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Any new updates planned for IFD100?

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Topic: Any new updates planned for IFD100?
Posted By: ansond
Subject: Any new updates planned for IFD100?
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 10:58pm
Hi:

I'm wondering if/when there might be new updates (stability focused..) to the IFD100 app?   Reason I ask is that, while my IFD440 works great, I see the IFD100 (eventually...) de-sync/re-sync with the 440.

The primary experience is that the IFD100 comes up fine initially and works great... over time though (maybe 10-15 minutes...), I will see, in the IFD100, alerts that seem to be centered around loosing contact (or de-syncing...) with the 440.  My 440 works great and does not skip a beat. 

Typically, the IFD100 "snaps back" and works again... but it's annoying and concerning... makes me want to not "trust" the app that much. 

Thanks!

Doug




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Posted By: AviSimpson
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 12:03pm
Originally posted by ansond ansond wrote:

Hi:

I'm wondering if/when there might be new updates (stability focused..) to the IFD100 app?   Reason I ask is that, while my IFD440 works great, I see the IFD100 (eventually...) de-sync/re-sync with the 440.

The primary experience is that the IFD100 comes up fine initially and works great... over time though (maybe 10-15 minutes...), I will see, in the IFD100, alerts that seem to be centered around loosing contact (or de-syncing...) with the 440.  My 440 works great and does not skip a beat. 

Typically, the IFD100 "snaps back" and works again... but it's annoying and concerning... makes me want to not "trust" the app that much. 

Thanks!

Doug

There could be a few things going on here. Can you tell us what apps you had running in the background and what iPad model/storage/iOS release you are on? Additionally, is there only one IFD in the aircraft?



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Simpson Bennett
Avidyne Corporation
Product Manager


Posted By: ansond
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 5:06pm
Sure...

iPad Details:
  • iPad Pro 9.7 (FSQ32LL/A) - 128GB/WiFi/Cell (T-mobile)
  • confirmed behavior with pretty much all of the previous iOS 10.1.x releases up to iOS 11.
  • currently running iOS 11.0.1
  • Running 10.2.4 IFD100 instance
  • Configured as "type: IFD440", Chassis ID #1, iPad #1
  • No other applications were running on the iPad (just the IFD100 - I manually cleared all others out). 
Plane configuration 
  • Cirrus SR20 (PFD/MFD) G2
  • Twin IFD440s (IFD #1 has WiFi and BT enabled/on. IFD #2 has WiFi/BT OFF) 
  • AXP-340 
  • SkyTrax 100 
  • DFC90 A/P
The IFD100 typically starts out running just fine... seems to get confused about 10-15 minutes into the use of it... I start getting some odd alerts that would seem to indicate errors or sync problems possibly... the errors/alerts seem to fix themselves but they erode the confidence I have in what I am seeing. 

My IFDs work wonderfully... no issues seen.  In fact, they are so easy to use, I sort of wonder why I am cluttering the cockpit with an iPad... I guess I don't really need it... that said, I think there is something going on with the app and likely needs some checking into... 

Let me know if you need anything else.  Thanks!

Doug



Posted By: teeth6
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 3:26pm
Has IOS 11.0.2 broken anything with the IFD 100?  I can no longer log into my Jepp account to download Nav data.


Posted By: AUXAIR
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 3:41pm
I downloaded my Jepp data into the IFD 100 about 15 minutes ago and it loaded as normal using an iPad mini with 11.0.2

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David E.
Cessna 182 RG II


Posted By: teeth6
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 6:33pm
Thanks. I figured it out 2 hours later. Jepp told me to uninstall and reinstall the IFD app but as expected, that did nothing. I finally noticed that a VPN setting on my IPad was turned on. This prevented the app from connecting for the downloads and I assume this also prevented the app from connecting with the 540.


Posted By: AUXAIR
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2017 at 8:12pm
Yup, those darn computers.  They insist on doing what you tell them to do, not what you want them to do...

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David E.
Cessna 182 RG II



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