Setting up a dual Wi-fi on PA?

[russp]

Wonder if any of the Raspberry Pi geeks on here can answer this question, (using a pi3+ not Rosetta if it matters) is it possible to use the internal Wi-fi as normal to create a network for tablets to connect to and then add a Wi-fi dongle to create a second Wi-fi network to connect to a device broadcasting a GPS signal. And if so how?

The issue I have is I have a permanent install in my aircraft and the gps module is located in a less than ideal position and I’ve seen the odd gps accuracy issue. However I do have a dynon skyview with a SIL 1 gps which outputs a gps feed over its own ‘skyview’ Wi-fi network. I can use this feed for EasyVFR but then can’t connect to PA. The iPad internal gps seems better than the one feeding PA and I’ve been using that but AIUI I can’t do that with sky demon. It seems if I can get PA to use the Wi-fi gps feed in place of the usb one I’ll save a lot of problems and / or rewiring the pa gps or a wired feed to the pa from the skyview.

[Admin]

Russ, are you using the integral GPS or remote (mouse) GPS with PilotAware ?
Can Dynon, not output GPS over RS232 ?

Ahh, didnt read the full description about not wanting wires.

Thx
Lee

[russp]

Currently using the original gps dongle on a usb cable to get some view of the sky - It's not rosetta so no integral gps. Pi3+ is still on the table (the old classic is in the plane (mounted under the pilots seat with external aerials) but will be replaced by the Pi3+ next time I'm at the field). When I wired in the feed from PA to Skyview I wired up the rx and tx but looking at the PA it seems I can either set the usb port for traffic out or gps in but not both simultaniously (I think the skyview is the same) ? So I'd need a second usb cable with serial port adaptor and would have to pull the panel apart again. Was hoping this would be an easier solution.
 

[Admin]

Hi Russ

a long standing todo is to accept bidirectional comms on the RS232
but it sounds like this is not worthwhile if the SkyView is not capable of providing GPS-out and Traffic-in simultaneously

Thx
Lee

[russp]

Seems I was wrong about the Skyview - from their install manual ...
SkyView serial ports are configured in the Serial Port Setup Menu (SETUP MENU > SYSTEM SETUP > SERIAL PORT SETUP). SkyView serial ports have four parameters that must be defined:
• Input Device
• Input Function
• Baud Rate
• Output Device
Note that sometimes a parameter will be defined as NONE on the screen. For example, when a serial port is configured as only an output, the input device and input function will both be set to NONE.

So bidirectional comms would be fantastic ... (Happy to beta test it...)

[Admin]

OK, to be clear you are basically looking at (from pilotAware perspective)
IN = GPS
OUT = Traffic/Flarm

this probably needs a bit of a rework for in/out of all message types

Thx
Lee

[russp]

OK, to be clear you are basically looking at (from pilotAware perspective)
IN = GPS
OUT = Traffic/Flarm

Exactly