Morning Gary,
Re your recent posts above... Not being a member of the EV97 Forum, I was completely unaware you guys were having all these problems. I will investigate further. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Hi Peter
Re the last 3 paras of your post:
1. If i temporarily remove the 1090 SDR dongle for a short flight to see if that makes any difference to the connectivity, will that not disable the PAW as isn’t that the PAW wifi? So removing that will stop PAW transmitting to my iPad and iPhone, or am I getting confused?
The 1090 dongle is the one in the USB port with the cable to the small thin 1090 antenna. The WiFi on the Classic is the smaller black dongle with a red ring round it. (On Rosetta or an ‘upgraded’ Classic with a Pi3 Motherboard, the WiFi chip is on the Motherboard).
2. Not sure what/where is the Air Connect Key at the “default 6000” but anyway I dont think Flarm will then show on my iPad as I have been told you need to pay an annual £30 to receive Flarm on SD if not piggy backing it via PAW
Sorry for the confusion - this is nothing to do with ‘receiving’ Flarm. It is just using the Flarm ‘Protocol’ over a different transmission system (called TCP) to transfer data between PilotAware and your device instead of via PilotAware UDP. Set Device Connect Settings in PilotAware / Configure to ‘Auto’ then on your iPad only go to SkyDemon / Setup / Third Party Devices and select the ‘FLARM’ option. You should see the reference to ‘Air Connect Key’ just below this selection - it’s just an unlock code - as long as it says 6000 it will work. Then when you ‘Go Flying’ choose the ‘Use Flarm’ option on your iPad. On your phone just choose ‘Use PilotAware’ as normal. PilotAware is designed to allow multiple connections using different mixes of operating systems and protocols - I just want to confirm whether this helps with your connectivity issue,
3. If days away then perhaps I should simply wait for the release to see if it cures this, especially as to physically access my Classic PAW I have to remove about 40 screws to take off a panel on my Eurostar.
Ah! A
VERY interesting comment - where exactly is your unit fitted? If it’s buried that far inside the metal bodywork, that could well explain the connectivity issues... The PAW WiFi may simply be getting blocked by the amount of metalwork between it and your iPad, while the phone may be in a slightly less obscured position. If this is the case, you can try tweaking the WiFi settings in the PAW ‘Network’ Screen, but take note of your initial settings (let me know what they are) and make any changes in small steps - IIRC PAW needs a reboot for each change to take effect. If this is the problem, you could move the WiFi dongle somewhere out in the clear on a USB extension cable.
Although the software update is now ‘imminent’, I can’t guarantee ‘a few days’ , and in the light of this new info, the problem might be to do with the position of your unit, not with the software, so let’s investigate further
before you update your software.
3.1. What email shall i send the track file to Lee for analysis.
Thks
Gary
Send the track to
support@pilotaware.com and mark the e-mail FAO Lee, he will be able to pick it up from there
Best Regards
Peter
Edit at 09:10: I have now read the full thread concerned on the EV97 Forum. If anything it increases my conviction that your problem is most likely due to a WiFi proximity/obscuration issue between your PAW (Classic) and your iPad. If so, you need to try adjusting the WiFi strength (up
and down from the default) and/or relocate your WiFi dongle on a USB extender to outside the ‘metal box’.