I had a support request recently where this disconnect seems to happen even though all devices run the latest iOS version. I myself can not reproduce the problem. All my hosting sessions run without disconnects even with a mix of iOS15, 16 and 17 devices.
Connection closed
I guess it must be something in the iOS settings. But except allowing Stage Traxx to access the network, I have no idea what else could influence it.
Decoste1 my bluetooth connection was the same now i can be on the street with the host in the house witout a problem, you need to find the reson for the this if you simply want to use it witout a router, bluetooth should work but it has a bug that no one has fixed yet, they just use a wokaround.
Perhaps try a fresh install of the operatig system and st3 and see if it goes away as updates just keep mdifyind the system which could corrupt thigs in the bacgrund without you knowing it.
I know that bluetooth was a lot more reliable before so why is it not usable now.
Bluetooth runs on 2.4Ghz. Wifi also runs on 2.4 GHz. Anything in that frequency range can cause disconnects. Especially wireless audio transmitters that often nuke the whole frequency range.
5Ghz wifi with a dedicated router will solve those issues.
4 days later
i had this problem at a few venue's i just bought a small WiFi router,problem solved
davedroug i had this problem at a few venue's i just bought a small WiFi router,problem solved
Thats a workaroud, which is a more reliable way to go but it introduces extra equipment tacked on, which is fine but the original problem is not solved.
After updating my software on all devices the bluetooth problem went away now i can reliably use bluetooth, it might not be as reliable as a wifi router but it definitely is rock solid enough for my smaller gigs which was totally uneusable before.
I like to fix problems not work around them if possible.
8 days later
peter when you are trying does your router have access to the internet? I found if I used my home network which has internet capability the issue goes away. The problem is when I’m on my closed setup which does not have internet but is a closed network only allowing communications on a LAN. This provides the connection disconnect issue.
If I use my mifi and wireless connect all iPads to that which has internet capability it works as if I was connected to my home network.
Bbachorz As i don't use a router, what you are saying is that this regular 30 second disconnection is also happening using a wifi router but thats not connected to the internet, this is very interesting, so its not just bluetooth disconnecting its also the router, i am going to do some more tests on this because when my problem went away is when i updated my software but because i was at home i was also hooked up to the internet, so perhaps i still might have an issue on stage , although my last test was at a gig all night on bluetooth without one disconnection, so things are still a bit fishy, are you on the latest operating software on everything?
@peter it appears that the connection is closed after exactly 30 seconds, so definitely a software issue.
The weird thing is that after I get the “Connection closed” message on the slave device and tap “OK”, the song that was playing on the host is still playing on the slave even if I stop it on the host device.
Could this be some power saving issue?
Hi,
I started evaluating ST3 a few days ago for my band, and so far, features wise, it matches my expectations. Just a little suggestion I will write in a dedicated thread, but anyway... thanks for the great work @peter! 
On the topic of disconnections, I agree on the need for a dedicated router. That's what we do for years with my band, and that works flawlessly for all our Wifi connected devices (for in-ear mixes control and other things), even on big venues.
That being said, today was the first rehearsal using ST3, and we got plenty of disconnections. We were NOT using our dedicated stage router this time, only my studio router, in which to be honest I don't have a lot of trust...
So I definitely have to run some more tests... but while writing a list of things to tests, I had an idea...
The idea is the following: providing an option like “auto-reconnect to last session when connection drops out”
Because what we were doing was just "closing the popup, going back to settings, and joining the session again"... if that was automated, that would just be good enough, I guess...
What do you think?
PS: as a developer myself, and having worked in the past on similar connected applications (multi player video games), I know it's a pain in the ***... so yeah, definitely @peter cannot do much except maybe some auto-reconnection mechanism...
The auto-reconnect is a good idea and honestly the only option I have. Everything else is capsuled by iOS.