Weather/Traffic Avidyne EX Series MFD

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   We have a 2006 Cirrus SR22 with the EX5000 PFD & MFD. We also have L3 Skywatch Traffic and stormscope traffic.  for ADS-B we have Avidyne AXP 322 out and FreeFlight Ranger for ADS-B in.  We have a IFD550 and IFD400. We cancelled XM weather/music when we got Starlink Internet.  My question is, can we get ADS-B weather on the MFD?  We have also noticed more often than not, our Traffic is failing on the MFD.  It comes and goes frequently but lately seems to fail more than work.  We still have traffic on the IFD550.  We do use the tablet for other internet based weather services.  It would just be nice to have the weather on the larger MFD as well.  Looking for thoughts and suggestions on the weather angle as well as why traffic is frequently failing on the MFD.

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mblb08 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Dec 2024 Location: Sarasota, Flori Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote mblb08 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Weather/Traffic Avidyne EX Series MFD Posted: 16 Sep 2025 at 1:53pm
	We have a 2006 Cirrus SR22 with the EX5000 PFD & MFD. We also have L3 Skywatch Traffic and stormscope traffic. for ADS-B we have Avidyne AXP 322 out and FreeFlight Ranger for ADS-B in. We have a IFD550 and IFD400. We cancelled XM weather/music when we got Starlink Internet. My question is, can we get ADS-B weather on the MFD? We have also noticed more often than not, our Traffic is failing on the MFD. It comes and goes frequently but lately seems to fail more than work. We still have traffic on the IFD550. We do use the tablet for other internet based weather services. It would just be nice to have the weather on the larger MFD as well. Looking for thoughts and suggestions on the weather angle as well as why traffic is frequently failing on the MFD.
	Michael Baute N8988X

jimmyz80 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Location: Folsom, CA Status: Offline Points: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimmyz80 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2025 at 2:30pm
	You can upgrade the MFD to rev 8.2 and have some re-wiring done to accomplish this, but I belive Avidyne charges around $4k for the software upgrade. I briefly considered this, but decided it wasn't worth spending that much money on a legacy piece of hardware. Really bummed this wasn't a free software upgrade, to hold us over until Vantage has some time to shake out in the real world for a couple of years.
	2006 Cirrus SR22 - IFD540 IFD440 DFC90 AXP322 MLB100