iPad App Available for Download

I might have missed this in some other posts but I found out the hard way that the IFD 540 Simulator for the iPad is NOT compatible with the latest iOS 8.0 update for the iPad.  It just locks up at the AviDyne start up screen.  It also appears that I cannot recover back to the iOS 7.1.2 version that was compatible.  I hope the good software people at AviDyne will soon issue a release for the simulator that is compatible. 

Yikes.   We'll look at this tomorrow.    Thanks for the heads up.

SteveMcD,

AviJake wrote: Bob, Looks like you found an iPad sim bug.   I'll dig into it on Friday.   Thanks! (I guess.....)

Hi Bob II,

Thanks for posting that. I too was having trouble creating and saving a flight plan on the iPad app. Until I read your post I thought it was me!

Regards,

Jim

I am also having the issue of not being able to save/store routes...

Bob,

Looks like you found an iPad sim bug.   I'll dig into it on Friday.   Thanks! (I guess.....)

If you enter a flight plan, it repositions your airplane.

It works!

The IFD540 simulator for iPads is now officially ready for customer download on the Apple Store.

We have two apps posted - one for the Americas and one for International folks.   The size of the app (due to the databases) are enormous - roughly 1 GB each.  Both are free apps.

You can search for "Avidyne" or "IFD540" and you should find two apps.  These are just for the IFD540.

You will need an iPad2 or later and iOS 6.x or later to run this.  You'll also need a little over 1GB of spare space as well.

We've run a few timing tests for various download methods and here is a set of examples to help set your expectations:

Downloading straight from the Cloud over a reliable wifi link:

Americas took just under 20 minutes to download.
International took just over 23 minutes to download.

Downloading to iTunes and then installing onto the iPad (no other data was being sync'd):

Americas took just over 5 minutes to download to iTunes and then 3 minutes to install on an iPad.

International (this was done by a different person with a different setup) took slightly less than 4 minutes to download to iTunes but then another 20 minutes to install on his iPad2.

A few operational notes once you do install the app on your iPad:

1.  In the bottom left there is a "Weather" button to slide.  The ability to slide it to the "Live" position won't be available until about 1 minute after you start the app.   It is actually connecting to live internet weather feed of the datalink products.

2.  There are some improvements we'll make on a follow-on release.  At least one of the known issues with this app is that when panning away from ownship on the map, the double tap of the glass to jump back to ownship position does not work.  Until that is resolved, you have to wait for the 20 sec timeout to automatically slide back to ownship position.

And for the inevitable "Hey, what about Android?" and "What about IFD440?" questions, both are in the works but may be a few months still until ready.