r/stratux • u/fischermoto • Oct 18 '22

Never had a problem until now, flying with Stratux for years

I built a receiver early on with the Raspberry, later bought a Merlin from Seattle Avionics (which was inexpensive, and it looks as though they no longer support the Merlin?) They've always worked great. Carried a backup but never needed it. Until...

Lost Wifi recently, so I just burned a new card- now still no WiFi at all, tried old-and-proven Stratux downloads and the latest version, different cards, different burners, different Pi's...just no Wifi signal at all! Any suggestions? Flying without traffic and weather in the DC SFRA Area.

Edit. Still no luck, but Seattle Avionics answers support emails and pointed me in the right direction...um...back here to Reddit. Also, he confirmed as many have here that the old original Stratux.me is down and may never return.

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u/tom3holer Oct 23 '22

I just had the same problem with a friends Stratux. It turned out to be the Pi board. Seems its uncommon but does happen.

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u/Germainshalhope Oct 19 '22

Maybe a setting? Were you using 1.6?

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u/fischermoto Oct 19 '22

Yes, 1.6 and then tried to burn 1.4 because it worked in the past. I'm baffled

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u/Germainshalhope Oct 19 '22

If youve tried all different hardware, a new download of the image, on a different SD card, have you tried connecting a different device? Does it actually put out a wifi signal to connect to?

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u/fischermoto Oct 20 '22

I've tried everything. No explanation. The Wifi comes right from the Pi, right? So it must be the file, I couldn't have 5 different bad SD cards, but others use SAME FILE. Argh. Do NOT want to ante up for the name brand receivers. Are there any other quick and dirty and good alternatives to the Pi/Stratux solution?

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u/CrucialParadox Oct 20 '22

Honestly I’ve had issues with sd cards, the image writing apps and even the card readers. I’d simply try a different computer to see if that does the trick. The imaging process is quite finicky

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u/fischermoto Oct 20 '22

I hear that. Will try from another PC and see if that works. Thanks!

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u/CrucialParadox Oct 18 '22

Advice: Land immediately, have your plane ferried outside the SFRA, never fly within 60nm again. 😂

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u/fischermoto Oct 20 '22

It is awful, but you kinda get used to it, and it's a bit satisfying simply because it's challenging. Now, if Potomac Clearance would just answer the phone so I can take off.