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Connect to PilotAware on other IP

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By Tim Dawson - 5/22/2024 9:24:14 AM

We have no plans to offer such a feature at the moment because it conflicts with our goal of SkyDemon being as simple to use as possible.
By jorisr - 8/24/2024 9:06:47 PM

 
Tim Dawson - 5/22/2024 9:24:14 AM
We have no plans to offer such a feature at the moment because it conflicts with our goal of SkyDemon being as simple to use as possible.

I understand and I think that's good. Normally you wouldn't need the option. However, in the special case you might want this configuration, at least you could. Now I am missing out on information.
By leemoore1966 - 9/28/2024 7:48:19 AM

Are you describing a scenario of a cellular tablet and an FX ?

If so connecting to the FX will not break the cellular routing connection, as the FX (by default) does not advertise as a router/gateway device

What you seem to be describing is that when connected to FX, your tablet cannot access the internet via its cellular network

Please describe in detail your setup, what you are seeing, and what you would like to see

Thx
Lee
By jorisr - 3/13/2025 10:45:17 AM

 
leemoore1966 - 9/28/2024 7:48:19 AM
Are you describing a scenario of a cellular tablet and an FX ?

If so connecting to the FX will not break the cellular routing connection, as the FX (by default) does not advertise as a router/gateway device

What you seem to be describing is that when connected to FX, your tablet cannot access the internet via its cellular network

Please describe in detail your setup, what you are seeing, and what you would like to see

Thx
Lee

I described above. Let me go into more detail.

You mention that the tablet looses internet connection when making a wifi connection, but that is not what I am seeing (it knows there is no internet on the wifi, I still get weather info on Skydemon on the tablet). The issue is that I cannot have the Pilotaware Rosetta FX connect to the internet via the tablet. Because the tablet cannot both be connect to wifi and be a hotspot. Currently, I need to create a hotspot on my phone for rosetta FX to be able to connect to the internet. And the phone would be in my pocket giving bad internet connectivity. This would all be better if the FX could use the hotspot of the tablet, which is mounted in a much better position. But when creating a hotspot you cannot use the regular wifi connection (to the FX). However, in theory that is not necesary, since it is connected via the hotspot, only you'd need to be able to set the IP address of the FX in Skydemon. And internet traffic of both Skydemon and the FX would go via the tablet, so better traffic and weather info. Hence my request.
By Tim Dawson - 3/13/2025 11:05:28 AM

I am trying to encourage vendors like PilotAware to support Bluetooth connectivity, so we can stop messing around with WiFi and hotspots which were not designed to be used in this way. I understand that the FX technically has the hardware to do this.
By jorisr - 5/12/2024 12:12:24 PM

Hi,

I am trying to make a compact setup with most possible options. I would prefer that have only one device transmitting over the phone network, so I can switch it off easily if problems arise because it's transmitting. To do that, I would like to have my PilotAware Rosetta FX connect to my tablet's hotspot network, instead of my tablet connect to PilotAware, so I can use internet features on both PilotAware and Skydemon. However, Skydemon does not have the option to specify on which IP the Pilotaware can be found. I guess it assumes 192.168.1.1 and tries to connect to that. Would there be a way to have it connect to other IP's as well if the Rosetta FX connects to the tablet's network? Maybe the IP can be deducted in some way, e.g. from the list of Wifi clients of the hotspot (if the OS can give that) and tren try them all (cannot be too many).