In Flight Weather and NOTAM update with unstable mobile internet connection ?

SkyDemon Forums

In Flight Weather and NOTAM update with unstable mobile internet connection ?

http://forums.skydemon.aero/Topic35257.aspx

By BerndHS - 7/7/2022 9:06:04 AM

SD Version 3.16.3.21673 on Android.
I am using SD with a device that is able to provide GPS/traffic data and working as a mobile internet router at the same time. Due to the unreliable mobile connection during flight the router-part of the device is only online now and then.

I have activated the option to use internet while flying in SD.

So far so good, but how do I know whether SD is/was aware of such a - mostly - short time internet connection and has updated weather and other data or not? Gets SD triggered by the event of being online as soon as this is happeneing or is it some kind of periodical polling? I also cannot find some kind of indicator in SD that signals offline/online or 'updated' state during flight.

Thanks for some more detailed information about the related mechanism behind the SD scenes.

By Tim Dawson - 7/12/2022 9:08:32 AM

Regarding the NOTAM briefing, you'll see a big red warning at the top of the NOTAM tab if your NOTAM data is out of date by 30 minutes or more. That's the best way of ascertaining whether it's been updated during flight.