Hi Ferryair
My concern is not so much that Skydemon is going offline, my concern is that I get a screen full of conflicts one second and then they can just disappear from view, they only seem to reappear if I reboot the entire system.
OK, so there are 2 issues.
1. Skydemon goes offline
I presume you understood my explaination regarding a connection to the internet required for this feature ?
2. Lots of contacts, followed instantaneously by much less.
This is a bug in the version you are using, discovered recently, this was the note in the CHANGELOG.txt
Fixed time comparison for Aircraft stale dataWhat happened was that whilst PAW was not connected to a navigation source, it continued storing aircraft as they were captured, then when a navigation device connected, it bursts all that 'stale' data in one go, then removes it from its database, as I say this was a bug, and this issue was fixed in release 20151107
My Samsung Tab3 is not connected to the internet when using PAW ( other than on the Pilotaware wifi ), there isn't a cellular contract connected to my Tab3 nor does it have a Sim Card fitted....... Are we now getting a bit closer to why my system is playing up.
Clarification, PAW does not have an internet connection, so if your only connection from the Tab3 is to PAW, then you are not connected to the internet - there is no
other than on the Pilotaware wifiI am still not absolutely sure what you mean by 'playing up', that is why I am asking the probing questions, firstly you have confirmed the 'skydemon offline' is not an issue, lets address the other concerns.
Not sure if this is relevant but if I get close to a Wifi hotspot or my own wifi set up, the PAW wifi goes tits up & my Tab3 auto connects to the Wifi hotspot etc.
I have even had the Tab3 auto connect to my passenger's wifi on his mobile phone whilst it was set to PAW.
This will be down to the setup of your Tab3. I presume it is setup to connect to the 'strongest WiFi signal', hence when you go near to your other 'known wifi' it uses those connections. You would have to check with Android/Tab3 how it is configured to stick with a specific connection - I am sure there is a way to do that, outside of my remit I'm afraid, On iOS, you can tell the iPad to 'forget networks', which means they will not reconnect until explicitly told to do so.
This is not usually an issue in your plane, unless you are running multple WiFi's
Now onto Flickering lights : I have a Red light which flickers away like a backstreet of Amsterdam & a couple of blue lights that flicker away like the Police lights of the cop cars going to shut down the Red lights of Amsterdam.
Silly analogy I know, but I don't think I have any green lights flickering in my box.
There are multiple lights in PilotAware, as you look at the faceplate, bottom left are a green and red, green indicates disk activity, this should only be active during boot, and occasionally the odd flicker whilst running. The red indicates good power, if this goes off, there is a power problem (what is your power source ?).
The other lights (if you have a transceiver in-built) are associated with send / receive data, and a 1 second heartbeat, I think this is also red, so if you are seeing a 1 second flash of a red LED, it is most likely the heartbeat
I am technically inept when it comes to Electronics, If it doesn't switch on and instantly work I have a Brain freeze and then my workload goes awry.
Don't worry
Perhaps if you are going to be at the Flying Show I can ask you to explain the system to me in better detail , at the moment I am not convinced that I have got the benefit of the unit ( which is quite disconcerting bearing in mind that my airstrip is under the Edinburgh Airport airspace )
I may well be flying down to Shifnal for the Show, if I do I will see how many conflicts I see enroute as there seem to be a shedload of users between here and Telford.
We are at the flying show, feel free to come and meet with us, we are also presenting at the seminar at 3PM on the Saturday with a Q&A session, please feel free to come along and ask questions, don't worry about asking questions, as I am sure you know, it probably means many others are thinking the same thing, but too afraid to ask!
Thx
Lee
