no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

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no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

1/17/2021 11:40 AM

Nelson Amen

Joined: 12/16/2013

Posts: 15

no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

Tried on a flight home from Houston this past week .... as well as here at the house this morning. I first selected the auto-find function on my iFly 720 ... no luck. When I go to manual, the Dual does not appear on the list of devices that can be connected. No luck searching the options in the two set-up menus.

No problem receiving traffic and weather on my iFly 720 with my older stratux. I just pruchased the Dual XGPS 170D because the iFly was listed by them as a compatible efb.

Possibly because the Dual is blue tooth, rather than the wifi thingy?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Nelson Amen - San Antonio, Texas

1/17/2021 5:55 PM

Mike D.

Joined: 1/15/2010

Posts: 1213

Re: no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

I don't recall any of the iFly 7XX units havint Bluetooth, so I'd guess your diagnosis is spot on. If Dual works only on Bluetooth, and has no WiFi, it's likely not going to work on the iFly 7XX units.

1/17/2021 10:07 PM

Nelson Amen

Joined: 12/16/2013

Posts: 15

Re: no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

ahhh ... the mystery continues ....

Dual advertises their unit being compatible with iFly

iFly advertises their unit being compatible with Dual

Good news - - airplane still flies well !!

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1/17/2021 11:40 PM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

If the ADSB device only supports Bluetooth, then it will not be compatible with the iFly 740 or other iFly hardware devices, as they do not use Bluetooth.

I imagine the "iFly compatible" statement is with respect to iFly running on tablet devices that do include Bluetooth capability. It's unfortunate the marketing blurbs don't make that more clear. Caveat emptor.

1/18/2021 10:03 AM

Brolin McKay

Joined: 10/6/2019

Posts: 772

Re: no luck connecting Dual Electronics ADS-B in to my 720

The iFly app is compatible with the Dual units, because it connects via bluetooth.

7 series hardware connects via wifi only. They don't have bluetooth modules.

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