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LX8000

(Including the LX8080

and LX8000D, LX8080D Rear-Seat Device)

Variometer and GPS-Navigation System

Version 2.6

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 LX8000

Page 1: ...ding the LX8080 and LX8000D LX8080D Rear Seat Device Variometer and GPS Navigation System Version 2 6 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 ...

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Page 3: ... User Input 15 4 3 1 Text Edit Control 15 4 3 2 Masked Text Edit Control 15 4 3 3 Spin Control 16 4 3 4 Selection Control 16 4 3 5 Checkbox and Checkbox List 16 4 3 6 Colour Selector 16 4 3 7 Font Selector 17 4 4 Switching off 18 5 Operating Modes 19 5 1 Setup Mode 20 5 1 1 QNH and RES 20 5 1 1 1 QNH 20 5 1 1 2 Safety Altitude 20 5 1 1 3 Magnetic Variation 20 5 1 1 4 ETA ETE Calculation 20 5 1 1 5...

Page 4: ...o Indicator Setup 42 5 1 12 3 Flarm 45 5 1 12 4 Compass 46 5 1 12 5 Rear Seat or Front Seat 46 5 1 12 6 NMEA Output 47 5 1 12 7 Engine Noise 48 5 1 13 Polar and Glider 48 5 1 14 Profiles and Pilots 49 5 1 15 Language 51 5 1 16 Passwords 51 5 2 Information Mode 52 5 2 1 GPS Status Page 52 5 2 2 Position Report 52 5 2 3 Satellite Sky View 53 5 3 Near Mode 53 5 4 Statistics Mode 54 5 4 1 Logbook 54 5...

Page 5: ...re 77 6 3 Speed Command 77 7 Flying with the LX8000 78 7 1 On the Ground 78 7 1 1 Power on Procedure 78 7 1 2 Profile Selection 78 7 1 3 Set Elevation and QNH 79 7 1 4 Pre flight Check 79 7 1 5 Preparing a Task 80 7 1 5 1 Assigned Area Tasks AAT 80 7 2 Flying a Task 82 7 2 1 Starting a Task 82 7 2 2 Restarting Task 83 7 2 3 Over Turn Point 83 7 2 4 Entering Assigned Area 84 7 2 5 Moving Point Insi...

Page 6: ...Rear Seat Device LX8000D 101 10 3 1 Data Exchange 101 10 3 2 Cable Wiring 102 10 4 Compass Module 103 10 4 1 Installation of the Compass Module 105 10 4 2 First Test After Installation 105 10 4 3 Adjusting the Compass Module 106 10 4 4 Final Check 107 10 4 5 Input of Local Magnetic Variation 107 10 5 Remote Control 107 10 6 Secondary Vario Indicators 108 11 Revision History 109 ...

Page 7: ...components that fail in normal use Such repairs 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 THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTI...

Page 8: ...t IGC cable only with LX8000 GPS antenna Flarm Antenna Hex key Inbus 2 2 LX8000 LX8080 without Flarm Option LX8000 LX8080 digital unit LXNAV V5 vario unit Main power cable for digital unit Cable for vario unit SD card Barograph calibration chart IGC cable only with LX8000 GPS antenna Hex key Inbus 2 3 LX8000D LX8080D LX8000D LX8080D Main power cable RS485 cable 4 meter RS485 splitting unit V5 Vari...

Page 9: ...itional data The unit communicates with the LX8000 digital unit over the RS485 system bus Optionally additional Vario indicators and a wide range of interface devices can be daisy chained using the RS485 bus 3 1 1 LX8000 Display Unit Features Extremely bright 3 5 8 9 cm colour display readable in all sunlight conditions with backlight automatically adapted using an ambient light sensor ALS Using L...

Page 10: ...able in all sunlight conditions with backlight automatically adapted using an ambient light sensor ALS Because of similarity in operation and design of LX8000 and LX8080 we will refer only to LX8000 in manual 3 1 3 Vario Unit Features Mechanical needle driven by stepper motor indicating various data such as netto vertical speed relative super netto and vertical speed 240x320 pixels colour screen f...

Page 11: ... LX8080D The unit installed in the rear seat of the 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 LX8000 and also two additional buttons with open wires These two buttons can be used for instance...

Page 12: ...nsions 98 x 88 x 115 mm exclusive connector 57 mm 2 standard aircraft cut out for the V5 vario unit length 92 mm exclusive connector 3 1 6 2 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 V5 vario unit Cut out dimension of the LX8080 digital uni...

Page 13: ...rotary selector knobs Six push buttons SD card reader The V5 vario unit is an indicator only and has no controls Information displayed is controlled by the LX8000 LX8080 digital unit 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 14: ...selecting sub pages sub menus and editing menus At the lower left is the zoom knob which is multifunctional While its main function is to change the zoom level within graphic mode it can also be used if an error is made during editing it is possible to move the cursor back by rotating this knob However this can only be done if editing is active which is shown by the cursor blinking 4 2 Switching o...

Page 15: ...ht knob to change the value at the current cursor position Press the CHAR button to advance the cursor to the next position The cursor can also be moved to next position using the bottom left knob Rotate it clockwise to move forward The Abc button is a toggle button and will change the letter case Press it to toggle modes Abc mode will start every new word with a capital letter subsequent letters ...

Page 16: ...mbo boxes on 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 t...

Page 17: ...ill colour is not transparent 0 all other map items will not be seen through it If a fill colour is 100 only the solid border will be drawn 4 3 7 Font Selector Using the font selector it is possible to define a font colour and style for a selected item Turn the lower right knob page selector to change the font style Text is also rendered in the selected font style Turn the lower left knob zoom sel...

Page 18: ...nly in case that the LX8000 program hangs and it is not possible to shutdown with methods 1 or 2 If you are using method 2 to switch off the LX8000 it is necessary to release the button when you see the shutting down message If you continue to press the off button the LX8000 may shut down by method 3 If the request for OFF is made during flight the instrument will ask for confirmation so that the ...

Page 19: ...accessible by rotating the bottom right knob also called the PAGE selector Three main navigational modes airport waypoint and task mode are selected by rotating the upper right knob All three options are similar and have similar basic navigation data screens accessed by rotating the bottom right knob It is possible to fully customise all three main navigational pages using the program LXStyler Thi...

Page 20: ...ht Since changing the QNH influences the indicated altitude care should be taken when changing the value as an incorrect setting can upset the final glide calculation 5 1 1 2 Safety Altitude This setting is the altitude reserve or safety altitude and is the height that the instrument adds to the final glide altitude required so that the glider arrives over the final glide destination at the select...

Page 21: ... 1 1 5 Soaring Start Soaring start is the time when 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 LX8000 digital 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 includ...

Page 22: ...instrument is switched automatically between vario and speed command OFF Switching is exclusively by an external switch connected to the V5 vario unit GPS When the GPS detects that the glider is circling an automatic change over to vario will happen after approximately 10 seconds Detection of straight flight will cause a changeover to speed command TAS When the TAS exceeds a pre set value The TAS ...

Page 23: ...r Default values are tuned to human eyes and do not require change Night mode brightness defines maximum brightness when instrument is operating in night mode In night mode brightness is reduced to very low value to reduce difference between ambient light and device backlit If you want to set the brightness manually uncheck the Automatic brightness control and set the brightness manually It is rec...

Page 24: ...abase LXNAV distributes free of charge airport and airspace database for the whole world The airport and airspace database is regularly maintained by LXNAV The latest version of the database can be found on our webpage www lxnav com The database is distributed as single file with asapt extension Copy this file to a SD Card or USB stick Plug the SD card or USB stick into the LX8000 and select the U...

Page 25: ...e 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 for all the time OFF today proximity warning is switched off for today only OFF hh mm proximity warning is switched off for 10 minutes If no label is shown airspace...

Page 26: ...Airports menu item and press the SELECT button A list of all available airport databases will be shown Only distributed airport databases are shown in this menu the user cannot modify contents of a database within the LX8000 If an error is suspected in our database please notify us If you wish to add additional airports to the LX8000 an ordinary way point file should be created and uploaded as a w...

Page 27: ...capable of storing more than 1000 hours of flight logs If a SD card or USB stick is inserted into the LX8000 flights can be copied to it when the corresponded button is pressed Flights can be removed from the LX8000 using the DELETE button 5 1 5 8 Flight Declaration The Flight Declaration is composed from pilot data and declared task Use this option if you wish to load or save a flight declaration...

Page 28: ...t new SD cards before using with the LX8000 the LX8000 can do this for you Formatting a SD Card will erase the entire contents of the SD card 5 1 6 Graphics This dialogue allows the user to define the appearance of the map in navigational mode Select the Graphics menu item and press the SELECT button A submenu will open 5 1 6 1 Terrain and Map The LX8000 is pre loaded with terrain for the entire w...

Page 29: ...d in map books Grayscale In the Elements group land features are setup separately Zoom defines up to which zoom level a selected land feature is visible Also line width and colour can be setup Press the DEFAULT button to reset these settings back to default 5 1 6 2 Airspace In this dialogue you can define the airspace map presentation Check the Show airspace item to enable airspace displays in nav...

Page 30: ... the way point is within range with the current MacCready settings and with a yellow background when way point is within reach with MacCready setting zero No background is shown if the way point is not reachable The label is selected from following options Name way point name is shown The name length item controls how the name is displayed Code will display the ICAO code or short name Elevation sh...

Page 31: ...to show or hide the terrain collision point and the target line itself The terrain collision marker is a red square which is only displayed when there is terrain between the navigational point and the current position and therefore not enough altitude to reach the target with the current glider settings Press the DEFAULT button to reset these settings back to default 5 1 6 5 Optimization The LX800...

Page 32: ...the FLARM module If your instrument is equipped with FLARM this menu will let you to modify presentation of the Flarm radar display Flarm radar is not available if competition or privacy modes are active Refer to Chapter 5 1 12 3 Checking Show Flarm object will enable display of aircraft detected by FLARM Colours are designed to present three values The colour for aircraft more than 100 meters abo...

Page 33: ... modify style It is possible to display the flown path of tracked aircraft Path colour and Path width define width and colour of paths To enable paths check the Show paths item 5 1 7 Sounds In the Sounds setup page audio settings for the vario unit voice settings for the LX voice module and alarms settings for the vario unit can be modified ...

Page 34: ...e only sound is present only at positive values for negative values there is silence Digital positive only similar function to Linear positive only except the sound is similar to the digital tone Press the DEMO button to hear the selected option SC audio mode has four modes SC positive sound is interrupted with silence every few milliseconds when the needle is positive on negative side sound is li...

Page 35: ...s window each item can be set separately Only checked items will be posted to the voice module If voice module is integral part of V5 variometer volume level loudness can be also set with volume rotary knob when messages are being played 5 1 7 3 Alarms The vario unit produces an audio alarm on reaching certain confirmation points This screen allows the parameters of the audio to be configured If a...

Page 36: ... The Radius 1 parameter describes half of width of line length Use the lower right knob to increase the radius by 0 1 of the selected distance units and the lower left 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 and 45 is the classical FAI sector Rotate the lower ri...

Page 37: ...imisation Use five for OLC optimisation It will also take into account reduced distances for the last two legs Use the value three for FAI free flight optimisation Optimisation 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 margina...

Page 38: ...ne can be dismissed for a whole day some minutes or just quit Quit means that the message will disappear Use Dismiss for spin to define dismiss time in minutes This time will be shown in the lower middle button after which the warning will be raised again However an alarmed zone will still be filled with transparent red colour and outlined with a thick line and also the distance to the nearest poi...

Page 39: ...sage You can also define the way direction to the Flarm object will be presented There are three options Relative bearing In this option direction will be given relative to the glider s nose direction e g Traffic 3 o clock which means traffic is on your right side True bearing Direction is give with absolute direction e g Traffic from 330 Relative True bearing is a combination of both methods Rela...

Page 40: ...ings All settings in this menu are related to the glider 5 1 12 1 1 Electronic Total Energy Compensation The LX8000 offers two methods of vario TE compensation TE Pitot tube Electronic TE compensation It is important to note that the method of TE compensation is set up when the instrument is installed by virtue of the pneumatic connections made to the TE and static ports Changing the compensation ...

Page 41: ...ly 160 km h and slowly reduce the speed Observe the vario indicator If the static source is good the vario should immediately start to move to show a climb If the needle firstly shows increased sink and then moves to a climb the static source of the glider is unsuitable and there is no way to provide successful TE compensation electronically The use of a dedicated and accurate fin mounted pitot st...

Page 42: ...io indicator is identified by a serial number which is also displayed on hardware menu Therefore literally unlimited number of vario indicators can be connected to RS485 bus and each of them can be setup separately Description of vario indicator is shown on next picture Mechanical needle displays vario netto relative or speed to fly value It can be setup separately for climb mode or cruising mode ...

Page 43: ...he ball moves up you have to slow down and if ball moves down you have to speed up Upper Numeric Display The parameter displayed can be configured separately for Vario mode and SC mode Following parameters can be displayed average vertical speed local time flight time task remaining time Lower Numeric Display The parameter displayed can be configured separately for Vario mode and SC mode Following...

Page 44: ...ts of Needle Two numerical displays upper and lower Labels and indicators These following functions can be set see next picture Needle vario needle Vario SC Netto or Relative SC Ring Displays speed command at all times Upper Numeric Display Integrator time flight time task remaining time Upper line the parameter displayed can be configured in both Vario and SC modes Vario Mode Indicator Shows curr...

Page 45: ...glider For collision warnings this mode has no influence Ext Colibri only on LX8000 Use this mode when you want to receive external Flarm data through Colibri port on back side For example if TRX1090 is connected to LX8000 See chapter 10 2 for more details Ext PC Use this mode when you want to receive externally connected Flarm on PC port Depending on which region continent you are flying in set t...

Page 46: ...etails about installation of the compass and its calibration 5 1 12 5 Rear Seat or Front Seat In a two seat configuration with the LX8000D it is possible to transfer selected data between the front and rear seat devices Use this menu to define which data will be automatically received from the other device Data are divided into two groups flight parameters and navigational data If a specific value...

Page 47: ...12 6 AHRS When AHRS device is connected to the system this menu is used to calibrate AHRS for installation error Place you glider in levelled position and press LEVEL button You can also modify pitch only if you rotate PAGE UP DOWN rotary knob 5 1 12 7 NMEA Output The LX8000 is capable of outputting position data sentences in NMEA format for use by other devices Data is divided into three groups G...

Page 48: ...hes the glider performance You can modify the polar by changing coefficients a b and c A polar is defined as a quadratic equation with the parameters a b and c Use the LXe program Tools Polar to calculate coefficients a b and c for a given glider s polar The program requires three sink points entered at selected speeds e g 100 km h 130 km h and 150 km h The program will calculate the values of a b...

Page 49: ...amples France Spain Namibia WGC2008 An active profile is selected when LX8000 is powered on see Chapter 7 1 2 Use this dialogue to add a new profile delete a profile load save a profile change name for an existing profile and to activate a profile The active profile is the profile which is currently being used Press TO USB or TO SD for the profile will be stored to a USB stick or SD card A profile...

Page 50: ...LX8000 LX8080 Version 2 6 September 2011 Page 50 of 110 For more information about LXStyler please refer to the LXStyler manual ...

Page 51: ... 01049 will perform Auto zero will set vario and speed to zero 30000 browses through installed files use with caution 41000 first or forced update of Flarm 42000 update of Flarm through PC port default 43000 update of Flarm through Colibri port 44441 shows debug information 46000 enables disables the co pilot remote stick This option is used if you want to drive a single LX8000 via two remote stic...

Page 52: ... button a new way point will be created with the current latitude longitude and elevation based on the terrain database The way point name is generated from the current date and time separated by the minus character and preceded by an underscore Way point data can be modified Refer to Chapter 5 6 1 for more details Press the OK button to save a marked way point or press CANCEL to exit without savi...

Page 53: ...ider moving the GPS antenna to another position If you press the MARK button a new way point will be created 5 3 Near Mode A list of all landable way points 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 Select the preferred la...

Page 54: ...s when landing conditions are met You can also delete a flight using the Files and Transfer menu see Chapter 5 1 5 7 5 4 2 Statistics during Flight Using the lower right knob the user can change the statistics page There are three pages available Flight statistics displays data for whole flight Dis flown is the optimised distance XC speed is average speed corrected for altitude difference Average ...

Page 55: ...pointing to true north This is important if map orientation is not north up at the top The airplane symbol in the middle of the screen is showing current position The grey line indicates our current ground track and the magenta line is connecting the airplane position with selected goal When we are below the glide path to current goal a green and a yellow rectangle will be displayed on the magenta...

Page 56: ...e Chapter 7 2 1 for detailed explanation of this mode Sometimes there will be another number above MacCready which is used for arrival over terrain If we are on final glide to a selected target but between it and the current position there is terrain which cannot be crossed without more height then this number will give us an estimate as to how much we have to climb to pass over the terrain A red ...

Page 57: ... previous pages 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 Pot Temp is the potential temperature and Battery displays the current voltage 5 5 4 Fourth Navigation Page The fourth navigational page has also no graphics The estimated time of arrival and estimated time establish...

Page 58: ...e pilot may select between options Button functions or the remote menu will disappear automatically after 10 seconds if no further action is taken In airport mode the following selections are available Select option is used to select an airport as the new navigational target Mc Bal will set MacCready ballast and bugs see Chapter 5 5 5 2 for more details Map item is used to quickly modify map param...

Page 59: ...g the upper left button until the message switching off appears 5 5 5 1 Select an Airport There are two methods of selecting filter mode and list mode You can toggle between these two modes by pressing the LIST or FILTER buttons Selecting an airport in filter mode is straightforward Enter the first letter of the airport name using the lower right knob The helper will show the first airport matchin...

Page 60: ...ess the COUNTRY button and a dialogue with a list of all available countries will be shown Select the desired countries and press CLOSE 5 5 5 2 MacCready Ballast and Bugs Settings These are probably the settings pilots use most often during flight Press the MC BAL button The dialogue for MacCready ballast and bugs will appear Use the lower right knob to modify the MacCready setting In the middle b...

Page 61: ...ientation there are several more which will rotate the map as the glider position changes Track up will always have the glider ground track in the up direction Heading up will always have glider heading in the up direction If the compass module is available the heading will be taken from the compass otherwise the heading is calculated from the wind and the ground speed vectors Goal up will have ta...

Page 62: ...must be completed to obtain the first wind measurements The third method is combination which takes into account also airspeed received from the vario unit If the compass module is available wind is also estimated using the wind triangle Calculated wind is stored in layers Layer height is 300 m or 1000 ft and cannot be modified by the user The wind profile is shown on the left side of the dialogue...

Page 63: ...5 5 6 Mark If you press the MARK button a new way point will be created with the current latitude and longitude and elevation based on the terrain database The way point name is generated from the current date and time separated by the minus character and preceded by an underscore Way point data can be modified Refer to Chapter 5 6 1 for more details Press the OK button to save a marked way point ...

Page 64: ...se after downloading it from http www flarmnet org The update procedure is similar to the update procedure for airport databases See Chapter 5 1 5 2 for more details about updates We encourage all users to upload their data to the FlarmNet web site It is very easy All you need is to determine your Flarm device ID which you will find in the Hardware Flarm dialogue see 10 1 5 and then register at Fl...

Page 65: ...cinity of the current position Mark option is used to mark the current position and create a way point Flarm button will display a list with all visible Flarm objects You can select one and use it for navigational purposes Edit button will edit data for the selected point New button will add new point A new point can also be copied from the airports database Delete button deletes the selected poin...

Page 66: ... latitude and longitude to define a position of the point or press the DIS BRG button to enter the position as distance and bearing to a selectable point Press the LON LAT button to toggle back to input of latitude and longitude Modify other attributes at your discretion When finished press the OK button to confirm changes or press CANCEL to dismiss changes The modified way point will be updated i...

Page 67: ... 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 way point The new way point is added to active way point file Press the CANCEL button to abandon creation of new point Elev...

Page 68: ...l to first pages of the airport and way point modes It shows navigational data to the current turn point However the final glide indicator always shows the required altitude to complete the task On the second page additional data is shown current netto vertical speed current track and groundspeed tDis shows the remaining total task distance tskE shows the required glide ratio to task finish The th...

Page 69: ...ent position and create a way point Flarm button will display a list with all visible Flarm objects You can select one and use it for navigational purposes Map is used to change quickly and modify map parameters see Chapter 5 5 5 3 for more details Wind will open a dialogue where wind changes with altitude are shown wind can be set and methods for wind calculation are shown See Chapter 5 5 5 4 for...

Page 70: ... task name is set in this dialogue Press LOAD to load the task from the active way point file Press SAVE button to store the task to the active way point file This task can later be loaded from the active way point file INVERT action will invert the complete task INS PNT will insert a new point above the current cursor position DEL PNT will delete a point at the current position CLEAR will complet...

Page 71: ...SELECT button once more to complete this selection The task edit dialogue should now look like the screen below The letter S indicates you entered the start point Move the cursor down to the next empty point and repeat the above procedure until the entire task is entered 5 7 3 Modifying Zones Now it is time to modify the observation zones Select a point and press the ZONE button A new dialogue wit...

Page 72: ...ecked when Radius1 is greater than 10 km By default navigation to task points will be automatically advanced uncheck Auto next if you do not want to change over to next point when reaching selected point This option will be automatically unchecked when Radius1 is greater than 10 km Press the NEXT button when you are happy with the changes and to continue with the next observation zone setup If the...

Page 73: ...r shows the difference to the set altitude Negative values mean altitudes below set altitude The upper yellow number indicates the number of seconds left to be below the set altitude Chevrons indicate meters below or above required altitude Each line represents 10 m A message You were XX seconds below YYYYm is displayed once you fulfil the conditions 5 7 4 3 Maximum Start Speed and or Maximum Star...

Page 74: ...vailable only if the Navigate to nearest point is checked 5 7 5 Saving a Task Once a task is completed it could be saved to the active way point file Press SAVE and the message Task saved will appear on screen If the task already exists in the active way point file the message Task is already saved is shown 5 7 6 Loading a Task It is possible to load a task from the stored tasks within the active ...

Page 75: ...he time of arrival can be calculated using different methods which are found in the QNH and RES 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 directions Use the lower right knob to move the point in the north south direction o...

Page 76: ... a good static pressure source If pneumatic compensation is selected the TE Pst port should be connected to the TE probe 6 1 Smart Vario Description The LX system incorporates two configurable electronic filters in the circuitry The first filter adjusts the time constant and is adjustable between 0 5 and 5 seconds The 0 5 second setting is the fastest while the 5 second setting provides maximum da...

Page 77: ...rding 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 2 hPa Decrease the pressure by 1000 m and hold for about 30 seconds Continue the procedure to 6000 m Increase the pressure in 1000 m steps back to 1013 2 hPa After reaching ground wait about 3 minutes and then switch...

Page 78: ...e version of the Linux kernel operating system then the version of the file system The boot procedure normally takes 30 seconds When completed the profile selection dialogue is shown It is recommended to switch the unit ON some minutes 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 wil...

Page 79: ...t happened on some competitions In all other cases elevation should always match QNH pressure The profile selection and Elevation dialogues are not shown if the LX8000 is switched off and on during flying 7 1 4 Pre flight Check After elevation setup the LX8000 will switch to airport mode It will take about 30 seconds to draw the map screen for the first time All way point files and databases are l...

Page 80: ...d task Load a similar task and modify it Enter task manually It is very important to check the task prior to take off Check the turning points sequence distance between points bearings and total task distance Visually check the task and observation zone geometry in the map view 7 1 5 1 Assigned Area Tasks AAT In fact an assigned area task is a speed task where the task distance is not exactly defi...

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Page 82: ...ge 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 start altitude see Chapter 5 7 4 Once you...

Page 83: ...y button In top row the RESTART button is shown Press it You have to confirm restarting of the task Once the task is restarted navigation will be changed back to start point 7 2 3 Over Turn Point When a turn point observation zone is reached the message Inside zone will be displayed and the task will auto advance to the next turn point if the Auto next option was selected see Chapter 5 7 3 When th...

Page 84: ...h the current assigned area will be shown In the upper right corner the remaining task distance is shown as well as the required task speed remaining task time delta time and estimated time of arrival Delta time is the difference between the remaining time and time of arrival If it is negative you will arrive back too soon and if it is positive you will arrive too late Keep in mind that the time o...

Page 85: ...d of the flight For this reason that it is essential not to switch the unit OFF immediately after landing but to wait a few minutes First the message Flight will finish in 10 seconds will appear and then the message Calculating security The flight is finished when the message Calculating security disappears At that moment the statistics page will be changed back to logbook view Now it is safe to s...

Page 86: ...ws Pstatic Static Ptotal Pitot or Total pressure TE Pstatic Static If the unit is to be configured for pneumatic TE compensation using a TE tube then the connections are TE Pstatic TE tube Pstatic Static Ptotal Pitot or Total pressure If the Ptotal and Static are connected the wrong way around there will be no integrator reading average climb during the flight The LX8000 digital unit is connected ...

Page 87: ...s due to the hot automatic fuse Turn off the LX8000 system and wait for the automatic fuse to cool down 8 1 Installing the LX8000 Prepare the cut out in the instrument panel according to the drilling template For best viewing angle consider installing the LX8000 into position which will meet requirements shown on picture below Position the LX8000 digital unit in the cut out in the instrument panel...

Page 88: ... the press in covers from the four main rotary switches on the LX8080 While holding the knobs slacken the screws with a screwdriver Now the knobs can be removed never use power to remove the knobs you can damage rotary switches Remove the four M6 screws Position the LX8080 in the cut out in the instrument panel Tighten the LX8080 Tighten the knobs and fix the covers ...

Page 89: ...be connected to the RS485 system bus by use of RS485 splitting units Installation of any option is plug and play and therefore requires only mechanical installation work The LX8000 digital unit also powers all devices connected to the bus An automatic fuse built into the LX8000 digital unit prevents damage to the digital unit should a short circuit in the wiring or in some attached device occurs ...

Page 90: ...PS antenna Network connector DO NOT USE IT Flarm HF antenna Flarm external indicators splitters USB memory stick Connector to USB1 port Colibri Flight recorder Main power supply LX8000DU wiring GPS antenna Flarm HF antenna Flarm external indicators splitters USB memory stick Connector to USB1 port Main power supply LX8080DU wiring ...

Page 91: ...L PC LX LABEL LX8000DS COMPASS LCDVARIO 1 6 7 4 9 5 SUBD15 Connector female SBOX white red shield black yellow GND 12V B A GND SHIELD SC 1 9 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 B A SC switch 30 cm 30 cm 50 cm V5 V1 0 Wiring VP switch VP 50 cm green Brown OAT 1 5m OAT LABEL OAT LABEL VARIO PRIORITY LABEL SC LABEL RS485 shield Reserved for CAN BUS SUBD9 female CAN H CANH CANL INPUT2 INPUT1 INPUT3 INPUT4...

Page 92: ...eld black yellow GND 12V B A RS485 IN SPEAKER SUBD9 male GND 12VDC IN SC 1 9 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 Data Out Data In B A RCA Jack Receptacle CHINCH Female SC switch Speaker 30 cm 30 cm 50 cm LABEL AUDIO OUT LX 9000 VARIO UNIT Wiring VP switch VP 50 cm green Brown DS1820 OAT 1 5m OAT LABEL OAT LABEL VARIO PRIORITY LABEL SC LABEL RS485 shield shield ...

Page 93: ...date file to a SD card or USB stick and insert it into the LX8000 Start the LX8000 and go to the Setup Password menu option Enter password 89891 and press ENTER The LX8000 will automatically search for an update file If more than one update file is found a selection dialogue will appear After the update file is selected an update code must be entered Enter the update code which was sent to you Ple...

Page 94: ... 6 September 2011 Page 94 of 110 The LX8000 will automatically search for an update file If more than one update file is found a selection dialogue will appear Select appropriate update file and wait until update will finish ...

Page 95: ... is used to control the unit Four red green LEDs indicate the Flarm status The external display has two modes of operation Warning mode will activate a red blinking LED if another glider equipped with Flarm is close and a collision risk is predicted An audio warning will also be heard A higher collision risk will increase the blinking frequency and similar with audio The warnings are classified in...

Page 96: ...hange the audio warning volume briefly press the mode selector each press will increase the audio volume three levels and mute available To change the mode of operation press the MODE button for approximately 2 seconds If the radial LEDs run from top to bottom this means a change over to nearest mode and vice versa After each new power on the unit will start in Nearest mode 10 1 1 2 Settings for t...

Page 97: ...nect the LX8000 to the antenna Never use an antenna without the original aluminium ground plane If there is no space to install the metal back plane a dipole variant of the antenna is available The picture shows the connected GROUND PLANE antenna With the new LX8000F a DIPOLE antenna is included which has an even better performance than a ground plane antenna The Flarm external display is a small ...

Page 98: ...download the appropriate file and copy to the SD card e g flarm_407 fw 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 FLARMtool and the serial connection Please refer to an older manual for the detailed procedure 10 1 4 Uploading Obstacles Also updating Flarm obstacles has been simplified in LX80...

Page 99: ...ernal display unit and will simultaneously show FLARM targets and Mode S transponder equipped aircraft with ADS B output capability The presence of transponder equipped aircraft not broadcasting ADS B output will be detected and indicated on the connected display as a non directed target The TRX 1090 comes with a high sensitivity low distortion receiver unit and a highly complex and powerful signa...

Page 100: ...LX8000 Run the TRX Tool program and connect the TRX 1090 to PC using a USB cable Select Port4 tab and change connected equipment to LX8000 or FLARM without RX line connected Select Port2 tab and change Baudrate to 19200bps The LX8000 and TRX 1090 are now ready for operation On the info page you should see the TX sign and number of received objects ...

Page 101: ...efine which data will be automatically synchronised between the LX8000 and LX8000D Way point and task databases are not synchronised between the LX8000 and LX8000D To have databases synchronised you have to use the SD card and copy files from the rear to front device or vice versa See Chapter 5 1 5 4 for how to copy way point files To set up data which is going to be received from the LX8000D ente...

Page 102: ...the SEND action in way point mode The same applies to the Airport checkbox The message Airport target received is displayed If the Task checkbox is checked the task will be synchronised with the other device When flying an assigned area task it is worth having Task unchecked This will allow one pilot to play with what if scenarios Once a proper direction is found you can send the task to the other...

Page 103: ...le Take care of flying direction label on the top of AHRS box Small adjustments few degrees can be later corrected through AHRS setup menu Connect total pressure and static pressure to corresponding pressure connectors on AHRS module If total pressure is not connected AHRS will not work properly Connect AHRS and main unit using supplied USB cable 10 4 2 Level adjustments In case that AHRS module i...

Page 104: ... not only permits the display of magnetic heading but also permits the calculation of the wind vector in straight flight The wind vector is calculated using the triangle of velocities method where the vectors of ground speed with track TAS with compass heading and the wind vector form a triangle of velocities The angular difference between HDG and TRK depends on the magnitude of the wind vector an...

Page 105: ...lider For a proper installation a flat area parallel to the horizontal plane is needed The orientation is clearly marked on the label which is on the bottom of the unit 10 5 2 First Test After Installation An external reference compass is required which can either be a prismatic landing compass or a calibrated compass base on the airfield surface Using the reference compass the glider should be al...

Page 106: ...creen 1 Orient the glider to face north The N label will be automatically highlighted 2 Stabilise the reading and press SET to save the correction for this direction 3 Rotate the glider 45 to the right The highlight on the label will move to NE 4 Stabilise the reading and press SET to save the correction for this direction 5 Repeat procedure for the remaining directions ...

Page 107: ...ure every year 10 5 5 Input of Local Magnetic Variation The correct input of local magnetic variation is essential Use the QNH and RES menus False magnetic variation may degrade the wind calculation significantly If auto variation is selected the LX8000 automatically calculates the magnetic variation from a mathematical model See Chapter 5 1 1 for more details 10 6 Remote Control The remote contro...

Page 108: ...o zoom in and out Use the up and down arrow keys to toggle between pages within the current mode Press the upper right button to enter the next mode Press the upper left button to move to the previous mode 10 7 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 functiona...

Page 109: ... and advanced task options June 2009 Update to firmware version 2 1 Added position report and satellite in view page Added chapter Flying free flights December 2009 Update to firmware version 2 2 Added new update procedure for Flarm Added references to LXStyler January 2010 Corrections to English language text Added update procedure for FlarmNet data April 2010 Update to firmware version 2 3 Added...

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