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  1. #11
    You need to discuss this with Navworx, the filtering is done in the NAVWORX box.
    Rob Hickman
    Advanced Flight Systems Inc.

  2. #12
    I installed my NavWorx box a couple of years ago, but didn't realize I needed to add wires to my GTX 327 transponder. Whenever I would be on a unique squawk code I'd see myself as a target and (some) ATC would report seeing both me and a VFR target. Recently I added the following wires:

    ADS-B P35 to GTX 327 P17 for suppression of the transponder output
    ADS-B P33 to GTX 327 P20 for transponder control of the ADS-B
    ADS-B P32 and GTX 327 P13 both to common ground

    I figured this would solve it, and when getting flight following back from OSH, Minneapolis Center didn't report any issues. But once I transferred over to Approach they reported the same issue. I emailed Navworx and Bill wrote back that there's a simple way to test if it's set up properly using their program:

    Simply connect the UAT console to the ADS600-B.
    1. Set the transponder to squawk 1234.
    2. From the STATUS page of the console, verify that the transponder shows 1234
    If you don’t receive the squawk code from the transponder, then the transponder is either not wired correctly, or it is not configured for REMOTE.
    While you are at it, verify that the UAT software is 4.0.0 or later. If not, download the UAT console from our website (main page, bottom of page), and update your unit.

    Without changing anything, their program showed the transponder and ADSB box weren't talking to one another. I tried to configure my 327 so that the Serial Out would be set to REMOTE, but that wasn't even an option in the manual. I found out that the firmware on my 327 was 2.02 (version shows at startup) which didn't have that config option. I had the software upgraded on my 327, popped it back in and tested again. Now my transponder and ADSB box were talking, but the squawk code the Navworx box wasn't changing, still stuck on 1200, even when I changed the 327 to 1234. I finally clicked the upgrade option in the ADSB program because I could see that it was still on 3.10.something. Once the ADSB box was upgraded to their latest software everything checked out.

    Long story short, make sure:

    - Wires between Navworx ADSB and transponder are correct
    - Transponder output set to REMOTE (may need to upgrade firmware)
    - Navworx ADS-B box has at least 4.0 software

    Note, I'm assuming that because Minneapolis Center didn't report any issues, whereas Approach did, not all ATC is seeing ADSB traffic on their screens. The Navworx software is great for testing if you've got everything working properly.


    9/15 Update: Made a flight from Anoka-Blaine (Minneapolis area) to Buffalo, NY and back. We went thru Minneapolis Class B, south around Chicago, stopped at Ft. Wayne, IN then continued thru Cleveland Class B until landing at KBUF. We were IFR most of the way out, VFR with flight following much of the way back, and didn't have any complaints from any controllers along the way. ADS-B traffic and weather was great the whole way.
    Last edited by MBehnke; 09-15-2014 at 09:41 AM.

  3. #13
    Any update on this? It seems pretty straightforward to have an option to turn off traffic. I want to be able to keep my ADSB without the scary and annoying "me" traffic target

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