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This document represents the user manual for the LX 10k vario-navigation system. The instal-
lation manual, dataport and additional info can be found on

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Page 1: ...LX10K user s manual...

Page 2: ...LX 10k Device manual LX navigation July 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: ...tended only for LX navigation staff Public Available publicly to all Personal Intended for a speci c person and or company noted on this page Dealer Intended for a speci c dealer noted on this page Ma...

Page 4: ...User input 15 3 3 1 Right push rotary knob PAGES 15 3 3 2 Left push rotary knob ZOOM 15 3 3 3 Right push button MC 15 3 3 4 Left push button BOX 15 3 4 Performing an update 16 3 5 Turning the LX 10k...

Page 5: ...5 1 1 Pilot 53 5 1 2 Vario SC 55 5 1 3 Task 56 5 1 4 Indicators 56 5 1 5 Voice 59 5 1 6 Pages 59 5 1 7 Graphics 59 5 1 7 1 Airspace 60 5 1 7 2 Map 60 5 1 7 3 Task 62 5 1 7 4 NavBox settings 62 5 1 7...

Page 6: ...ario Indicator Unit 82 7 1 The digital vario unit 83 7 1 1 Main page 83 7 1 1 1 Digital needle scale 83 7 1 1 2 Digital numeric indicators 85 7 1 1 3 Current time and OAT 85 7 1 1 4 Flarm status indic...

Page 7: ...495 2020 07 02 101 10 4 1 6 119 6478 2020 06 15 101 10 5 1 6 112 6457 2020 06 10 102 10 6 1 6 110 6453 2020 06 08 102 10 7 1 6 102 6446 2020 06 02 102 10 8 1 6 100 6441 2020 06 02 102 10 9 1 6 90 6423...

Page 8: ...is provided 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...

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 LX 10k section of this manual 1 5 Disclaimer EULA LX...

Page 10: ...ation device with moving map electronic variometer IGC certi ed logger with ENL a built in battery Voice module with voice warnings Bluetooth and Wi and the possibility of a cable connection to extern...

Page 11: ...r as an integral part of the system Completely new design using latest pressure transducers technology Extremely fast vario data acquisition Rotary knobs with push functions for simple and effective h...

Page 12: ...ormation with Barograph Multi pilot support Accurate wind calculation in straight ight and circling Voice announcement User warnings The term back up mode will be used in this manual to de ne the situ...

Page 13: ...l appear in the following order LX navigation greeting screen Second screen stating the device type serial number IGC number and rmware version The initial setup page will appear where basic informati...

Page 14: ...10k front plate interface On the front plate we can see the following items 1 M4x6 Phillips head screw 2 LX 10k display 3 Left push button BOX 4 microSD card reader 5 Left push rotary knob ZOOM 6 M4x6...

Page 15: ...hile in a navigation page will open the NavBox select sub page 3 3 2 Left push rotary knob ZOOM The left push rotary is used for the following functions Zooming turn clockwise to zoom in counterclockw...

Page 16: ...device will copy the le to the internal memory and perform the update It may restart a couple of times 7 Once the update has nished verify that the update has been successful by going to Setup Servic...

Page 17: ...r 10 seconds the push rotary knob on the vario indicator 3 7 A word on internal battery and ight mode All LX 10k devices including the vario indicator have a built in reserve battery intended for supp...

Page 18: ...round by receiving a GPS lock and applying slight dynamic pressure to the PT OT pressure port or front entrance of Pitot tube so the IAS is above 10 m s for about 5 seconds You can keep the LX 10k in...

Page 19: ...simultaneous navigation to a turnpoint airport over a task and to the nearest landable point The basic layout of each navigation page is the same In the top of the page we can see the header Below the...

Page 20: ...current setup page The contents of the additional setting sub page depends heavily on which navigation page we re on and will be explained for each page individually later 4 1 1 The map The Turnpoint...

Page 21: ...vigating to is displayed To the lower left of the turnpoint name relative bearing is shown in degrees When the relative bearing is 0 we are ying towards the turnpoint Since the relative bearing is cal...

Page 22: ...sed after the third line of navboxes the navbox line will disappear giving the pilot a larger and clearer representation of the map Press the BOX push button again for the NavBox line to reappear Hold...

Page 23: ...ed Sink rate of the glider is calculated from the polar Vario relative is Vario netto minus 0 7 m s subtracted for 0 7 True track true track based on GPS data Task time elapsed shows elapsed time from...

Page 24: ...4 Flarm status indicator icon Connectivity status The LX 10k has both Bluetooth and WiFi capability Both modes are depicted with an appropri ate icon Figure 5 Bluetooth sta tus indicator Figure 6 WiF...

Page 25: ...left Figure 15 3 green bars 81 100 backup battery left Flight mode The ight mode indicator depicts whether the device is currently in straight ight or circling mode The common way to transition betwee...

Page 26: ...bove the Bearing an arrow is shown The arrow can be either green or red green indicating the turnpoint is within nal glide and red indicating it is out of nal glide The direction of the arrow indicate...

Page 27: ...Filter setting where you can type the name or code lettering Choosing a turnpoint will set the turnpoint as the navigation point for the turnpoint navigation page For additional info on how to instal...

Page 28: ...d start navigating to the desired turnpoint NOTE In order to use navigation pages to their full extent be sure to have airspace cub turnpoint cup and airport af les installed Some of these like cup an...

Page 29: ...owards a single airport from the af le loaded into the LX 10k The navigation screen shows turnpoints airports airspaces and ground elevation on the map area Figure 22 Airport navigation page overview...

Page 30: ...sing Name or ICAO will open up the Filter setting where you can type the name or code lettering Choosing an airport will set the airport as the navigation point for the airport navigation page NOTE If...

Page 31: ...e 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 sta...

Page 32: ...sub 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 Figu...

Page 33: ...tionally 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...

Page 34: ...ugh 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 LX 10k will expect you to perform a pull up and slow down immediately before the nish line thus...

Page 35: ...and nish points can be set in the Task setup page These sectors will be used whenever a new task is created on the LX 10k as standard NOTE The task must be armed in order for task navigation to start...

Page 36: ...rked as a landable from the active cup le Figure 32 Nearest landable page overview This page has no settings nor editable data It s sole purpose is to provide the pilot with immediate clear informatio...

Page 37: ...up 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 NOTE Files provided by LX nav...

Page 38: ...ge 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 means this value c...

Page 39: ...the strongest part of the thermal during your last circle Figure 35 TA options overview Pressing the right push rotary knob will open the TA options page Here we can choose to turn on different functi...

Page 40: ...t 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...

Page 41: ...f the menu page or setup you re currently in Figure 40 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 Skyd...

Page 42: ...e 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 LX 10k s internal beeper and the ashing of t...

Page 43: ...h QNH as described in the Thermal assistant page Attitude and horizon line are displayed as blue sky and brown ground The border between the two is separated with a white line representing the horizon...

Page 44: ...by two airplane silhouettes on the bank indicator The silhouettes are hidden when IAS is less than 10 m s The pilot performs standard rate turn when the bank indicator marker yellow triangle aligns wi...

Page 45: ...d dot Figure 43 G force page overview Pressing the right push rotary knob will open the G force options sub page where you can reset the Min and Max values to zero Rotating the left push rotary knob w...

Page 46: ...LX 10k Advanced operation Document name LX 10KUM Document revision R1 Figure 44 Airplane axis and the Y Z plane Device manual Public 46...

Page 47: ...ry voltage of both the LX 10k 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 45 Info p...

Page 48: ...the list Pressing the right 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...

Page 49: ...7 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 49 Flight statisti...

Page 50: ...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 LX 10k starting the nish procedure you can d...

Page 51: ...ty of the pilot s current location and lists them in regards to distance The list shows airspace name type and horizontal distance Figure 51 Airspace page Selecting an airspace a new screen with the a...

Page 52: ...10k Advanced operation Document name LX 10KUM Document revision R1 4 9 Setup page The Setup page or Setup menu will be processed in the Device setup section Figure 54 Setup page Device manual Public...

Page 53: ...references 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...

Page 54: ...IGC 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 t...

Page 55: ...her levels are more slow to react but level off minute vertical move ments TE Level electronic TE Total Energy compensation The LX 10k is capable of electronic compensation of total energy meaning the...

Page 56: ...icators Depending on the type of the Vario Indicator Unit you can have either the option of 4 NavBoxes for the digital unit or 2 NavBoxes for the analog unit Furthermore the Digital unit can be set to...

Page 57: ...k time elapsed Task time left Current 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...

Page 58: ...ratio for arriving on set navigation point includes reserve altitude Thermal max the maximum variometer value in the last circle 360 degree turn This is the same value as is represented by white dot o...

Page 59: ...rio 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 AHRS modu...

Page 60: ...changes the size of airports and turnpoints names on the map TP APT text color changes the color of airports and turnpoints on the map Dest line colour the colour of the line connecting your current...

Page 61: ...or Palette Imhof 1 Figure 60 Color Palette Imhof 2 Figure 61 Color Palette Imhof 3 Figure 62 Color Palette LX Navigation 3 Figure 63 Color Palette LX Navigation 4 Figure 64 Color Palette ICAO Figure 6...

Page 62: ...ask sub menu holds settings for the graphical appearance of task features on the task navigation page map The following settings are available Active zones outline ll and start nish line Inactive zone...

Page 63: ...art of the display and the second colour indicates the digital needle part of the display Black panel White panel Figure 70 White panel Figure 71 Black panel WARNING Changing the theme will cause the...

Page 64: ...t by Flarm devices Airspace display warnings concerning airspace infringements Stall display stall speed warning Vne display VN E speed warning AS vertical limit set vertical distance from airspace wh...

Page 65: ...h the Event button is pressed is captured in the igc ight with an event sen tence which is why it is useful for all kinds of tests when we wish to mark a certain point in time The following options ar...

Page 66: ...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 changing the amount of set balla...

Page 67: ...ula 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 The following parameters and units...

Page 68: ...ces 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 individual...

Page 69: ...sense 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 mor...

Page 70: ...In this sense the information provided by the LX 10k is of an informative nature only and should be taken with reserve No guarantees are made on the accuracy of information found in databases released...

Page 71: ...menu and select which of the les in the LX 10k s internal memory you wish to have active You can have multiple turnpoint les active at the same time NOTE The LX 10k requires turnpoints in the cup le f...

Page 72: ...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 task NOTE The LX...

Page 73: ...n use Once enabled will give the LX 10k 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...

Page 74: ...wing options Sync on change will sync all navigation points TP APT and TSK whenever the front seat unit changes a navigation point to the back seat unit Is bidirectional can also send from second seat...

Page 75: ...unit Info 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 explain...

Page 76: ...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 pr...

Page 77: ...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 Once set sel...

Page 78: ...ta is then used by the 3rd party device for more exact calculations Also a Bluetooth connection allows a third party device to send a declaration to the LX 10k as well as changing different settings l...

Page 79: ...state go from Not connected to Connected Baro Airspeed Vario FLARM Now the two devices are communicating 6 2 2 Connecting an Oudie or other PNA PDA device In order to connect an Oudie or similar PDA...

Page 80: ...enu Settings Hardware Device and select LX navigation pending If you go to the Terminal you should see communication owing in the form of NMEA sentences Now your devices are communicating The Oudie wi...

Page 81: ...the input on the Oudie to COM4 serial cable and set the same NMEA sentences as mentioned earlier for Bluetooth communication 6 3 2 Connecting a Radio When connected to an LX 10k a radio transceiver ca...

Page 82: ...log vario indicator 57 The 57 and 80 represent the size the diameter of the hole in millimeters which the instru ment ts and digital analog represents the type of vario needle the instrument utilizes...

Page 83: ...n page The main page holds primary ight information It consists of the digital needle scale which is shown on all pages a clock either two or four user settable indicators status indicators a wind ind...

Page 84: ...u are experiencing at that moment as shown by the two gures above The digital needle scale shows two additional parameters Speed to y and MacCready value set The rst is represented with a thin green l...

Page 85: ...own with the value unit to the right of the shown value These indicators are the only pilot adjustable elds on this page apart from assigning the ight parameter the digital needle arc will show Pilots...

Page 86: ...pability Both modes are depicted with an appropri ate icon Figure 84 Bluetooth status indicator Figure 85 WiFi is on in dicator Figure 86 WiFi is con nected indicator The Bluetooth icon indicates the...

Page 87: ...attery status indicator White battery outline indicates the device is running on external power while a red battery out line indicates the device is running on internal power Figure 91 1 red bar less...

Page 88: ...1 10 Volume setting A pilot can change volume in two ways Turning the Volume push rotary knob on the vario indicator unit Going though the MC sub page on the main unit as described earlier Once the Vo...

Page 89: ...urrent altitude and altitude recorded at the start of cir cling which means this value can also be negative Figure 99 Thermal assistant page overview In the middle of the screen we can see the actual...

Page 90: ...the Vario setup page 7 1 3 Vario setup page To access the Vario setup page long press the volume push rotary knob on the vario unit for at least 3 seconds Here the following menu pages are available G...

Page 91: ...nd white theme Figure 104 White and black theme WARNING Changing the theme will cause the unit to instantly restart with a prior question on whether or not you wish to reboot Due to this reason changi...

Page 92: ...m s default color scheme is used Max beep The device beeps when you are passing through the point at which the maxi mum thermal strength was recorded in your last turn Beep offset Offsets the beep by...

Page 93: ...or 3 seconds for it to auto close 7 2 2 Mechanical needle The device consists of an analog mechanical needle which can also be assigned different to show different ight parameters in both circling and...

Page 94: ...dicator no green black arrow is present for showing relative wind direction The wind is only shown in speed and absolute direction The wind is being calculated both in circling and in straight ight It...

Page 95: ...itional info on how to change between ight modes automatically check the Vario SC setup menu Figure 109 Device is currently in cir cling mode Figure 110 Device is currently in straight ight mode 7 2 4...

Page 96: ...VOL In 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...

Page 97: ...NOTE 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 LX 10k is compa...

Page 98: ...the battery completely is a known culprit for reducing battery capacity If you see the LX 10k changed to its internal power supply think about heading to your home air eld unless on a competition of...

Page 99: ...static port and a pilot was to check the IAS reading by blowing into the pitot tube damage could easily occur The differential pressure sensor has an operating speed of up to 325 km h 50hPa Flying ove...

Page 100: ...carefully not to miss the internal microSD card reader electronics 9 7 Reverse polarity on power Although the LX 10k has diodes protecting it from reverse polarity on the main power lines one should n...

Page 101: ...al page nished before Set QNH audio has been played to the end Fix for BT and WiFi status icons not being shown correctly on secondary units including digital vario indicator Circling radius Nav box t...

Page 102: ...ditions for secondary device including 10k digital vario indicators shut down now it shuts down only if not in ight and without power supply Added Setting to disable maps Added languages German Danish...

Page 103: ...black theme Added remove pilot feature Black border added to arrows on Flarm page Added option to turn off altitude warning AIR Avionics ACD support Added lter for most important values when saving t...

Page 104: ...levation not available Statistics page multi color graph and re positioning elements Display glider position on AS preview page LX NMEA 2 0 protocol added outputs for McBal AHRS Task export implemente...

Page 105: ...General code improvements AHRS page improved General GUI improvement Flarm info added to GPS info page Flarm error popups added 10 18 Version 0 3 2018 10 01 Ability to turn off APT and TP names added...

Page 106: ...vigation 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 7...

Page 107: ..._____________________________________________ Warranty repair form Invoice number Mandatory attaching the copy of original invoice ___________________________________ Signature _______________________...

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