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LX Era

Advanced operation

Document name:

LX EUM

Document revision:

R1

4.10

Info page

The info page shows the current GPS status and additional info, received from the GPS, like
the GPS location, UTC time and date.

The device shows the battery voltage of both the Era’s internal battery and the external
(airplane) battery.

Lastly, the page shows the Flarm connection status, and Flarm device ID, if a Flarm device is
connected.

Figure 54. Info page overview

Device manual

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Summary of Contents for Era 57

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Page 2: ...LX Era 57 80 Device manual LX navigation June 2020 Tkalska ulica 10 SI 3000 Celje Tel 00 386 3 490 46 70 Fax 00 386 3 490 46 71 info lxnavigation com www lxnavigation com...

Page 3: ...LX Era variometer The installation manual dataport and additional info can be found on www lxnavigation com 0 2 List of applicable products Device Version LX Era 57 V1 6 LX Era 80 V1 6 0 3 Revision hi...

Page 4: ...3 User input 15 3 3 1 Bottom push rotary knob PAGES 15 3 3 2 Top push rotary knob ZOOM 15 3 3 3 Bottom push button VOL 15 3 3 4 Top push button MC 15 3 4 Performing an update 15 3 5 Turning the Era o...

Page 5: ...5 1 User settings 51 5 1 1 Pilot 51 5 1 2 Vario SC 53 5 1 3 Task 54 5 1 4 Indicators 54 5 1 5 Voice 57 5 1 6 Pages 57 5 1 7 Graphics 57 5 1 7 1 Airspace 58 5 1 7 2 Map 58 5 1 7 3 Task 58 5 1 7 4 Them...

Page 6: ...6 3 1 Connecting an Oudie 78 6 3 2 Connecting a Radio 78 7 LX Joy 79 8 Taking care of your Era 81 8 1 The internal battery 81 8 2 Pressure sensors 82 8 3 Display 82 8 4 Device housing 82 8 5 RJ conne...

Page 7: ...2018 04 26 91 10 16 0 9l 2018 04 06 91 10 17 0 9k 2018 03 17 91 10 18 0 9j 2018 02 05 92 10 19 0 9i 2018 02 02 92 10 20 0 9h 2017 12 19 92 10 21 0 9f 92 10 22 0 9d 93 10 23 0 9b c 93 10 24 0 9a 94 10...

Page 8: ...rovided for reference only The pilot takes all responsibility and risk associated with the use of this device Have a nice ight 1 3 Limited warranty This device is warranted to be free from defects in...

Page 9: ...arranty and will be considered as misuse of the device To learn how to take care of your display and device in whole check the Taking care of your Era section of this manual 1 5 Disclaimer EULA LX nav...

Page 10: ...word on internal battery and ight mode sub section All Eras have a built in connectivity module providing both Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity to the user The Bluetooth is mainly used for connecting 3...

Page 11: ...axis accelerometers All sensors are sampled with at least 100Hz On the back side of the Era we can see the three pressure connectors for connecting PT OT PST and TE PST pressures The Era also has a s...

Page 12: ...meter G force recorder 3 axis gyroscopes 3 axis accelerometers 50ch GNSS receiver User de ned inputs for micro switches Internal beeper Voice module Rotary button and push rotary knobs At least 8GB o...

Page 13: ...power through the CAN port Once the device is turned on a sequence of screens will appear in the following order LX navigation greeting screen Second screen stating the device type serial number IGC n...

Page 14: ...ght ight indicator 6 GPS status indicator 7 Connectivity mode indicator 8 Flarm indicator 9 Digital needle indicator 10 Digital needle units 11 Wind direction relative to heading 12 Outside air temper...

Page 15: ...MC menu Zooming turn clockwise for zooming in counterclockwise for zooming out Scrolling moving down right or for choosing larger values counterclockwise for moving down left or choosing smaller value...

Page 16: ...he updating process to proceed WARNING Once the Era has been updated it will update all CAN compatible devices LX Joy second seat device etc For this reason the Era should be left ON for at least ve m...

Page 17: ...y If you wish to turn the Era off while in ight mode you will have to exit the ight mode by going to Logbook Flight statistics page pressing the lower push rotary PAGES knob and con rm the Finish ight...

Page 18: ...pages on the Era You can scroll between these pages by using the lower push rotary knob PAGES The pages are listed as follows 1 Main page 2 Thermal assistant page 3 Flarm radar page 4 Turnpoint naviga...

Page 19: ...cular scale but rather a solid colour Positive values are shown with a solid red arc ranging from 0 to the actual value Negative values are shown with a solid blue ranging from 0 to the actual value T...

Page 20: ...for the current vertical speed value and MacCready value set and that you should speed up Similarly if the green arc is showing a positive value it means you are ying too fast and you should slow down...

Page 21: ...represented with a red Flarm symbol depicted with Flarm status indicator icon If the Flarm icon is present the device has an established connection with a Flarm device On how to get more info from th...

Page 22: ...us The GPS status indicator indicates whether or not the device has a valid GPS lock Under valid GPS lock a connection to at least four satellites is require Figure 11 GPS signal is not valid Figure 1...

Page 23: ...21 80 backup battery left Figure 20 3 green bars 81 100 backup battery left 4 1 9 Wind indicator The wind indicator shows three important wind parameters Firstly it shows the wind direction relative t...

Page 24: ...y knob will exit the Volume sub page The Volume sub page is closed automatically after 3 seconds of inactivity Once the Volume sub page is open use the bottom push rotary to navigate and set values Yo...

Page 25: ...ite dot on TA page GAIN shows the accumulated altitude from the start of circling The GAIN NavBox shows the difference between current altitude and altitude recorded at the start of cir cling which me...

Page 26: ...The colour arc boundaries can be set in the Glider section Figure 29 TA options overview Pressing the bottom push rotary knob will open the TA options page Here we can choose to turn on different func...

Page 27: ...push rotary knob will invoke the selection of a Flarm object to follow For a selected object relative altitude and vertical speed of object will be displayed on the screen as depicted on Flarm radar s...

Page 28: ...the menu page or setup you re currently in Figure 34 Flarm warning page The Flarm warning screen shows the type of object the Flarm is warning you about from the list of supported Flarm objects Skydiv...

Page 29: ...he pilot with the potential danger Flarm provides us with three distinctive levels of danger 13 to 18 seconds to impact the Flarm Warning screen appears the Era s internal beeper and the ashing of the...

Page 30: ...e name of the navigation page is noted TP for turnpoint below the page name the name of the turnpoint to which you are navigating to is shown and below the name the steering course relative bearing is...

Page 31: ...is out of nal glide The direction of the arrow indicates the steering course relative to your current track If the arrow is red in colour and pointing directly to the right it means the turnpoint is o...

Page 32: ...alled Some of these like cup and cub les are available on competitions from club managers or governing national air bodies like DAeC while other like the af le are provided solely by LX navigation NOT...

Page 33: ...e name of the select airport is the steering course relative bearing All of the mentioned parameters form the header of the navigation page shared across all navigation pages Figure 39 Airport navigat...

Page 34: ...sub page NOTE If you have a radio transceiver connected to the Era and the proper settings enabled choosing an airport on the Airport navigation page will automatically set the frequency of the said...

Page 35: ...f the screen a box with either STAND BY ARMED FINISHED or no box can be shown These show the current state of your task STAND BY denotes that the task is in stand by mode meaning that if you cross the...

Page 36: ...ub page is used for selecting task points setting the task time and turnpoint sectors The selection of turnpoints and airports works in the same way as described in the previous two sub sections Figur...

Page 37: ...onally the options for Go to and Edit zone option are presented for the Start point If you wish to add additional navigation points you need to select the Finish line point where in addition to the op...

Page 38: ...the nish line with a speed of 27 m s 97 2 km h When ying faster than 97 2 km h in your nal glide the Era will expect you to perform a pull up and slow down immediately before the nish line thus conver...

Page 39: ...e and nish points can be set in the Task setup page These sectors will be used whenever a new task is created on the Era as standard NOTE The task must be armed in order for task navigation to start o...

Page 40: ...Figure 49 Nearest landable page overview This page has no settings nor editable data It s sole purpose is to provide the pilot with immediate clear information on the nearest landable point as in situ...

Page 41: ...ure 50 G force page overview Pressing the bottom push rotary knob will open the G force options sub page where you can reset the Min and Max values to zero Rotating the top push rotary knob will chang...

Page 42: ...LX Era Advanced operation Document name LX EUM Document revision R1 Figure 51 Airplane axis and the Y Z plane Device manual Public 42...

Page 43: ...ted with a white line representing the horizon The attitude indicator displays the pitch indicated by the yellow symbolic aircraft on the pitch scale bank and slip skid information The horizon line is...

Page 44: ...s than 10 m s The pilot performs standard rate turn when the bank indicator marker yellow triangle aligns with airplane silhouette The standard rate turn is de ned as 3 per second turn which gives a c...

Page 45: ...tional info received from the GPS like the GPS location UTC time and date The device shows the battery voltage of both the Era s internal battery and the external airplane battery Lastly the page show...

Page 46: ...e list Pressing the lower push rotary knob will open additional info on ights as well as the options for transferring ights to a microSD card or for sending a ight to an email address For additional i...

Page 47: ...ok 4 11 2 Flight statistics Once the device enters ight mode which is explained in detail in sub section A word on internal battery and ight mode the Flight statistics page appears Figure 58 Flight st...

Page 48: ...ock Ground speed less than 10 m s Indiacted airspeed less than 10 m s Altitude less than 3000 m QNH NOTE If you wish to forcefully nish a ight prior to the Era starting the nish procedure you can do t...

Page 49: ...of the pilot s current location and lists them in regards to distance The list shows airspace name type and horizontal distance Figure 60 Airspace page Selecting an airspace a new screen with the air...

Page 50: ...Era Advanced operation Document name LX EUM Document revision R1 4 13 Setup page The Setup page or Setup menu will be processed in the Device setup section Figure 63 Setup page Device manual Public 5...

Page 51: ...erences The System part of settings embodies all of the glider and system related settings which do not change with changing of the pilot i e glider type localisation etc NOTE User settings should be...

Page 52: ...C ight so be sure to have the correct information if badge record or competition ights are planned NOTE The pilot and copilot masses are used for calculating wing loading and the adjustments made to t...

Page 53: ...t but level off minute vertical move ments TE Level electronic TE Total Energy compensation The Era is capable of electronic compensation of total energy meaning the TE probe is not required for the i...

Page 54: ...s of indicators can be set for each ight mode The two ight modes circling and straight ight are denoted as Vario circling and SC straight ight Different indicators can be assigned both to the digital...

Page 55: ...ent ef ciency Req ef ciency Tp Req ef ciency Apt Req ef ciency Tsk Req ef ciency Nrst Thermal max Thermal average Eff thermal avg Thermal gain Circling radius OAT ENL G force Flap position Rec ap posi...

Page 56: ...is the same value as is represented by white dot on TA page Thermal average average vario calculated as delta altitude delta time in circling same navbox on TA page T AVG Eff thermal avg delta altitud...

Page 57: ...hermal vario avg 5 1 6 Pages The pages setup sub menu provides the pilot with a list of all primary pages The pilot can choose to show or hide different pages i e hiding the AHRS page if you lack the...

Page 58: ...colour of the line connecting your current position and your navi gation point Track line colour the colour of the line showing your current true track Display APT names whether or not to display airp...

Page 59: ...e central part of the display and the second colour indicates the digital needle part of the display Black and white black center and white needle arc Black and black black center and black needle arc...

Page 60: ...as shown with the picture below Figure 70 A warning screen The following warnings are available Audio whether or not to play audio warnings in general Inputs inputs warnings include all warnings that...

Page 61: ...e logging changed to the Event interval thus ensuring your ticking of the sector was captured with a high enough resolution In present times event buttons are frequently used in new types of competiti...

Page 62: ...Firstly by having a dedicated external button connected to the Inputs interface and pressing it or secondly by going to the Info page page and pressing the lower push rotary knob Either way the activ...

Page 63: ...h can close the valve again as the amount of ballast will have changed The ballast dump rate require a switch to be connected to the inputs interface and set up properly When activated it will start c...

Page 64: ...as depicted in the following formula A x2 B x C The reference mass is the mass for which the polar has been calculated 5 2 2 Units Sets the units used for different parameters throughout the device Th...

Page 65: ...nces LXDT enables LXDT data transfer communication input and output LXBC outputs LXBC broadcast sentences AHRS data etc PFLAx Flarm sentences includes PFLAU PFLAA PFLAC PFLAE PFLAL PFLAQ For individua...

Page 66: ...nse gear is out detected 10min after take off and height more than 500m above take off location gear is not out and altitude is less than 200m in 5km circle of take off location and ight time is more...

Page 67: ...ship practice In this sense the information provided by the Era is of an informative nature only and should be taken with reserve No guarantees are made on the accuracy of information found in databas...

Page 68: ...b menu and select which of the les in the Era s internal memory you wish to have active You can have multiple turnpoint les active at the same time NOTE The Era requires turnpoints in the cup le forma...

Page 69: ...how all cup les with internal tasks You can select the desired turnpoint le and a selection of tasks saved to this le will be found Choosing the task will set the selected task as the current active t...

Page 70: ...n use Once enabled will give the Era the possibility to stream data through the WiFi network The wireless setup will show the device information and offer the user to change WiFi name and password of...

Page 71: ...PT and TSK whenever the front seat unit changes a navigation point to the back seat unit Is bidirectional can also send from second seat unit to front seat unit if selected on the second seat unit Syn...

Page 72: ...shows a list of all device on the CAN line with their appropriate software and hardware versions Password opens up the dialog for admin passwords like the one for Club mode Club mode explained separa...

Page 73: ...the password Lets say you create your pro le and set everything up You lock it set it as Club pro le with the procedure above Then after a few days another pilot ies the plane and wants to use your p...

Page 74: ...address To set up an email address go to Setup Network Mail Add mail Use the alphanumeric keyboard to type in your email address Caps lock insensitive Multiple email addresses can be set up at once O...

Page 75: ...will appear Now check your email 6 2 Bluetooth connectivity Bluetooth connectivity is used mainly for the transfer of data Data in the sense of NMEA sentences Practically this means supplying data li...

Page 76: ...r functioning of XC Soar go to Setup NMEA and check the following tick boxes GPGGA GPRMC GPRMB LXWPx LXDT LXBC PFLAx Your Era will now send the checked NMEA sentences to the Android phone 6 2 1 3 Sett...

Page 77: ...5 Bluetooth Speed 38400 Parity None Bits 8 Stop bit 1 Set DTR Checked Set RTS Checked Press OK and the Oudie will exit back to the main screen 6 2 2 2 Setting up the Era To set up Era NMEA communicati...

Page 78: ...device via Bluetooth and the second device via cable For a cabled connection you will need an LX Era Power Data cable Connect the PowerData cable to the Oudie set the input on the Oudie to COM4 serial...

Page 79: ...n general the Joy input interface consists of ve front facing push buttons a central penta directional up down left right and push joy button a front facing LED and a SC push button on the back side f...

Page 80: ...Newer LX Joys feature a Vibra motor giving the pilot not only audio and visual warnings but vibration warnings as well NOTE There are different HW iterations of the current LX Joy Era is compatible w...

Page 81: ...completely is a known culprit for reducing battery capacity If you see the Era changed to its internal power supply think about heading to your home air eld unless on a competition of course Proper wi...

Page 82: ...en setting up and testing the pitot static system If the total pressure were to be connected to the static port and a pilot was to check the IAS reading by blowing into the pitot tube damage could eas...

Page 83: ...Era features a microSD card reader on the front of the device The microSD should always be inserted carefully not to miss the internal microSD card reader electronics 8 7 Reverse polarity on power Alt...

Page 84: ...wn This feature is what differs LX navigation from other glider avionics manufacturers Once the Zeus is shut down the Era will convert to the standalone version incorporating all of the features and s...

Page 85: ...when connected to the Zeus Setup The following item settings are left on the Era User settings Graphic System settings Transfer Network Synchronization Service Once the Zeus is disconnected the Era wi...

Page 86: ...ns for secondary device including 10k digital vario indicators shut down now it shuts down only if not in ight and without power supply Added languages German Danish Norwegian Dutch 10 4 1 6 90 6423 2...

Page 87: ...0 protocol LX NMEA 2 0 protocol added outputs for McBal AHRS Task export implemented Added glider icon setting Setup menu optimization Implemented LX NMEA 2 0 protocol for setting whole declaration f...

Page 88: ...cy on APT select TRIG radio support Multiple TP AS le selection supported Selected TP APT AS FlarmNET les setting moved from User to System SC Swith setting moved from Vario SC to Glider menu Glider R...

Page 89: ...to icons Fixed Task sector issues General GUI improvements Improved translations into slovene Improved nish ight conditions Allowing longer pilot names Fixed Altitude warning bug when in ft Fix for F...

Page 90: ...moved Airspace manager added Added network menu Full Flarm standard implemented Changed logger default interval from 5 s to 1 s Fixed setup of copilot s mass Wind widget improved Added compass to navi...

Page 91: ...rial number issue 10 12 1 1 2018 07 12 Map improvements Added OAT display Added Nearest airport navigation page GUI improvements Upgraded language standard New icons 10 13 1 0 RC3 2018 05 29 Fixes to...

Page 92: ...stance is selected TP names are visible on navigation pages and also TP APT icon is shown as dot or icon depending on numbers of it displayed dimming option added on quick menu altitude graph on stati...

Page 93: ...rrectly they change with press on the button init setup and QNH change is working correctly when pressure is set to inHg closes 1481 MC range is corrected when kts are used up to 10kts wind will be sh...

Page 94: ...nit memory password will clear also user settings Graphic navigation pages corrected on Eos80 steering and plane icon was overlapping each other Flarm page is active Zoom and select are working Flarm...

Page 95: ...ory reset and on new user TP and APT names are shown in upper case Filter converts them production page is refreshed with live data at 5Hz TP APT TSK select is shown correctly for rst time TP APT lter...

Page 96: ...igation d o o Tkalska ulica 10 SI 3000 Celje Slovenia VAT ID Company is registered in Slovenia EU under the VAT ID SI40539601 Webpage www lxnavigation com Phone 386 0 3 490 46 70 Fax 386 0 3 490 46 71...

Page 97: ..._____________________________________________ Warranty repair form Invoice number Mandatory attaching the copy of original invoice ___________________________________ Signature _______________________...

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