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NEXRAD from ADS-B

6/22/2016 6:55 AM

Brian

Joined: 9/7/2011

Posts: 4453

Re: NEXRAD from ADS-B

John, per my previous post, can you please do this and Send Bug Report with AdsbRaw.bin log file, so that I can replay your entire data stream. In your email please describe the time line of symptoms associated with this log, so that I can compare your experience to what I see in my office when replaying it.

Brian Knox, Sr Software Engineer

6/23/2016 8:03 AM

Sea Cav

Joined: 2/12/2013

Posts: 76

Re: NEXRAD from ADS-B

How does this apply to the 740? Using Stratux, I can display traffic and Metars/ TAFs. But no Nexrad (yes, I have it selected as an overlay). I would think it would be all or none. Is there something else I need to do to display Nexrad? Thanks.

6/23/2016 12:17 PM

Joined: 1/1/0001

Posts: 0

Re: NEXRAD from ADS-B Modified By on 6/23/2016 12:20:46 PM

Actually, it's not all or none. You put a check mark next to METAR/TAF and another next to NEXRAD, and one next to Traffic.

But now that I posted this, I see you did that. The only other thing you need to do is be receiving a ground station and there needs to be some significant weather to see.

6/23/2016 5:47 PM

Jeff Clark

Joined: 9/20/2012

Posts: 1254

Re: NEXRAD from ADS-B

John,

There's a few "levels" of ADS-B towers, and they don't all broadcast the same info. If I recall correctly, ground towers (for observing surface traffic at larger airports) do not broadcast NEXRAD and a few other products at all, low level towers only have regional NEXRAD, mid & high towers have regional and CONUS NEXRAD. iFly doesn't currently process the CONUS NEXRAD from the ADS-B stream, so if you're in SoCal and the nearest rain is 150ish or so miles away, you won't see it via ADS-B (but the internet download WILL grab it).

Jeff Nokomis Clark, Mooney M20G, iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s, ASUS ZenFone AR, ASUS Windows 10 tablet, Stratux ADS-B w AHRS

6/24/2016 1:35 AM

shortimer

Joined: 3/13/2014

Posts: 31

Re: NEXRAD from ADS-B

John, I also had problems with not getting heartbeats with my NavWorx ADS600-B. After a lot of hand holding and support from IFly, I found that my 37 pin connector to the ADS-B unit had come loose on one end just enought to prevent data going to my WiFi adapter. The slide lock that is used to hold the 37 pin connector is a little tricky to engage so that both ends of the connector are attached to the box.

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