IFD 540 and Stratus

1) Install Stratus Horizon on your iPad.

3) Connect to the Stratus WiFi network.

4) Run Stratus Horizon.

5) Select the gear symbol in the bottom lower left corner.

6) Select Stratus Settings.

7) Make sure Open ADS-B mode is turned on.

Insure, via your installer, that the ADS-B client mode has been enabled.

8) Boot up your IFD.

9) Select AUX->Setup tab.

10) Select Connectivity.

11) Select Networks.

12) Select the Stratus Network.

13) Select the Connect LSK.

Observe whether the WIFI symbol is showing in the top right of the display. If connected, it should be green in color.

If you want to connect your iPad, you’ll need to specifically allow its IP address on the Stratus network to have access to it. This is controlled via AUX->Setup->Connectivity->Devices. Find the IPad’s IP address from the settings app, WiFi selection, and then hit the “i” button with the circle around it. Find the IP address farther down on this page. That address should be set on the IFD to allow access “Always”.

If you run ForeFlight on your iPad, you MUST always hit cancel each time it tries to convince you to switch the Stratus to “ForeFlight mode”. If you fail to do this, you must start at step 4 above.

The client mode is set, and can been seen, in maintenance mode. This would probably be something you can look at, but should not change, without a discussion with your avionics tech.

I don’t use Wing-X so I can’t tell you whether this will work or not.

i get that on the ground at startup, it eventually clears once i get closer to the runway if there is traffic in the patter or once i’m airborne .. 

its expected because of how ADSB traffic works.

Here is the link that I found helpful but not sure why I got this message the whole 1 hr flight with other traffic on frequency.

 

Looks like you've also lost, or have marginal GPS. I am not sure if GPS is needed for the IFD to sort out relative traffic positions. Might be part of the loss of traffic problem. I had to re-work my GPS antenna (ground plane on a glass aircraft) and a couple of other minor tweaks, but once done, I've got a super happy IFD with great traffic. (Latest IFD SW 10.3.1.2)

I also see my aircraft my aircraft.  Is there a setting to remove same ship traffic?

A follow up here as I have discovered if at any point in ForeFlight you enable "ForFlight mode" via the pop up window it will DISABLE the Open ADSB option in the Stratus settings.  I can confirm traffic does show in ForeFlight on iPad and on the IFD540 when Open ADSB is active.  ADSB coverage has been spotty for me so I recently installed a remote antenna in the back window on the pilot side.

So if you get a pop up window in ForeFlight DO NOT activate ForeFlight mode.

I just installed an IFD540 and already had the Stratus ESG.  We connected everything per this thread and a few other sources and I get traffic for about the first ~20 minutes then I get "ADSB Sensor Fault" and "Datalink Receiver Error".  Occasionally the traffic comes back for a short time and then fails again.  On my last flight, every time the traffic dropped I opened the Stratus Horizon App and turned OFF Open ADSB, waited for a few seconds, then turned ON Open ADSB and traffic would come back up for 20 minutes or so.  I repeated this 3 or 4 times and the traffic came back instantly.

Any ideas on why my traffic is unstable?

IFD540 10.3.1.2

Stratus 3i 1.2.2.35

Nothing but crickets from both Avidyne and Appareo on this issue.  I'm ready to throw my Stratus in the garbage and buy another transponder.  Is anyone having issues with the GNX375 or GTX345 with the IFD?

I should have gone all Garmin.....