Author: Paul
Subject: 540 Interoperability
Posted: 22 Aug 2014 at 9:47am
The Foreflight/Stratus thing is annoying. But the Stratus doesn't drive an autopilot or set radio frequencies. There is plenty of space for an IFD in their universe. Garmin Pilot is their competition, not anything from Avidyne. If I were a ForeFlight user with a GNS in the plane I'd be seriously tempted to buy a Flight Stream 210 and switch to Garmin Pilot. For one AU (plus installation) it would give me a larger iPad screen, touch entry, victor airways, and more.
Foreflight did implement Connected Panel. They're probably not real happy if it is tied to an expensive piece of Aspen hardware.
Meanwhile Garmin is the big competitor to Aspen. The G500 has fallen behind in integration with the rest of their products but it wouldn't be surprising if they were to announce a firmware update that tied it with the Flight Stream 210, GDL-88, and Garmin Pilot.
Garmin is the big competitor for just about everyone in the industry. No one company can match their product breadth and it would be suicide to try. They can integrate their products to provide an experience no other company can match.
Maybe it is time for the Connected Panel partners to put pressure on Aspen to open the protocols. If not then it is certainly time for someone else to propose a set of open protocols.
There are plenty of examples of industries where there is a dominant player with a closed ecosystem and a group of smaller players working with open standards. For example in computer servers there is Microsoft and Unix / Linux, and in phones and tablets there is Apple and Android.
If the Avionics industry doesn't work on interoperability Garmin will be able to provide the best experience even though the other companies have better products.
Subject: 540 Interoperability
Posted: 22 Aug 2014 at 9:47am
The Foreflight/Stratus thing is annoying. But the Stratus doesn't drive an autopilot or set radio frequencies. There is plenty of space for an IFD in their universe. Garmin Pilot is their competition, not anything from Avidyne. If I were a ForeFlight user with a GNS in the plane I'd be seriously tempted to buy a Flight Stream 210 and switch to Garmin Pilot. For one AU (plus installation) it would give me a larger iPad screen, touch entry, victor airways, and more.
Foreflight did implement Connected Panel. They're probably not real happy if it is tied to an expensive piece of Aspen hardware.
Meanwhile Garmin is the big competitor to Aspen. The G500 has fallen behind in integration with the rest of their products but it wouldn't be surprising if they were to announce a firmware update that tied it with the Flight Stream 210, GDL-88, and Garmin Pilot.
Garmin is the big competitor for just about everyone in the industry. No one company can match their product breadth and it would be suicide to try. They can integrate their products to provide an experience no other company can match.
Maybe it is time for the Connected Panel partners to put pressure on Aspen to open the protocols. If not then it is certainly time for someone else to propose a set of open protocols.
There are plenty of examples of industries where there is a dominant player with a closed ecosystem and a group of smaller players working with open standards. For example in computer servers there is Microsoft and Unix / Linux, and in phones and tablets there is Apple and Android.
If the Avionics industry doesn't work on interoperability Garmin will be able to provide the best experience even though the other companies have better products.