Send a flight plan to a Dynon SkyView

Send a flight plan to a Dynon SkyView

With Dynon's Wi-Fi adapter, iFly can send its flight plan straight into a SkyView. The link looks connected as soon as ADS-B weather appears, which is exactly why the one missed setup step is so easy to miss: the SkyView has to be selected by hand.

Before you start

  • iFly EFB on Android or iOS. The Dynon link is not available in the Windows app; on Windows, carry plans across on a USB stick.
  • A SkyView with the Dynon Wi-Fi adapter plugged directly into the display, not through a USB extension. With multiple screens, the plan arrives on the screen the adapter is in.
  • Current SkyView system software. Flight plan transfer over Wi-Fi arrived well after the adapter itself; an older system connects for ADS-B and still refuses plans. The adapter is not compatible with SkyView SE.
  • iFly GPS portables (740 and earlier) cannot do this; send the plan from the portable to a phone or tablet first.

Set it up, in this order

  1. In the tablet's Wi-Fi settings, join the SkyView's network. Do this before launching iFly.
  2. Launch iFly EFB.
  3. Go to Menu › About › Connected Devices › Select Wireless Device and pick your Dynon from the list. Do not leave this on Auto Detect: that setting is for ADS-B receivers and will not identify the SkyView as a flight plan target.
  4. Stay on Connected Devices for a few seconds and confirm the status comes up.

Send the plan

  1. Open Flight Plan › More Options › Share / Export Flight Plan › Share to Local Network. Once step 3 is done the Dynon usually appears by name in that menu; pick it directly if it does.
  2. Watch the SkyView, not the tablet. A confirmation prompt appears on the SkyView that you must accept. Only then does the plan land in the SkyView's Flight Plan window. The prompt times out, so accept it straight away.

If it still will not go through

First rule out the link. Are you seeing ADS-B weather or traffic in iFly while parked and connected to the SkyView? If yes, the Wi-Fi link is healthy and the problem is device selection or the accept prompt (steps 3 and 4 above). If no, the Wi-Fi connection itself is the problem:

  • Android phones and cellular tablets see that the SkyView network has no internet and quietly fall back to cellular. When the "no internet" notification appears, choose to stay connected. The reliable fix is to turn on Airplane Mode first, then turn Wi-Fi back on, so there is nothing to fall back to.
  • Plug the Wi-Fi adapter straight into the SkyView. A USB extension cable has been the whole problem more than once.
  • Update the SkyView system software.

Still stuck?

Email support@iFlyEFB.com and tell us which of the two cases above you are seeing, plus your SkyView software version and tablet model.