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FlarmView and 

FlarmView57 

Flarm collision avoidance display 

Version 2.36 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

LXNAV d.o.o. • Kidričeva 24a, 3000 Celje, Slovenia • tel +386 592 33 400 fax +386 599 33 522 

[email protected]

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www.lxnav.com 

 

Summary of Contents for FlarmView

Page 1: ...FlarmView and FlarmView57 Flarm collision avoidance display Version 2 36 LXNAV d o o Kidričeva 24a 3000 Celje Slovenia tel 386 592 33 400 fax 386 599 33 522 info lxnav com www lxnav com ...

Page 2: ...der selector 10 4 5 Operating Modes 10 4 6 Main screen 11 4 6 1 Flarm symbols 12 4 6 2 Selecting and switching between targets 12 4 7 Flarm Warning 13 4 8 Traffic list mode 13 4 9 Settings Mode 13 4 9 1 Display 14 4 9 2 Warnings 14 4 9 3 Target 15 4 9 4 Sounds 15 4 9 5 Units 16 4 9 6 Hardware 16 4 9 7 Flarm settings 16 4 9 7 1 Flarm Config 17 4 9 7 2 Aircraft Config 17 4 9 7 3 Flight recorder 17 4...

Page 3: ...FlarmView Version 2 38 July 2017 Page 3 of 25 6 Flarmnet Update 23 7 Firmware Update 24 7 1 Updating LXNAV FlarmView 24 8 Revision History 25 ...

Page 4: ...any components that fail in normal use Such repairs or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts and labour the customer shall be responsible for any transportation cost This warranty does not cover failures due to abuse misuse accident or unauthorised alterations or repairs THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS...

Page 5: ...FlarmView Version 2 38 July 2017 Page 5 of 25 2 Packing Lists LXNAV FlarmView FlarmView cable ...

Page 6: ...button on FlarmView57 are used Flarm View monitors vertical speed and altitude of each object on the screen 3 1 1 Features 3 1 1 1 LXNAV FlarmView Features Extremely bright 2 5 cm colour display readable in all sunlight conditions Four push buttons for user input Pre loaded FlarmNet database on removable SD card Standard Flarm RS232 input 3 1 1 2 LXNAV FlarmView57 Features Extremely bright 2 5 cm ...

Page 7: ...RS232 level Standard IGC RJ11 connector 3 1 3 Technical Data Power input 3 3V DC for FlarmViews serial numbers below 30 all others have 12V 16V DC input In case flarm has no 12V output we have provided an adapter Consumption of LXNAV FlarmView is 0 84W 70mA 12V Weight FlarmView 25g FlarmView57 97g ...

Page 8: ...ation function ENTER or OK long press has CANCEL or ESC function Changing between different zoom levels and pages is possible if you push and rotate together 4 3 Switching on the Unit The unit is switched on immediately after it receives gets power supply from an external Flarm ADS B device On the welcome screen information about version and serial number is displayed 4 4 User Input The LXNAV Flar...

Page 9: ...lp with target selection by cycling through available targets Lower button has EDIT function where we can edit view the currently selected target 4 4 2 Text Edit Control The Text Editor is used to input an alphanumeric string the picture below shows typical options when editing text Use the up down button to change the value at the current cursor position Push button next will move cursor right Lo...

Page 10: ...enabled a check mark will be shown otherwise an empty rectangle will be displayed 4 4 5 Slider selector Some values like volume and brightness are displayed as a slider With Edit you can activate slider control then up down buttons you can select the preferred value and confirm it with the Ok push button 4 5 Operating Modes LXNAV FlarmView has four operating pages Main radar screen with different ...

Page 11: ...ta 2 means that Flarm receives data from two Flarm devices Flarm identification is 6 digit hexadecimal number GPS status indicates the status of Flarm s GPS receiver number of painted bars counts number of satellites that flarm gps receiver receives Green bars indicates GPS 3D status yellow means GPS 2D red GPS BAD indication N C means that Flarm View does not receive anything from Flarm Zoom leve...

Page 12: ...l except undirected targets for which we don t know from which direction they are comming from Flarm targets can be separated only by their ID 4 6 1 Flarm symbols 4 6 2 Selecting and switching between targets Target could be selected ussing Up Down middle two buttons If target dissapear whe it s selected FlarmView will still indicate some information about last selected target Information about di...

Page 13: ...et last picture indicates obstacle warning 4 8 Traffic list mode On this page all traffic is displayed in list form Buttons have similar functionality as on Main page In this list we can also see inactive targets this are targets which we lost their signals They will remain on list for time set in setup for target inactive timeout which is configurable If target is included in FlarmNet database or...

Page 14: ...not displayed on main screens 4 9 2 Warnings Warnings can be enabled for three different levels low important and urgent separately A C undirected warnings can be enabled also a distance of A C warning where will be displayed flarm watch If Alert on A C mode is disabled A C mode distance is not applicable Please keep in mind that bad A C receiver or false A C information can be distracting on Flar...

Page 15: ... vertical distances above that will be painted with above setting and below 100m 330ft will be painted with below setting Zoom mode can be set to automatic zoom to the target or manual If Target label is active near glider will be displayed chosen value Show A C range Shows A C ring on flarm radar screen Lock on nearest automatically selects nearest target and displays its data In case that you wa...

Page 16: ...an configure baudrate of serial interface If we use more than one FlarmView connected to Flarm Communication setting must be set to Rx Slave That will allow to Master FlarmVier to communicate with Flarm in both directions 4 9 7 Flarm settings On this page we can see information about flarm device and do some configuration about flight recorder flarm and aircraft Those settings will work only if Fl...

Page 17: ... range setups for flarm device 4 9 7 2 Aircraft Config In Aircraft config menu user can change the type of aircraft and ICAO Address 4 9 7 3 Flight recorder If Flarm has flight recorder FlarmView can send to flarm all information about pilot and aircraft This data will be included in the header of IGC file from flarm ...

Page 18: ...from Flarm DL flight data convert downloaded files to KML file format for viewing in Google Earth convert FLN file to FlarmView readable format Downloading flight data works only with Flarm devices PowerFlarm is not able to send flight to FlarmView 4 9 9 Password There are several passwords which run specific procedures as listed below 00666 Resets all settings on FlarmView to factory default 9999...

Page 19: ...FlarmView Version 2 38 July 2017 Page 19 of 25 ...

Page 20: ... with dimensions 14mm x 15mm need to be cut Peel off protection film and stick FlarmView to the instrument panel 5 2 Installing the FlamView57 The FlarmView57 is installed in one standard 57mm 2 5 cutout If there is none prepare it according to the picture below The length of the M4 screws is limited to 6mm 2 1 4 φ φ φ φ57mmh11 φ φ φ φ66 0mm 4 5mm 6mm ...

Page 21: ...ew devices can be connected through FlarmSplitter 5 4 1 Ports and Wiring 5 4 1 1 LXNAV FlarmView port RJ11 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pin numbers Pin numbers Pin numbers Pin number Description 1 Power input 12VDC On version 2 2 Power input 3 3VDC On version 1 3 GND 4 input Data in RS232 receive line 5 output Data out RS232 transmit line 6 Ground FlarmView57 is having two equal ports as Fl...

Page 22: ...FlarmView Version 2 38 July 2017 Page 22 of 25 5 4 1 2 LXNAV FlarmView wiring 1 2 3 4 5 6 J 1 R J 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 J 2 R J 1 2 L a b el Fla rmV iew ...

Page 23: ...t org files lxfile php FLN type file will be downloaded Use FlarmNetParser application to convert FLN file to FLX file The new flx file must be named flarm flx Copy flarm flx file to SD card of FlarmView On FlarmView is also user flx file where all user data is stored which is entered on FlarmView directly In User data are stored all flarm objects entered edited by user This items are probably not...

Page 24: ...ection downloads firmware http www lxnav com download firmware html Copy fview fw file to FlarmView s SD card Turn on FlarmView Firmware update will take few seconds If update procedure is interrupted of any case LXNAV FlarmView will not start It will cycle in bootloader application with red message Flash integrity failed Bootloader application is waiting to read the right firmware from SD card Af...

Page 25: ...pdated chapters 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 6 4 6 2 4 8 6 April 2013 Firmware 0 98 Added updated chapters 4 9 6 4 9 7 September 2013 Firmware 1 00 Added updated chapters 5 1 4 9 7 4 9 1 4 7 November 2013 Firmware 1 01 Added new product FlarmView57 chapters 3 1 1 2 4 2 5 2 September 2014 Updated Ch 5 4 1 1 November 2016 Firmware 2 34 Updated and added following chapters 4 9 7 4 9 7 1 4 9 7 2 4 9 7 3 4 9 7 ...

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