Scott Hersha
Well Known Member
This is a question for VAF'ers that have some experience with the NavWorx ADS-B box and can offer help or suggestions with setup. I have a new NavWorx ADS600 EXP installed in my RV4 and it works, sort of, I think..... The UAT light goes out and I can see some traffic on my iPad and GRT Sport EFIS most of the time, but I've had trouble with updating and configuring the unit using my iPad app.
The update tool doesn't work. I've tried several times on this iPad and on my iPhone. The program keeps stopping and posts a dialog box that says the wifi signal is lost..... "No problem, just turn the unit of and restart it" it says. The wifi signal isn't lost - it still shows NavWorx active on my iPad, iPhone, and Nexus 7 (Android) at all times. After doing this maybe 25 times, I figured I could just click 'OK' and it would continue updating without shutting it off for the umpteenth time, so I left it on and went flying. It kept updating for about 30-40 seconds at a time before stopping and giving me that dialog box, which I would just click OK and it would continue. I finally got to about PASS 14 when it froze up and I couldn't exit the program. This was at least 30 - 40 minutes into the update - I was in flight by then and had to shut down the avionics bus to turn off the NavWorx unit, after which it still wouldn't continue or restart the update. It showed all red X's on the status page. On earlier flights it showed some green status indications on the iPad app, but Flight Status, Transponder Code, and Secondary Altitude always shows red. Doesn't work at all with Android apparently. I have WingX Pro running on these devices.
The settings page doesn't work either. When I enter Aircraft details, GPS antenna position, Anonymous Mode, the entries I make erase immediately and go back to 0.0. There are no instructions for the iPad app, so if it's not intuitive, something is missing. The configuration manual must not apply to the iPad app because nothing in that manual looks like what you see on the app. Unfortunately, I don't even know anyone that has a PC type laptop that would allow me to use the other configuration tool. My NavWorx unit is mounted behind the instrument panel in my RV4 using the NavWorx wiring harness, two NavWorx supplied antennas with the supplied cables. It's trying to communicate with my GRT Sport and a brand new Garmin GTX 327 transponder - and it has communicated partially. The UAT light goes out, and I can see traffic, sometimes, but I still see at least three red X's on the status page all the times.
So what's up with this thing and why won't it update? I've sent this message and a data report to NavWorx, but they're pretty busy, so I thought I would try here for an answer. I've always gotten good input on the forum.
Thanks.....
The update tool doesn't work. I've tried several times on this iPad and on my iPhone. The program keeps stopping and posts a dialog box that says the wifi signal is lost..... "No problem, just turn the unit of and restart it" it says. The wifi signal isn't lost - it still shows NavWorx active on my iPad, iPhone, and Nexus 7 (Android) at all times. After doing this maybe 25 times, I figured I could just click 'OK' and it would continue updating without shutting it off for the umpteenth time, so I left it on and went flying. It kept updating for about 30-40 seconds at a time before stopping and giving me that dialog box, which I would just click OK and it would continue. I finally got to about PASS 14 when it froze up and I couldn't exit the program. This was at least 30 - 40 minutes into the update - I was in flight by then and had to shut down the avionics bus to turn off the NavWorx unit, after which it still wouldn't continue or restart the update. It showed all red X's on the status page. On earlier flights it showed some green status indications on the iPad app, but Flight Status, Transponder Code, and Secondary Altitude always shows red. Doesn't work at all with Android apparently. I have WingX Pro running on these devices.
The settings page doesn't work either. When I enter Aircraft details, GPS antenna position, Anonymous Mode, the entries I make erase immediately and go back to 0.0. There are no instructions for the iPad app, so if it's not intuitive, something is missing. The configuration manual must not apply to the iPad app because nothing in that manual looks like what you see on the app. Unfortunately, I don't even know anyone that has a PC type laptop that would allow me to use the other configuration tool. My NavWorx unit is mounted behind the instrument panel in my RV4 using the NavWorx wiring harness, two NavWorx supplied antennas with the supplied cables. It's trying to communicate with my GRT Sport and a brand new Garmin GTX 327 transponder - and it has communicated partially. The UAT light goes out, and I can see traffic, sometimes, but I still see at least three red X's on the status page all the times.
So what's up with this thing and why won't it update? I've sent this message and a data report to NavWorx, but they're pretty busy, so I thought I would try here for an answer. I've always gotten good input on the forum.
Thanks.....