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Well, I beg to differ. That is what it does on iPad and on android phone. I repeat: I touch "go flying" in upper right hand corner and a dialogue box opens giving two options; internal gps or GLO. I click GLO and message comes up signal is lost. Never used to do this. Same happens on android phone. Perhaps I should stop by your offices and have a go?
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Actually, menu states, " use location services" and " GDL90". One must be selected and, if GDL90 selected, menu pops up saying cannot establish connection or words to that effect.
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Thomas Leaver - 6/28/2017 5:06:55 PM
Actually, menu states, " use location services" and " GDL90". One must be selected and, if GDL90 selected, menu pops up saying cannot establish connection or words to that effect.

have you connected your wifi to that device first?
o‌f course that may be a red herring


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Maybe worth to consider:
I had severe EMC problems with a Chinese 12V/24V to 5V-USB plug in adapter.
Radio Com was impossible, but I didn't check it with a BT connection, which could have been also disturbed.
Changing to a different make solved the problem.
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Thomas Leaver - 6/28/2017 5:06:55 PM
Actually, menu states, " use location services" and " GDL90". One must be selected and, if GDL90 selected, menu pops up saying cannot establish connection or words to that effect.

Caveat: I don't have a GLO not an iPad.

Question‌:‌ why if you have a Garmin GLO which links to the iPad location services are you telling SkyDemon to use a GDL90 device which you don't have?

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Yes. Connected by Bluetooth on both iPad mini and android phone.
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Good question. That is what appears on connections menu page. I only have the Garmin GLO. So GDL90 was what I thought SkyDemon called Garmin GLO. If not, then I have no idea where that came from. Will try and delete it and start over..... thanks.
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Perhaps I should select "none" under connectivity options on settings menu?
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It may be different on an iPad, but I would suggest just selecting "location services" in the Go Flying menu on SkyDemon.
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Thomas, this entire problem is occurring because you have told SkyDemon to connect to your GDL90-compatible traffic receiver when you have no such device. So of course it gives up and tells you it cannot connect to that device.

Please select "none" as you have suggested above. Your Garmin GLO is a standar‌d Bluetooth GPS receiver and you do not need any special settings within SkyDemon to use it. Just press Go Flying and that's it; it will work as long as it's been paired correctly.‌
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