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Originally posted by GMSutton GMSutton wrote:

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Even though the units are all talking with each other on the network, I still can't transfer flight plans to and from the IFD540 across the network. Has anyone found the cure for this familiar problem...?!



What happens when you try?

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Originally posted by GMSutton GMSutton wrote:

This week, I picked up my airplane from the avionics shop with a new IFD540. I experienced the same problem outlined in this two-year-old thread: Even though both the IFD540 and my iPad are properly connected to my Stratus II, and I'm seeing both units active in ForeFlight, I cannot transfer flight plans between the 540 and ForeFlight.

I've reached out to both Avidyne and ForeFlight tech support. Frankly, they haven't been very helpful. Indeed, the Avidyne tech support doesn't seem to know the Wi-Fi networking capabilities of their own units very well. I've had to remind them that the way it works, as you all know, is that both the IFD540 and my iPad connect to the Stratus, and the Stratus acts as a Wi-Fi hub. That allows the Avidyne and the iPad to communicate with each other through the Stratus.

Even though the units are all talking with each other on the network, I still can't transfer flight plans to and from the IFD540 across the network. Has anyone found the cure for this familiar problem...?!


When configuring the Stratus SSID to connect to in Maintenance Mode, make sure that the setting for the stratus SSID is changed from local WiFi to remote WiFi.
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Originally posted by oskrypuch oskrypuch wrote:

Originally posted by GMSutton GMSutton wrote:

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Even though the units are all talking with each other on the network, I still can't transfer flight plans to and from the IFD540 across the network. Has anyone found the cure for this familiar problem...?!



What happens when you try?

* Orest

After pressing the "Send to Panel" button and waiting a while, I get an error message: "Unable: IFD became unresponsive".

The problem may be related to the larger issue that has caused me to send this brand-new unit back to the factory in exchange for a replacement. I'll be curious to see whether the replacement unit has the same issue with transferring flight plans.


Edited by GMSutton - 30 Sep 2020 at 9:13pm
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Bummer.

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Originally posted by GMSutton GMSutton wrote:

The problem may be related to the larger issue that has caused me to send this brand-new unit back to the factory in exchange for a replacement. I'll be curious to see whether the replacement unit has the same issue with transferring flight plans.


If others with Stratus II as the active router have succeeded in tranferring flight plans, it would be evidence your difficulty can be overcome once the mistake has been found.  If others have the same problems, it's evidence there is an incompatibility with the hardware that cannot be resolved at this time.  Without reading this or prior threads, I assume others with Stratus II have no problem transferring flight plans using Stratus II as the WiFi router.

In that case, if the replacement IFD does not help, it would suggest the problem is with your Stratus, your iPad, or in the setup for any of the three devices involved.  Make sure there are no other WiFi routers active in the cockpit other than Stratus when attempting flight plan transfers.

I use the IFD as the active WiFi router, and the transfer of flight plans to and from ForeFlight works fine most often.  The actual ability to do that  is delayed for a time after the WiFi connection has been established.  Apparently the software in both the IFD and ForeFlight requires some procedures to complete before the link to transfer flight plans becomes active.  Often, one direction becomes available first, then the other.   It does not take more than 5 minutes, and typically only like 1 or 2 minutes.  Rarely, I become impatient and just enter the flight plan manually in whichever unit needs updating.
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I have a Stratus 2s set up as the access point. All works as it should with FF, so it is a supported configuration.

Recently FF "hid" the upload/download route functions under the Share and the Device sub menus. Was a little puzzled until I figured that out.

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Edited by oskrypuch - 01 Oct 2020 at 3:29pm
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It seems my suspicions were justified. Avidyne overnighted a replacement IFD540 and I installed it last night. Fired it up and connected it to my Stratus II. The new unit immediately began uploading flight plans from ForeFlight via the Stratus hub. So it appears the problem was with the defective unit I replaced after all. As soon as I replaced it with a new 540, the system began working as advertised.

Thanks for your help!
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