X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:25:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wolverine.webiness.com ([65.61.103.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5139691 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:02:08 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.61.103.66; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=regandesigns.com; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type; b=ThFonrqTwJ3mnnICvrZbUa0FrZUo+q6P/s9Gjy+B5PU+QQ4jhsD3MaY4MPNRjZ4hJUpT0VZA/fvGyFFt2TQfoF3SdaUzdo8zAL9dA/5niabf+RoByeHUAD5zhIMvazTT; Received: from [50.37.140.167] (helo=[192.168.1.146]) by wolverine.webiness.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R95u2-0003Vp-Kg for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:59:10 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <4E83D176.20606@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:01:26 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Chelton??and more... Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010508030301070903060806" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wolverine.webiness.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - regandesigns.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010508030301070903060806 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michael writes: <> Why would you want to? The G500 software is certified to DO178B Level C, which puts it one step above your iPad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178B The Chelton code base is certified to Level A. Level A code can't take instructions from level C code because the level C code has a much higher likelihood of being wrong. Chelton is no longer producing an experimental version of its product. Too much hassle for too little $$s. However the heart of the system, the software continues to be developed and enhanced for the certified market. If you are lucky enough to own Chelton hardware you get all the benefits of the highest reliability software in the industry. Chelton dedicates a lot of resources to software development and certification. Garmin dedicates a lot of resources to marketing. I know for a fact that there are fleet operators that are removing Garmin products and replacing them with Chelton. The reason cited? Reliability. Full disclosure, my company has designed hardware for Chelton but we have no financial interest in the company. Regards Brent Regan --------------010508030301070903060806 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michael writes:
<<Does anyone know if there are plans to make the Chelton talk to the new Garmins?>>

Why would you want to?

The G500 software is certified to DO178B Level C, which puts it one step above your iPad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178B

The Chelton code base is certified to Level A. Level A code can't take instructions from level C code because the level C code has a much higher likelihood of being wrong.

Chelton is no longer producing an experimental version of its product. Too much hassle for too little $$s. However the heart of the system, the software continues to be developed and enhanced for the certified market. If you are lucky enough to own Chelton hardware you get all the benefits of the highest reliability software in the industry. Chelton dedicates a lot of resources to software development and certification. Garmin dedicates a lot of resources to marketing.

I know for a fact that there are fleet operators that are removing Garmin products and replacing them with Chelton. The reason cited? Reliability.

Full disclosure, my company has designed hardware for Chelton but we have no financial interest in the company.

Regards
Brent Regan
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