Stratux

So...anyone tried stratux with the 10.2 update?   Stratux spits out GDL90 aka Capstone over both wifi and serial, so wondering if anyone has plugged one into an IFD serial port yet?

oskrypuch wrote: That would not be a supported configuration. * Orest

oskrypuch wrote: Didn't notice that you were experimental. I would still be very leery about connecting something like a Stratux physically/electrically to the panel. * Orest

Wow, being shunned is a nasty experience!

Edited by oskrypuch - 11 Mar 2017 at 9:55am

So a quick follow-up.   The stratux didn't quite work right out of the box due to slight differences in how Capstone is implemented (as AviSimpson has pointed out before, every capstone device is unique) but the tweaks required to get it talking correctly were pretty trivial.   The only thing not working quite right still is TIS-B traffic; I can see TIS-B traffic on a connected iPad but it doesn't show up on the IFD.   Still, that should be pretty easy to fix up next time I get some time to work on it.

chflyer wrote: And that's over the serial port, Brad, not wifi. Correct?

TogaDriver wrote: Hi Brad - I'm about to finally try running GDL90 into my IFD440.  What tweaks did you have to make to the stratux protocol to get the IFD to accept the traffic and weather?

Brad,

I’m interested also

Using a Stratux with v1.6 (stock) hardwired to IFD440 RS232 in port.  Two issues, first the stratux always powers up normally, but about 1 out 4 times will not send serial data (no flashing LED on the serial card).  Reboot usually resolves this.  Second I get the ADS-B degraded flag about a third of the time.  All of the traffic and WX data are normal, but the flag will appear and disappear sometimes after a period of 20 or more minutes.  Reboot doesn't affect the flag.  Have tried 3 different GPS units, external and internal with no change.  WIFI monitor indicates strong GPS and everything OK.  Using 115.2 bps.  Appreciate any thoughts.  Thanks

Thanks for the help, I did try another serial card and it didn't work at all (and after looking at it closely I think it may have been a knock off).  I'm not unhappy considering my investment it really does work most of the time.  I did a comparison of the stratux to a Garmin GDL39 and found the 1090 radio in the GDL39 to be significantly more sensitive.  I can't say for sure about the 978 because I didn't have enough comparison traffic, though it appears a little weaker also.  I was using the larger antennas on the Stratux.  

I constantly get the datalink lost message, but it seems to work other than that.

I believe the "datalink lost" message is the result of the IFD not receiving FIS-B data from the local ADS-B site within a specific time.  This is, at least for me, the result of not having good line of sight with the ground station.  Look at your log files from the IFD, and you'll be amazed at the amount of messages being sent by the Statux, mostly all traffic.

He was correct.

oskrypuch wrote: 10.3 will allow the ADS-B weather data from a Stratus, to populate a panel mount IFD's display?

Will it display traffic as well from the WIFI source?

Edited by Ralph - 07 Aug 2021 at 2:31am

JohnAJohnson wrote: Brad, sounds like your modifications don't take anything away from the Stratux base code, only makes it better.  Any possibility that it could be incorporated into the mainstream code?  If so, could you pass it to the primary developer for inclusion into future releases?

AviSteve wrote: Yes it will display traffic as well.  However, targets will never be displayed as yellow traffic alerts (TA).  Instead, they would show up as cyan proximate traffic alerts (PA).

Edited by oskrypuch - 11 Aug 2021 at 5:39pm

AviSteve wrote: Hold on, I stand corrected!!  I was just informed that the weather and traffic are indeed separate in this regard.  So, if you have a wired traffic source but no wired source of weather, then the IFD will use the traffic from your wired traffic sensor and get weather from the WiFi portable device. My apologies..