I am not sure if this applies to other 600 series boxes e.g. my TAS605.
How typical and disappointing that Avydine are washing their hands off the TAS600 product and do not plan to offer a fix.
It’s very old news from January 2017.
Oh yes, that makes it irrelevant then…………
If it takes 8 months to build up excitement about this, it can’t be that grave.
The TAS600A series includes the TAS605A, TAS615A and TAS620A. The SIL gives the corresponding SB with the software update and the software revision number for the fix.
TAS-A was introduced in 2013 it seems.
What is interesting about this is not the actual issue (not usual to be rapidly changing one’s altitude and expecting rapidly updated and accurate traffic warnings while doing it) but the apparent inability of Avidyne to access or modify the software sources for this product range. These developments are always highly significant, in terms of the future of the product.
BTW it says both TAS600 and TAS600A.
6xx and 6xxA are affected but only 6xxA has a fix.
Apparently they are unable to change the software for the old 6xx boxes. They should introduce an upgrade program at a low price. The manufacturing cost of those boxes is just a tiny fraction of the retail price. It’s not hard to motivate customers, add a nice feature, add a renewed warranty etc. and they will agree to pay money.
Exactly, and this is closely related to the ADS-B upgrade which also isn’t coming anytime soon… despite the “A” upgrade required for that being pricey enough!
Just been told it doesn’t apply to the TAS605.
