vernon smith
Well Known Member
I?m upgrading the electronics on my 12 to Dynon SkyView replacing the D-180. It appears I have two choices for the initial software install into the SkyView. Van?s has their proprietary package on their web site which comes with a lot of the data particular to the 12 preinstalled which would save quite a bit of entry time.
My D-180 had the Van?s proprietary package loaded into it by the original owner. I soon found one feature of the Van?s package I did not like. Dynon provides Van?s with the capability to lock out certain selectable features in their software. In my D-180 I was locked out of the data logger function. Data loggers can be invaluable for tracking long term performance parameters as well as looking for anomalies during a particular time frame. Dynon also allows you to set the time span between samplings so you can set the logger to take a sample every two minutes which would allow you many hours of record time before you filled the available storage space.
I am wondering if anyone who has updated to the SkyView system using the Vans software has run into any features or parameter that they could not access or edit. It?s easy to tell, if you have any fields that are grayed out they were probably locked.
My D-180 had the Van?s proprietary package loaded into it by the original owner. I soon found one feature of the Van?s package I did not like. Dynon provides Van?s with the capability to lock out certain selectable features in their software. In my D-180 I was locked out of the data logger function. Data loggers can be invaluable for tracking long term performance parameters as well as looking for anomalies during a particular time frame. Dynon also allows you to set the time span between samplings so you can set the logger to take a sample every two minutes which would allow you many hours of record time before you filled the available storage space.
I am wondering if anyone who has updated to the SkyView system using the Vans software has run into any features or parameter that they could not access or edit. It?s easy to tell, if you have any fields that are grayed out they were probably locked.