XPLORER ADS-B Receiver
Installation Manual
87214, Revision A
December 3, 2012
III-6
Note that traffic targets will time out being tracked if no ADS-B message is received from
the target for more than twenty seconds.
The fourth rx status section displays detailed ground station information. This information
includes total number of ground stations being received and detailed information about
the 10 closest ground stations. The detailed ground station information includes Latitude,
Longitude, Site ID, time slot of last transmission, message count (Msgs), signal strength
indication in dbm (SSI), and ground station time out in seconds (TO). Note that ground
stations will time out being tracked if no ADS-B uplink message is received from the
ground station for more than twenty seconds.
Type the “
stop
” command to stop updating rx status and return to the prompt.
3.4.1.8
“set” Command
This
command is used to modify configuration settings such as ICAO address, call sign,
and serial port function. Help on this command is displayed by entering “
set ?
”. Example
“
set ?
” output is displayed below
USAGE: set <item>
<item> Configuration item to set. Item options:
? This help
addr <hex> ICAO address (8 hex characters)
call sign <chars> VFR default call sign (8 characters)
serial in <port> <func> <baud> Serial in port protocol and baud rate
serial out <port> <func> <baud> Serial out port protocol and baud rate
3.4.1.8.1
“set addr” Command
This command is used to set the ICAO address of the aircraft. For example, to set the
ICAO address to AAA123, enter “
set addr AAA123
”. The ICAO address must be
entered as a hex value.
The XPLORER requires the ICAO to be set and for there to be
an active, certified ADS-B Out UAT device on-board in order to process TIS-B data.
If
the XPLORER receives UAT ADS-B messages from the set ICAO address it will output
TIS-B information on the serial port.
3.4.1.8.2
“set call sign” Command
This command sets the call sign of the aircraft. For example, to set the call sign to
ABCD1234, enter “
set call sign ABCD1234
”. The call sign is only set for informational
purposes.
3.4.1.8.3
“set serial in” Command
This command sets the Serial Port Input configuration options. Help on this command is
displayed by entering “
set serial in ?
”. Example “
set serial in ?
” output is displayed
below:
USAGE: set serial in <port> <func> <baud>
<port> Serial port number: 1, 2,
<func> Interface function/protocol:
Port 1:
UNUSED, GPS-FFS, GPS-NEMA, Internal-GPS,
Port 2: