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Technical Support / Re: Wi-fi issues on Pilotaware FX

« on: June 18, 2025, 10:34:08 pm »

Is your home router on the same subnet as the PilotAware fixed address? Does your home router use the 192.168.1.x subnet?

Are the networks you know of on 2.5GHz?

Does your phone have the password for your home WiFi?

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Technical Support / Re: Networking on the Rosetta FX for iGrid

« on: June 12, 2025, 11:21:06 am »

I'm reliably informed that the wireless network the FX generates on 192.168.1.x cannot be the same subnet as the Internet device uses for providing Internet access.

Yesterday I changed my mobile broadband box to 192.168.10.x and whilst the network light remained blue, I suspect because indoors I didn't get GPS lock and thus fully functioning iGrid wasn't possible, the FX did download the latest software and successfully install it.

I'll test it it with a mobile Internet box out in the open, and when I do I'll probably be looking to mark this thread as solved, but for now, @Mods, please can we leave it open?

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Technical Support / Networking on the Rosetta FX for iGrid

« on: June 10, 2025, 12:26:23 pm »

 I'm trying to find out if there is a network issue when using an FX on a Wifi network which is on the same subnet as the FX has to be on for traffic info to SD.

Example - I'm snagging an FX in a flex, using the Wifi in the hangar. The Wifi router is on the 192.168.1.x subnet. The Wifi router's gateway is on 192.168.1.254 in order to avoid a clash with the FX which will need to be on 192.168.1.1 for the traffic info to work. The Wifi router's DHCP range is 50 - 99, so there will also be no clashes.

Does the FX get confused if its own wireless network and the iGrid access are on the same subnet, in this case, 192.168.1.0/24?

When the FX is powered up, ADS-B, P3i and GPS lights all go green. The networking one only ever goes blue.

The wireless connection is on in iGrid, but iGrid remains red in the status.

I suspect that when I used my small wireless dongle/MiFi previously, it all worked because the MiFi is on the 192.168.8.x subnet, that is 192.168.8.0/24

Any thoughts on this, and any network restrictions for me to be aware of?

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Technical Support / Re: Permanent mounting of a Rosetta in a C42

« on: June 04, 2025, 12:01:48 pm »

In addition to the 1/4" 'tripod' mount, FX also has 2 x 5mm threaded holes to allow additional mounting options. Just make sure that in both cases the screws you choose aren't too long - they should provide a solid mount without 'bottoming out' in the mounting hole(s).

Mine has 3 x 5mm holes and the 1/4" tripod mount doesn't fit anywhere...

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General Discussion / Re: USB Cigarette Lighter Adaptor

« on: June 04, 2025, 11:51:08 am »

Use the 12V/USB adaptor that PilotAware recommends for use in the ciggie lighter socket?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VH84L5E/

https://www.pilotaware.com/knowledgebase/choosing-your-power-supply

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Technical Support / Re: ICAO HEX Code, not Callsign

« on: May 23, 2025, 07:54:54 am »

Head over to playback and use the "groundstations" option for a track log.

Sorry, but I still don’t know what this means. 

Visit this URL, if that's a good enough explanation? Fill in the boxes with the correct data. Leave Stations set to all.

https://playback.pilotaware.com/playback/groundstations/

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Technical Support / Re: ICAO HEX Code, not Callsign

« on: May 22, 2025, 10:13:28 pm »

Comments like "arp -a" lead me to remind people that we are no longer in the world of Raspberry Pis and soldering irons.  This is now a commercial product sold for a not inconsiderable amount of money, on the premise that it "just works."

This was a thrown away comment to say this it is easy for any device to find out what else is on the network, and act accordingly. Just one line of code.

So if you say:

"Indeed I do and I will check at the weekend, but I would be amazed if SafeSky can “see” PAW simply because it is using the iPhone as a hotspot!"

I work with stuff that can see other stuff even when not on the same VLAN and with the ability to reconfigure network devices wrongly configured.

Very little to do with absence of callsigns, but I am very aware that SE2 and SafeSky, my previous solution, "just works".

Until you look at latency (SafeSky) and RF performance (SE2) - I've got side by side of SE2 and the older Rosetta in the same aircraft on the same flight. Just works... not for me. Ditto looking at SafeSky with aircraft flying over a reference point.

As I understand it, FX doesn't have log files. But I haven't looked at it for 4 months, as that aircraft has been getting fixed. Head over to playback and use the "groundstations" option for a track log.

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Technical Support / Re: ICAO HEX Code, not Callsign

« on: May 18, 2025, 12:09:20 pm »

Indeed I do and I will check at the weekend, but I would be amazed if SafeSky can “see” PAW simply because it is using the iPhone as a hotspot!

arp -a

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General Discussion / Re: Trig Transponder GPS input from Pilotaware FX

« on: May 18, 2025, 12:07:11 pm »

At the risk of being the party pooper, if you connect an uncertified GPS signal to your transponder you will have to configure the ADS-B as uncertified/SIL=0 so a lot of stuff (certified) will screen you out. Transponders don't receive traffic information and the majority are flying mode S so you will only see them via bearingless or MLAT.

If you can simply connect GPS data to your Trig with an extra lead, I'd do it anyway.

If it's more complex than this, I'd pass.  Horus to Trig sounds pretty good to me. Then you have two separate positional EC systems with separate GPS sources.

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Technical Support / Re: Intermittent GPS dropout on FX

« on: April 30, 2025, 09:39:05 pm »

Sorry, missed the video...

It looks like the FX is changing between internal and external GPS antenna.

At the risk of being slapped for being impudent, is the SMA connector for the GPS antenna fully done up and nothing in the cable damaged?

My guess is the FX uses the internal antenna when no external is detected, and a loose or poor connection here could give issues...

A proper PAW person will be along shortly with the right answer...

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Technical Support / Re: Intermittent GPS dropout on FX

« on: April 29, 2025, 08:40:42 am »

Can the FX unit itself see the sky? You can test by unplugging the external GPS if so, and seeing if the internal GPS performs any better...

Worth looking at the status page on 192.168.1.1 on the FX itself, to see if the GPS has really lost lock?

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General Discussion / Re: Map of ATOM stations

« on: April 23, 2025, 12:26:56 pm »

my transponder transmissions weren't picked up by  PWSpitfire (Goodwood), PWEGHN and PWIOWPARA.

Could be the lack of line of sight?

PWIOWPARA is being fixed at the moment.

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General Discussion / Re: Map of ATOM stations

« on: April 10, 2025, 09:09:19 am »

Thanks,
The Popham area and south towards IOW and along the coast ( east and west).
Tony

You simply need to use your mouse or finger (on mobile/tablet) to move the map to the desired area... and you can zoom with the scroll wheel or click the joystick symbol bottom right...

Marked up in attachment with Popham.

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Technical Support / Re: Internal antenna orientation

« on: April 10, 2025, 09:00:10 am »

Vertical, please see the extract. The picture you refer to just shows the equipment in the package.

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Technical Support / Re: Internal antenna orientation

« on: April 09, 2025, 08:30:14 pm »

Please confirm, the remote internal (di-pole) antenna sold by PilotAware has to be mounted *vertically*? I.e., the two arms of the di-pole oriented up and down, not left and right?

Destructions are here for the antenna mounting:

https://global-uploads.webflow.com/5d56c24810fbfdbe08b488cd/5f8d962f2cdfb8d47c5fa485_2020%20Installation%20Instructions%20Internal%20Kit%20.pdf