Amigo — Manual
3. Installation & Maintenance
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Installation & Maintenance
Amigo requires 48 X 100 mm chamfered slot in the instrument panel, see
figure 9. Position of the slot must ensure good access for knob and button
operations and must always be visible from the pilot’s perspective.
Carefully cut the slot. The slot must be tight. There is only about 1 mm
margin between the slot edge and the Amigo panel end – there is almost no
room for an error.
3.1
Mounting Procedure
The mounting screw holes are located at all four corners of the Amigo front
panel. The device is mounted using four screws type M3. To prevent internal
stresses, please make sure that the instrument panel is flat. It is highly rec-
ommended that the instrument panel is mounted using rubber shocks, which
reduce the vibrations. Figure 9 illustrates the mounting hole.
Remove the mounting screws from the device. Insert the device from the front
side of the instrument panel and fix it with all four screws.
Due to better access it is normally more convenient to connect all cables at
the back of Amigo before fixing it into the instrument panel.
3.2
Connections
Figure 10 shows Amigo’s back side with all connection ports.
POWER
– this connection is seldom used. Amigo has a very modest
power consumption and thus it get power from the CAN bus. However,
it can be also powered from the power connector.
SERVO
– Secondary line of CAN bus. Not in the use for the moment.
Reserved for the future use.
CAN
– Standard CAN connector – use standard RJ45 ethernet cable.
Two CAN ports are provided, so that devices can be daisy-chained to
the CAN bus. Both of them are equivalent. This connector is typically
used to connect Amigo to main CAN bus Nesis, Aetos and servos.
AUX
– Not in the use for the moment. Reserved for the future use.
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