Fearless Tower
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Sending my 330 off to Garmin for repair/upgrade to ES and wondering if a 327 can be used as a temporary slide-in replacement?
Swapping between GTX 330 and 327?
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I do not believe so. The 327 is pin compatible only with the 320/320A.
Fearless Tower
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That's what I was afraid of. Thanks.
Brad Z
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Check with your shop. Mine (Lancaster Avionics) had a loaner unit to swap out with while mine was sent in for the upgrade.
Fearless Tower
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We do have a spare 330, as well but I believe it will need to be reprogrammed with the appropriate Mode S code.
Since we also has the non-mode S 327 I wanted to see if it was an easier swap out.
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Page 5-15 of the install manual discusses putting in the tail number for mode S. Looks like a pretty easy procedure.
Fearless Tower
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Yeah, sounds like that is the way to go, thanks!
Brad Z
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Yeah, the avionics tech reprogrammed the code in just a few minutes. Seems to be the easy way to go.
Hank S
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Hmmm. So I can't easily upgrade from my 327 to a 330ES for ADSB compliance? Shoulda known!
bnt83
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Both the 330ES and the Garmin WAAS navigator need to be at an appropriate software version level to get ADS-B out. 330ES also gets your TIS-A or B (in), can't remember which.
Then the WAAS navigator must be wired, RS232 for the GTN, to the 330ES.I would assume that most 327s were never wired to anything other than a blind encoder.
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mkosmo
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I have at least one more connection: My 430w gets baro from my 327. I only know this because it yells at me if I turn the 327 off.