Subject: Wishlist for the next IFD software release
Posted: 10 Nov 2015 at 1:49pm
 I see it as Avidyne spending resources on a solution without there being a problem.why is it a problem? |
I understand what you're saying, but the title of this thread is not "Report a problem", it is "Wishlist for the next IFD software release". I am merely voicing my wish, and I trust Avidyne to allocate their resources appropriately. If I'm asking for something easy, I'm sure they'll do it quickly. If I'm asking for something hard, I'm sure it will wait. The only thing I insist on is that my wish be heard.
That said, I have been an Avionics Technician long enough to see that microprocessors always respond better to a controlled power-down than they do to a removal of power. Maybe it will never manifest as an observable issue, but that still doesn't make it a best-practice.
Also, I happen to like equipment that obeys my commands. When I turn the nav lights off, they don't turn themselves on the next time I start the plane.
Right now my avionics are a mixture of equipment with hard mode switches, and equipment with soft mode switches. My wish is to standardize.
David Bunin