Dynon transponder with D180?

[skysailor]

When the new Dynon transponder is released, will it eventually be able to interface with the D180 or will it only work with Skyview?

 

[dynonsupport]

The transponder will be for SkyView only.

 

[PhantomPholly]

I assume you only mean that the D180 won't display traffic, not that the transponder won't output the normal ADS-B signal when supplied with altitude encoder information from the D-180?

 

[dynonsupport]

Our transponder is controlled by SkyView. You use SkyView to set the code, turn it on/off, etc. Without SkyView, there is no way to even tell the transponder to be on.

So you absolutely need a SkyView in the plane to use our transponder.

 

[PhantomPholly]

Ah, missed that it had no knobbies to twiddle!

For marketing (and to keep dumb old guys like me from asking the same question again ) you might want to describe it as a "remote transponder."

 

[skysailor]

In that same vein, while I know you do not have release details are you planning the VHF radios to also be remote such that all controls and frequency display will be through the Skyview?

 

[dynonsupport]

While we do hope to do a radio at some point, it WILL require panel space. We don't think SkyView's buttons and knobs offer a sufficient user interface for something that needs to be adjusted in the way a radio does. You really want direct frequency and volume adjustments.