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Technical Support / Re: Loss of wifi and throttling despite correct power supply. Help!

« on: June 25, 2019, 09:40:31 am »

Having experienced a similar problem with my new unit, to the extent that my PAW/SD connection kept falling over, I would heartilly recommend the new software update that seems much more stable.

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Technical Support / Re: 20190621 upgrade (SOLVED)

« on: June 25, 2019, 09:37:19 am »

Just a quickie to reasure some folks; It took me two attempts to get my Rossetta working with the upgrade. No wifi popped up after a couple of hours first time round, so simply powered down, reformatted the SD, reloaded the files and went again. Worked fine this time. Remember that if you want the Mode S 3D, you specifically have to enable it, same for bearingless contacts. Now been running for about 24 hours with no hint of falling over, which on previous release was not possible. Thanks to the team for the improvements.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection (SOLVED)

« on: May 19, 2019, 12:46:40 pm »

Just to let folks know, the PAW/SD connection seems much more stable when connected via the 'FLARM' connection option in SD External devices.. That said, it has been agreed that my hardware will be returned to the company for more testing, just to make sure there isn't an issue with that (a replacement being provided) PAW are doing this despite me doing a little modification work along the way, trying my own solutions to the problem, so I would really like to thank the team for their help in all of this, they have been going above and beyond with stuff happening via email that hasn't been seen on the forum. Definite hallmarks of a first rate outfit.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 14, 2019, 06:22:37 pm »

Lee, by all means, if you tell me where I need to obtain it; However, recent development. Was reading through other peoples woes, and came across a thread where they said they had had a very similar issue, except that their SD and PAW wouldn't communicate from the get go, even though the wifi was showing as active (pretty much the same symptom as mine, except mine would drop out after a variable period of time). They resolved it by changing the 'external device' setting in SD from PAW to Flarm, and then connecting via that. Well today, I have had PAW up and running for over nine hours by following this same route without a glitch. The log file is still showing a 'throttled 50005' return, but no falling over. I have been unconvinced that this has been a power issue, and this 'fix' makes it look more so. To be honest, I would be concerned if power performance was so marginal that a change of USB cable made the whole system fail.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 14, 2019, 09:37:27 am »

The fault has been reproduced on several USB cables, including the original supplied one and a second JuiceBitz one that I purchased.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 13, 2019, 09:19:43 am »

By the time I had a problem, it had only dropped two 'notches' on the Anker display.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 12, 2019, 08:46:16 pm »

Ok, so I bit the bullet and bought an Anker, PowerCore+ 20100, and being back home today after a few away, got to try running PAW on it. Well, long and short, after about 5 hours, back to dropouts and the 'Home' screen showing 'throttled=0x5005' as before. Nothing else is running off the Anker, the devices are in close proximity, the tablet seems to think WiFi is still present. Got any more ideas, as I am starting to feel a little frustrated?

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 06, 2019, 07:54:09 pm »

Thanks for the feedback. When the fault arose I was running a rechargeable battery being charged while used (LiFePo4), with a commercial four way USB power board, rated at 5 Amps across the four outputs, with only PAW being powered off the board. Power consumption had settled to about the 600 milli amp level. What is puzzling about this if it IS a power problem, is that it will run for a significant tme before the fault arises, and there doesn't seem to be either a surge in consumption, nor any problems with the power source.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 05, 2019, 07:06:35 pm »

And just got the following message, wifi still connected.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 05, 2019, 06:59:51 pm »

Ok, been running for ages today, not been watching the device, so not sure when the issues started. I came in to find the 'not received GPS data in some time' message, and checked the wifi connection to the tablet, which seems solid, with no indication of dropping. I pressed 'Go Flying' again, and selected PAW, and now I get an intermitant connection, with it flicking from 'waiting for device' and it showing my location. Observing Wifi for a while, again, it remains connected, and seems stable. It has been running on the same power source throughout

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: May 04, 2019, 09:41:08 am »

Well here is my current update. I still seemed to be experiencing issues, whereby PAW and SD would quite happily communicate for a significant time, then I would experience problems. From the messages that SD is putting up, it is looking like it is losing the GPS, and so therefore disconnects. Initially, it holds onto the wifi connection which is still present, but eventually because no GPS data is being received, it gives up completely. Yesterday I drove for about 3 hours with PAW on the dash of the car, with a good view of the sky, and it worked fine, up until about the third hour, when the GPS problem came up again. I didn't try to reconnect at this point, so left things till I got home. When home, I was getting no GPS data at all, with a problem showing up when scanning the Home IP address from a second device (sorry, can't remember what it said, it was getting late) but the message on SD said that it had zero satellites, and the green light on the GPS module wasn't coming on. Again wifi was all present and correct. Just as an experiment, I moved the GPS across to the adjacent USB port, and it all sprang back into life, and slightly more oddly, worked again on the original GPS port when I changed back to it. I was giving it loads of time to initialise the GPS each time. I am currently bench running everything, with the GPS plugged into the second USB port to see if my original  problem duplicates after a period of time.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: April 25, 2019, 11:53:38 am »

Now running on a commercial 5A USB power supply module, with only one output in use. WiFi power turned down as suggested above. Will update if difficulty replicates.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: April 25, 2019, 11:50:47 am »

Phil

It isn't a Lenovo tablet by any chance?

No, it's Galaxy Tab A6

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: April 23, 2019, 08:44:43 pm »

I will try to replicate the problem and reproduce the home page here. Thanks for the help.

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Technical Support / Re: SkyDemon loss of connection

« on: April 23, 2019, 07:48:44 pm »

It's a home brew power supply (I am pretty electrically/electronically savvy). Should quite happily deliver in excess of 5 amps.