iFly GPS Forum

I'm using an iFly 720 in my airplane with a Skyradar-L over wifi and a USB to serial adapter driving a TruTrak autopilot. I'm using the latest 7.5.2 software. The iFly 720 intermittently loses connectivity through the USB to serial adapter that drives the A/P. On some flights everything is working great and on others it fails. When it fails I check the connected devices menu and the serial adapter is missing. If I dig deeper I see that the COM 1 port is missing from the list. I've swapped out the USB to serial adapter as a test and I get the same result.

Has anyone experienced these problems? I really like the 720, I just plunked down $109 for an update, but a major factor for me was connectivity to my A/P.

Thanks for any help with this problem.

Walter, I've been in contact with customer support for the past few weeks, I've only posted to this forum out of desperation. I have followed every suggestion that customer support has instructed me to do. There are two unanswered emails and I figured no one at your company cared about this problem anymore.

I have tried the procedure you've laid out. I've swapped adapters, checked com port settings, checked the wiring and disconnected the WiFi to all but the Skyradar. Flight after flight, same result. I've photographed in-flight the missing com port and "no devices found" message to help support figure out the problem.

I bought the iFly720 July of 2012. I've had the same configuration since day one, Skyradar and iFly serial adapter driving a Trutrak A/P which was working fine up until February.

Tom