at 1500ft AGL for example.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 10/9/2020 1:40:35 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.5K	As a rule, we don't give options. Most users won't ever discover the option to start with. The users you implemented them for (a handful on a forum) will love them of course. No, it's much better to take one's time and implement a feature properly without forcing people to make choices whose implications they may not necessarily be fully aware of. The lowest-hanging fruit to come out of this thread would be disabling collision warnings while you are on the ground. That is arguably the way the feature should have worked in the first place, and we may well make that change at some point. Approaching an airfield is different. It isn't a question of reducing the range or height band for which warnings are triggered, because that isn't how they work. They are far cleverer than that, and you would still want to be warned about some fast jet about to blast through the circuit.
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Hi folks, Having now added a PA system to the aircraft, I'm seeing...

nmcgovern - 8/30/2020 4:33:47 PM

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grahamb - 8/30/2020 4:48:35 PM

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PaulSS - 8/31/2020 5:25:54 PM

I think it needs to be lower than that. I don't mind hearing about...

grahamb - 8/31/2020 6:08:12 PM

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PaulSS - 9/2/2020 1:07:53 PM

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Tim Dawson - 9/7/2020 9:54:07 AM

On the ground would certainly be my preference, as posted above. I'm...

grahamb - 9/7/2020 11:24:00 AM

I would love that option!

Fliegerpeer - 9/10/2020 2:14:17 PM

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PaulSS - 9/7/2020 12:48:39 PM

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PaulSS - 9/11/2020 1:57:48 PM

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pilot-byom - 9/12/2020 9:29:12 AM

SD Team: Is that correct? Let's just face it: The biggest mid-air...

TimT - 10/4/2020 4:25:07 PM

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Tim Dawson - 10/5/2020 8:36:45 AM

Giving recent experience, I'd vote not to spend too much effort into...

pilot-byom - 10/5/2020 10:09:08 AM

I have to disagree. The one place I am looking when approaching to...

grahamb - 10/5/2020 11:30:37 AM

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pauls - 10/8/2020 11:18:07 AM

You are turning these consumer grade devices from TCAS I (TA) into...

pilot-byom - 10/8/2020 11:26:50 AM

hmmm, i disagree TCAS has algorithms which are dynamic. it also...

pauls - 10/8/2020 11:35:45 AM

@Tim is it worth splitting out my recent suggestion to a seperate...

pauls - 10/9/2020 9:07:39 AM

Nah, I think this is the right thread.

TimT - 10/9/2020 9:15:46 AM

Thanks @TimT I meant @TimD :-)

pauls - 10/9/2020 9:23:13 AM

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Tim Dawson - 10/9/2020 9:23:59 AM

@TimD - you've misunderstood my comment about "dumb" . What i meant...

pauls - 10/9/2020 9:39:29 AM

I am indeed very happy with SD's intelligent filtering of traffic...

TimT - 10/9/2020 9:44:43 AM

I'd still like to lobby hard for a simple solution whereby a setup...

grahamb - 10/9/2020 10:43:33 AM

Graham - don't think we're asking for something different. I'd see the...

pauls - 10/9/2020 10:50:19 AM

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Tim Dawson - 10/9/2020 1:40:35 PM

@TimD - yeah that makes sense I'd suggest for ground based ones,...

pauls - 10/9/2020 3:17:22 PM

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grahamb - 10/9/2020 3:45:59 PM

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pauls - 10/9/2020 4:12:34 PM

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PaulSS - 10/11/2020 5:27:22 PM

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Tim Dawson - 10/12/2020 8:23:24 AM

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PaulSS - 10/14/2020 5:10:19 PM

With the EC rebate this issue will get worse. I’m just muting the iPad...

marioair - 10/16/2020 4:01:11 PM

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TimT - 10/16/2020 4:20:13 PM

I'm not sure your post adds an value to the debate. Yes, we all want...

pauls - 10/16/2020 4:56:36 PM

No. If there is a thread in the vicinity we have to find...

pilot-byom - 10/17/2020 12:27:30 PM

+ x [quote] [b] pilot-byom - 10/17/2020 12:27:30 PM [/b]...

marioair - 10/17/2020 8:18:47 PM

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Tim Dawson - 10/20/2020 8:06:33 AM

Thank you Tim, I look forward to testing it! (Assuming I'm ever...

grahamb - 10/20/2020 8:36:59 AM

Sir Tim - thanks! Would be good for a “cherry on the top” to have1)...

marioair - 10/20/2020 2:27:11 PM

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rv8ch - 8/8/2022 9:55:21 AM

Actually, to clarify, I don't get the alerts when I'm on the...

rv8ch - 8/10/2022 7:39:21 AM

I have the same problem. I guess it depends on the used protocol as...

erchegyia - 8/10/2022 8:15:38 AM

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Tim Dawson - 8/10/2022 11:30:15 AM

Makes sense, since it's not all of these aircraft. Mostly gliders,...

rv8ch - 8/14/2022 10:45:11 AM

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