I did some test to try to understand at what level the problem is (IPAs, SD e Classic).
When SD loose GPS signal the hotspot is on, so it seems no Wi-Fi dongle problem.
If I try to reconnect SD, some times it reconnect at the first temptative, others I have to try several times. So it's seems a GPS dongle trouble.
Ha e you any suggestions on how to solve the problems? It's boring to loose the GPS signal while flying
There are 2 messages produced by SkyDemon
1. lost connection to GPS
This is a WiFi connectivity / TCP Socket issue, and not an issue with the GPS device itself
2. searching for satellites
This is a GPS issue, because the GPS has not achieved a lock
an easy test, unplug the GPS from PilotAware and you will get message (2)
If your iPad is in range of 'known networks' it will drop and reconnect depending upon the strongest signal.
So if you are near your home wifi, you may se the ipad drop the connection to PilotAware, connect to Home, then reconnect to PilotAware
The only way to get around this, is to tell iPad to forget your home network, this will stop t connecting to other networks
I think the best solution between PilotAware and SD, is to use UDP rather than TCP, this is more tolerent to an individual lost packet.
TCP (in the SD implementation) just gives up and stops working.
I have been speaking to Tim at SkyDemon, and he is going to investigate using a UDP connection as a replacement to TCP
Thx
Lee