Some Experiences And Questions After My First Month Solo

I really appreciate the time you all have put into helping me go on the right path while I get started out here. I will add it all to my plans and start putting it to use.

Pacific Pearl, I have an iPhone, a Garmin OTR710 DezlCam GPS, and a Blue Parrot B450-XT (I think all those numbers are right) that likes to sometimes steal the music I bluetooth from my phone to the truck radio. I saw a thread on it recently but I don't remember seeing a solution for iPhones.

I used an app called "Weigh My Truck." I had to know the scale weights, how far apart the holes were, and where the tandems were when I weighed. I don't know how accurate the app is but I never had any trouble.

I used an app called "Weigh My Truck." I had to know the scale weights, how far apart the holes were, and where the tandems were when I weighed. I don't know how accurate the app is but I never had any trouble.

Lordy. I meant "Trucker's Slide Calc."

Just a thought about merging traffic. This is one area where situational awareness is so important. We can never be daydreaming when we are approaching an interchange. Way before we get to where we know there will be merging traffic, we have to see what is behind us, what is beside us and evaluate how fast traffic is gaining on us. Is the passing lane clear? If so, we know we can move to the left if necessary. If we have already looked up to the top of the entrance ramp, we can perhaps see if other trucks or vehicles are turning onto that ramp and will be accelerating onto the highway. This gives us the ability to plan ahead what to do. Move over? Slow down? Speed up?

Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement, so the saying goes.

Well, that narrows it down quite a bit. I stand by original two-phone solution but you have other options. Garmin uses TWO bluetooth connections to your phone:

BT_dezl OTRXXXXX

and

BLE_dezl OTRXXXXX

Go to Settings>Bluetooth on your iPhone to see your bluetooth connections.

The, "BT" connection is the one Garmin uses for phone calls. The, "BLE" connection (Bluetooth Low Energy") is the data connection. Now tap on the blue i to the right of the BT connection. You should see options for, "Device Type" and, "Sync Contacts". The last option is the one you want. Tap on, "Forget This Device". That will eliminate the phone connection but leave the data connection in place for weather and traffic.

I appreciate the detailed solution. It helps me to see on my phone exactly what you typed. I only see dezlCam though so I must've changed its name when I set it up and don't see anything else similar to it. But I connected it yesterday and today and it didn't steal calls, but I didn't see traffic or weather either. Maybe I changed something when I was playing around in the settings. I'm very low-tech so something is better than nothing!