solarguy54 Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 So I just installed the Dynon SV-ADSB-472 module under an FD MRA on a Skyview Classic 2012 CTLS. INSTALL WENT GREAT. I’ve also added the Dynon Wi-Fi adapter so I can link Foreflight to the Skyview for ADS-B in to Foreflight and flight plans out to Skyview moving map. Awesome! BUT, the Digiflight II-VS autopilot is NOT driven from the Skyview, but is driven off of the Garmin 696. I wonder why FD picked the Digiflight instead of the Dynon autopilot servers? Skyview comes standard with full autopilot. Anyway, I want to drive the autopilot from the Skyview instead of the Garmin so it can follow a route uploaded from Foreflight. According to Dynon, this only requires a single serial wire change out of a serial port on the Skyview. Has anyone done this? Does it require an LOA from FD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Digiflight has an upgrade deal to their Vizion 380 - a drop in replacement for the Digiflight II - which will interface with Skyview. It works very well after a lot of trouble shooting that found the harness they sent me (it was supposed to be plug and play, basically) was mis-connected, at least for my plane. After going back and forth between Digiflight and Dynon I finally decided to start tracing wires and found that one wire went to a receive port rather than a transmit port on the serial bus on the Dynon displays. Swapped pins and all was well. I agree, it would be nice to have the Dynon setup, but that gets very pricey as a retrofit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarguy54 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 10:57 PM, Doug G. said: Digiflight has an upgrade deal to their Vizion 380 - a drop in replacement for the Digiflight II - which will interface with Skyview. It works very well after a lot of trouble shooting that found the harness they sent me (it was supposed to be plug and play, basically) was mis-connected, at least for my plane. After going back and forth between Digiflight and Dynon I finally decided to start tracing wires and found that one wire went to a receive port rather than a transmit port on the serial bus on the Dynon displays. Swapped pins and all was well. I agree, it would be nice to have the Dynon setup, but that gets very pricey as a retrofit. Did you need to get an MRA from FD for that? Sounds like a great solution. The upgrade is $1K ($300 trade-in on the Digiflight II VS Sid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 On 5/29/2018 at 12:01 PM, solarguy54 said: Did you need to get an MRA from FD for that? Sounds like a great solution. The upgrade is $1K ($300 trade-in on the Digiflight II VS Sid I called FDUSA and was told that since it was a replacement and no modifications were necessary it did not need an MOA. I guess I would advise you to make the same call just to cover the bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarguy54 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I did the upgrade and it was a piece of cake. Still driving it off of the Garmin. To switch to the Skyview will require 1. configuring a Skyview serial port 2. adding a serial out wire from the Skyview to the Vizion 3. removing the two ARINC wires from the Garmin to the Vizion What I think I will do is add a DP3T toggle switch so I can select either the Garmin or the Skyview to drive the autopilot from the panel. Very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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