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Dave,CFIDave wrote:. . . install the $5800 GTX345R that includes its own integral WAAS position source, along with a third GPS antenna. This can be a separate third antenna mounted on the outside of the fuselage, shared use of the GDL69A XM satellite antenna, or (as described above) replacement of one of the VHF comm antennas with a dual GPS/comm antenna.
I need to be more careful in my wording -- earlier in this thread Diamond mentioned sharing a single internal antenna for the GDL69A and GTX345 GPS but it's not re-use of the GDL69A's original antenna -- it's a dual-purpose GA37 antenna mounted internally.rwtucker wrote:Do you know if sharing the existing GDL69A antenna can be accomplished with a passive 'Y' connection or are there signal strength issues?
Diamond's ADS-B announcement back in February:HPNAviator wrote:Dave, I was told by John Armstrong that all new DA40-XLT's shipping from the factory would have ADS-B in and out. Any idea how this is being accomplished?
Also from Diamond's February announcement:“We are very pleased to offer GARMIN’s new GTX-345 series NextGen Transponders with ADS-B IN / OUT as
standard equipment on all our new aircraft for sale in the US”, said Peter Maurer, President and CEO of Diamond
Aircraft Industries Inc. (Canada).
Diamond’s Lycoming IO360 powered 2016 DA40XLT is equipped with a long list of standard features and equipment that now also includes GARMIN’s Electronic Stability & Protection System and GARMIN’s new ADS-B In/Out and Mode S GTX-345R Transponder.
kjmeyers1 wrote:Finally got my G1000 Garmin GTX345 setup installed and working. It took my shop many phone calls to Garmin and Diamond, but we got it working... Curious if anyone else has taken the plunge and got it going??
As far as I know, weather will be essentially unavailable in Canada and traffic you would see would presumably be limited to only other ADS-B out equipped aircraft. This is because weather and non ADS-B traffic reporting is limited to that transmitted by 978 UAT transmissions from ground-based towers. These are only deployed in the US. I have heard of no plans to roll these out anywhere else in the world. So if you're flying near the US border you might pick up some stuff, but that'd be it.Star57 wrote:
Hello fellow aviators, my DA40 is non WAAS, 2005 YM, I have the latest software available for it.
I'm contemplating getting the Garmin 345R and the Flightstream 210 (possibly) the question I have for the members that have done it is whether you get the ADS-B Weather and Traffic on the MFD.
I saw that Kyle has it but he has the WAAS upgrade.
Will the non WAAS aircraft get Weather & Traffic on the MFD
Was the installation done by installing a internal or external antenna, please help us by stating the make & part number
Does the Bluetooth on the G345R work and to what extent
Has anyone installed Flightstream 210, what does it work with (Foreflight, Garmin Pilot)
What was the labor hit in hours and total AMU's
Thank you all, hopefully my confusion will dissipate, someone said "the more things change, the more they stay the same, or worse"
Hi Eric -Eric N wrote:CFIDave's answer to Stephen's question about new aircraft being equipped with the Garmin 345R was THAT they would be so equipped but not HOW they made it work--aren't they stuck with the some software issues that the rest of us with WAAS are faced? Perhaps they they used the non-WAAS G1000 and the WAAS-GTX345R? This approach would make more sense starting from scratch and be less costly.