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SkyView settings

Linar Yusupov edited this page Feb 24, 2020 · 19 revisions

Display adapter

     e-Paper TTGO T5S                - "SkyView EZ" ;
     e-Paper Waveshare ESP32   - this board ;

Connection type

     Serial                    - wired connection (3.3V logic levels) ;
     WiFi UDP 2           - WiFi wireless connection ;
     Bluetooth SPP 3   - 'Classic' Bluetooth wireless connection ;
     Bluetooth LE 3      - Bluetooth LE connection (HM-10 compatible).

2 - port 10110 for NMEA, port 4000 for GDL90 ;
3 - In order to use Bluetooth SPP or LE method(s) you need to build firmware from most recent source code, then update your SkyView EZ unit.

Protocol

     NMEA    - NMEA-0183 with (some) FLARM extensions ;
     GDL90   - Garmin GDL90 .

Baud rate

Baud rate of Serial connection.

     4800
     9600
     19200
     38400
     57600
     115200
     2000000

Source Id

For a Wi-Fi connection        - SSID of Wi-Fi UDP NMEA or GDL90 data server (Access Point) ;
For a Bluetooth connection - advertised 'Name' of a Bluetooth device you want to connect to.

Typically, the "server" is one of SoftRF Editions. But other sources, such as SkyEcho, PilotAware, Stratux or similar equipment, should also suffice.

Key

For a Wi-Fi connection        - Wi-Fi AP PSK key ;
For a Bluetooth connection - 'Pin' of the Bluetooth device mentioned above. 4

4 - 'SimpleSecure' (key-less) Bluetooth pairing method is the only one that is supported at this time.

Units

     metric    - display and say information in metric system of measurement ;
     imperial - display and say information in imperial system of measurement ;
     mixed     - almost the same as metric, but all the altitudes are in feet .

View mode

An option to choose from two different display views.
Depending on your SkyView hardware, you can change the view in runtime by pressing MODE button.
If your hardware does not have the control button - this view is fixed throughout entire session.

     radar   - radar-alike view. "Scale" navbox gives a value of full span ;
     text     - plain text representation of traffic information .

Radar orientation

     CoG Up    - your aircraft's course over the ground is up ;
     North Up - GNSS North is up .

Zoom level

Initial value of radar view's zoom level (scale factor).
Depending on your SkyView hardware, you can change the zoom level in runtime by using UP and DOWN buttons.
If your hardware does not have control buttons - this zoom level is fixed throughout entire session.

     low
     medium
     high

Aircrafts data

Your preferable database for decoding unique aircraft's ID code.
This option makes sense only when you've inserted proper memory card in SkyView's micro SD slot.

     auto          - selection is to be made based upon aircraft's NMEA "ID type" value (when available) .
     FlarmNet
     GliderNet
     ICAO 5

5 - OpenSky aircraft database

ID preference

When an aircraft's record will be found, "Text view" will show text identification of this aircraft.
You can choose what particular field of the record will be displayed there.
If no any records found - hexadecimal ID value will be shown.

     registration      - registration number of this aircraft ;
     tail/CN             - tail / competition number (when available) ;
     make & model - make and model of the aircraft (when available) .

Voice

Voice of audio traffic alerts.
This option makes sense only when you've inserted proper memory card in SkyView's micro SD slot.

     off       - no voice traffic alerts ;
     voice 1 - Male voice ;
     voice 2 - Female voice ;
     voice 3 - Female voice (allegro) .

e-Paper 'ghosts' removal

Periodic full e-Paper screen refresh. Typically takes 1-2 seconds.
It helps to remove residual traces of previous information, so-called 'ghosts'.
'Ghosts' are known to be temperature and UV dependent.

     off                - do not apply this full screen refresh ;
     2 minutes    - enforce full screen refresh every 2 minutes (counter against heavy 'ghosting' effect);
     5 minutes    - enforce full screen refresh every 5 minutes ;
     10 minutes   - enforce full screen refresh every 10 minutes (little or no 'ghosting') .

Traffic filter

In order to use this feature you need to build firmware from most recent source code, then update your SkyView EZ unit.

     off                                           - do not apply any filters ;
     by Altitude (± 500 meters)    - process air traffic that is not higher and not lower than 500 meters relative to your aircraft's altitude .

Power save

In order to use this feature you need to build firmware from most recent source code, then update your SkyView EZ unit.

     Disabled                 - do not use any of power saving methods ;
     WiFi OFF (10 min.) - turn SkyView Wi-Fi AP off in 10 minutes after last client has closed it's connection .

Team Member Id

In order to use this feature you need to build firmware from most recent source code, then update your SkyView EZ unit.

Team Id is a 6-digit hexadecimal unique identifier of your team member's device ( SoftRF, ICAO, FLARM, Skytraxx, OGN, PAW, etc ...)
SkyView will depict this team member on the Radar screen in a different manner.

     Example (traffic is above your aircraft):


Defaults

Below is an illustration of default settings for SkyView firmware rev. 0.9



Backup and restore

To backup your settings - take a screenshot of the WebUI settings page.
To restore your settings - manually set all necessary selectors, buttons and knobs of the WebUI settings page while using earlier saved screenshot as a reference.

Hardware

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SkyView

Flight Recorder

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