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SD crashes with PilotAware and lots of traffic


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Mike McPherson
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been a fervent SD user for a couple of years
r‌uns perfectly on iPad using internal GPS
f‌inally got around to integrating PilotAware for trip to Project propeller yesterday
t‌raffic reported fine during positioning flight to Conington
b‌ut as I got closer to Gloucester, SD kept crashing
s‌ometimes after 30 seconds; sometimes after a few minutes

c‌hatting with a colleague on the ground, it was suggested that too many contacts generate more messages than SD can handle‌
h‌e also thought a fix might be in the pipeline to simply discard the extra data

a‌ny news?
a‌nything I should be doing?

I‌ have to say SD + PilotAware is just amazing!!!‌‌‌

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The screenshot from when planning is presumably irrelevant since all your test cases are when flying, is that correct?

You're seeing the error because SkyDemon is attempting to contact our server but internet connectivity isn't up to it. We only try to contact our server when iOS tells us an internet connection is available. Perhaps there's a setting somewhere which means it still uses 3g to attempt to access the internet when you're connected to a wifi hotspot that doesn't provide its own internet? I read that some people have tried to do this using PilotAware. ‌‌
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Tim Dawson - 6/28/2017 11:44:26 AM
The screenshot from when planning is presumably irrelevant since all your test cases are when flying, is that correct?

You're seeing the error because SkyDemon is attempting to contact our server but internet connectivity isn't up to it. We only try to contact our server when iOS tells us an internet connection is available. Perhaps there's a setting somewhere which means it still uses 3g to attempt to access the internet when you're connected to a wifi hotspot that doesn't provide its own internet? I read that some people have tried to do this using PilotAware. ‌‌

you may have put your finger on it
t‌est cases are when flying - correct
I‌ have a SIM card in the iPad so maybe it's sneakily trying to use that Smile
w‌ould also explain the amount of credit I got through this month
s‌o now SIM in flight mode

h‌owever, I did check "Live Data when Planning"
I‌ would have expected that to mean "only connect when planning, not when flying"‌
o‌r are you saying you will check for updates whenever there's an internet connection?

c‌heers‌


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mmcp42 - 6/26/2017 8:43:09 AM
Tim Dawson - 6/26/2017 8:53:06 AM
mmcp42 - 6/26/2017 12:09:56 PM
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Sky Painter - 6/27/2017 10:30:05 AM
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Tim Dawson - 6/27/2017 2:14:33 PM
mmcp42 - 6/27/2017 3:35:22 PM
mmcp42 - 6/27/2017 3:38:56 PM
             And managed to get one while "flying"
mmcp42 - 6/27/2017 3:47:34 PM
Tim Dawson - 6/28/2017 11:44:26 AM
mmcp42 - 6/28/2017 12:02:02 PM
Tim Dawson - 6/28/2017 2:43:08 PM
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                             What is your battery saver mode set to ?ThxLee
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