I'm just wondering if there is any plan to support the WX-500 lightning detector for those of us who live in parts of the world that are not covered by NEXRAD?

Failing that, would it be possible for the AFS 3500 to support providing the HDG info to GNS 430W via ARINC?

I have a WX-500 connected to the 430W in my panel. Garmin tells me that the 430W will not forward the heading info from the AFS to the WX-500 if it receives it via RS-232. I assume it must be via ARINC as per the G-500 or ASPEN EFIS – which work in this configuration.

At present it looks like I will be able to view the dedicated lightning pages on the 430W but not see the stike info on the map.

Thanks
Richard