djmp69

Brand new ix14, binded to AR10360T. So I'm going thru everything for a plane I'm about to maiden tomorrow. Everything seems fine. All of a sudden, no audio alerts and there's this clicking sound coming from the brand new ix14. Surface control is ok, but it seems there's something wrong with the profile. So I put it to sleep, and when it comes back up there's this message about Channel Processor firmware needing to be updated, and rf will be disabled. This happened while I was just going thru normal "preflight" stuff like checking deflection, rates, etc. So I hit the proveed to go ahead and update. It finishes, then the airware logo comes up and just hangs there. Restart everything, seems to go back to normal.

Should I be concerned?

rgburrill

Sounds like the X14 has a new update. Seems like every software program today goes through "agile" development. What that means is marketing comes up with a long laundry list of what a product should do but management wants to start making money now. So the engineers figure out what functions can be done now and a sequence of "new" function updates. ("New" means already promised but not in the initial release.) Which means the first time you use something there is a high probability it already has to be updated. Some products allow you to do automatic updates, some you have to manually do the update.

I should add that some updates are bug fixes. Proper software development would have a separate test organization that does system integration and tests. But that costs more and DO-178 doesn't apply to RC.

djmp69

Uh, ok. I get that updates happen, but the way this happened I could very well have been flying. When I say brand new, I've had the TX for lil overnight week now, and I did all the initial setups and updates and all they.

Again, I'm just simply wondering if I need to be concerned regarding that particular warning/update or not to worry since I still had control.

djmp69

Turns out the answer is no