Skydemon on ipad 2 with powerflarm core. Latest software version on Ipad and Skydemon. The Ipad connects to the butterfly connect network with correct key.This can be seen in ipad setup wifi. Sometimes Skydemon works first time via powerflarm go flying and then drops out with error mesage "lost GPS signal" then "Failed to establish a connection with the Butterfly connect unit"
Nothing I then do will re-establish contact even rebooting ipad and Flarm core. Next time I try it works or not. Skydemon works fine with normal Go Flying. Tried new ipad but no different.Any ideas?

Hi Paul

The problem is not with the internal GPS. Skydemon uses the Flarm GPS and the problem is that the wifi connection from the Butterfly Connect Unit to the Skydemon App keeps dropping out but the Ipad still shows a good wifi connection. Could anyone with a Power Flarm working on an Ipad help me with the correct Flarm configuration? Any other idears?

Derek

Hi Derek,

I have PowerFlarm core and it works fine but I'm not sure that you are correct when you say that SD uses the Flarm GPS. My understanding is that the Power Flarm's GPS antenna is connected to a GPS receiver inside the PowerFlarm Core box which then uses this GPS positional information (together with the pressure sensor giving barometric altitude information) to predict your short-term future flight path and it continuously transmits this to nearby aircraft by digital radio message.

I understand that SD gets its GPS information from either the built-in iPad GPS receiver or an external one such as Garmin GLO, not the Power Flarm GPS.

Paul

Hi Paul

Maybe Tim could come back on theGPS used. Skydemon works perfectly using "go flying" but keeps dpopping out when using " Power Flarm Go Flying" The network keeps dropping out.
There are no Skydemon settings to alter but I am not certain about the Power Flarm config file settings to use.

Derek

Hi Derek,

I strongly agree with you! Considering that Tim and his team must have gone to some time, expense & trouble to incorporate FLARM into SD, there has been an awful lack of advice / user instructions / Power Core configuration file explanations, etc., from the SD team on how to make it work.

I particularly want to know how I can use the Wi-Fi capability of my iPad as it talks to the Power Flarm core / Butterfly Connect router whilst at the same time enable it to simultaneously use its 3G capability whilst flying for weather & NOTAM updates. Normally, if you have a Wi-Fi connection enabled on an iPad, it overrides the 3G functionality.

I have been told that there is a way to configure the iPad in the Wi-Fi settings (something to do with manually configuring Subnet Mask addresses or something like that) so that it will receive Wi-Fi and 3G signals simultaneously.

I'm hoping some Apple boffin or someone on the SD team could explain how this is done!




Paul