Wishlist for the next IFD software release

DavidBunin wrote: No.  For competitive reasons, they have elected not to release that information.  Which probably means it's pretty good stuff. David Bunin

Edited by oskrypuch - 09 Mar 2016 at 11:12am

ronl wrote: Do we have a list of the updates and new features to be added with 10.2.0.0? I can't find one.

No.  For competitive reasons, they have elected not to release that information.  Which probably means it's pretty good stuff.

David Bunin

Point the Bluetooth keyboard at the aircraft, hit the delete key...

Paul wrote: It may just be that I'm lazy (or incompetent).  Does selecting a target to ignore only work for aircraft with ADS-B out or can it keep track of aircraft it receives through TIS-B?

Identifying a specific target (or targets) that needs no further annunciations seems pretty straightforward to me.  I have a portable ADSB receiver system that uses this approach and it works well.

From a separate thread about the ability to turn off traffic alerts...

I like the idea of being able to mute alerts related to a specific target.

This would be helpful when two aircraft are flying together (in formation, or just another known-aircraft flying to the same location).  The ability to let the equipment know that I am aware of THIS target and only alert me for other traffic that gets near us.

David Bunin

Since the IFD540 is altitude aware, why couldn't it also display a geo-referenced "airplane" in the profile view on approach plates? I know there is some precedence for approving this feature with the FAA because Eclipse jets have it.

Go to this site and look for the button at the bottom of the right-hand column.

khuffine wrote: After the miss, have route two loaded as another route ready to activate. No one usually ever flies the miss any.now heads to a new destroy..works great.

luchetto wrote:   Vince I am paying 1500€ p.a. for the central Europe package including 4 licenses of the Flie deck app. Still not cheap but better than the quoted 2200€.

chflyer wrote: I would like to see the smallest zoom scale be reduced further than it is today (2NM/1NM for the outer/inner circles). The G430 goes down to less than 300ft, which gives a nice view of the aircraft in the aerodrome and even runway environment in the case that one is not prepared to cough up the horrific Jepp charge for charts ($2200/yr for Europe ... not in my C172 budget). It helps when manoeuvring in the circuit which the IFD540 doesn't really present very nicely today. A shame with such a nice map.

Vince I am paying 1500€ p.a. for the central Europe package including 4 licenses of the Flie deck app. Still not cheap but better than the quoted 2200€.

chflyer wrote: I would like to see the smallest zoom scale be reduced further than it is today (2NM/1NM for the outer/inner circles). The G430 goes down to less than 300ft, which gives a nice view of the aircraft in the aerodrome and even runway environment in the case that one is not prepared to cough up the horrific Jepp charge for charts ($1500/yr for Europe ... not in my C172 budget). It helps when manoeuvring in the circuit which the IFD540 doesn't really present very nicely today. A shame with such a nice map.

Yes, we have that in the database too.   It's weighted pretty highly so it stands a good chance of bubbling up into a release in the not too distant future.

clydeps wrote: A few things I'd like to see in a future release: When the frequency list pop-up appears, it stays on the screen until the X or CLR button is pressed. I'd like it to auto-dismiss after a user-definable period of inactivity. When a datablock is configured to show nearest airport, destination etc. I'd like to be able to tap on that datablock and have the INFO page for the airport displayed. I'd like a datablock option that will show minutes and/or miles to the TOD marker. Right now if ATC asks what my top of descent will be I either have to work it out in my head or tap on the screen as close as possible to the TOD marker and see how far from my present position it is.

Thanks Clyde.  All have been entered in the future feature candidate database.   All great ideas.

safari wrote: Not sure if this has been mentioned before but with all the new devices there are so many manuals one should carry around to be legal Could their be an aux page to store these manuals digitally to keep us in compliance with carrying all these documents.

That capability is already logged in our potential future feature candidate database.  However, I don't think it will ever happen and here's why:

That's a lot of code to create and certify just so you can time share that data on your relatively small display screen.  Instead, we think it makes more sense to have all of that on an eReader of some sort.   Personally, I have all those types of docs in pdf format and loaded on my iPad that I fly with.  I also have a back up copy of each on my iPhone in the iBooks app.   I find this to be a much better solution and totally usable, especially since I can charge both from my panel mount IFD.

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but with all the new devices there are so many manuals one should carry around to be legal Could their be an aux page to store these manuals digitally to keep us in compliance with carrying all these documents. 

Orest,
How would you feel about a Boeing Banana?  :) :).   Seriously though,  I just presented an IMC Club meeting on an engine out in IMC conditions with 3 possible airports to head to.  How useful that feature would be in that situation!!

A few things I'd like to see in a future release:

Klaus -

My old Eventide Argus performs a similar function:  Airspace depictions are displayed in green if you are at an altitude (+- 1000ft) that is above/below their effective limits, and in red if they are in effect at your altitude.

Edited by AUXAIR - 11 Jan 2016 at 5:32pm

AviJake wrote: glassanza wrote: Also miss the "G" schedule page on the 530, nice to have a reminder of things like IFR Cert date reminder, oil change hour countdown, annual reminder, etc... Maybe I misinterpret but the IFDs have that as well.  In fact, I use those for exactly those three things a few others.   Check out the Custom Timers section of the IFD Pilot Guide - see pages 4-8 and 4-9 of the Rev 02 IFD540 manual.

I did do some checking around and you are correct, don't need to check RAIM using WAAS GPS. Thanks!

teeth6 wrote: A suggestion for a future release for the IFDs. On a recent trip, I thought I might be losing oil pressure, (I wasn't) so as I was monitoring that situation, I kept the nearest airport page selected just in case.  When you first turn to the nearest page, the nearest airport is highlighted with a blue circle and has a selection box around it in the list.  I know you can scroll down that list and see each airport highlighted with a blue circle.  I wanted to stay on that page and keep the closest airport always in mind.  As I flew although the closest airport changed, the display kept the blue circle on the original closest airport and the box on the original closest airport in the list.  I'd like to suggest that this closest airport update so that the blue box and highlighted airport in the list, changes as you fly.  Of course, you should still be able to scroll down the list and see the locations of all the other airports as now, but perhaps, after scrolling,  if you leave the display on another selected airport, it would time out and jump back to the nearest airport after a determined amount of time.  (almost like the pan ahead feature).  Just a thought............

Also miss the "G" schedule page on the 530, nice to have a reminder of things like IFR Cert date reminder, oil change hour countdown, annual reminder, etc...

A suggestion for a future release for the IFDs.
On a recent trip, I thought I might be losing oil pressure, (I wasn't) so as I was monitoring that situation, I kept the nearest airport page selected just in case.  When you first turn to the nearest page, the nearest airport is highlighted with a blue circle and has a selection box around it in the list.  I know you can scroll down that list and see each airport highlighted with a blue circle.  I wanted to stay on that page and keep the closest airport always in mind.  As I flew although the closest airport changed, the display kept the blue circle on the original closest airport and the box on the original closest airport in the list.  I'd like to suggest that this closest airport update so that the blue box and highlighted airport in the list, changes as you fly.  Of course, you should still be able to scroll down the list and see the locations of all the other airports as now, but perhaps, after scrolling,  if you leave the display on another selected airport, it would time out and jump back to the nearest airport after a determined amount of time.  (almost like the pan ahead feature).  Just a thought............

lolsen94 wrote: My wish list is: ...  RAIM check in easier location or data block since part of flight plan check list.

Edited by oskrypuch - 11 Nov 2015 at 9:50am

DH82FLYER wrote: Not easy to do, see this earlier discussion... http://avidynelive.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=733&KW=offset&title=local-time-offset