The iLevil 2 Series can be configured to use ForeFlight's Simulation protocol, which allows you to drive the App with limited functionality. Synthetic Vision, GPS Navigation and Traffic display are available when using an iLevil2. Weather information will NOT be available when using the iLevil2 in combination with ForeFlight, nor does ForeFlight offer support for the iLevil 2 series. When using the iLevil 2 in "ForeFlight Sim" mode, compatibility with all other Apps (except for AHRS Utility V3.0) is suspended, until the iLevil is configured for "default GDL90" mode.
To configure the iLevil for to work with ForeFlight's simulation protocol:
1. Turn iLevil ON
2. Connect to iPad WiFi (using iLevil network)
3. Open AHRS Utility App
4. Go to Device Config, click Enable configuration and acknowledge the warning
5. Under Protocol to use, select ForeFlight, click "Select"
6. Wait 10 seconds reboot the iLevil (OFF/ON)
7. On the diagnostics window in AHRS Utility verify that Protocol is set to "ForeFlight"
Eh sort of. It basically pretends to be a flight simulator and feeds data to it like X-Plane does. You won't get weather and it is unsupported. No weather is a pretty big deal breaker.
This is my biggest issue with ForeFlight. They would be smart to allow more products to integrate for the ADS-B stuff.
It's not that ForeFlight doesn't allow it, it's that each device they support is another development/testing effort that results in no new features. They've chosen to focus on delivering new features instead of trying to be compatible with every ADS-B box out there. There's no real standards for how the interface from the ADS-B box to the iPad works.
ForeFlight appears to have the biggest share of the EFB market*. Ensuring that one ADS-B/AHARS product works perfectly in coordination with it and supports all of its functions seems to have worked out fairly well.This is my biggest issue with ForeFlight. They would be smart to allow more products to integrate for the ADS-B stuff.
...and the other half is that Appareo has chosen to have its Stratus ADS-B/WAAS portables only work with ForeFlight.To be fair Kent, they do choose to not allow it.
To be fair Kent, they do choose to not allow it. If they so chose they could partner with the industry as a whole to make a unified standard. But they choose not to. I don't blame them for choosing not to and I would likely do the same thing if I were in their shoes.
ForeFlight appears to have the biggest share of the EFB market*. Ensuring that one ADS-B/AHARS product works perfectly in coordination with it and supports all of its functions seems to have worked out fairly well.
Sounds pretty smart to me, whether I like it or not.
[* ForeFlight share of the market. I haven't seen a completely independent analysis but a Sporty's poll indicated something over 60% second most popular being at about 13%. Even if Sporty's results are somewhat skewed in favor of ForeFlight due to it's participation in the product, that's a pretty wide margin]
...and the other half is that Appareo has chosen to have its Stratus ADS-B/WAAS portables only work with ForeFlight.
I knew they were the dominant player in the market, I just didn't realize the extent of their dominance!
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If your in a club , Foreflight isn't a bad deal,you can buy one stratus two and leave it in the aircraft for all the members.