'ADS-B STATUS' in settings is grayed out

[mikelupo]

I'm curious as to why the menu item would be grayed out. I don't recall seeing this before.
I get no messages while flying that the transponder or ADS-B out isn't working. I've not flown behind the panel enough (very new install) to know if I'm getting weather indications (i.e. radar shading) or not....
I have not scanned the network again to see if it picks up something new or if something is missing. I suppose I should start there, but incase it's likely something else....
Ideas welcome.

 

[maartenversteeg]

ADSB status is transferred via a serial (rs-232) line from the ADSB receiver to the Dynon Display. The ADSB receiver is not a Dynon-bus device (where you run a detect and automatic configure). To get the ADSB receiver to communiate with the Display the correct serial rs232 serial interface (ser 1 5) mut be configured correctlyfor each of you displays. You may have to check whether the correct resial interface is configured and manually selected as the ADSB-in function.

 

[skysailor]

The setting you are looking for is is under Serial connections in System. You have 5 serial ports. Port 5 is probably the GPS antenna (GPS 2020 or GPS 250). If you have a Dynon transponder it will be on another port. You are looking to find ADSB 472. This is the ADSB receiver. It is possible to have ADSB Out via the transponder but no ADSB In.

 

[swatson999]

Question to the OP: Did you read the installation manual?

 

[mikelupo]

Question to the OP: Did you read the installation manual?

Yes, I read the install manual at the time. I also perused it again looking for any troubleshooting info in regards to the grayed out text string.

 

[mikelupo]

The setting you are looking for is is under Serial connections in System. You have 5 serial ports. Port 5 is probably the GPS antenna (GPS 2020 or GPS 250). If you have a Dynon transponder it will be on another port. You are looking to find ADSB 472. This is the ADSB receiver. It is possible to have ADSB Out via the transponder but no ADSB In.

Yes, I recall going through all this serial port setup. I do get ABS-B in as I see targets in the Dynon display during flight, but they are not as easy to see as in Foreflight when the iPad is connected to the Stratus on the dash. But they are indeed there.
I wonder tho.. when I connect ForeFlight to the Dynon WiFi, I don't get an option to display traffic [in Foreflight], which sort of indicates that traffic isn't available. This is what got me to digging into the settings and when I noticed the grayed out menu item. I had not noticed that before.

So, yes, I did read the install manual and everything in the Dynon system seems to be "working". I passed my transponder checks, I've not gotten any letters from the FAA in regards to missing ADS-B out.

 

[maartenversteeg]

Note that the FAA is only interested that you generate ADSB-out, I don't think they would mail you if you never had ADSB out (there are still many planes that don't do ADSB-out). I think you have to fly and request a status report from the FAA regarding your ADSB out quality and output. There is an automatic web based system to request this, and if you do the FAA will send you a letter.
ADSB-in is a complete separate function (not really completely separate but it is another part of your system), with separate configuration and setup. The FAA doesn't mind whether you are receiving or not, so they will never send you a notification

 

[Rhino]

...I don't think they would mail you if you never had ADSB out (there are still many planes that don't do ADSB-out)....

I'm going to assume you meant ADS-B In there.

 

[mikelupo]

Note that the FAA is only interested that you generate ADSB-out, I don't think they would mail you if you never had ADSB out (there are still many planes that don't do ADSB-out). I think you have to fly and request a status report from the FAA regarding your ADSB out quality and output. There is an automatic web based system to request this, and if you do the FAA will send you a letter.
ADSB-in is a complete separate function (not really completely separate but it is another part of your system), with separate configuration and setup. The FAA doesn't mind whether you are receiving or not, so they will never send you a notification

I have every reason to believe that I'm a participating aircraft given that my stratus shows me traffic all around me. I realize I could be getting the benefit of other aircraft's out, so it might take a XC flight to really prove that out... or ... as suggested, query the FAA for my data.

 

[maartenversteeg]

Yes, and that process is very simple. Go fly for some time and upon return fill out the web request specifying your numbers and wait for the email to arrive. That proves without doubt that you ADS-B out works without any hickups.

 

[andresmith76]

Yes, and that process is very simple. Go fly for some time and upon return fill out the web request specifying your numbers and wait for the email to arrive. That proves without doubt that you ADS-B out works without any hickups.

Or you could visit the FlightWare.com website and enter your plane's N number:

FlightAware - Flight Tracker / Flight Status

Best Flight Tracker: Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights, private/GA flights, and airports.

www.flightaware.com

 

[maartenversteeg]

Yes if you are just interested whether the plane was tracked. But using the FAA tool to do the verification also includes measurements about outage and proper signal. That can presumably be used to prove that at least as some point int time your ADS-B out system was compliant and provided the required output to the FAA system. Having this at hand when there are questions about the correct functioning of the system is probably good in case there are class C or class B entry issues

 

[mikelupo]

I did the PAPR report. I'll share it here. Seems okay to me.

 

[chriscalandro]

None of the above has to do with Dynon ADSB in - which in your case is not configured

 

[mikelupo]

I was finally able to get down to my hangar and review my installation notes. I did indeed set up and configure the SV-ADSB-472 module in the serial port connections and test it during the installation phase (on 2 June). I needed to know what serial port I had wired it to.
What I suspect may have happened is that the setting either got lost through the late August/Sept software update b/c the software on the SV-ADSB-472 needed its own update, or when the Avionics shop came to my hangar to do the Altimeter/Transponder certification, in looking for component serial numbers in the software, ended up un-setting the serial port for it. Once I went in and re-added it on the serial port according to my install notes, viola, all is working as supposed. All other settings were fine.
Thanks everyone. I hope this topic helps a future installer/troubleshooter.

 

[mikelupo]

None of the above has to do with Dynon ADSB in - which in your case is not configured

I agree, but I had not done anything to know that the ADS-B out was working. It was worth seeing.

 

[Darrin Towers]

Or you could visit the FlightWare.com website and enter your plane's N number:

FlightAware - Flight Tracker / Flight Status

Best Flight Tracker: Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights, private/GA flights, and airports.

www.flightaware.com

FlightAware and other ADS-B tracking programs show what is coming out of the ADS-B antenna. The PAPR report show what ATC sees coming through the Transponder antenna. I made the mistake of buying the Non Certified GPS antenna (thinking I'm experimental and don't need the Certified GPS antenna ) and it doesn't talk to the Transponder so I was failing the PAPR. Had to buy the Certified one then everything worked.