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02.04.2022 | V1.02 
-2- 

 

Installation / Operation Manual 

anemoi

  

 

Contents 

 

1.

 

Preface

 ..............................................................................................................................................

3

 

1.1

 

Limited Warranty

 ......................................................................................................................

3

 

1.2

 

Sunburned Display Warranty

 ....................................................................................................

3

 

2.

 

System Description

 ...........................................................................................................................

4

 

3.

 

Technical Specifications

 ....................................................................................................................

6

 

3.1

 

Available Accessories

 ................................................................................................................

7

 

4.

 

Mechanical Installation

 ....................................................................................................................

8

 

4.1

 

Display Unit

...............................................................................................................................

8

 

4.2

 

Sensor Unit

 ...............................................................................................................................

8

 

4.3

 

Temperature sensor installation

 ............................................................................................ 

10

 

4.4

 

P_TOTAL and P_STATIC Connectors

 ....................................................................................... 

10

 

4.5

 

Drawings Display Unit

 ............................................................................................................ 

11

 

4.6

 

Drawings Sensor Unit

 ............................................................................................................ 

12

 

5.

 

Electrical Installation

 ..................................................................................................................... 

14

 

5.1

 

Display 1 / Display 2 Connector

 ............................................................................................. 

15

 

5.2

 

GPS NMEA Connector

 ............................................................................................................ 

15

 

5.3

 

POWER Connector

 ................................................................................................................. 

17

 

5.4

 

GPS Receiver Connector

 ........................................................................................................ 

18

 

5.5

 

Wiring Diagram

 ...................................................................................................................... 

19

 

6.

 

Operation

 ....................................................................................................................................... 

20

 

6.1

 

Startup

 ................................................................................................................................... 

20

 

6.2

 

Display pages

 ......................................................................................................................... 

20

 

Wind Page...................................................................................................................................... 21 
AHRS page ..................................................................................................................................... 21 
Data page ....................................................................................................................................... 21 

6.3

 

Operation on ground

 ............................................................................................................. 

21

 

6.4

 

In-Flight operation

 ................................................................................................................. 

22

 

Use of data indicated by anemoi ................................................................................................... 22 
Data interpretation and reliability ................................................................................................. 22 

6.5

 

Setup Menu

 ........................................................................................................................... 

23

 

Calibrate PRS ................................................................................................................................. 24 
Rotate Screen ................................................................................................................................ 24 
Disable AHRS ................................................................................................................................. 24 
Align DOF ....................................................................................................................................... 25 
Exit ................................................................................................................................................. 25 

6.6

 

Errors

 ..................................................................................................................................... 

26

 

Sensor error ................................................................................................................................... 26 
-no data- ........................................................................................................................................ 26 

6.7

 

Firmware / Software Update

 ................................................................................................. 

27

 

7.

 

Abbreviations and Terms

 ............................................................................................................... 

28

 

 

Summary of Contents for anemoi 26005-485

Page 1: ...Installation Operation Manual Version 1 02 Copyright 2022 RS Flight Systems GmbH ...

Page 2: ...ings Sensor Unit 12 5 Electrical Installation 14 5 1 Display 1 Display 2 Connector 15 5 2 GPS NMEA Connector 15 5 3 POWER Connector 17 5 4 GPS Receiver Connector 18 5 5 Wiring Diagram 19 6 Operation 20 6 1 Startup 20 6 2 Display pages 20 Wind Page 21 AHRS page 21 Data page 21 6 3 Operation on ground 21 6 4 In Flight operation 22 Use of data indicated by anemoi 22 Data interpretation and reliabilit...

Page 3: ...ligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements 1 1 Limited Warranty This RS Flight Systems product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase Within this period RS Flight Systems will at their sole discretion repair or replace any components that fail in normal use Such repairs or replacement will be made ...

Page 4: ...em architecture Sunlight readable backlit display Simple and self explanatory operation one push button Minimum installation effort of sensor unit uninfluenced by magnetic fields Compact display unit with versatile installation options Simple data transfer and software update via microSD card Suitable for 12 VDC aircraft electrical systems High level of manufacturing and quality control Engineerin...

Page 5: ...Installation Operation Manual anemoi 02 04 2022 V1 02 5 Figure 2 2 Display Unit Figure 2 3 Wiring Harness Kit Figure 2 4 Connection Kit ...

Page 6: ...0 mm 4 72 x 1 57 in Taped Connector Cutout 14 x 16 mm 0 55 x 0 63 in Display Cutout 26 x 26 mm 1 02 x 1 02 in Total Mass 180 g 0 4 lbs 20 g 0 04 lbs Housing Machined aluminum surface black anodized Polyamide 12 Supply Voltage 12 VDC Power Consumption 100 mA Display 1 3 inch LCD 240 x 240 pixels Firmware Update microSD card up to 32 GB FAT32 formatted Operating Temperature Range 20 to 60 o C 4 to 1...

Page 7: ...hose 3 x 5 mm 0 12 length 1 0 m 3 ft 10 782 Connection Kit anemoi 3m Connection Kit for anemoi wind indicator system Includes Display cable RJ12 3 0 m 10 ft NMEA cable RJ45 3 0 m 10 ft NMEA RJ45 Y splitter 1 2x T reduction nozzles instrument hose Silicone hose 3 x 5 mm 0 12 length 6 0 m 20 ft 10 744 Cable RJ12 0 5m anemoi Display Unit cable Length 0 5 m 1 5 ft 10 778 Cable RJ12 3 0m anemoi Display...

Page 8: ...s 4 1 Display Unit The display unit is mounted either in front of the instrument panel or behind the instrument panel Second variant needs a rectangular cutout dimensions in Table 3 1 Two mounting examples are shown in Figure 4 1 and Figure 4 2 Figure 4 1 Front side mounting Figure 4 2 Rear side mounting 4 2 Sensor Unit The sensor unit can be mounted behind the instrument panel or in the fuselage ...

Page 9: ... so that the labeled side of the device is up A vertical mounting is not possible The sensor unit can be mounted in four different yaw orientations indicated as A B C D on the top side of the sensor unit If the sensor unit is installed with direction A pointing in the DOF direction of flight no further action is required upon installation If the sensor unit is installed in the directions of B C D ...

Page 10: ...However the system s sensitivity to temperature errors is quite low and the anemoi software is even capable of adjusting to permanent temperature measurement offsets within the first 15 minutes after takeoff Nevertheless good temperature measurement is necessary for ideal performance of the wind indication 4 4 P_TOTAL and P_STATIC Connectors P_TOTAL must be connected with the total pressure tube P...

Page 11: ...Installation Operation Manual anemoi 02 04 2022 V1 02 11 4 5 Drawings Display Unit Figure 4 4 Display unit front view side view Figure 4 5 Display unit rear view Figure 4 6 Display unit isometric view ...

Page 12: ...02 04 2022 V1 02 12 Installation Operation Manual anemoi 4 6 Drawings Sensor Unit Figure 4 7 Sensor unit isometric view Figure 4 8 Sensor unit front view Figure 4 9 Sensor unit top view ...

Page 13: ...Installation Operation Manual anemoi 02 04 2022 V1 02 13 Figure 4 10 Sensor unit side view ...

Page 14: ... output Make sure that only one is connected to the sensor unit Never plug in both NMEA output and GPS receiver simultaneously If there is an NMEA output device make sure to use the RJ45 splitter to split up the power supply and the data lines The RJ45 data cable is connected directly to the sensor unit in the GPS NMEA slot The RJ45 power cable is connected to the default NMEA output power source ...

Page 15: ... 5 VDC 2 PWR_OUT Display Unit Power Supply 5 VDC 3 BUTTON Display Unit Button line 4 DATA Display Unit Data line 5 DISPLAY_GND Display Unit Power Supply Ground 6 DISPLAY_GND Display Unit Power Supply Ground Table 5 2 Pin allocation Display 1 Display 2 Figure 5 2 Display Connector pin allocation 5 2 GPS NMEA Connector If an NMEA RS 232 output device is used as a GPS source in most installations no ...

Page 16: ...d navigation data is included in the output of the source device In most cases no action is actively required to ensure sending of this sentence as it is the most fundamental content in the NMEA protocol The Baud rate of the RS 232 NMEA data stream must be one of the following 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 bps If this is the case anemoi will automatically adjust to the correct Baud rate The extend...

Page 17: ...ocation is shown in Table 5 4 A picture of the connector can be seen in Figure 5 4 A picture with the pin numbering is shown in Figure 5 4 Pin Number Signal Name Function 1 PWR_IN Positive Power Supply 12 VDC 2 DEBUG Internal Debugging DO NOT CONNECT 3 DEBUG Internal Debugging DO NOT CONNECT 4 do not connect 5 AC_GND Aircraft Ground 6 TEMP_PWR Temperature Sensor Positive Power Supply 5 VDC 7 TEMP_...

Page 18: ...anemoi 5 4 GPS Receiver Connector The anemoi GPS receiver has a mating connector for the GPS port The P N of the receiver is listed in Table 3 2 The anemoi GPS receiver can be used if no NMEA source is available in the aircraft Figure 5 5 GPS receiver ...

Page 19: ...n Bus Aircraft GND Display Unit RJ45 Y Splitter GNSS Antenna TEMP_PWR TEMP_DATA TEMP_GND NMEA_RX GPS 1 5 6 7 8 PWR_OUT PWR_OUT BUTTON DATA DISPLAY_GND DISPLAY_GND POWER GNSS ANTENNA GPS NMEA DISPLAY 1 2 5 7 8 5 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NMEA_GND NMEA_GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 yellow black red red blue 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 20: ...MP GPS PRS IMU The color green yellow red see Table 6 1 for explanation indicates the state of the respective sensor Figure 6 1 Startup screen IMU PRS TMP GPS Not ready No NMEA data NMEA data no GPS Ready GPS ready Table 6 1 Sensor health indication at system start 6 2 Display pages Upon completion of the startup process the display shows the operational pages The push button short push and releas...

Page 21: ...e current bank angle of the aircraft in degrees on the left as well as the circle diameter of the current flight path on the right The AHRS page is shown in Figure 6 3 Data page The data page contains seven fields of flight data True Air Speed TAS in km h Ground Speed GS in km h Track and Heading in degrees Outer Air Temperature OAT in degrees Celsius Pitot pressure calibration calculated by the K...

Page 22: ...ching a ridge anemoi wind indication can significantly improve the pilot s judgement of the updraft downdraft and turbulence conditions to be expected near the terrain and help choose which ridge to fly to in search of an updraft In mountainous terrain with ridge lift or valley wind active low phases and outlandings can be avoided in many cases by having precise knowledge of the current wind condi...

Page 23: ... the IMU is aligned again to correctly capture the full wind vector After a long steady unaccelerated straight flight in smooth air 20 km or more Live wind is not fully reliable as the errors that slowly build up in the IMU cannot be fully distinguished from changes of the wind vector anymore When in doubt e g before approaching a new ridge after a very long smooth glide it is recommended to fly 3...

Page 24: ...rs are calibrated in flight by the anemoi algorithm Therefore indications of 20 km h on the ground in calm wind can be ignored The Calibrate Pressure page is shown in Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 Calibrate Pressure page Rotate Screen The screen of the display unit can be rotated in 90 steps Figure 6 7 Rotate Screen page Disable AHRS AHRS indication can be manually disabled e g for competitions The durati...

Page 25: ...e 6 9 Disable AHRS page 2 Figure 6 10 AHRS locked page Align DOF By default direction A points in the DOF If the sensor unit is installed in any of the three other directions e g B C D this needs to be set in the menu To set the direction of flight in which the sensor unit is mounted open the Align DOF option and select the correct orientation then hold the button to confirm The Align DOF page is ...

Page 26: ... due to a reboot after an error are listed Figure 6 12 Startup screen with GPS error IMU PRS TMP GPS Sensor fault re initializing NMEA GPS loss 5 s Sensor healthy re initializing NMEA data healthy Sensor ready again GPS data healthy Table 6 2 Sensor health indication at system reboot due to sensor fault no data This will be displayed if there is no communication between sensor and display unit The...

Page 27: ...rogrammed into flash memory and the device starts up using the new software Upon successful firmware update the binary file is deleted from the microSD If you need to do another firmware update you have to follow the same procedure as above Please ensure every step before flashing Use a microSD card with max 32 GB Make sure to format the microSD card in FAT32 format exFAT NTFS is not supported Ens...

Page 28: ...llite System e g GPS Galileo GLONASS GS Ground Speed hdg Heading IMU Inertial Measurement Unit LCD Liquid Crystal Display NMEA National Marine Electronics Association PRS Pressure OAT Outer Air Temperature RJ Registered Jack RS 232 Recommended Standard 232 RX Reception SBY Standby SD Secure Digital type of memory card SDHC Secure Digital High Capacity type of SD card TAS True Air Speed TMP Tempera...

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Page 30: ...RS Flight Systems GmbH Oberer Luessbach 29 31 82335 Berg Germany anemoi rs flightsystems com www rs flightsystems com anemoi Version 1 02 Copyright 2022 RS Flight Systems GmbH ...

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