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Technical Support / 2x Rosetta both with same issues

« on: June 09, 2021, 09:55:12 am »

I have an early Rosetta which after a few months stopped working reliably, wifi drop out, gps drop out etc. I replaced it recently with a new unit. Now the new one has exactly the same issues.
I'm using an Anker cigarette lighter adapter as specified and both units are using up to date firmware, another new Anker unit was put in place last week. 
The symptoms usually occur about 5 minutes after startup, wifi is lost and can't re-establish or GPS signal drops out and won't re-establish.
I've ordered two new power cables for the units but advice is needed please.
Using with Skydemon on Iphone/Ipad

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Technical Support / Using Pilot Aware with Sky Demon on a Windows tablet while flying?

« on: November 25, 2018, 04:37:49 pm »

I was wondering if anyone is using a Windows PC setup while flying.

I have a convertible laptop which becomes a tablet. It runs Windows 10 and i'd like to use it with my Rosetta displaying traffic on Skydemon in the air. I have had a couple of very frustrating days trying to get it to work without much success.
Here's where I am:

First off, unless SkyDemon has an internet connection at the point it starts, it hangs while it's trying to download weather updates but it needs to be connected to the Pilot Aware so you can't put it in Offline until its started and connected to the internet (Via an Iphone with a Hotspot) to do it's startup downloads. Then you have to disconnect and Wifi to the Pilot Aware and put it into Offline Mode on SD at which point if for some reason it looses the connection and stops it needs to be online again. I can get into the Config though and see the radar screen on the pilot aware intranet.

I found that the SkyDemon "Connect to Pilot Aware" in the "Go Flying" menu does nothing.

I found an old post on this forum from someone else having similar issues in the days before PAW was supported in SD and the answer was to set it up as a Flarm with the appropriate IP and 6000 in the setup. I did this and indeed it does work and I can get into PAW and see the radar screen and when I connects to SD it works for about five minutes, gets a position and shows traffic. Then just stops, at which point SD hangs and you have to close SD and restart. PAW now won't reconnect but will connect to other devices such as my Iphone immediately.

Clearly this makes it impossible to use in the air. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with a PC tablet?

With the increasing number of Microsoft Surface tablets being sold and the HP 360 ranges selling more, I expect I'm not the only one experiencing this.

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Technical Support / Drop outs on bumpy runways

« on: November 23, 2018, 08:35:36 am »

I have a Rosetta which works fine most of the time. Whenever I take the grass runway option it seems to drop out and takes an age to go through the restart process. I can see all the lights through the casing so it isn't a power issue. I assume the only difference is the amount of bumping the grass surface provides. The unit is mounted on a suction mount on the windscreen. It has a flexible springy support which absorbs most of the shocks.

Any thoughts on why this is happening and any solutions?