Lee / Patrick,
I've just been reading the FlarmBat Manual - downloaded from the LXNav website - to see if it throws any light on the problem.
Section 4.6 - on page 15 of the English version, indicates that Bluetooth is ‘permanently on’ on the FlarmBat and can’t be configured or turned off.
SkyDemon isn’t configured to use Bluetooth for traffic and specifically prohibits the use of Bluetooth Devices (such as GPS) if connected to a Traffic Source via WiFi.
If the iPad Bluetooth has been deliberately (or inadvertently) paired to the FlarmBat at any point it will presumably try to reconnect automatically every time it sees the source. Could this be the issue.
Patrick - have you ever connected to the unit's Bluetooth with your iPad? I would probably have tried it - if only just to see what happens.
The ‘acid test’ would be to make sure that Bluetooth is turned ‘Off’ on the iPad for the next test flight.
Edit - mainly FAO Lee: Forgot to mention - there is also a 'Warning' just beneath the LXNav PowerFlarm Configuration Diagram on page 27, which states:- 'For Bluetooth to operate properly, bound rate [presumably should read 'baud rate'] of the port must be set to 19200bps. If you changed bound rate for any purpose (ex.updating) make sure you set it back to 19200 if you want to use Bluetooth on that port.
This implies that Bluetooth is also automatically active on the RJ45 ports (providing baud rate is set to 19200). Could this be having an effect on data transmission? Probably less likely than direct transmission to the iPad, but outside my knowledge zone!
To answer Patrick's earlier question about Port Data Protocols,
Section 8.2, - from page 27, covers Configuration of the two RJ45 Data Ports (which can be configured independently). Unfortunately, the only advice it gives regarding choosing the appropriate Data Protocol (in very small print on page 29, - which actually relates to using the FlarmTool) - is that...
[Protocol] ‘Version 4 is typically supported by all displays*. Select a higher version if the display supports it to have access to all functions’,
... with the additional advice for Port 1 ‘Select ‘Version 3’ if Data sentences is configured as Garmin TIS.
* In our application, Rosetta would be deemed to be a 'display'.
Nothing visible in my own FlarmMouse Config files to help here, (I checked both units), so my advice would be to set the port in use for the RS232 to USB to ‘Version 4’ initially, - which Patrick seems to have already done - then, if thought necessary, progressively try the higher protocol versions and assess any change (improvement) in data transfer and go back one stage, if no further improvement is noticed.
The same section of the Manual also gives the following advice on Baud Rates...
Baud Rate (bit rate). Must match setting in attached display/equipment. Select at least 19,200 for advanced equipment. - or would you suggest going higher Lee?
Nothing else found in the Manual that appears relevant to the issues we are seeing.
Regards
Peter
p.s. still want to see the screenshots and track files Patrick.