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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 23, 2020, 12:37:39 am »

Hi Peter and Lee,

The pi 3 is working fine with the latest software once I received the new license key - just to confirm.

On the pi 2 I was using the following wifi dongle:  https://store.netgate.com/Pluggable-USB-20-80211n-wireless-adapter-P2573.aspx.  On closer inspection I can see the casing to the dongle is cracked and i think this has been caused by it being stressed whilst located alongside the USB's for the GPS or antennae fittings das there is little spacing.  It's possible it may have been damaged although it still seems to connect to the internet when the kids are using it.  Switching to the pi 3 with inbuilt wifi is a major advantage that has avoided this issue (as you previiously mentioned).

Lee - I can send the wifi dongle but I'd need to first replace it as the kids don't have wired internet access in the room where I have the pi 2 set up.  I may shortly upgrade it to a pi 4 anyway in which case I would happily forward onto you so you can inspect it if you wanted to.

Peter - I tried a fresh install of 20190621 and reinstall the original license key on the pi 2 but the license still shows as expired.

Please let me know if you'd like any more info or other tests to be carried out.

Thanks,

Matt

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 19, 2020, 12:39:51 am »

Thanks Peter & Lee,

With a new license key from received from paw earlier today, my SD connected to my pi 3 straight away using software 20190621 -  So I will be using the pi 3 from now on and hopefully my kids won't notice the downgrade!

Peter - I tested the the pi 2 again as you suggested this time removing the SDR /1090 antenna (with Bridge):
- Software version 20190621 - SD did not connect to PA (but this is probably because I get a message saying 'License expired' for the original registered license key tied to the pi 2. Using the new license key registered to my pi 3 would not work presumably for obvious reasons).
- Software version 20180520 - SD connected to PAW no problem.

Thanks all, I'm just happy that i am now able to to use the latest version of paw to connect to my SD software using a pi 3 rather than pi 2.

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 18, 2020, 12:10:14 am »

Hi Lee,

I have set up my pi 3 again with software 20190621. I hadn't realised i needed to register the pi 3 mac address against my existing license key or have a replacement license key and so that explains why it may not have connected. The mac address for my pi 3 is B827EBD24D98.

You were correct when you stated that I was an early adopter who purchased a Bridge to build my own hardware set up.

Please let me know if you need any other information.  Will you be registering my pi 3 mac address against my existing license or do you intend to share a temporary new key to help with testing?

Many thanks,

Matt

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 11, 2020, 12:26:30 am »

Hi Ian,

I meany =t to reply to your post on my earlier reply. I did try running paw (version 20190620) on an RPi 3 model b but that did not resolve the issue. So I went back to the RPi 2 to continue trying to diagnose the problem.

Thanks,

Matt

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 11, 2020, 12:15:41 am »

I reverted to software version 20180520 on the Pi 2 and it's back working again! SD connected immediately to my pi 2. So it would seem there's something about the latest version of paw that is preventing a connection from SD running on my Ipad Mini 2 to paw running on my pi 2 (unless there was a power issue not being detected that has suddenly resolved itself which seems highly unlikely given I have probably performed about 30 tests on the same hardware set up).

Does this point to a possible cause in the latest paw version. My ipad mini is running ios version 12.4.5

Graham - Good to hear from you! Hope all's well with you. I guess you may not have realised when contributing to the thread who I am as my surnames not included in my username! ;-)

Thanks all for your continued support whilst I've been grappling with this issue.  At least for now I have an operational set-up.

Matt

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 09, 2020, 11:50:49 pm »

Thank you Peter & Lee for your additional thoughts.

Responding to Lee's questions I can confirm:

Ipad is connecting to PilotAware as I can see the pilotaware homepage on IP address 192.168.1.1 with 'all the greens'
Pilotaware is set to output 'pilotaware udp'
SkyDemon 3rd party device is set to 'PilotAware'

It's very strange. When the Third-Party Device setting is set to 'FLARM with Air Connect' SD connects to the Pilotaware but not when setting to 'Pilotaware', so it would seem to be something particular to this type of connection.

Peter - I noted your comments about the Pi 3 connections and if I choose to switch to that device then I will look to get it registered. For now I am going to continue to try and diagnose the issue with the pi 2.

One further observation is that I have run the same setup on my android phone (Galaxy S9) and am also still not getting a connection to PAW from SD (though I can connect to paw through my chrome browser on 192.168.1.1 with 'all the greens') - see screenshot attached.

Because I am not getting a connection when running SD on either my ipad or android phone it's making me think it might be something in the latest version of the Pilotaware though it seems very odd that no-one else seems to have experienced the issue. I am going to revert to the older version (20180520) to see if that resolves the issue. If that fails I'm left thinking it's user error somewhere but at this stage I can't fathom what I might be doing wrong. 

I'll let you know my findings....

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 07, 2020, 09:13:56 pm »

Hi Peter,

I have responded in line with each of your comments to make things easier.

The fact that you say your pad was previously dropping the connection and reverting to your Home WiFi leans me towards a problem with your PAW WiFi, though from your posts this seems strange.[ I don't think this is connected to the issue but needed resolving anyway.]

You also say you are seeing the PilotAware Home Page with all greens, (presumably on your pad?) [Yes] so the pad must be connecting to the PAW WiFi Hotspot [Agree], though the connection may not be robust.

When you say you checked that the PilotAware was picking up traffic, I take it this was from the PAW Traffic Screen? On your iPad or otherwise? [On the Ipad]

I take it you also saw Lee’s post further up and have changed the Connectivity in the PilotAware Configure Screen from Auto to PilotAware UDP? [yes, I have set the to 'Pilotaware UDP']

(The ‘Auto Connectivity’ setting was introduced in 20160621 in an attempt to improve efficiency by allowing PilotAware to check which type of dataset their display device was asking for and only send that type of data across, but in some cases it hasn’t worked as intended, hence why we suggest deciding beforehand and selecting your preferred option here.) [ok, makes sense]

You have presumably also made the matching selection in SkyDemon / Setup / Third Party Devices [Yes]. This will normally run with multiple options selected, but for test purposes, I’d suggest restricting it to only the one option we’re trying to get to work i.e. PilotAware. [Agree] I take it you aren’t using a Bluetooth GPS Receiver BTW (as per SD’s note) [No, wired GPS to the Raspberry Pi]]. Please also check that you are using the latest version of SkyDemon. [I did check that]

This could still be a power issue - how are you powering the setup? [Decent cable, purchased from ThepiHut and plugged into an extension socket with USB outlets. I could try a different 5v adapter plug. Is it the voltage or the amps that is most important? Or just the quality?]. Can you run the unit for a while then take and post a screenshot of the Home Page so we can see if there are any power issues showing.

If not, it would be worth trying another WiFi dongle (or upgrading to a Pi3 with built-in WiFi). [I hadn't thought of that. I have tried a Raspberry pi 3 (as the kids had one) with the PilotAware bridge attached but that also did not work and also seemed to have issues connecting to the P3I & Barometer.] I've attached a screenshot of the Pilotaware Homepage on the ipad for the Pi 2 model B but have noticed the most recent connections are not as good as when I was testing yesterday.  I'm now going to try and find a decent 5v adapter to see if that makes a difference.]

Thanks again for your help,

Matt

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 07, 2020, 10:54:37 am »

Thanks Peter for the quick response.  I am doing a home set up before looking to install in my permit aircraft - I bought the 'PAW bridge' sometime ago. I have had it working on the earlier version of Pilotaware with the same hardware set up.  I am using a homebuilt set up using a Raspbery Pi 2 model B connecting with an apple mini ipad 2.  I cleared my home wifi from the mini ipad so that it remained 'locked' to the pilotaware wifi as I had noticed it was previously dropping the connection and reverting to the home wifi.  I've checked the pilot aware is picking up traffic but for some reason, Skydemon on my ipad mini 2 just doesn't want to want to connect to the pilotaware. Last night I did a full installation of the PAW software onto a different 16GB disk but that also has not fixed the issue.  I've been at this for hours and can't seem to work out what the issue is. I have tried different combinations of the network settings but to no avail. The homepage is showing all the 'greens' on he paw so power and receipt of signals all looks to be ok. I agree it feels like it's a problem with the network connection, specifically the pilotaware UDP connection.

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Technical Support / Re: No connection in Skydemon

« on: March 06, 2020, 11:50:44 pm »

I'm getting the same issue using a Rasberry Pi with Pilot aware downloaded version 20190621. If I try to connect using the Pilotaware option, I simply get the message "Connecting to Device". However, if I switch the Pilotaware settings to Flarm (TCP) and then connect using the Flarm option in Skydemon then it connects fine.