LXNAV LX80 Series User Manual Download

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Rev #

Version 7.10

December

2019

5.2

Information Mode

Information mode comprises

four

pages; GPS status page, position report page,

satellite sky

view page

and network status page. Use the PAGE selector knob

or the up/down arrow to

toggle pages.

5.2.1

GPS Status Page

GPS status, altitude, flight level and height are shown on this page. Sunrise and sunset are

calculated for the current position. In the upper

right corner the current FLARM status is

shown. TX means FLARM is transmitting data to others and the number indicates how

many othe

r FLARM device

s are within range.

Press the

START

button to start the stopwatch

. Press the

STOP

button to stop

the

stopwatch. If you press the

MARK

button a new

waypoint

will be created with the current

latitude, longitude and elevation based on the

terrain datab

ase. The waypoint name is

generated from the current date and time separated by the minus character and

preceded

by an underscore.

Waypoint

data can be modified. Refer to Chapter 5.6.1

for more details.

Press the

button to save a marked

waypoint or press

CANCEL

to exit without saving.

Press the

GOTO

button to navigate immediately to

the

selected point.

Summary of Contents for LX80 Series

Page 1: ...LX90xx and LX80xx GPS Navigation System with Variometer Version 7 10 LXNAV d o o Kidričeva 24 3000 Celje Slovenia tel 386 592 33 400 fax 386 599 33 522 info lxnav com www lxnav com ...

Page 2: ...cking Lists 18 3 1 LX90xx with FLARM Option 18 3 2 LX90xx 18 3 3 LX90xxD 18 3 4 LX80xx with FLARM Option 18 3 5 LX80xx 19 3 6 LX80xxD 19 4 System Description 20 4 1 Rotary Switches and Buttons 20 4 1 1 Landscape Orientation 20 4 1 2 Portrait Orientation 22 4 1 3 Buttons 22 4 1 3 1 Power Button 22 4 1 4 Rotary Switches Knobs 22 4 2 Switching on the Unit 23 4 3 User Input 23 4 3 1 Text Edit Control ...

Page 3: ...2 PDF Documents 52 5 1 5 13 Checklists 54 5 1 6 Graphics 58 5 1 6 1 Map and Terrain 58 5 1 6 2 Weather 60 5 1 6 3 Airspace and NOTAMs 63 5 1 6 4 Waypoints and Airports 64 5 1 6 5 Glider and Track 66 5 1 6 6 Thermal Mode 67 5 1 6 7 Optimization 68 5 1 6 8 Task 69 5 1 6 9 FLARM 70 5 1 6 10 Misc 71 5 1 7 Sounds 71 5 1 7 1 Audio Settings 72 5 1 7 2 Voice 73 5 1 7 3 Alarms 74 5 1 7 4 Observation Zones ...

Page 4: ...ode 125 5 1 18 About 127 5 1 18 1 Debug report 127 5 2 Information Mode 128 5 2 1 GPS Status Page 128 5 2 2 Position Report 129 5 2 3 Satellite Sky View 129 5 2 4 Network Status 130 5 3 Near Mode 130 5 4 Statistics Mode 132 5 4 1 Logbook 132 5 4 1 1 Upload to OLC 133 5 4 2 Statistics During Flight 134 5 4 2 1 General Statistics 135 5 4 2 2 Detailed Task Statistics 135 5 4 2 3 OLC Statistics 136 5 ...

Page 5: ...r 171 6 2 1 7 Radio 171 6 2 1 8 Team 172 6 2 1 9 FLARM 172 6 2 1 10 Pan 174 6 2 1 11 Rotate FAI Area 175 6 2 1 12 Layout 175 6 2 1 13 Night 175 6 3 Creating New Symbol 176 6 3 1 Navboxes 177 6 3 1 1 Detailed Description of NAVBOXES 179 6 3 2 Map and Plane Plane Symbol 179 6 3 3 Orientation Symbol 180 6 3 4 Final Glide Symbol 180 6 3 4 1 Final Glide Character Explanation 181 6 3 5 Battery Indicator...

Page 6: ... 7 2 8 Graphical Final Glide Assistants 202 7 3 Procedure After Landing 203 8 Firmware Update 205 8 1 Updating the Main Display Firmware 205 8 1 1 Updating Via Wi Fi Module 206 8 2 Updating Vario Unit or Vario Indicator 208 8 2 1 Automatic Vario Update 208 8 2 2 Manual Vario Update 209 8 2 3 Manual V8 V80 I8 80 Update 209 9 IGC Barograph Recalibration Procedure 210 10 Options 211 10 1 FLARM POWER ...

Page 7: ...Rev 23 Version 7 10 December 2019 Page 7 of 224 11 Revision History 222 ...

Page 8: ...pairs or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts and labour provided that 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 LXNAV Instrument displays damaged by direct or magnified sunlight are not covered under warranty THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED...

Page 9: ...splay screens can be damaged burned by strong sunlight magnified by canopies in certain positions We suggest you to cover your device from the direct sunlight especially if the canopy is open LXNAV Instrument displays damaged by direct or magnified sunlight are not covered under warranty June 2019 2019 LXNAV All rights reserved ...

Page 10: ...d 320x240 pixels resolution LX9050 model with 5 0 screen and 800x480 pixels resolution LX9000 model with 5 6 screen and 640x480 pixels resolution LX9070 model with 7 0 screen and 800x480 pixels resolution A standard part of system is also the V8 vario unit It is a most modern Variometer running on a very powerful processor with inertial platform using 3 axis accelerometers 4 gyroscopes for inertia...

Page 11: ...st airports and out landing fields Unlimited number of pilots profiles Integrated flight recorder according to high level IGC specification Real time flight optimisation according to FAI and OLC rules Flights stored in IGC format are downloadable using the integrated SD Card Flight recorder functions include an integral pressure transducer based on 1013 mbar level for altitude recording engine noi...

Page 12: ... screen with 1200nits QVGA 320 240pixels sunlight readable display ARM Cortex M4 processor running on 160MHz Digital temperature compensated pressure sensors for altitude and airspeed Inertial platform 3 axis digital 6g accelerometer 4 gyroscopes for inertial vario AHRS and wind calculation Smooth audio output with audio equalizer and many custom audio settings Integrated synthesized speech output...

Page 13: ...rget selection Digital temperature compensated pressure sensors for altitude and airspeed 100Hz sampling rate for very fast response Speed to fly indication TE compensation can be selected to be either pneumatic TE probe or digital compensation 2 1 5 Interfaces The RS232 interface has NMEA output for external devices An SD Card interface A USB slot for data transfer using USB memory stick 2 1 6 In...

Page 14: ...e glider is powered and receives all necessary data from the main unit The communication between both units is exclusively via the RS485 bus system Remote Control An extremely ergonomic leather coated handle which includes 8 push buttons to operate the main display unit and also two additional buttons with open wires These two buttons can be used for instance as PTT for radio and SC Vario changeov...

Page 15: ... data from the Condor PC flight simulator www condorsoaring com can be received via the RS232 port after entering suitable passwords see Chapter 5 1 14 These features are extremely useful for pilots who want to learn about the system and also wish to refresh their knowledge after a winter break Please note that altitude data will be sent from the simulator which means that real final glide trainin...

Page 16: ... options o 480 mA maximum brightness without audio and with FLARM o 160 mA additional for a V8 vario unit Cut out dimensions of the LX9050 display unit are 134 x 79 mm outline dimensions 136 x 83 x 61 mm exclusive connector 57 mm 2 standard aircraft cut out for the V9 vario unit length 92 mm exclusive connector 57 mm 2 standard aircraft cut out for the V8 vario unit length 95 mm exclusive connecto...

Page 17: ...dard aircraft cut out for the V80 vario unit length 130 mm exclusive connector 2 1 9 5 LX8080 Power input 10 16 V DC Consumption at 12 V o 160mA at 50 LCD brightness 600nits still readable under sunlight o 260mA with integrated FLARM at 100 LCD brightness 1200nits o 160 mA additional for a V8 vario unit Cut out dimension of the LX8080 digital unit is 80 mm 3 standard aircraft cut out outline dimen...

Page 18: ...al V80 or V9 Main power cable for main display unit Cable for vario unit SD card Barograph calibration chart GPS antenna Hex key Inbus USB key containing the digital version of the Manual 3 3 LX90xxD LX9000D or LX9050 or LX9070D Main power cable RS485 cable 4 meters RS485 splitting unit Vario indicator I8 Optional I80 or I9 SD card Hex key Inbus 3 4 LX80xx with FLARM Option LX8000 or LX8080 main d...

Page 19: ...V9 Main power cable for main display unit Cable for vario unit SD card Barograph calibration chart GPS antenna Hex key Inbus USB key containing the digital version of the Manual 3 6 LX80xxD LX8000D or LX8080 Main power cable RS485 cable 4 meters RS485 splitting unit Vario indicator I8 Optional I80 or I9 SD card Hex key Inbus ...

Page 20: ...s manual all screenshots are given for portrait orientation of the LX9000 system which is most commonly used However all functionality is the same in any other configuration of system Small differences are marked further in the manual 4 1 Rotary Switches and Buttons The following controls are mounted on the front face of the main display unit Four rotary selector knobs Eight lx90xx or six lx80xx p...

Page 21: ...019 Page 21 of 224 VOLUME selector MODE selector POWER button ZOOM selector PAGE selector SD Card reader Ambient light sensor VOLUME selector MODE selector POWER button ZOOM selector PAGE selector SD Card reader Ambient light sensor ...

Page 22: ...and off 4 1 4 Rotary Switches Knobs The main display unit has four rotary knobs Each has a single function with the exception of the zoom knob which has in some cases a function other than zoom With the upper left rotary knob the volume can be adjusted The upper right rotary switch is the mode selector it changes the mode of the operation At the lower right is the up down knob which is used for se...

Page 23: ...edure is completed the profile selection dialogue is shown Please refer to Chapter 7 1 for more details about starting up the system 4 3 User Input The main display unit user interface consists of many dialogues which have different input controls They are designed to make input of names parameters etc as easy as possible Input controls can be summarised as Text editor Masked text editor Spin cont...

Page 24: ...s it to toggle modes Abc mode will start every new word with a capital letter subsequent letters will be lower case ABC mode will enter only upper case letters abc mode will enter only lower case letters Pressing the DELETE button will delete the character at current cursor position Continually press the DELETE button to delete all characters after the current cursor position Press OK to confirm c...

Page 25: ...oxes on the Windows operating system are used to select a value from list of predefined values Use the page selector to scroll through the list 4 3 5 Checkbox and Checkbox List A checkbox enables or disables a particular parameter Press SELECT to toggle the value If an option is enabled a check mark will be shown otherwise an empty rectangle will be displayed Use page selector to scroll through th...

Page 26: ...ector Using the font selector it is possible to define a font colour and style for a selected item Turn the PAGE selector knob page selector to change the font style Text is also rendered in the selected font style Turn the ZOOM selector knob zoom selector to change the font colour Press the PICK button to define colour more precisely A colour dialog will open where you can select a colour from th...

Page 27: ...4 4 Switching off Please use one of the following recommended methods for shutting down the LX90xx system Method 1 Press the button with the OFF label which is displayed in navigational modes See Chapter 5 5 for more details A message to confirm shutdown will be shown Method 2 Press the button with the OFF symbol for approximately 4 seconds The OFF message will be displayed and the instrument will...

Page 28: ...ff button the main display unit may shut down by method 3 If the request for OFF is made during flight the instrument will ask for confirmation so that the system cannot be switched off by mistake It is important that the main display unit is switched off via software Never power down the system using the main power switch The main display unit is running the Linux operating system and sudden powe...

Page 29: ...and editing waypoints Task Mode Navigation selection and editing tasks Statistics Mode shows statistical data for flight in progress or the logbook Setup mode is used to configure the whole system Information Mode displays GPS status altitude flight level and height sunrise and sunset or position report to selectable point or satellite sky view only if there is no internal FLARM Near Mode displays...

Page 30: ... menu option Refer to Chapter 6 for more details In airport navigation mode the user can navigate only to airports stored in LXNAV s Airports database This database cannot be edited on the device itself and is available at no charge on our web pages See Chapter 5 1 5 2 for more details how to obtain the latest databases The database can be modified using program LXAsapt editor This program can be ...

Page 31: ... the LEFT RIGHT arrow on the remote stick to move faster over the menu Press the SELECT button or push the middle multi directional button on the remote stick to enter a menu A dialogue or sub menu will open The setup menu is slightly different on the rear seat device as not all options are applicable Items which are marked with an asterisk are available only in the front seat setup menu 5 1 1 QNH...

Page 32: ...o keep the final glide indicator on 0 to arrive at the safety altitude 5 1 1 3 Safety Mc and Mc offset Main display unit adopts a concept of having different MacCready values for speed to fly and for final glide calculation Speed to fly MacCready is referred as Mc in document and MacCready for final glide calculation is referred as Safety Mc Mc and Safety Mc can be completely decoupled In this cas...

Page 33: ...n this menu or in quick access menu like Mc for speed to fly All final glide calculations will be calculated by this Safety Mc value Mc setting has no influence to final glide calculations Required Altitude Arrival Altitude Safety Altitude Altitude Mc 0 Distance to target Sea level Ground elevation Mc Safety Mc Target elevation Arrival Altitude at Mc 0 ArrMc0 Used for STF only ...

Page 34: ...cted to the glider pitot static system Changing the altitude source defines which sensor is used for pressure altitude used in program 5 1 1 5 Magnetic Variation The main display unit has a built in Earth magnetic field model If Auto variation is checked the magnetic variation is derived from this model otherwise the user can enter a custom value 5 1 1 6 ETA ETE Calculation In changing this value ...

Page 35: ...hen the glider starts soaring released from tow engine switched off A soaring start time is needed to start the flight optimization 5 1 2 Flight Recorder The main display unit has a built in flight recorder fully approved by the IGC a sub committee of the FAI and will produce secure flight records that are acceptable for all FAI requirements including world records Select the recording interval an...

Page 36: ...The value can be adjusted between 0 1 and 5 s with step 1 0 s or 0 1 s Default value is 1 5 s Vario sound filter sets a time constant of the vario sound The value can be adjusted between 0 1 and 5 s with step 1 0 s or 0 1 s Default value is 1 5 s Vario range sets full scale range of the vario 2 5 m s 5 m s or 10 m s Default value is 5 m s 10 kts SC tab defines the width of the audio dead band in s...

Page 37: ...ethods Auto reset integrator resets the integrator to zero when the vario unit switches from cruise to climb mode If this item is not checked the integrator will not be reset to zero Netto filter sets a time constant of the netto vertical speed filter The value can be up to 20 times bigger than the vario needle filter Default value is same as vario needle filter SC filter sets a time constant of t...

Page 38: ... enable automatic regulation of brightness on vario unit if available If this option is unchecked the vario unit will always run at full backlight It is recommended that the automatic brightness control is always enabled Reducing brightness will also reduce power consumption See technical data for more details Chapter 2 1 9 5 1 5 Files and Transfers The Files and Transfer menu is used to manage th...

Page 39: ...waypoints will be converted to CUP format which is the format used for internal storage of points There is no limitation for the number of waypoints in a file and or name length Airspace file All types of CUB files are accepted 5 1 5 2 Uploading Airspace and Airports Database ASAPT LXNAV distributes free of charge airport and airspace database for the whole world The airport and airspace database ...

Page 40: ...on for example Files and transfer Airspaces and NOTAMs once it is uploaded to one of the storage services To download it to the instrument simply press LOAD Pop up question will appear asking you if you wish to enable automatic sync for this file This enables automatic synchronization of set file if you modify update it in the storage service it will automatically update on your instrument Icon wi...

Page 41: ...iles stored on main display unit button DELETE TO USB and TO SD are added To delete an airspace file select the airspace item and press the DELETE button The delete action must be confirmed Only user airspace files can be removed Press the TO USB button to copy selected airspace to the USB stick Press the TO SD button to copy selected airspace to the SD card When an airspace file from SD or USB is...

Page 42: ...h the selected airspace zone is drawn Pressing the VIEW button will toggle different views of the zone list Using the STATUS button the selected zone can be disabled for proximity warnings Repeated presses will toggle the following options OFF always proximity warning is switched off all the time OFF today proximity warning is switched off for today only OFF hh mm proximity warning is switched off...

Page 43: ...rting use FILTER button Pressing the ALL option will disable all airspaces for TODAY or ALWAYS To enable them again press ALL and choose ENABLE Press EDIT to edit data for the selected zone Airspace type class and altitude borders can be modified in this dialogue ...

Page 44: ...irport database distributed as asapt files You can quickly filter the regions and find the airports you are interested in View and edit all details of the airports add charts photos from files or clipboard and any other information you would like to have associated with them You can also delete the regions you are not interested in and add new or missing airports anywhere in the world for supporte...

Page 45: ...ed file as active Press the DELETE button to remove the selected file from the internal storage of the main display unit If waypoints file from the SD or USB are selectable the LOAD button is visible Press the LOAD button to upload the selected waypoint file to internal storage If a waypoints file from internal storage is selected the SAVE button is visible Press the SAVE button to save waypoints ...

Page 46: ...rmat provided by SeeYou software from Naviter There are available free of charge sectional maps of USA www soaringdata info and QMP file format provided by Ifos Please contact Ifos www ifos de or www strepla de to purchase scanned maps Select the Maps menu item and press the SELECT button A list of all available map files will be shown on the screen Multiple files can be selected All checked files...

Page 47: ...GL packages require a lot of space so we limit them to only selected regions Left terrain rendered using normal maps right terrain rendered using HGL 5 1 5 7 1 1 HGL Install Procedure HGL terrain can be downloaded from www lxnav com After downloading a selected HGL package you can install it via Setup Password insert 89891 The package will be unpacked into internal memory and available for selecti...

Page 48: ... and elevation data Supported by firmware version 5 06 and preinstalled on devices produced from 2014 onwards Depending on when your device was manufactured it may already contain the new maps CITv2 Installed maps can be seen in SETUP ABOUT dialogue after installing version 6 0 You will see Installed maps CITv1 CITv2 used if you have newer maps installed If not then it will state CITv1 used ...

Page 49: ...rify downloaded files on your PC using a tool like HashCheck http code kliu org hashcheck After installing HashCheck you can double click on the checksums md5 file to automatically trigger verification of downloaded CIT files Verification of Downloaded Files with the HashCheck Tool 3 Copy the downloaded CIT files to USB or SD and use Safely remove hardware or eject media very important before remo...

Page 50: ...ing it should state OK for all copied files If it does not then it s likely that you have a faulty CIT file on the external SD USB media return to step 3 or 2 if you suspect a faulty download After exiting this dialogue the device will automatically restart and when it starts again you can verify installed and used maps in the About dialogue If you do not have enough space available and you wish t...

Page 51: ...er has to register his account parameters on LXNAV Connect web service Read more in this chapter 5 4 1 1 SeeYou Cloud Upload Upload to SeeYou cloud is automatically performed The user has to insert their SeeYou cloud KEY This can be done via SETUP PROFILES AND PILOTS select profile press EDIT 5 1 5 9 Flights Declaration In this menu point the pilot can check the current declaration settings Pilot ...

Page 52: ... on our webpage www lxnav com The database is distributed as single file with asapt extension Copy this file to an SD Card or USB stick Plug the SD card or USB stick into the main display unit and select the Update database menu point If multiple ASAPT files are found on a SD card a dialogue window to select the appropriate one will pop up Databases are updated automatically and the progress of th...

Page 53: ...ernal storage space within the main display unit It is not necessary to copy documents to internal memory Documents can be selected directly from a SD card or USB at no performance cost Press SELECT button again to open selected document A document will load within few seconds Use the PAGE selector or the NEXT and PREVIOUS button to move up down through document the ZOOM selector to zoom within th...

Page 54: ...be stored on a USB stick or SD card A file is stored in a file with the checklists extension Press the LOAD button to load a file from an SD card or USB stick A profile will be copied to the main display internal storage Press the EDIT button to edit the checklist s file name Checklists can be found on the last page of APT WPT and TSK page Once the action of the checklist is performed press the CH...

Page 55: ...FILE NEW CHECKLISTS Select your instrument size and orientation Double click on the blank black page which will open the customization menu Click on the Checklist icon A new window create multiple labels will open Now you can set gaps vertical and horizontal space and text aligns Put the text into the table left and right ...

Page 56: ...of 224 Once finished press the create button Press save to save the checklist file on the PC SD card or USB The file has the extension checklists Go to LXxxxx instrument Files and Transfer Checklists and load the file from the SD card USB stick ...

Page 57: ...Rev 23 Version 7 10 December 2019 Page 57 of 224 The checklist is automatically added to the last page of the ATP WPT and TSK screen ...

Page 58: ...checked no map will be displayed Check Shadows if your terrain is to be shaded The Label zoom value defines up to which scale of zoom city names are visible 100km means the whole width of the screen represents 100 km The user can also modify size font style and colour via the Font style and colour item Use the ZOOM selector knob to modify the colour and the PAGE selector knob to modify the style P...

Page 59: ...d is similar to Google maps display Atlas colour scheme is approximation of Imhof colouring widely used in map books Grayscale OSM Himalaya Relative is a colour scheme related to the current altitude unreachable areas are coloured from orange to red reachable areas are white In the Elements group land features are setup separately Zoom defines up to which zoom level a selected land feature is visi...

Page 60: ...page there are four additional settings History span dictates for how many hours of history will be displayed Freeze present time holds the last history frame present weather information for a set number of seconds Forecast time is used to set for how many hours in advance forecast is shown Minimum zoom distance is the amount of zoom above which weather layers become visible if this is set to 0km ...

Page 61: ...5 1 6 2 4 SkySight SkySight is soaring weather forecast for Australia New Zealand South Africa Europe America and Japan For purchasing or starting a free trail please visit https skysight io Weather can be loaded during flight or even preloaded in the morning and then seen during the whole flight for the actual time available SkySight account is required Also see Ch 5 1 14 on how to add SkySight o...

Page 62: ... TopMeteo is a gliding forecast that allows pilots to have daily overview for cross country optimization and with the help of LX Connect also in flight weather right on your LX80xx LX90xx instrument You can find more information and purchase TopMeteo on https topmeteo com Available TopMeteo layers are Satellite Satellite layer Potential flight distance 18m Forecast layer Cloud distribution Forecas...

Page 63: ...forecasted cloud base is to be 1500 m set this value to 1600 m and your screen will be much more readable In the Type panel you can specify how each airspace type is displayed You should define each type of airspace zone separately First choose an airspace type from the list The Zoom value defines to which zoom level this type will be visible The Colour and Width items specify how selected airspac...

Page 64: ...own for waypoints and no labels will be drawn Symbol size can be adjusted as well Font style colour and size can be defined using the Font style and colour item and the Font size item When editing style turning the ZOOM selector knob will change the font colour Waypoint labels can be setup to give even more detail Label details can be defined for each individual waypoint type all types all landabl...

Page 65: ...ofile into account More can be found on the graphical explanation bellow Required Mc gives an estimate of the maximum MacCready value which we can use to reach the point Required L D shows the required glide ratio to the point taking into account the safety altitude Team code shows the team code for that waypoint Frequency will display the point frequency if available Define minimum runway length ...

Page 66: ...netto vertical speed and blue colour negative netto values Check the Show current track item if you would like to see your current ground track vector Track colour and width defines the colour and width of the current track vector Selected target and current position are connected with a magenta line Check Show target if you would like to see this line In the target colour and target width you can...

Page 67: ...isplay unit can enter a special page which is called the thermal page See Chapter 6 or the LX Styler manual for how to define the thermal page Check Enabled to enable the thermal page option The displayed path on the thermal page can be different from the one defined in Glider and track dialogue Use the length line and colouring properties to define the path display Also page zoom is different and...

Page 68: ...imised track Optimization colour and width defines the colour and width for these lines If Show optimized triangle is checked also lines for the largest optimised triangle are shown Please note this might not be a triangle according to FAI rules The FAI Area group defines how the FAI area is drawn Select the Colour item to change the colour of the FAI area Use the ZOOM selector knob to change tran...

Page 69: ...re to be displayed or if there is only one then that alone will be shown When Show optimal track is enabled a small blue arrow is drawn next to the aircraft This arrow indicates the optimal direction to fly AAT isolines are showing expected speed delta time or expected distance which means if you turn to a next point at any of the lines you will have the results indicated next to the line based on...

Page 70: ...al from a particular aircraft is lost the aircraft remains blinking on the screen for the duration defined in the Lost device after item default 120 seconds After that time the aircraft symbol will be removed The Show labels combo box defines for which FLARM objects altitude and vertical speed are displayed next to the aircraft symbol The user can modify size font style and colour Select the Font ...

Page 71: ...1 7 Sounds In the Sounds setup page audio settings voice settings and alarms settings for the vario unit can be modified The volume can be also controlled using the upper left rotary knob Rotating it will directly change the volume for sounds which are currently being played For example if a voice message is being played the voice message volume will be set If an alarm is beeping the alarm volume ...

Page 72: ...edle is positive on negative side sound is linear not interrupted Linear negative inverse function to Linear positive Linear sound is linear and non interrupted in full scale range Digital positive similar to Linear positive except frequency is not changing linearly but with larger steps Digital negative inverse function to Digital positive Linear positive only sound is present only at positive va...

Page 73: ...s visible only for Variometer preceding the V5 Variometer where it was not possible to separately set the volume for speed to fly mode and for climb mode It is highly recommended to upgrade such Variometer to a newer one Please contact info lxnav com for more details 5 1 7 2 Voice The voice module is an integrated part of the V5 V9 or V80 Variometers The voice module is 100 controlled through the ...

Page 74: ... to define then loudness of an alarm Volume level loudness can be also set with volume rotary knob whilst an alarm is being played 5 1 7 4 Observation Zones This menu defines the default observation zone geometry The following items can be chosen start zone turn point zone finish zone and templates Each type of observation zone is defined with two angles two radii and a mean bearing Angle12 These ...

Page 75: ...ZOOM selector knob to increase the radius by 5 If Line is not checked the Angle1 parameter will define the basic shape of the observation zone A value of 180 means that the zone is a cylinder whilst 45 is the classical FAI sector Rotate the PAGE selector knob to increase the angle by 0 5 or use the ZOOM selector knob to choose values 22 5 45 90 or 180 Angle2 and Radius2 are used for more complex o...

Page 76: ...ms this optimization Number of points defines the type of optimization Use five for OLC optimization Use the value three for FAI free flight optimization Optimization will not take into account the 10 km distance between turn points which is required by FAI rules The FAI triangle group defines the rules for FAI triangles and these rules can bend a little if you do not want to fly marginal triangle...

Page 77: ...s An airspace warning is activated by two triggers the first warning orange will be given when a projected position of flight for period which is defined in the Time item is computed to cross an airspace zone The second warning red will be raised when a projected position of flight is computed to cross an airspace zone and the glider is already in the buffer zone in the vertical or horizontal dire...

Page 78: ...lined with a thick line and the distance to the nearest point of the airspace zone will be shown To prevent dismissing by mistake check the Confirm dismiss checkbox and you will be always prompted to confirm dismiss for a particular airspace zone The RESET button will reset the status for all airspace zones 5 1 9 2 Altitude Warning Altitude is specified in MSL Projection is calculated based on the...

Page 79: ...collision with a ground obstacle is predicted An obstacles file should be loaded Alert zones are marked by ground stations to notify pilots of active parachute drop zones RC RPAS UAS flying areas or similar The Low alarms Medium and High alarms combo box define alarm levels at which system will display collision warnings Explanation of alarms Low alarms For distant FLARM targets the main unit can ...

Page 80: ...e direction e g Traffic 3 o clock which means traffic is on your right side True bearing The direction is given as absolute direction e g Traffic from 330 Relative True bearing is a combination of both methods Relative bearings will be given when flying straight and true bearings will be given when thermaling Graphical presentation When this item is checked a graphical presentation of FLARM will a...

Page 81: ...rning can be set The warning will be triggered by AGL altitude 5 1 9 6 Waypoint Warning The waypoint warning will be triggered at a defined distance from the selected waypoint 5 1 10 Units The lower middle button will toggle all units between imperial and metric units ...

Page 82: ...io indicators layout compass calibration FLARM module settings AHRS settings Wi fi module NMEA output and data which will be exchanged between the rear and front display units Some items may be greyed out when the selected option is not available 5 1 11 1 Vario Unit Settings TE Compensation All settings in this menu are related to the glider and thus they do not depend on profile selection In this...

Page 83: ...or a few seconds Gently reduce the speed to 80 km h 45 kts Observe the vario indicator during the maneuver At 160 km h the vario will indicate about 2 m s 4 kts During the speed reduction the vario should move towards zero and should never exceed zero slightly positive indications are acceptable If the vario shows a climb the compensation is too low increase the TE and vice versa Try another zoom ...

Page 84: ...ch on the remote stick or magnetic switches on flaps Use the invert check box to invert the working of the switch SC toggle button is used to change between SC cruise and climb mode using a push button on the remote stick Use the invert check box to toggle when button is pressed down or released To configure SC toggle button go to Setup Hardware Remote stick See also Chapter 5 1 11 10 Vario priori...

Page 85: ... that none of the inputs is set to SC on off switch or SC toggle button Configuration table for all SC switch options for new and old sticks Remote stick type SET Input SC setting LX NEW remote without SC cable Not in use Old LX remote with SC cable before 8 2015 SC toggle button Old remote stick with SC switch SC on off switch Using flap sensor Not in use Using magnetic flap sensor AS style SC on...

Page 86: ...old LCD or USB D type of vario unit to latest technology vario unit Please contact your local dealer or LXNAV for more details 5 1 11 3 Indicator I9 The I9 indicator has a mechanical needle and a colour screen with 320x240 pixels resolution on which user selectable data are displayed Each I9 indicator is identified by a serial number which is also displayed on the hardware menu Therefore literally...

Page 87: ...m g load in red colour depending on settings FLARM warnings can also be shown on the indicator if this box is ticked By pressing DEMO you can see how the warning is displayed Press RESET G button to reset the g meter An innovative feature of vario system is the upgrade method Firmware for the vario unit can be easily upgraded by the customer via a SD card See Chapter 8 for more details 5 1 11 4 In...

Page 88: ...e LX80 90xx Device The numeric screen can be also set on the main display unit The Vario or SC needle can be set to Vario Sc Netto or Relative Four user customizable numbers navboxes can be configured for each line separately They can be configured as Average vario Time Flight time Task remaining time Netto value Outside temperature Altitude Distance to goal Arrival altitude TAS last 60 seconds sp...

Page 89: ...hecked A Side bar can be set to STF bar Flaps tape Speed tape Flaps Speed tape or to no bar To see Flarm objects on the screen you need to check Flarm option Number of navboxes can be set from 1 to 4 navboxes Vario scale can be linear or non linear Background theme colour style of the vario can be set to White Black Black Black Black White White White Needle style red cursor can be set to thin med...

Page 90: ...ng dismiss time can be set from 0 to 120 seconds 5 1 11 4 2 3 Thermal Assistant Mode There are three options for the thermal assistant Auto Span MacCready and Average Vario The colours in the thermal assistant indicate below average blue average yellow above average red and the strongest point of thermal white If Auto Span is selected then the Thermal Assistant will use the average performance of ...

Page 91: ...e map after it has last been seen by the FLARM Inactive Timeout Adjusts the time for inactive gliders on the FLARM target list Inactive gliders are gliders where the FLARM signal has been lost for a period longer than the Active timeout The targets become inactive and remain only in the FLARM target list for this time Draw Line to Selected Target Check this option to enable or disable a line drawn...

Page 92: ...ht Mode Darkness Set the percentage of the brightness to be used after a press on the NIGHT mode button 5 1 11 4 2 6 Files The Files menu allows you to upload FlarmNet database 5 1 11 4 2 7 Password There are several system passwords which run specific procedures as listed below RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULT 00666 AUTO ZERO 01043 REPORT TO SD CARD 00111 FORMAT INTERNAL MEMORY all data will be lost 3223...

Page 93: ...bol can show Netto Average Netto Average vertical speed or G force The Blue arrow symbol shows the current MacCready value The Green T symbol represents last thermal average value The Yellow Bar can show Max and Min values of vario over defined time average vario or G meter over whole flight The Flarm Status symbol indicates the presence of a FLARM unit grey If the FLARM receives any data from oth...

Page 94: ... be disabled on the LX80 90xx device in the AHRS menu When the artificial horizon page is active a BFION event is written to recorded flight for verification purposes 5 1 11 4 5 Flarm Radar Display Flarm Mode will display a map of the relative positions of FLARM targets that are within range When you press either the upper or the lower button you can see focus on ID or zoom Press on the middle but...

Page 95: ... Assistant mode displays a graphical representation of your location within the thermal If you are thermaling to the left there will be an aircraft symbol on the right of the ring of bubbles and the bubbles will appear to rotate clockwise towards the symbol of the glider If you are in a right hand thermal there will be an aircraft symbol on the left and the ring of bubbles will appear to rotate an...

Page 96: ...red in both Vario and SC modes Vario Mode Indicator Shows current flight mode vario or speed command Lower Numeric Display Altitude NN altitude Distance distance to the navigation point Glide diff final glide altitude difference Speed TAS Leg speed speed on leg QNH ft NN altitude in ft and Flight levels Lower line the parameter displayed can be configured in both Vario and SC modes The labels will...

Page 97: ...tly as described in Chapter 5 1 12 12 Radio bridge is used to operate a radio through the main display unit First the type of connected radio must be selected At the moment the following types are supported KRT2 Trig TY91 92 ATR833 Becker 620X Support for other types is in progress Please consult LXNAV for more details Check Auto set target frequency if you want to automatically select frequency w...

Page 98: ... the operation mode combo box Baud rate selection will be displayed Freq shows selected frequency depending on the continent where system is located The FLARM Frequency is automatically updated based on the current continent Port defines the serial interface through which FLARM data are being received Internal is the default setting and indicates that the internal FLARM will be used if this option...

Page 99: ...nd you sign in at FlarmNet org This is free of charge Registering with FlarmNet allows others to see you not only with Device ID but also with your contest number and name Refer to Chapter 6 2 1 9 The Send declaration check box is available only when an external FLARM is connected Check this option if you want task declarations to be automatically transferred to FLARM No tracking will disable trac...

Page 100: ...n Before calibration please make sure that compass is installed properly Refer to the compass installation manual for further information It is very important that the compass is installed away from power cables other compasses speakers and all other magnetic components in the aircraft Keep maximum possible distance to such components at least 30cm The compass will be enabled if the check box Enab...

Page 101: ...libration process An assistant at the wing tip should slowly rotate the glider with wings levelled Keep rotating the glider until progress reaches 100 Calibration will automatically exit and compass calibration is finished Check compass directions afterwards they should be within 2 degrees Press the PTT on the radio to see if there is any deviation in magnetic heading If increased errors are obser...

Page 102: ... user changes the waypoint target on another device The message Waypoint target received will be displayed on the screen and you will be navigating to the same waypoint as other device Please note that it is not necessary to have this waypoint in your databases as the complete waypoint information is transferred If the Waypoint checkbox is not checked it is still possible to send a target to the o...

Page 103: ...he MacCready and ballast dialogue MAP will open the map properties dialogue WIND will open the wind selection dialogue AIRSPACE will open the airspace zones dialogue MARK will create a waypoint or marker at current position FLARM will display a list with all FLARM objects in vicinity PAN will set the navigational screen into pan mode EVENT will mark an event into the current IGC file ROT FAI will ...

Page 104: ...ays bank each line representing 10 degrees Image bellow represents glider flying perfectly level When an AHRS device is connected to the system or the AHRS option on a V9 V8 V80 is enabled this menu is used to calibrate AHRS for installation error Place your glider in levelled position and press the LEVEL button You can also modify pitch offset if you rotate the PAGE selector knob A more detailed ...

Page 105: ...one NMEA output port PC or FLARM or PDA IF you have an external FLARM and you want to connect FLARM displays to the existing FLARM Port on the LX you have to pay attention that on the NMEA port you have selected FLARM and that both PFLAU and PFLAA sentences are enabled A PDA can be connected to the LX80 90xx system through the NMEA bridge or via the EXT PC port NMEA data is available also on the F...

Page 106: ...ngine is recognized which resets statistics 5 1 11 14 Network When the Wi Fi option is available this menu will setup all the parameters for network Wi Fi can be turned ON all the time on ground only or off completely Use Wi Fi state to define the state SMTP Settings are used to configure a server for sending email It is recommended to leave it as LXNAV however a user server can be configured More...

Page 107: ...work option if you would like to connect to this network only Press CONNECT to connect to this network and press FORGET to forget this network 5 1 11 15 Flaps When a flap sensor is installed use this menu to set the flaps position Use the page selector to select the desired flap position Press the SET button to set the position Repeat this procedure for all flap positions ...

Page 108: ...the type of battery is important to correctly display low battery warnings Use the Type combo to select the appropriate type of battery Lead Acid LiFe LiPo custom You can see empty low and full voltage for the selected type of battery In case of voltage drop due to cable lengths you can set up the voltage offset there to the current voltage measured 5 1 11 17 Analog Inputs Analog inputs can be bro...

Page 109: ... 1 12 Polar and Glider Use this dialogue to enter the glider polar and other properties of the glider As default polar a standard class glider is selected Polars for most modern gliders are already prepared Press the LIST button and a dialogue with a list of all available gliders will be shown ...

Page 110: ...g area property Max weight is the maximum take off weight allowed for a glider It is not used in the calculation it is just a reminder to the pilot of the maximum take off weight Empty weight is weight of the glider without pilot and ballast The overload factor is calculated as weight glider REFERENCE ballast Water weight Pilot weight glider Empty overload Pilot weight is set in the Flight recorde...

Page 111: ...fferent locations A separate profile for each location can be created examples France Spain Namibia WGC2014 Profile consists of two parts Navigational page layout defines which navboxes and symbols are visible on navigational page It defines colour of navboxes font sizes and colours how many navigational pages are visible and which modes are enabled Navigation page layout can be setup with LX Styl...

Page 112: ...to the main display internal storage If you are using LXNAV Connect with Google Drive or Dropbox service all profiles stored there will automatically appear at the bottom of the list You can download them by clicking LOAD You will be asked if you want to automatically sync this file For details on that see chapter below If profile with the same name already exists on your device you will also be a...

Page 113: ...ofile This is recommended if your profile is registered to the LXNAV Connect service If you forgot the PIN instrument will ask you if you would like to retry or copy the profile to a new profile Your profile will be copied but without pilot data saved Wi Fi networks and without LXNAV Connect service ...

Page 114: ... When a profile file from a USB stick or SD card is selected it will be available only if the SD card or USB stick is inserted in main display unit Selecting profiles from a SD card or USB allows you to create portable profiles which can be transferred from one device to another 5 1 13 2 LX Styler A profile file can be opened and manipulated with the LXStyler program LXStyler is a special program ...

Page 115: ...points and LX profile 5 1 13 3 Sync Profiles can be automatically synced between your instrument and Styler To enable this option select the profile where you wish this option is enabled and go to Save LXNAV Connect Google Drive Dropbox or both and click SYNC Blue icon will appear next to the profile Now every time you edit this profile in LX Styler changes will automatically appear also in your L...

Page 116: ...5 1 14 1 LXNAV Connect Login WIFI module is required for LXNAV Connect to work To login and connect all the different services please visit https connect lxnav com account sign in on your preferred web browser First you have to sign up with LXNAV Cloud account or login with Google Dropbox or SeeYou account You can also recover your lost password by clicking I forgot my password Account settings ca...

Page 117: ...ovides users with Sectional Aeronautical charts provided by FAA for the area of United States of America Once this service is connected maps will be downloaded and be available for selection in Files and transfer Maps menu To see these charts on any of the navigational pages you also must enable them by going to Graphic Map and Terrain Show raster maps 5 1 14 2 2 Rain radar Rain radar is currently...

Page 118: ...TUP Files and Tranfer Maps 5 1 14 2 5 OLC Olc service allows to directly upload an IGC file immediately after landing Olc login details should be managed here https connect lxnav com dashboard services 5 1 14 2 6 SeeYou Cloud SeeYou Cloud is a free of charge cloud service which allows you to save Waypoints Airspaces and flights Register it at https connect lxnav com dashboard services 5 1 14 2 7 G...

Page 119: ...older on your Google drive and in the Apps folder in Dropbox This is the place where you can upload all your files for the instrument to access them For details on where to upload specific files read README pdf or README txt file that you can find in the folder In order to protect your privacy LXNAV Connect can only access data located inside the LXNAV_Connect folder in your Dropbox Google Drive I...

Page 120: ...lopment CAPE Storms Rain Mid level cloud cover High level cloud cover Forecast Satellite View Ridge Lift Surface Wind 2m Boundary Layer Wind Avg Convergence Vertical Velocity 600m 1 5km 3km 4km 5km XC Speed Freezing Level Turbulence To adjust Rain radar and SkySight options go to Graphic Weather Layers see also Ch 5 1 6 9 5 1 14 2 10 TopMeteo TopMeteo weather data is supported as well TopMeteo acc...

Page 121: ...file on the device You can pair multiple profiles to the same LXNAV Cloud account On your LX80 90xx device go to LXNAV Connect page If profile is not yet paired there will be a welcome page with instructions on how to pair link to the website and QR code that you can scan with your smartphone There is also a code in the format of LXyyyy xxxxx yyyy device model for example LX8080 xxxxx serial numbe...

Page 122: ... 90xx can access your profile if it is saved on the device and will be able to access your services even the ones you are paying for if they are added to your profile as described below You can avoid this by having your profile only on SD card that you remove after flying 5 1 14 3 1My Profile Collection Pilot Profiles can be uploaded via LX Styler to LXNAV Profile Collection https gliding lxnav co...

Page 123: ...t there are some limitations Following services are not available SkySight TopMeteo High resolution terrain packages Google Drive Satellite pictures Services are greyed out on the instrument Based on your internet connection speed it might take some time to load functions or data Blue icon will appear in the upper left corner of the screen whenever your device is still in the process of downloadin...

Page 124: ...s used to initiate the firmware update procedure 89892 is used to update peripheral devices 00111 display information about the system and its sensors 42000 update of FLARM through PC port default 44441 shows debug information 00112 will perform integrity check of stored maps and terrain data 01043 will perform Auto zero and set indicated speed to zero 01049 will perform Auto zero and set indicate...

Page 125: ... you will change activate any other profile settings layout will remain from the active one There are several actions which can be disabled for normal user Change Safety Altitude user will not be able to set the safety altitude Change Report Point user will not be able to set report point if it is already set Change Wind Methods user will not be able to change methods for wind calculation Change P...

Page 126: ...this menu Use Warnings menu cannot use this menu Use Units menu cannot use this menu Use Hardware menu cannot use this menu completely Use rear front seat menu user cannot use this menu Use NMEA output menu user cannot use this menu Use Polar menu user cannot modify any glider parameters Use Profiles menu user cannot modify Profiles at all He can change the profile only by restarting the device Mo...

Page 127: ...em to the latest version 5 1 18 1 Debug report If a SD card is inserted into the main display unit the TO SD button will be shown Press TO SD and a debug report will be saved to the SD card A report will have a name like debug_20140216_14_21_28 report Please email this report to us for further help If a network connection is available you can also use the function TO MAIL which will send the Debug...

Page 128: ...mitting data to others and the number indicates how many other FLARM devices are within range Press the START button to start the stopwatch Press the STOP button to stop the stopwatch If you press the MARK button a new waypoint will be created with the current latitude longitude and elevation based on the terrain database The waypoint name is generated from the current date and time separated by t...

Page 129: ... reading 5 2 3 Satellite Sky View Information about tracked satellites is given on this page If no satellite information is available a message No satellite info is displayed Green satellites are satellites currently being used for position determination Three concentric circles represent satellite elevation 0 30 60 degrees above horizon If a satellite is in the centre of the circles it is directl...

Page 130: ... also Chapter 5 1 11 14 5 3 Near Mode A list of all landable waypoints and airports is shown in this mode The default sorting order of the items is by arrival altitude Press the SORT button to toggle the sort method The selected sort method is indicated by the grey background in the header Press the VIEW button to change how much detail is visible for a selected item In the VIEW mode you can defin...

Page 131: ...s found within both the distributed airports database and user waypoint file then only the target from the user waypoint file will be displayed Press the FREQ button to set the standby frequency if this option is available if a radio bridge is present A small rectangle in bottom right corner of point icons indicates that there are images available for the selected point A red cross is drawn over a...

Page 132: ...sing the PAGE selector knob and then press the appropriate button Press the SAVE button to save a flight to SD or LXNAV Connect If SD card is not present there is a button TO LC if system has a Wi Fi module A flight is automatically copied to the SD card and or USB stick if it has been inserted into the main display unit by the time the message Calculating security is displayed This message appear...

Page 133: ...r to change flown path colours from altitude ground speed to netto 5 4 1 1 Upload to OLC Flight can be directly uploaded to the OLC by using LXNAV Connect Login details must be entered at LXNAV Connect Upload your flight by press SAVE LXNAV Connect select OLC and press SEND If you flew into the AIRSPACE a message of violation will appear automatically on the instrument In case of double seaters a ...

Page 134: ...ing Orange colour indicates matching thermal average On the left side an altitude scale is drawn On right side the average of last four thermals is displayed The shape of the thermal column corresponds to the strength of the thermal at a particular altitude Press the THERMALS button to disable or enable thermals view In bottom part selected statistics is shown There are three different pages of st...

Page 135: ...tatistics displays data for the started task Distance flown is the distance that has already been flown on the task The last 60 minutes statistics displays data for the last 60 minutes of flight If the task was started then Dis flown is the distance flown on the task for the last hour otherwise it is the optimised distance If the task distance is used a remark On Task is displayed in the header 5 ...

Page 136: ...ev 23 Version 7 10 December 2019 5 4 2 3 OLC Statistics Using the PAGE selector knob the user can select different optimized points Press the VIEW button to show more details for a selected optimized leg ...

Page 137: ...es the status of the battery When the battery is very low the symbol will turn red and also the Low battery warning will be displayed North direction is pointing to true north This is important if the map orientation is not north up at the top The airplane symbol in the middle of the screen is showing the current position The grey line indicates our current ground track and the magenta line is con...

Page 138: ...he glide path and positive numbers indicates you are above the glide path The middle number is the current MacCready setting Zoom scale is displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen A distance corresponding to the zoom symbol is plotted above the scale If there is a letter a next to the distance scale it means that the scale of map will automatically adapt to the goal In the bottom row sev...

Page 139: ...urrent MacCready settings 5 5 4 Fourth Navigation Page The fourth navigational page is combination of FLARM radar screen and some additional altitude data The internal pressure sensor altitude is shown as AltIGC AltInv shows the altitude in opposite units to those defined in the Units setup OAT is the outside temperature Potential Temperature is temperature calculated to the mean sea level and can...

Page 140: ... Button actions Related Only to the APT Page 5 5 6 1 Select an Airport There are five different methods of selecting an airport They are called filter mode ICAO mode list mode map mode and history mode You can toggle between these five modes by pressing the select button then press the METHOD button several times to select the preferred mode Filter mode Selecting an airport in filter mode is strai...

Page 141: ...ress the GOTO button the cursor will jump to the beginning of the airport name The PAGE selector knob will select among the airports Press GOTO once more and you will navigate to it If you do not know the exact name of an airport just select the first letter and press the GOTO button Now scroll to the desired airport using the PAGE selector knob Press the GOTO button once more and you will navigat...

Page 142: ...dentifier rather than by name Operation is exactly the same as in filter mode List mode In list mode airports are listed as in near mode Press the VIEW button to change details of the selected airport In the VIEW mode you can define how columns order and which columns you would like to see ...

Page 143: ... will be drawn next to it In the upper left corner of the screen current sort method is shown There are two possibilities distance sort or bearing sort Press the SORT button to change it History mode History mode shows all previously selected airports and additional two points take off location and soaring begin location not shown on picture below Use the PAGE selector knob to select the desired a...

Page 144: ...igational pages can be customised using LXStyler The description below applies to the default navigational pages 5 6 1 Button Actions Related Only to The WPT Page 5 6 1 1 Editing Waypoints Press the EDIT button The Edit dialogue will be open with details of the selected waypoint There are two possibilities to enter a position You can modify latitude and longitude to define a position of the point ...

Page 145: ...me default cup A message Do you want to copy from airport is displayed first Press YES if you would like to copy it from the Airports database An airport select dialogue will be opened Select the airport you wish to copy If none is selected a blank edit dialogue is opened The minimum data that must be entered are name latitude and longitude Press the OK button to confirm changes and create the new...

Page 146: ...oints or airports A task can also be loaded from stored tasks A task can be saved to an active waypoint file see Chapter 5 1 5 5 for details how to set an active waypoint file A task used for navigation will also be declared in the IGC file Navigational pages can be customised by using LXStyler Task mode valid for DEFAULT profile has five pages Use the PAGE selector knob to switch between pages Th...

Page 147: ...d page is designed for tasks with time limits which are in most cases going to be assigned area tasks Three new symbols are added Tsk Sp which is the task speed achieved up to this moment tReq Sp which is the required speed to task completion It is calculated as the remaining task distance divided by the remaining time tRemain indicates the remaining task time The fourth page is identical to the f...

Page 148: ...n to modify the observation zone for selected point The default zone style is defined in the Observation Zones menu in the setup mode see Chapter 5 1 7 4 OPTIONS action will open a new dialogue where additional properties for the task can be defined The task name is set in this dialogue VIEW changes track creation method see next chapter for more details Press the LOAD to load the task from the ac...

Page 149: ...ew allows you to view the task on the map and edit zones by scrolling over them use upper and lower rotatory knobs to do so If option FAI area is enabled under MAP options see chapter 6 2 1 1 you will also see this area here When using this view it is usually faster and easier to first create task in one of the previously described views and then only edit it in map view 5 7 2 2 Starts Multiple St...

Page 150: ... ZOOM selector knob to increase the radius by 5 units If Line is not checked the Angle1 parameter will define the basic shape of the observation zone A value of 180 means that the zone is a cylinder and 45 is the classic FAI sector Rotate the PAGE selector knob to increase the angle by 0 5 or use the ZOOM selector knob to choose values 22 5 45 90 or 180 Angle2 and Radius2 are used for more complex...

Page 151: ...ill calculate the final glide to the edge of the cylinder rather than to the centre of the cylinder When the finish line is crossed or the start sector is exited use start arm mode if you want to arm start rather than start manually When using arm mode pilot must press the ARM button which is displayed on main navigational screen instead of the START button When the ARM button is pressed a message...

Page 152: ...e system it will not navigate you to the finish point elevation but to the altitude which is going to be 1000m below the start altitude If you have set the safety altitude it will be added to this number 1000m Safety altitude 5 7 2 4 1 Gate Time Gate time is the time when the start gate is going to open If this value is entered the instrument will not give you any message about starting a task bef...

Page 153: ...and or Start gsp to use this option An indication will be shown on the final glide symbol Character A will be displayed before the MacCready value if a start altitude was entered and or character G will be displayed if a start speed was specified AG combines both A and G The lower number indicates at what altitude you will reach start altitude A negative value indicates you are going to be there b...

Page 154: ... already saved is shown 5 7 4 NEW task Task Creation Make sure that at least one waypoint file is loaded into the main display unit and that it is checked and marked as an active waypoint file Refer to Chapter 5 1 5 1 for details on how to upload waypoint files to the system Select task time if AAT taks and press the EDIT button Enter the task time if required AAT Rotate the PAGE selector knob to ...

Page 155: ...ntered the start point and a letter F indicates you entered the finish point Move the cursor down to the next empty point and repeat the above procedure until the entire task is entered Next to the task name bearing to point and distance from previous point are shown When on ground the time needed from start is shown in last column On ground calculation for time needed is based on MacCready theory...

Page 156: ...ou do not know exactly the waypoint name but just direction and distance and where to go Press the VIEW button to change view from list to detailed list view In detailed list view also latitude and longitude for selected task point are given Press the VIEW button once more to enter map edit mode 5 7 5 Creating a Task in SEEYOU Tasks can be also created in SeeYou software and loaded into LX systems...

Page 157: ...he selected task Tasks can be sorted by start point task distance and task description Press the SORT button to toggle the sort method 5 7 6 1 1 Loading a Task from Soaring Spot S SPOT If LX has the Wi Fi option enabled and has an established internet connection then the S SPOT button will be available The user should select the contest and racing classes By enabling options automatically download...

Page 158: ...t according to settings set in Chapter 5 1 6 6 There can be only one page set as thermal for airport mode waypoint mode and task mode You can change the current page to thermal mode in layout settings described in Chapter 6 3 25 In this dialogue you can enable it and also change track length colouring of line and zoom of map when in thermal mode The previous navigational page will be restored when...

Page 159: ...es to layout just before going to fly In this chapter only customization on the device will be explained For more info about LX Styler please refer to its manual The navigational page consists of many symbols and navboxes each of them is fully customizable Press the LAYOUT button on the navigational screen and a dialogue with several options will appear EDIT option will enter page customization mo...

Page 160: ...uttons NEW will create a new symbol A dialogue appears with list of available symbols DELETE will delete the selected symbol A confirmation message will be displayed prior to erasing of the symbol EDIT action will launch the edit dialogue for the selected symbol All details for the selected symbol are placed there RESIZE MOVE button will toggle between move mode and resize mode When in move mode a...

Page 161: ...This option is not shown if it is not enabled Team will open a dialogue where the pilot can enter the team code of his partner The team code is compatible with the SeeYou Mobile application Layout will run the page layout editor Here it is possible to modify the layout of the current navigational page Night will reduce backlight to level acceptable for flying in very dark conditions Notam Under de...

Page 162: ...t points Arm Start or Next option is used to start a task or to advance to the next turn point When any of the eight buttons are pressed the functions for the buttons are shown If a selected button is pressed once more the selected action will take place Press the MORE button to see more options If the remote stick is available the behaviour is slightly different When the check button is pressed o...

Page 163: ...BAL button will toggle the menu from MacCready setting to Ballast setting Ballast is entered in values which are defined in the Units menu see Chapter 5 1 9 5 You can set the load for an empty glider by pressing the Empty button When parameters for water dump rate are given the DUMP button will appear Press the DUMP button when you open water valve The system will automatically count down the amou...

Page 164: ...zoom is 1 km The check boxes will turn on or off the following items Map complete map is turned on off Terrain only terrain is turned on off Raster scanned maps is turned on off Airspace toggle airspace display on off Wpts waypoints drawing is turned on off Flarm Flarm radar display is turned on off Path flown path is switched on off Cur trk current track vector Rng cir range circles Opt dis optim...

Page 165: ...tly active page otherwise you will be changing the global style and changes will take effect on all the pages in every mode Advance button allows you to change graphics settings for current page if Use only for current page or global settings To understand it better you can find an example below of different map and graphics settings for APT mode Example APT mode page 1 low contrast graphics APT m...

Page 166: ...Rev 23 Version 7 10 December 2019 APT mode page 4 forecast SkySight APT mode page 5 Satellite picture APT mode page 6 Satellite picture with SkySight forecast ...

Page 167: ...ngs Press button MEM 1 for a long time A message Options stored to memory 1 will be displayed and the settings are stored Change the settings a little bit Press button MEM 2 for long time A message Options stored to memory 2 will be displayed and the settings are stored to memory location 2 Now short pressing of MEM 1 will invoke the saved settings from memory 1 ...

Page 168: ...vices are using same wind for final glide calculations The wind profile is shown on the left side of the dialogue Yellow coloured altitude indicates our current MSL altitude Using the ZOOM selector knob you can scroll up and down through the wind layers Use the EDIT button to manually enter wind data If a new wind direction is entered all wind directions in range from start altitude to end altitud...

Page 169: ...ne Refer to Chapter 5 1 5 4 for more details When a zone is alarmed the distance will be coloured orange Map display of airspace is available only on LX90xx series The LX80xx series cannot show it due to display size limitations Pressing ALL will disable all airspaces for TODAY or ALWAYS To enable them again press ALL and select ENABLE Button FILTER will show airspaces by inserted name character P...

Page 170: ...n the terrain database The waypoint name is generated from the current date and time separated by the minus character and preceded by an underscore Waypoint data can be modified Refer to Chapter 5 6 1 for more details Press the OK button to save a marked waypoint or press CANCEL to exit without saving Press the GOTO button to navigate immediately to the selected point ...

Page 171: ...tify 6 2 1 7 Radio This dialogue will be available only when a 232 Bridge is installed and used as a radio bridge In this dialogue active and standby frequency transmit status and volume control are shown Press the SET FREQ button to swap active and standby frequency Press SQ to toggle the volume control between volume squelch and vox Use the upper left rotary knob to adjust it In the HISTORY pull...

Page 172: ... you are asked about your position answer Hotel Golf Echo Mike Your teammate will tap the Team button enter the code and say Thanks while others won t have a clue unless they have the key 6 2 1 9 FLARM Press the Flarm button to view the list of other aircrafts received by FLARM A split screen with the map and a list with all received aircraft since the last switch on is shown The list is sorted by...

Page 173: ...ter the edit dialogue for the selected FLARM object Enter data about the FLARM glider and pilot The colour and size of each target can be adjusted by ticking the custom box The main display unit is pre loaded with the FlarmNet database to identify known FLARM Device IDs with plane and pilot data You can upload the latest FlarmNet database after downloading it from http www flarmnet org The update ...

Page 174: ...right using the MODE selector knob Turn the ZOOM selector knob to zoom If a remote stick is being used move the jogger to move the map Press the INFO button to change information for given position of the cursor There are three types of information possible information about waypoint in the vicinity airspace information and current position When airspace info is given press the DISMISS button to d...

Page 175: ...tch your suitable position If the FAI area is not enabled this option will be greyed out 6 2 1 12 Layout Use this option to modify layout of the navigational page See Chapter 6 for detailed explanation 6 2 1 13 Night Use this option to switch the display brightness to minimum visibility which is suitable for night flying ...

Page 176: ... View enables a lateral view of our position toward the selected goal or plane bearing Picture symbol will display images bound to the selected waypoint or airport History symbol shows aircraft altitude and terrain elevation over past time Flarm Radar symbol will display a radar screen showing FLARM targets at predefined zoom Artificial Horizon will show an artificial horizon symbol and optional c...

Page 177: ...the desired one See the following table for more details Title Description Title Description 60 Sp Last 60 minutes speed Req Mc Required MacCready to target Agl Height above ground ReqAlt Required altitude to target Airport Nearest Airport reqE Required glide ratio to target Airspace Distance to nearest zone reqFlaps Requested flaps Alt Altitude above MSL reqSTF STF for required MacCready AltGain ...

Page 178: ...o Relative bearing of teammate Fin Elev Task finish elevation tmVario Team partner vario FL Flight level tmWptcode Teamcode for waypoint Flarm FLARM RXTX To Steering course to target FlIGC Flight level from IGC pressure sensor toWind Head tail Wind to target FltTime Flight Time tRemain Task remaining time Frequency Target frequency tReq Mc Task required MacCready g load Current g load tReq Sp Task...

Page 179: ...arrive at desired altitude TrqSTF Same as reqSTF except that it over all WPT on the task to the finish point Thermal Thermal shows an average vario from entering the thermal after leaving the thermal it shows an average from the last total thermal Pot Temp Potentital temperature calculated to the mean sea level and can be helpful with identifying if there is enough heat to trigger thermals and how...

Page 180: ...he glider is 226m above the glide path Chevrons show the position relative to the required glide path in percent One arrow means 5 above or below final glide The middle number is the current MacCready setting In task mode it is prefixed with the letter T A B G S U or AG Sometimes there will be another number above MacCready in yellow colour which is used for arrival over terrain If we are on final...

Page 181: ...ow altitude mode See Chapter 5 7 2 4 2 how to enter below time and below altitude On example below glider must be below specified altitude for 17 seconds At the moment glider is 228m below specified unit The Character T means TASK which means final glide to finish on task Picture shows we are almost on final glide for task over all remaining points The Character S means START which means final gli...

Page 182: ...pty Battery symbol colours are related to the battery voltage which can be set in Chapter 5 1 11 16 6 3 6 GPS Indicator GPS shows the status of the GPS signal Green colour indicates that GPS is acquiring a 3D position and yellow colour stands for a 2D position fix When red no position is calculated by GPS Each bar represents two visible satellites If the symbol N C is present there is no GPS conne...

Page 183: ...th Wind arrows There are few Wind navboxes which can be very useful cWind Head Tail wind component WindX Side wind component ToWind Head Tail wind to target The thermal assistant continuously analyses the thermal whilst circling The sizes of the dots indicate the strength of the thermal Big dots mean stronger lift at that point On the left or right side of the circle a small airplane symbol is sho...

Page 184: ... of the glider It shows terrain and airspace in that direction A grey line represents the projected track based on the glide ratio A yellow line is showing the requested glide ratio to goal based on zero MacCready setting and a magenta line shows the current MacCready setting You can change the appearance of airspaces in the Setup Graphics Airspaces settings dialogue 6 3 10 Picture Waypoint files ...

Page 185: ...e map symbol is not on the current page There are also ascending slopes drawn with grey colour This indicates the MacCready values 6 3 13 Artificial Horizon The artificial horizon symbol together with speed tape and altitude tape make a very sophisticated primary flight display out of your main display unit The shape of the symbol can also be customized You can also enable the display of sky direc...

Page 186: ... task finish point is shown The latest thermal is drawn on the tape with an appropriate colour Yellow tape shows an arrival altitude for Mc setting MC 0 Green tape shows an arrival altitude for selected MC setting 6 3 15 Airspeed Tape The airspeed tape shows the current indicated airspeed A blue green marker on the tape represents the speed to fly value Band colours are fully customizable to match...

Page 187: ... 17 Magnetic Roses and HSI The magnetic rose and HSI symbols display the compass The magnetic rose cannot be detached from the plane symbol while HSI can be freely moved HSI always points in the heading direction HSI also displays additional information 6 3 18 Compass Tape The Compass Tape shows the magnetic direction The user can set pointer colour and compass scale ...

Page 188: ...are set When wrong flaps are set the selected flap band will be coloured red When the property Show entire tape is set all bands are visible and have equal size regardless of their configured speed bounds If Snap Sensor Value is ticked flaps will also show the current flaps setting and required flaps setting To calibrate the flaps settings properly refer to the Chapter 5 1 11 15 6 3 20 3D Map Synt...

Page 189: ...alue 6 3 22 G Meter The G meter symbol shows the current g load value It also displays the minimum and maximum g load Initially the symbol is always visible but it can be hidden automatically when below a certain value You can configure this behaviour by changing the Show above property 6 3 23 Wi Fi Indicator Show status of the wireless network connection If a red cross is drawn over the symbol th...

Page 190: ...s that the thermal average was 0 5 m s or more above current MacCready setting Blue colour means that the thermal average was 0 5 m s or less below current MacCready setting Yellow colour represents matching thermal average On the left side an altitude scale is drawn On the right hand side a big numerical value shows the average thermal vario of last 4 passed thermals Number of thermals that are a...

Page 191: ...lit into four groups The first group defines colours and font properties for the title of the navbox The second group defines colours and font properties for the navbox s main value The third group defines properties of navboxes which have only a single line In last group background for the navigational page is defined You can set the current page in mode as a thermal page by pressing the THERMAL ...

Page 192: ...nutes prior to take off to give the GPS receiver time enough to acquire satellites The flight recorder will also make a take off baseline Longer running on the ground will not reduce flight recorder capacity 7 1 2 Profile Selection Turn the PAGE selector knob to select the desired profile if more than one profile is available First profiles stored in internal storage are displayed then profiles on...

Page 193: ...button QNH Just keep turning the PAGE selector knob and observe the QNH value to adjust it to the proper value The QNH button should be pressed only when airfield elevation and QNH pressure are given This might happen on some competitions In all other cases elevation should always match QNH pressure The Profile selection and Elevation dialogues are not shown if the system is switched off and on du...

Page 194: ...ing off and thus avoid mistakes made in a haste actions such as preparing editing loading and saving can be done while in the air However the task cannot be declared in the air There is only one task which can be declared This task will be automatically declared in the IGC file on take off The task can also be modified during flight but any changes will not be written to the IGC file There are cur...

Page 195: ...han the designated task time An assigned area task has the same structure as other tasks and all known methods to enter are the same as described The only differences are larger observation zones having a specific geometry Use the ZONE button see Chapter 5 7 2 3 to modify the individual observation zone It is also recommended to use the AAT assistant tools such as optimal track and AAT isolines Op...

Page 196: ... 23 Version 7 10 December 2019 Usually a task sheet with observation zone definitions matching the system observation zone definition will be given An example of a task sheet is shown above However when an ...

Page 197: ...because the statistics page will change from logbook view to flight statistics 7 2 1 Starting a Task Before starting a task in task mode a character S will be displayed on the final glide symbol This indicates that the task has not yet been started The lower number tells you at what altitude you will start For more advanced start options such as maximum start speed maximum altitude and before star...

Page 198: ...he correct time as start time If for some reason you miss the start message you may always start the task by pressing the START button Enter task mode and press any button In the top row the START button is shown Press this button and navigation will be advanced to the next turn point In case you change the task in the air and you are already flying towards first turn point you will still be able ...

Page 199: ...will see a Yellow number with minus in front of it This number is Wait before time After it the start gate is open for a defined start period time If you would like to start again you have to wait that Wait after time is running out To test the event procedure you need to be airborne You can also use an ARM method which is the same as pressing the EVENT marker 7 2 3 Restarting a Task If for some r...

Page 200: ...se you did not reach turn point and you wish to continue navigation towards the following point anyway press the NEXT button A message will appear If you confirm this with YES the task will be advanced to the next turn point and it will recalculate the task taking the optimal fix as the task point 7 2 5 Entering Assigned Area Most probably when entering an assigned area auto advance is going to be...

Page 201: ...ES setup see Chapter 5 1 1 A point is moved using the lower two knobs Press the DIS BRG or LON LAT button to toggle between the two methods of moving the point When the DIS BRG button is shown the point is moved in the x y direction Use the PAGE selector knob to move the point in north south direction or rotate the ZOOM selector knob to move the point in east west direction If the LON LAT button i...

Page 202: ...te to nearest point option is very useful and actually a must if a finish cylinder is used with significantly large radius Enabling this option will calculate the final glide to the edge of the cylinder rather than to the centre of the cylinder 7 2 8 Graphical Final Glide Assistants There are a number of graphical final glide assistants available Glider range outside inside fill Different colours ...

Page 203: ...nce on the map A Yellow square indicates final glide at MC 0 Once you reach the green square the LX will give you a message Task on final glide assuming the current MC setting 7 3 Procedure After Landing IGC Regulations require a straight line base line in the barogram at the beginning and end of the flight For this reason that it is essential not to switch the unit OFF immediately after landing b...

Page 204: ... a SD card or USB stick is currently inserted into the main display unit the flight will automatically be copied to it Please use regular methods to power down the system See Chapter 4 4 for details It is important that the system is switched off via software Never power down the system using the main power switch The main display unit is running the Linux operating system and sudden power loss ma...

Page 205: ...h Wi Fi if internet connection is established and the Wi Fi module is enabled on the LX system You can also subscribe to a newsletter to receive news about the system automatically After firmware or during firmware update no data or no response from vario are normal messages 8 1 Updating the Main Display Firmware We will send you an update file and update code The update code is a string six lette...

Page 206: ...fied the main display unit will reboot and the new firmware is ready for use After the first reboot the main display unit will also update all devices connected to the 485 bus and flarm device On average this update will take approximately five minutes 8 1 1 Updating Via Wi Fi Module With the SW version 6 0 onwards it is also possible to perform an update without a SD card or USB stick Once the in...

Page 207: ...l perform a restart The user will also be asked to make an update of peripheral devices We suggest you to confirm it and update all devices Updates are also possible via the SETUP ABOUT page where there is the button UPDATE button is grey if there are no new Updates available The user can update the LX system with the SW version or perform a Database update ...

Page 208: ...ert it into LX80 90xx by using the SD card adapter if your card inserted in the LX80 90xx already comprises the SD card adapter and the micro SD card then you can simply ignore this message then press OK Copying of the firmware will be performed When you get a message with action please take the micro SD card from the LX80 90xx and insert into the V8 V80 The V8 V80 will detect the micro SD card an...

Page 209: ... file is found a selection dialogue will appear Select appropriate update file and wait until update completes 8 2 3 Manual V8 V80 I8 80 Update Download the file from the website rename it to zip extension and unzip the file The unzipped folder should contain 2 files V8x fw V8x_init bin If any of these files are missing or are corrupt the firmware update will not be successful Transfer the firmwar...

Page 210: ...aight line on the barogram beginning Set the recording interval to 1 second see Chapter 5 1 2 Place it in the chamber and carry out a short climb to about 100 m to start the flight recorder Bring the chamber pressure to exactly 1013 2hPa Decrease the pressure by 1000 m and hold for about 30 seconds Continue the procedure to 9000 m Increase the pressure in 1000 m steps back to 1013 2hPa After reach...

Page 211: ... External Display Some input is possible via the external display If the display unit does not have built FLARM an external FLARM connection is possible using the LX5flarm or LX5PF cable for Power FLARM 10 1 1 Installation For more detailed instructions on installation please refer to the installation manual The position of the radio communication antenna is extremely important as a bad installati...

Page 212: ...ate file and copy it to the SD card e g cf_6_09_d4ec337 fw for flarm and pf_am_6_80_b1c88a304_exp_31_jan_2021 fw for built in power flarm Enter password 89891 and select the FLARM update file Wait until it is completed In case of a problem it is still possible to perform an update using FLARM tool and the serial connection Please refer to an older LX8000 manual for the detailed procedure External ...

Page 213: ...Tool from PC Go into password menu and enter password 42000 The following message will appear Run FlarmTool and select the communication port Connect the main display unit to your PC with the LX5PC cable The FlarmTool will detect the FLARM unit Please follow the instructions ...

Page 214: ...ing recovery procedure In FlarmTool choose Recover and follow the instructions On the LX8000 enter password 41000 When the recovery is finished press the OK button 10 1 5 Uploading Obstacles with FlarmTool From PC Go into password menu and enter password 42000 Run FlarmTool and select the communication port Connect the LX8000 via PC cable to your PC ...

Page 215: ...e FlarmNet file and wait until the update completes 10 2 External FLARM or PowerFlarm If main display unit has no internal FLARM the user has the possibility to connect it to an external FLARM or PowerFlarm All FLARM PowerFLARM items will be displayed on the navigation map with same functionality as is with a built in FLARM The external FLARM PowerFLARM can be connected to the main display unit wi...

Page 216: ... harm your display unit or FLARM PowerFLARM units 10 3 ADS B update To update the internal ADS B you need to enter a password 89892 and select the update file which should be on the SD card USB key 10 4 Rear Seat Device In two seat gliders it is possible to install the rear seat device The rear seat device looks almost identical to the main display unit However inside the device there is no GPS or...

Page 217: ...automatically be received from the other device Check MacCready Ballast and or Bugs to receive the current MacCready value current ballast setting or bugs from the other device If Waypoint is checked a new waypoint target will be automatically assigned when the user changes the waypoint target on the other device A message Waypoint target received will be shown on the screen and you will be naviga...

Page 218: ...m 19 3 mm 20 3 mm 24 4 mm and 25 4 mm All necessary electronics is built into the top of the stick The four coloured wires from the bottom must be connected to a RS485 splitter Additionally two shielded cables are used for speed to fly command and push to talk button not valid for remote sticks delivered after 2016 Remote sticks produced after 2016 come without the SC and VP cables they are progra...

Page 219: ...he main display unit some of the speed buttons have a small icon There are three icons available a red cross which correspond to the X button on the remote a blue dot which correspond to the upper left button with a dot and a green tick which is the middle button The function button is a custom button whose function can be set by the user see Chapter 5 1 11 10 On the front side of remote stick the...

Page 220: ...o the Speed to fly input of the vario unit Do not forget to set the speed command input setting to TASTER see Chapter 5 1 11 1 After installation there is no special setting required on the main display unit as the remote stick will be automatically detected 10 6 Compass The compass module must be connected to the RS485 bus It must be installed at a location where there are no strong magnetic fiel...

Page 221: ...t see Chapter 5 1 11 14 For more detailed instructions on installation please refer to installation manual 10 8 Secondary Vario Indicators An unlimited number of secondary vario indicators can be connected to the system bus RS485 splitting units should be used to extend the bus capacity The functionality of secondary units depends on settings made in setup see Chapter 5 1 11 1 3 Each unit has two ...

Page 222: ...chapters 5 1 11 4 1 5 1 11 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 5 1 11 1 4 2 12 June 2017 8 2 3 13 December 2017 Corrections to English language text 14 February 2018 Reviewed updated chapters 5 1 5 6 1 5 1 5 6 2 5 1 6 3 5 1 11 4 2 5 5 1 11 1 4 2 5 1 11 7 5 1 13 5 1 15 5 7 2 3 6 3 1 6 3 4 6 3 25 15 March 2018 Added chapter 5 1 11 17 Reviewed updated chapter 8 16 May 2018 Reviewed Updated chapters 5 1 11 12 5 1 11 2 6 3 ...

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