OK, some good new, and some bad news (maybe for me...)
I hooked up the system again. GPS 1 set to Dynon, GPS 2 set to Garmin 696 and GPS 3 set to GX60. I turned off everything except the Dynon GPS and got a signal (GPS 1 working). I then turned off everything except the Garmin 696 (GPS 2 working, and GPS 2 on Navsource working). I then turned off everything except the GX60 and could not get the map to show up (RED X, and no data in GPS 3 Navsouce). I tried a few different data configurations on the SkyView with no luck. I was pretty sure I had it reading before, but maybe not..... maybe I was wrong... Any maybe this is why:
I have the GX60 also transmitting into the Garmin 696. If I put a flight plan into the GX60, that flight plan will show up on the Garmin 696, then show up on the Skyview under Navsource GPS 2 (which is the 696 input). If I look at Navsource 3 (GX60 directly into SkyView) I still get no data.
So, it appears the GX60 will talk to the 696 and feed data through the 696 to the SkyView, but the GX60 won't transmit directly to the SkyView. Is this possible???
I then did the GPS fail over test. Set up as noted above, unplugged the Dynon GPS transmit to Skyview and it automatically switched to the 696 and the SkyView continued to work and show the map. I then turned off the 696 and the SkyView got the RED X. I then plugged the Dynon GPS wire back in and got the map back. So the failsafe is working, at least between the Dynon GPS and the Garmin 696.
I am going to play with the GX60 feeding into the SkyView tonight a bit more and I will report back if I make any progress. If the SkyView is not able to read the GX60, would it be possible to request that Dynon looking at adding it? I know it is an outdated unit, but it does look like a few of us are using it
It would be GREATLY appreciated....
I hope this helps!!
-Mike Kraus
RV-4 Flying with D180
RV-10 Finished wiring with Dual SkyViews!!