New FIS-B products from FAA - on SkyTrax100?

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   Hi:
I just got an email from the FAA stating that several new FIS-B products are slated to go live on ADS-B.

Cool.

So, when might I be able to use those products with my cool IFD440s via my SkyTrax 100?

Thanks!

Doug Anson
N208LG

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ansond Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Austin, Texas Status: Offline Points: 151	Post Options Post Reply Quote ansond Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New FIS-B products from FAA - on SkyTrax100? Posted: 29 Jun 2018 at 11:45pm
	Hi: I just got an email from the FAA stating that several new FIS-B products are slated to go live on ADS-B. Cool. So, when might I be able to use those products with my cool IFD440s via my SkyTrax 100? Thanks! Doug Anson N208LG

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	Hi, I asked them about this a couple days ago and was told that these items should start displaying automatically as soon as they are inserted into the data stream. Hopefully we should see these new items soon.

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	A reliable source? I heard the equipment mfg. have to modify software to enable the displays

paulr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2014 Status: Offline Points: 558	Post Options Post Reply Quote paulr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jul 2018 at 9:31am
	AviSteve answered this in another thread-- see the last post at http://forums.avidyne.com/new-adsb-wx-products-coming-soon_topic1500.html?KW=FIS-B. There are 2 different pieces to this. The receiver grabs the ADS-B data stream. It isn't supposed to reformat it or do anything with it except demodulate it and pass it on to the display unit. The display unit reads the data stream and displays it using whatever symbology it's set up for. Avidyne, Foreflight, and other people may have to update their display software to handle the new data. The data stream spec has included provisions for these new FIS-B data items for a while, it's just that the FAA wasn't transmitting them. Display vendors who are on the ball might have already included and tested code to display them, but I am betting most didn't. Avidyne did not, so they will have to update the IFD software to display the new data.