600840-000031 Stratus ES/ESG Installation Instructions
Rev. 2.1
Last Revised: June 22, 2017
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4.8.
Altitude format
Select the pilot’s preferred unit to display altitude in:
Flight Level
Feet
Meters
4.9.
Squat switch
Select the squat switch options:
None
: the aircraft does not have a squat switch
Low when on ground
: the squat switch is closed when on the ground
Low when airborne
: the squat switch is closed when airborne
4.10.
Altitude source
Select the altitude source based on the type of altitude encoder in the aircraft:
Configuration
Type
Protocol
Used when
Parallel
Parallel
--
--
Serial
—trim/gar
Serial
Trimble/Garmin
Altitude encoder resolution is
25 ft or worse
(e.g. 100 ft).
Serial
—trim/gar-25 ft
Serial
Trimble/Garmin
Altitude encoder resolution is
25 ft or better
(e.g. 10 ft)
Serial
—shad/rms
Serial
Shadin/RMS
Altitude encoder resolution is
25 ft or worse
(e.g. 100 ft).
Serial
—shad/rms-25 ft
Serial
Shadin/RMS
Altitude encoder resolution is
25 ft or better
(e.g. 10 ft)
4.11.
Backlight source
Select the pilot’s preferred backlight source.
Ambient light sensor
Lighting bus
4.12.
Backlight slope
Adjust the backlight control slope to a number between 0 and 100. A low number will brighten
the display when there is a large ambient light change, and a high number will brighten the
display when there is a small ambient light change.
4.13.
Backlight offset
Adjust the backlight control offset to a number between 0 and 100. A low number will cause the
backlight to display dimmer, and a high number will cause the backlight to display brighter.