iFly GPS Forum

 I'm just now getting ready to install the same equipment (which I've had, still in the box, for 13 months so far). And I'm wondering if the echoUAT can connect by wi-fi to two (or more) EFISes at the same time. I'd like to get the traffic and weather on both the 740 that's installed in the instrument panel and also on my iPhone or an iPad. (I know--just try it. But I'm trying to think several other, interrelated things through in advance.)

Yup - it does. I connect both my 740 and an iPhone to the Ping-xxxx network provided by the Echo. ifly running on both devices receive the ADSB-in info just fine.

Further, I often plan the flight at home on a PC then transfer it to ifly on my phone. When I get in the plane because the phone and 740 are both on the same Ping-xxxx network I can then share the flight plan to local devices from my phone transferring it wirelessly to the 740.

Regards,

Alasdair

To be clear...the FAA mandate only applies to ADSB-out (the data that goes from your plane to ATC).  Usage of ADSB-in (the data ATC sends back to your plan, and that your Echo will pass to iFly) is not mandatory, so it's not really accurate to say that the FAA mandate has made iFly easier to use.  :-)

ADSB-in was the sugar intended to make the medicine of ADSB-out go down a little easier...but it's definitely a good thing for pilots.