
LX Era
Basic operation
Document name:
LX EUM
Document revision:
R1
3.2
Device interface
The Era features two push buttons and two push-rotary knobs for pilot-device communication.
The front side of the device, represented by figure 1, shows the Era’s user interface. An example
page shows how the first page on the Era looks in-flight, as well as the buttons a pilot can use
for device manipulation.
Figure 1. Era front plate interface
On the main screen, we can see the following software items:
1. Digital needle scale
3. MacCready pointer
4. Battery status indicator
5. Circling/straight flight indicator
6. GPS status indicator
7. Connectivity mode indicator
8. Flarm indicator
9. Digital needle indicator
10. Digital needle units
11. Wind direction relative to heading
12. Outside air temperature indicator
14. Speed to fly indicator
16. Current time
17. Top numeric indicator
19. Wind direction relative to North
21. Wind speed and unit
22. Numeric indicator units
23. Numeric indicator value
24. Numeric indicator chosen
As well as the following hardware items:
2. and 13. M4x6 Phillips head screw
15. Top right push-rotary (
ZOOM
) knob
18. Top push button (
MC
)
20. microSD card reader
25. Bottom push button (
VOL
)
26. Bottom push-rotary (
PAGES
) knob
We will name the two main push buttons and two main push-rotary buttons by their function
(
ZOOM
,
MC
,
VOL
,
PAGES
).
Device manual
Public
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