Author: oskrypuch
Subject: IFD540 data upload time & ship's power issue
Posted: 22 Dec 2013 at 12:28pm
Reading about the procedure in the manual about uploading by USB dongle, instead of using dedicated inserted data cards.
Edited by oskrypuch - 9 hours 40 minutes ago at 1:20pm
Subject: IFD540 data upload time & ship's power issue
Posted: 22 Dec 2013 at 12:28pm
Reading about the procedure in the manual about uploading by USB dongle, instead of using dedicated inserted data cards.
That is both good & bad. Good because you don't need to worry about extra data cards for swapping, but the potential downside is that you have to be powered up for that time on batteries, or burning fuel.
The sample upload times in the manual, seem quite long, up to 20 min. That may be compounded by using USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0 for the port. Perhaps the listed times are a worst case scenario, that is full world data and so on, but with several things to upload at a time it might still be reasonable to assume at least 10 min is required.
It would not be prudent to be powered on batteries that long, so you might have to do this while the prop is turning. Can you comment on this? Is my perception incorrect? Has this been a practical issue at all in your EXP C182 setup?
* Orest
Edited by oskrypuch - 9 hours 40 minutes ago at 1:20pm