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Technical Support / Re: iGrid connection

« on: March 05, 2023, 10:35:54 pm »

Thanks Peter

1090 and GPS were showing as “unavailable” because the PAW unit was at home with me, and the (remote) aerials and GPS mouse aren’t removable from my trike.

Anyway, the trick with iPhones is, as you noted, to have the hotspot page in settings open while searching for it on the network page on paw.local. Then it’ll connect. I had no idea that this was required! And, yes, the iPhone will connect to the PAW via the normal WiFi at the same time too, so I can have the radar display on my iPhone 11 and it also provide the data connection for the iGrid dongle. Then I’ve just got my (Wi-Fi only, no SIM) iPad running SkyDemon.


So back at the airfield today, with the unit back in the trike, all seems to be well…

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Technical Support / iGrid connection

« on: February 26, 2023, 01:39:58 pm »

Hi

I’d bought the dongle (direct from PAW to ensure the right chipset) for iGrid support, but up to now hadn’t really tried to use it because effectively you need three devices; a iPad or other tablet for your moving map, a phone to provide a hotspot for the PAW (Rosetta in my case) to connect to for iGrid services, and another device for the PAW radar display. But I’ve now been given an old iPhone 5 (with no SIM), to use alongside my iPhone 11 & iPad mini 5. The iPhone 5 can then be used for the radar display, my 11 can provide (theoretically) the hotspot, and the iPad used for SkyDemon.

So I ensure WiFi is “off” on my iPhone 11,& ensure “Personal Hotspot” and “mobile data” is turned on, then turn on the Rosetta. Once it’s started, I connect the iPhone 5 to it via WiFi, and logon to paw.local on the iPhone 5’s browser. I go to the “Network” page, and refresh the available networks - and it sees NONE, not even my home WiFi network ( I’m testing there, not in the aircraft), let alone the phone hotspot. All it shows is a greyed-out “Hotspot SSID” even after refreshing.

On the paw.local Home page it shows “eth0=down” & “wlan1=down”.

Thoughts on what’s wrong here? I followed the install instructions (even watching the video on YouTube).

Firmware is 20220805

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Technical Support / Re: IGrid WiFi

« on: June 11, 2022, 02:15:04 pm »

Thanks both.

I ended up resetting the “Network Settings” on the iPhone back to factory defaults, re-enabling Personal Hotspot - and it worked!

I’ll have to put all my WiFi passwords back in to my phone, but never mind!

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Technical Support / IGrid WiFi

« on: June 11, 2022, 11:35:21 am »

So my iGrid dongle turned up today, bought from the PilotAware store.

But I can’t get it to work, and have carefully followed the instructions on the card it was attached to.

Using an iPad mini 5 for the to receive from the Rosetta, and a iPhone 11 to provide the personal hotspot. All Wi-Fi & Bluetooth is turned off on the iPhone, with mobile data enabled and a 4G connection sitting.

Screenshots are attached of screens on paw.local

Is the dongle actually working, given that it says wlan1 = DOWN?

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 failure?

« on: March 21, 2022, 08:38:22 am »

Hi Peter.

Of course, I remember the problems I had with the Rosetta “out of the box” last year. But I’d forgotten the error then was the same as this time!

I will go back and carry out the checks suggested last year next time I’m at the airfield. Quite happy to buy any replacement parts that might be required this time, as the unit’s no longer new!

Thanks

Paul

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Technical Support / 1090 failure?

« on: March 20, 2022, 07:18:30 pm »

What does the red flag mean? And how do I fix it?

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 16, 2021, 07:05:47 pm »

Thanks Peter. Didn’t know you could remove the aerial/pigtail from the dongle/SDR. Any trick to that? Don’t really want to use the D-TV aerial attached to the working dongle - that was one of the reasons for upgrading

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 16, 2021, 04:39:28 pm »

That's what I did Ian - isn't it? Otherwise I'm confused!

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 16, 2021, 03:48:30 pm »

I’m supposed to be returning the Classic, but obviously can’t until the new unit is working properly.

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 16, 2021, 03:38:04 pm »

After putting back in Rosetta’s little circuit board (obviously powered off while swapping these around)

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 16, 2021, 03:36:31 pm »

So I took the Rosetta to the airfield today. Still a red flag on the 1090 line on the home page when out in the open, and connected to the Charge-4 (a recommended power supply) on the trike.

Brought it & the Classic from out of the trike back home. Disconnected the little circuit board with the pink pig tail from the USB port on the Rosetta & plugged the D-TV dongle from the Classic into the same USB port on the Rosetta. Result - all green flags! See attached.

Powered off, disconnected the D-TV dongle and replugged in the little circuit board back into the same USB port. Power back on. Red flag on the 1090 line. See second screenshot attached to next post (522K is too restrictive!) Conclusion-duff little circuit board!

What to do next?

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 14, 2021, 08:44:09 pm »

Sorry  - been busy with work.

I’ll take it to the airfield tomorrow, switched on my Trig xponder (which is ADS-B out), remove my aircraft details from the PAW config, and see if I can see myself! Will report back....

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 13, 2021, 09:41:39 am »

And how do you get the external GPS mouse through the cover over the USB ports? Simply cut a hole?

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 13, 2021, 09:34:46 am »

Thanks all for your comments.

Firstly the “reboot” seems to have cleared the throttle & voltage warnings.

The external aerial is the dipole type as supplied by PAW, not the type that requires a ground plane, but I’ve gone back to the short screw on aerial.

But I’m still getting the “red flag” for 1090. The Rosetta is on a windowsill, so can “see the air”, but is it possible it’s simple picking up NO traffic? There’s not a lot about, but FR24 is showing a couple of local aircraft at Stansted (8 miles or so away, on the other side of the house)

Is the case (apart from the cover hiding the USB ports, “undo-able”? I’ve got my PAW Classic on the trike at the airfield (which is supposed to go back to PAW). Could the SDR module be used from that?

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Technical Support / Re: 1090 Red Flag - Brand New Rosetta

« on: May 12, 2021, 01:29:03 pm »

Well, it’s on mains power now, and I’m still getting the same warnings. No 1090, voltage warning & “throttling”

Arghh