Re: GTX345 and missing traffic targets
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:42 am
A Phenom and a CJ could converge at 800+ kts which would cover the 150nm in about 10minutes. And that's before allowing for data propagation delays.
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A Phenom and a CJ could converge at 800+ kts which would cover the 150nm in about 10minutes. And that's before allowing for data propagation delays.
Usually this refers to what we've long used. It's more accurately described as "See what small portion of the sky your plane allows you to see out the window with your frail eyeballs, use the radio (hoping others use it properly), and let the Big Sky Principal do the rest'. I can offhand recall two near misses I've had that I know of due to large portions of the sky being blocked by the airframes of both aircraft.Lance Murray wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:18 am You are still see and avoid. No matter if you have TCAS II, ADS-B, TAS, whatever. See and avoid is the rule when VFR.
Yeah I'm pretty frustrated with Diamonds lack of support for earlier G1000 aircraft. Every year at Oshkosh for 3 years, starting in 2016, they told me they were going to provide SW to support ADSB in time to meet the mandate. Tomorrow I am getting a GTX345R installed without the promised SW from Diamond. As far as I know Cessna and other aircraft OEM's have supported their early G1000 adopters.Boatguy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:49 pmThat's why my avionics shop told me they couldn't do the update.mdieter wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:51 pm For what it's worth, I tried to have the GTX345R software updated on two occasions. In the end we ended up reverting the software to the original version. It is not a simple upgrade when a G1000 is involved.
On the second attempt we got the transponder updated to the latest version via a laptop and USB connection, but then the G1000 would not communicate with the transponder. After more digging, I found that there is a software version manifest that the G1000 keeps that contains validated software versions. The new GTW345 software version was not listed, therefore the G1000 won't communicate with the transponder. It thinks the transponder is invalid. I'm guessing the manifest file has to come from Garmin as a G1000 update. No idea if Garmin has created a manifest file for our aircraft with the proper software versions. My avionics guy didn't seem to know about it.
Based on my conversations with Garmin and Diamond, the software has been available to Diamond since last year, but apparently they can't distribute it without approval from Transport Canada and they have not made that request because they've been focused on getting approvals for new aircraft.
I suggest every Diamond owner sign up with Garmin for updates on their avionics as you'll never get this information from Diamond. At least with the information from Garmin we know we're not seeing all the traffic.
Follow the G1000 "next steps" thread and you'll get regular updates on the discussions with Diamond which definitely have touched on this subject. We had a second video conference with Diamond/Garmin today and another is scheduled for next week. Progress is being made, but there are limitations to Garmin's support for early adopters.Brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:42 pmYeah I'm pretty frustrated with Diamonds lack of support for earlier G1000 aircraft. Every year at Oshkosh for 3 years, starting in 2016, they told me they were going to provide SW to support ADSB in time to meet the mandate. Tomorrow I am getting a GTX345R installed without the promised SW from Diamond. As far as I know Cessna and other aircraft OEM's have supported their early G1000 adopters.
Has anybody heard any more about this firmware update? I don't see anything on the Diamond tech pubs page.Boatguy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:22 pm I received a clarification from Garmin today that the v3.13 firmware for the GTX345R will drop the target "furthest" away when it is necessary to make room in a full database for a new target.
But to be clear, until an update is issued by Diamond, once our GTX345R has 200 targets within 150nm of our plane, it will drop a 201st target, irrespective of the proximity of the new target to our plane.