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Pilot’s Guide

Fuel Scan

FS-450M TWIN

2002 J.P. Instruments, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

J.P.INSTRUMENTS

Information

: P. O. Box 7033

Huntington Beach, CA 92646

Factory

: 3185B Airway

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

(714) 557-5434

Fax (714) 557-9840

www.jpinstruments.com

Rev NC 11/03

Summary of Contents for FS-450M TWIN

Page 1: ...J P Instruments Inc All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America J P INSTRUMENTS Information P O Box 7033 Huntington Beach CA 92646 Factory 3185B Airway Costa Mesa CA 92626 714 557 5434...

Page 2: ...stic Testing on Startup and During Flight 4 Parameter Indexing 7 Section 5 Personalizing 8 Pilot Programming 8 FS 450M Set Up 13 Fuel Measurement Units Fuel Capacity Alarm Limits 15 Section 6 Data For...

Page 3: ...displaying empty And measuring time of flight is only an approximation and assumes a constant fuel flow rate for each phase of flight The FS 450M Fuel Scan uses small turbine transducers that measure...

Page 4: ...w per hr J PI Always shows fuel flow of each engine shows all other fuel parameters AUTO enters the automatic scan mode STEP enters manual scan mode steps through each paramerter 2 25 Gauge Two operat...

Page 5: ...ring for the next ten minutes When an alarm is displayed holding the STEP button until the word appears will delete that alarm from appearing for the remainder of the flight AUTO button Located on the...

Page 6: ...unt of fuel REMaining and REM will flash on the lower right display When the remaining time falls below the alarm limit the lower display will show the MINutes of fuel remaining and HRMN will flash on...

Page 7: ...AUTO button to select one of the four following fueling choices on the left column of the chart AUTO to choose Main tanks only no tabs Main tanks with tabs Main Auxiliary tanks Did not add any fuel s...

Page 8: ...does not differentiate fuel flow between the main and auxiliary tanks it considers only total fuel in the aircraft If you added less than full fuel then tap AUTO to select Then tap STEP The next displ...

Page 9: ...accumulate for an extended trip The display of fuel used pertains only to the fuel used since the last time you informed the FS 450M that the aircraft was refueled In the manual mode with left and ri...

Page 10: ...signal and way point Fuel Reserve at next GPS WPT or Destination Present with GPS interface Valid signal and way point Nautical Miles per Gal Present with GPS interface and valid signal or MPL MPP Fu...

Page 11: ...Y Yes to change fuel status see page 5 Indexing rate in the Automatic Indexing Mode Selecting 0 disables the Automatic Indexing Mode Used to set and fine tune the K factors To adjust the K factors hol...

Page 12: ...nded trip default is OFF reset the fuel used to 0 every time you inform the FS 450M that the aircraft was refueled With accumulate ON fuel used will not be reset to 0 when you inform the FS 450M that...

Page 13: ...mine the new K factors 1 Make at least three flights of about two to three hours each Note the actual fuel used as determined by topping the tanks and the FS 450M calculation of the fuel consumed for...

Page 14: ...see the words for two seconds 1 Tap STEP button twice to advance to the display 2 Hold STEP and AUTO buttons simultaneously for five seconds 3 Press STEP button First digit blinks 29 00 4 Tap or Hold...

Page 15: ...efaults are K 29 00 29 000 Changing the FS 450M Set Up You may need to change the fuel measurement units the fuel tank capacity and may prefer to set your own alarm limits Follow the procedure outline...

Page 16: ...ts Hold or tap AUTO to select Main tank capacity in units selected Y Yes aircraft has auxiliary tanks next step Hold or tap AUTO to select Auxiliary tank capacity skipped if AUX is no Hold or tap AUTO...

Page 17: ...e tabs set the main tank capacity to the capacity up to the tabs Auxiliary Tanks If you do not have auxiliary tanks or tank tabs answer No If you answer Yes you will be asked to input the capacity of...

Page 18: ...tup procedure simultaneously hold the STEP and AUTO buttons for five seconds You will see FLOW ONLY N Change the N to a Y by tapping AUTO Then tap SET to exit Section 6 Data Formats Diagnostics Naviga...

Page 19: ...GPS receiver to FS 450M Possibly no connection or aircraft GPS is off or GPS not enabled to output data message and parameters REQ RES MPG are missing from scan Communications are received by FS 450M...

Page 20: ...ting but may be over ridden by the GPS navigation format If the FS 450M senses Northstar or NMEA 183 navigation data input there will be no fuel data output Section 7 Rear Panel Connector Pin Assignme...

Page 21: ...both e mail and telephone technical support Have your model and serial number ready when you call Call JPI for a return authorization number before returning any equipment J P INSTRUMENTS 3185B Airway...

Page 22: ...PI with all information requested This warranty is void on any product which has been subject to misuse accident damage caused by negligence damage in transit handling or modification which in the opi...

Page 23: ...18 Controls 2 Custom programming 8 alarm limits 13 D Data GPS formats 16 Default alarm limits 13 settings 13 Defueling 6 Diagnostic GPS interface messages 17 self test 4 Disable alarm feature 16 Disa...

Page 24: ...nual Indexing Mode 4 Miles per gallon 8 MIN 4 Modes 4 MPG 8 MPG MPL MPP 8 N Nautical miles per gallon 8 Navigation data formats 16 NMEA 183 16 Northstar binary format 16 O OFF 4 Operation 4 P Paramete...

Page 25: ...button 2 T Tabs 5 Tabs tank 15 Tanks fuel capacity 6 15 tabs 6 15 Tapping a button 2 Technical support 19 Test self 4 Time to empty 8 Top fuel tanks See Fill Total fuel 7 used 8 Transducer fuel flow 1...

Page 26: ...mode STEP enters manual scan mode steps through each paramerter Resolution and Display Range display maximum display value resolution K factor range 5 000 to 99 990 10 Fuel flow Accuracy 8 to 60 GPH...

Page 27: ...sed 1 Tap STEP until USD indicator lights up 2 Hold AUTO for 3 seconds to reset fuel used to 0 No Fuel Added 1 On initial power up see 2 Tap STEP to exit Totalize Fuel Used 1 Hold both STEP and AUTO u...

Page 28: ...by 5 Tap AUTO and see with aux tanks or tabs Tap AUTO again and see 6 Tap STEP to exit Your tank capacity Added or Removed Fuel In flight do steps 1 2 3 first on power up skip to step 4 1 Hold both S...

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