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SkyTrax ADS-B Receiver

Pilot’s Guide

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Summary of Contents for SkyTrax 200

Page 1: ...SkyTrax ADS B Receiver Pilot s Guide ...

Page 2: ...Revision History Revision Date of Release Reason for Release 00 April 2019 Initial Release 01 February 2021 Add SkyTrax 200 ...

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Page 4: ... 2 11 Weather Overlays On Map 2 12 ADS B METARs 2 14 ADS B AIRMET SIGMET 2 15 ADS B Weather Radar 2 16 ADS B Product Text 2 18 ADS B Temporary Flight Restrictions TFRs 2 19 ADS B Unavailable Products 2 20 IFD Datalink Status Page 2 21 ADS B Stations 2 22 WiFi Network Operations 2 22 Indications Of Data Age 2 23 TRAFFIC DISPLAY 2 25 SYNTHETIC VISION SVS 2 32 WARNING CAUTION ADVISORY MESSAGE BAR 2 3...

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Page 6: ...T receiver are also capable of receiving FIS B weather data The SkyTrax does not provide ADS B out functionality The SkyTrax may also be connected to the ARINC 429 traffic output from a TAS or TCAS I system When connected the SkyTrax will merge the TAS TCAS traffic with the ADS B traffic so that only the best source of data for each target is displayed Interfaces will be to existing compatible dis...

Page 7: ...ible display device SkyTrax Receiver The SkyTrax performs the following functions ADS B In 978MHz and or 1090MHz o Receives ADS B from target aircraft o Receives ADS R and TIS B from ground stations Receives FIS B Weather if equipped with 978MHz Receives traffic from a connected TAS or TCAS I Merges all traffic sources into a single combined view Outputs ADS B Traffic over an ARINC 429 port Output...

Page 8: ...AL Height 2 036 inches Width 7 367 inches includes mounting bracket Depth 6 812 inches Weight 1 3 lbs excluding cables ENVIRONMENTAL Operating temperature 55 C to 70 C Storage temperature 55 C to 85 C Temperature variation 5 C per minute Maximum continuous altitude 55 000 feet External Cooling Not required ELECTRICAL Voltage 9 33VDC Input Current 6W nominal Steady State 0 5A 14VDC 0 26A 28VDC ...

Page 9: ...ce 20ppm Data Rate 1 04167 Mbps Receiver Sensitivity Exceeds 90 MSR 93dBm Equipment Class A1S single bottom UAT antenna 1090ES RECEIVER PERFORMANCE This section only applies if the SkyTrax model is equipped with a 1090MHz receiver Regulatory RTCA DO 260B Frequency 1090MHz Tolerance 5 5MHz Data Rate 1 Mbps Receiver Sensitivity 72 dBm Equipment Class A0 single bottom UAT antenna ...

Page 10: ... source 1 0 seconds Display Latency Maximum latency from receiving a complete update to a updated display to the pilot 0 75 seconds AVIONICS INTERFACES Annunciator Outputs Capable of sinking 500mA for turning on annunciator lamp Control Port RS232 asynchronous serial Maintenance Port USB asynchronous serial External Position Input RS232 asynchronous serial or ARINC743A GNSS sensor Display Control ...

Page 11: ...rom another UAT equipped aircraft o ADS R Rebroadcast of ADS B data from a ground station o TIS B Broadcast of secondary surveillance radar SSR traffic information from a ground station FIS B if equipped with a 978MHz UAT receiver Reception of aviation data from ground stations o FIS B products include NEXRAD PIREPs AIRMET SIGMETs METARs TAFs Winds Aloft Aviation Data TFRs and NOTAMs The specific ...

Page 12: ...equired for traffic reception but not required for FIS B weather reception The SkyTrax Receiver may also be configured with an indicator e g IFD4XX IFD5XX to display ADS B ADS R TIS B traffic and FIS B weather The following figure depicts the typical SkyTrax Receiver system configuration SkyTrax Receiver with External Compliant GPS ...

Page 13: ...turer of the interfaced display installed in your aircraft for specific operational information The SkyTrax also provides support for a traffic indicator and a status indicator If installed the traffic indicator will be illuminated if the system detects an advisory condition and the status indicator will be illuminated if any system failure or caution conditions have been detected BEFORE TAKEOFF T...

Page 14: ...inal Area Forecasts TAF US Winds Surface and Aloft US Temperatures Aloft US Icing US AIRMETS US SIGMETS US Lightning The SkyTrax provides US Canadian Mexican and Caribbean METARS and TAFs and US Canadian and Puerto Rican radar as well as other information such as winds aloft TFRs lightning etc See the product details page on http www avidyne com products display display weather html for a complete...

Page 15: ...er penetration and storm cell circumvention The system lacks sufficient resolution and updating necessary for tactical maneuvering WEATHER OVERLAYS ON MAP On the IFD4XX IFD5XX overlays are controlled using the Wx Overlay LSK on the Map page IFD Wx Overlay Selection The Wx Overlay page is segmented into groupings of products One selection per grouping can be made and products selected are indicated...

Page 16: ...Wx Radar Other Wx Rdr Storm Cells Icing Winds Temps Aloft Airport Reports METARs TAFs TFRs Weather Reports AIR SIGMETs Lightning Datalink NOTE SkyTrax ADS B Data Product Display Familiarity with the interfaced display is required to control the display of listed products See the display manufacturer s approved data for instruction on the display and control of ADS B data products ...

Page 17: ... IFD textual METARs are presented on the Info tab of the FMS page The graphical METARs are color coded flag symbols that summarize a recent surface weather observation and can appear as overlays on the Map and embedded in the flight plan on the Flight Plan and Nearest tabs These flags allow an overview of general weather conditions in an area IFD Graphical METAR Legend ...

Page 18: ...n abbreviated description of the hazard such as ICE icing MTN mountain obscuration or IFR instrument flight conditions The ADS B AIRMET SIGMET Page shows a list of AIRMETs and SIGMETs that have been received over FIS B Selecting one of the AIRMETs or SIGMETs will cause the ADS B Product Text page see page 2 18 to appear showing the text for the selected report IFD ADS B AIRMET SIGMET Page IFD AIRM...

Page 19: ...osite image depicting precipitation as seen by multiple ground based weather radar sites The image is color coded to FAA definitions to show intensity levels and precipitation types and is overlaid on top of any other map features IFD Map SkyTrax Precipitation Example IFD Weather Data Legend ...

Page 20: ...he mountains and off the coast hatched lines may represent no coverage below 10 000 feet If there are radar returns in that region above 10 000 feet the returns will be displayed as islands of precipitation surrounded by the hatched lines ADS B FIS B radar data coverage areas can be very irregular shaped areas the geometry is dependent on how many transmission sites are in view and how much data h...

Page 21: ... page or the ADS B AIRMET SIGMETs page this page will not be populated and will instead show No Text Selected at the top of the page Once one of those reports has been selected this page will continue to show that report until a different report is selected To return to the list page containing the corresponding report touch the screen press the right knob button or press the ENTR button IFD ADS B...

Page 22: ... from pending to active TFR data cannot be turned off The ADS B TFRs page shows a list of TFRs that have been received over FIS B Using the right knob or the touchscreen a cursor can be moved to surround each of the TFRs in the list Selecting one of the TFRs either by pressing the right knob button pressing the ENTR button or touching the TFR surrounded by the cursor will cause the ADS B Product T...

Page 23: ... of the FIS B Product Updates Unavailable Report That report provides notification to users of outage of individual FIS B product updates or the entire FIS B service If 20 minutes has elapsed since the display last received the FIS B Product Updates Unavailable report the report will be removed IFD ADS B Unavailable Products Page ...

Page 24: ...a legend that defines the various symbols used in the datalink data depictions on the maps Note that forecast products e g winds aloft display the forecast time not the data receipt age Dashed data is not authorized for that subscription level A status of Not Rcvd indicates that the data has not been received A status of None Xpctd indicates that not only has the data not been received but also th...

Page 25: ...Current Report List CRL that indicates whether the station is broadcasting TFRs AIRMETs and SIGMETs Using that list the display can determine whether it has received all of the reports that it is supposed to have received When all of the expected data of a given type has been received its look ahead range will be presented in green IFD ADS B Stations Page WIFI NETWORK OPERATIONS Some displays capa...

Page 26: ...icts where the weather WAS not where it IS The age indicator if provided does not show the age of the actual weather conditions but rather the age of the mosaic image The actual weather conditions could be up to 15 to 20 minutes OLDER than the age indicated on the display Pilots should consider this potential delay when using in cockpit radar capabilities as the movement and or intensification of ...

Page 27: ...erfaced display SkyTrax Message Color In Effect Valid Thru Month Day Year Light Green Has Expired Expired Month Day Year Yellow Not Yet Effective Effective Month Day Year Yellow NOTE Dissimilar Weather Traffic Data Not Shared Between IFDs Dissimilar weather data sources e g GDL 69 data on one IFD and SkyTrax100b 200 data on the other IFD will not be shared between IFDs Each IFD will display its ow...

Page 28: ...logy represents the horizontal position reference point of the traffic The following symbols for traffic systems are displayed both on the map all views and in the traffic thumbnail Traffic Symbol Definition TAS Traffic Alert TA Traffic that is within the alert zone defined by the traffic sensor yellow circle TAS Proximate Traffic Traffic that is not within an alert zone but is close to your posit...

Page 29: ...rrow head with a 1 minute pointer barb TIS B ADS B ADS R Other Traffic Traffic that is detected by the TIS B traffic receiver but determined not to be a current threat blue hollow arrow head with a 1 minute pointer barb Additional information is displayed adjacent to the traffic symbol to indicate relative altitude and vertical trend Additional Traffic Information Traffic Thumbnail datablock data ...

Page 30: ...ions 2 27 TAS Traffic TSAA Traffic Traffic Thumbnails For Mode S equipped aircraft the aircraft ID e g tail number call sign etc may also be displayed adjacent to the traffic symbol Traffic Advisories TA will also generate a CAS message ...

Page 31: ...ltitude Mode Relative Altitude Window Below 9900 to 2700 Normal 2700 to 2700 Above 2700 to 9900 Unrestricted All known traffic Some installations such as an IFD4XX IFD5XX support TIS capable transponders including map depictions of the TIS track lines These track barbs are only reported and indicated to 45 cardinal increments e g 0 45 90 135 etc and roughly point in the direction of sensed traffic...

Page 32: ...for 12 seconds Unavailable No TIS ground station is available or communications have ceased for 60 seconds Track Degraded The angular placement of intruders in the traffic thumbnail is not necessarily within 5 degrees of the nose This indication is normal on the ground in aircraft without a heading source Pos Degraded The ownship GPS position accuracy HFOM VFOM is worse than the normal limits for ...

Page 33: ...ircraft is not providing qualifying ADS B Out information OR the ADS B In device is not configured for the correct tail number If you never get TIS B service while in a known service area it likely means there is a misconfiguration of your ADS B Out or ADS B In device TIS Coasting Indication TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Several Types of TIS B Traffic TIS B traffic can come from several sources depending on...

Page 34: ...rations For those installations with a single IFD and more than one type of traffic source e g TAS and a TIS B SkyTrax100b 200 in the aircraft Avidyne recommends wiring both traffic sources to the IFD so that the higher priority traffic overlay can display on the IFD and the lower priority traffic data can be streamed out of the IFD via WiFi for display on a compatible tablet wireless device appli...

Page 35: ...ility of showing ADS B traffic in a synthetic vision view In the case of an IFD550 the traffic can be shown in either egocentric or exocentric views Any traffic in the scene will cast a shadow on the ground to help with judging distance and relative closure rate 3D Traffic Symbology in SynVis Scene ...

Page 36: ...TED CAUTIONS No communication with traffic sensor Contact a local dealer for service Traffic sensor has failed Contact a local dealer for service Traffic 2 00 3NM 800FT The above alert is just an example After Traffic will be either Low or High then the bearing in clock direction then the distance in nautical miles This is a traffic advisory with bearing information Establish visual contact with c...

Page 37: ...raffic will be the bearing in clock direction then the distance in nautical miles This is a traffic advisory with no relative altitude information Establish visual contact with conflicting traffic in order to facilitate avoidance maneuvers as necessary Traffic 2NM The above alert is just an example After Traffic will be the distance in nautical miles This is a traffic advisory with no relative alt...

Page 38: ...e Traffic sensor altitude unavailable If the problem persists contact a local dealer for service Traffic Information Incomplete The aircraft is not in view of an ADS B ground station for at least 40 seconds or an ADS B ground station is in view and is specifically reporting that your ADS B Out signal is non compliant The advisory may be normal when descending out of coverage If the advisory never ...

Page 39: ...d update sheet that is part of the Service Bulletin but Avidyne does not restrict this to just Avidyne Service Centers DATALOGS DOWNLOAD Extensive data logging may be performed on the SkyTrax if an appropriate micro SD card is inserted in the slot on the front of the unit Data logs are typically only used for system troubleshooting and should only be done in coordination with Avidyne dealer or Cus...

Page 40: ...description of the problem or question SOFTWARE LICENSE AVIDYNE CORPORATION AVIDYNE IS WILLING TO LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE PILOT S GUIDE AND RELATED MATERIALS THE SOFTWARE ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE PUBLISHED SOFTWARE LICENSE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THIS WEB ADDRESS HTTP WWW AVIDYNE COM SUPPORT LICENSE ASP LIMITATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS THE USER OF THIS EQUIPMENT AGREES TO...

Page 41: ...AVIDYNE CORPORATION 710 North Drive Melbourne FL 32934 P 321 751 8520 Toll Free 800 AVIDYNE 800 284 3963 www avidyne com P N 600 00334 000 Rev 01 ...

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