setting up WiFi (10.2.1)

with my A&P today. Everything seemed to work, and the Nwtwork Configuration Screen shows up as you descirbe in your post. Initially the was set to Remote WiFi, but we changed it to Local WiFi. My problem is that my iPad doesn’t see the LIO_WiFi network. It sees other networks in the hangar, but not the OFD-540’s. The OFDhas networking turned on, and the WiFi symbols at the to is lit up. Any ideas what could be the problem?

This testing was done with the plane in the hangar and it didn’t have good GPS reception. I’m not sure if that has any influence on the network. I sort of recall something along those lines when upgrading to 10.2.0 but I don’t have all the details.

hamilton wrote: We're in the same boat. The maintenance pages for Wi-Fi etc just aren't there and no 500 foot call out, also on the software splash screen the BT and F500 aren't highlighted. Ensured the Tail number was set. The FLTA aural alerts and the obstacle 'corridor' are missing also. Dealing with tech support (in New Zealand) so waiting for a response and hopefully a .dsf file to fix the most of it over night.

Edited by compasst - 21 Mar 2018 at 9:30am

I don't always fly with the Stratus in the plane.  For shorter trips or $100 hamburgers I fly only with the IPAD and IFD 100.  For longer trips, I like the backup of the AHRS on FF and also the ability to see Nexrad on FF should I have an electrical failure.

Not an issue for me either. 

teeth6 wrote: ... it would only be necessary to change the last digit of the SSID

I have the same issue of the WiFi network not showing up after I updated my IFD-540. I don’t understand the SD card comment. My 540 doesn’t have an SD card that I know of.

I have the 540 set to Local WiFi. It seems to be working but I don’t see the network with my iPad.

I sort of remember when I upgraded to 10.2.0 I needed to have GPS satellite lock for everything to work. I haven’t had a chance to try that yet. I only tried inside a hangar without GPS reception. I will check in the next few days.

HenryM wrote: I have the same issue of the WiFi network not showing up after I updated my IFD-540. I don’t understand the SD card comment. My 540 doesn’t have an SD card that I know of. I have the 540 set to Local WiFi. It seems to be working but I don’t see the network with my iPad. I sort of remember when I upgraded to 10.2.0 I needed to have GPS satellite lock for everything to work. I haven’t had a chance to try that yet. I only tried inside a hangar without GPS reception. I will check in the next few days.

Nav data IS lost with the update. Be prepared to load Nav Data again.

My iPad wasn’t seeing the network after the 10.2.1 update, but perhaps I was just being impatient. I went back to the hangar a few days later and waited a few minutes before firing up my iPad. The network was there. Thinking back to the update, I didn’t power off my Avidyne after the update, when the network wasn’t showing up. Maybe it needed the full power-off reboot. In any case, it has worked fine after that initial time that the network didn’t show up. I did not have to get GPS lock or anything else. It just started working when I got to the airport a few days after the initial installation.

Today I went flying and I do seem to have an issue with the apps that connects to the IFD. WiFi is working. My iPad connects to the IFD network and I am able to send flight plans from the IFD-540 to ForeFlight. However:

1.) The IFD-100 app doesn’t appear to be talking to the IFD-540 at all. It behaves the same as if I start the app at home. It says it doesn’t have GPS position (I have a cellular iPad with built-in GPS, and ForeFlight claims it gets GPS from the IFD). It doesn’t show the radio frequencies of the IFD-540, just red x’s.

2.) ForeFlight can download flight plans, but there is no button to upload a flight plan from ForeFlight to the IFD.

3.) I have a SkyTrax 100 that shows traffic and weather on the IFD-540. FlyQ EFB, however, acts as if there is not ADS-B In source. FlyQ is listed as an app that supports traffic and weather coming from the IFD.

I have the latest versions of all apps available from the App Store.

Edited by HenryM - 30 Mar 2018 at 11:37pm

HenryM wrote: ...(I have a cellular iPad with built-in GPS, and ForeFlight claims it gets GPS from the IFD). It doesn’t show the radio frequencies of the IFD-540, just red x’s.

i will check on the IFD-100 next time I go to the airport.

I’ve heard there’s an issue with having both FF and the IFD-100 app running at the same time that causes FF not to be able to upload a flight plan. Hopefully that gets resolved, but I will double check I do t have the IFD running to see if that fixes the issue I reported above. It is not a dealbreaker for me.

What is the symptom of the databases between the IFD-540 and the IFD-100 not being synchronized? Does the app report an error or does it just not work?

My IFD-540 has an older, out of date, charts database. I no longer subscribe to charts, but the old database was on my USB drive when I updated the database and is installed in the IFD-540. My IFD-100 just has the current Nav and Obstacle database, along with terrain, but not the outdated charts.

Is there a way to delete the old charts database from the IFD, without reinstalling the firmware?

Yes, when I was using FltPlan on my Tab S2, I could connect and download flight plans and such. That was firmware 10.1 I think. I havve jumped to FF these days (for Jepps & IFD100), but I am pretty sure that FltPlan has updated the features even further on both android & iOS.

Edited by oskrypuch - 31 May 2018 at 6:32pm

No, nothing special that I recall. Was NOT using the Stratus at the time, so initially just left it in the default local mode on the IFD. In that firmware, there was nothing else to twiddle.

The reason for connecting to the Stratus/Stratux network is that you can then have ForeFlight (maybe also FlyQ EFB) exchange flight plans with the IFD while getting traffic and weather from the Stratus device. ForeFlight cannot currently display traffic from the SkyTrax/MLB100 device because of some software issue. Unfortunately, this also means relying on a portable device that may or may not be in the plane for your network access. I've had enough issues with my Stratux to not want this.

Edited by HenryM - 12 Jun 2018 at 6:53pm

Not showing up on mine either.

Where can we find the 429 and 232 settings?  Is this something our installer has to provide or can they be found in maintenance mode on certain configuration pages?

AviSteve wrote: ...it appears that the image upload is broken again and I'm working to get that resolved.  So, unfortunately, you'll have to just post your settings using text for now.

teeth6 wrote: .... but I don't see the banana on either of my boxes.

The banana is suppressed on precision (LPV, ILS) approaches.

Just to avoid confusion, that was the light inside of my head.

oskrypuch wrote: The banana is suppressed on precision (LPV, ILS) approaches. * Orest

My 550 and 540 are at 10.2.2 but  I had the banana issue at 10.2.1 also.  I believe I’m at at latest release of the IFD 100 as there isn’t an update for me at the App Store. 

When on the AUX page of the app, it says it is software version 10.2.1 but it must be the latest release as the SW Part number is dated Feb 9, 2018 and when I deleted the app and re-downloaded, the same version was reinstalled.