F display Version 1.21
December 2018
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5.1.5
Touch pad
With touching to front side of F, user can adjust volume of beep, turning on/off
near mode or adjust initial settings of the display. Initial settings can be configured in setup.
5.1.6
ALS
Is Ambient light sensor. If Brightness is set to automatic, it will be adjusted depending on
ambient light sensor. More sun light will be, brighter will be LEDs.
5.2
Powering up F
F powers up and is ready for operation immediately, after gets power and goes
through self-test with indication of firmware version.
5.3
Normal operation
In normal operation with short touch, user can cycle between three different volumes (Low,
Medium and High). With long touch (1 second), enables or disables near mode. Switching of
mode is also visually supported with moving light around circle. Red moving light means that
near mode is disabled, yellow moving light means that near mode is enabled.
5.3.1
WARNING Modes:
WARNING Mode
will activate a red blinking diode, if another aircraft equipped with Flarm
will be close and a prediction for a
collision
risk is calculated. An audio warning will be also
executed. Higher collision risk will increase blinking frequency and audio beep rate. The
warnings are classified into three levels (See Flarm manual for details on www.flarm.com)
o
First level approximately
18 seconds
before predicted collision
o
Second level approximately
13 seconds
before predicted collision
o
Third level approximately
8 seconds
before predicted collision
5.3.2
NEAREST Mode:
Will show the direction to the nearest aircraft, which´s position is inside of radio range.
One
yellow LED will light
permanently
and there will
be no audio
. The unit will change over to
Warning Mode
automatically, if warning
criteria will be fulfilled and will continue in
NEAREST after collision risk will disappear.
Near mode works only when you are moving. On ground, you cannot see nearest
target.
Near mode can be enabled or disabled with long touch to the LANAV F,
during normal operation. Yellow “flying LED” around horizontal led indicator will
indicate Near mode ON, Red “flying LED” around horizontal led indicator will
