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Butterfly Connect


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LutzRab
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Hi, is there a document describing the use of the new collision detection feature?
I have a "Butterfly Connect" connected to a TRX1500 which is PowerFlarm compatible
and successfully shows traffic on the Butterfly external display.

But whenever I connect the iPad the Butterfly-WLAN (which seems to work) and go
to "Setup" -> "PowerFlarm" -> "Flaying" I get a message box with:

"Lost connection to your GPS"

The "Butterfly Connect Key" is as printed on the "Butterfly Connect". On the second
connection try I get "Failed to establish a connection with the Butterfly Connect unit."?

On the TRX1500 I can choose between different protocolls: "PowerFlarm Display" or
"Garmin TIS" which one do I need?
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At Tannkosh I visited the butterfly guys and tested their connect unit with my iPad mini (better try before buy ;o). The result was a very buggy connection. Once the connection has been established (worked only once out of 4/5 attempts) traffic was shown in the map.

Unfortunately there is no documentation how to configure the display and how to interpret the signals. Some were quite obvious and other's weren't.

May I ask for two things:
1) Please provide a documentation for this feature as it is highly appreciated
2) Please fix stability issues are explain how to establish a stable connection

Kind regards,
Oliver
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Problem solved. The serial from the ButterFly Connect to the TRX1500 had swapped TX/RX lines.
The WiFi connection is stable. Maybe on a fair that is a problem, because the "ButterFly Connect"
can only work with one WiFi device at a time. So if 3 people have an iPhone in there pocket trying
to connect you have a problem.

Next good thing is, that the TRX1500 is being used as GPS source. So I don't have to worry about
my unreliable internal GPS or the buggy bluetooth connection to my Dual GPS.

This is a picture of an ADS-B target that is no factor:


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If you tap on the little green plane you get some more information:


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Hi - I am also fitting this but do you know if a bluetooth connection is possible?  My iPad will be connected to my wifi hotspot so I don't know how it would then also connect to the Butterfly Connect.
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The Air Connect (as it is now known) works over Wifi. You need to connect to its Wifi hotspot to use it.
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Tim Dawson - 5/10/2017 11:11:44 AM
The Air Connect (as it is now known) works over Wifi. You need to connect to its Wifi hotspot to use it.

Thanks.  Do you have a screenshot anywhere that shows the traffic being display on SD on iPad?

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Not to hand. There's one further up this page though.

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