LX Era
Basic operation
Document name:
LX EUM
Document revision:
R1
Basic operation
We will go through the basic gestures and what they do on all pages of the Era variometer.
One important thing to keep in mind is that there are usually multiple ways of doing something
on an Era and, although we will go through all of the possibilities, the Era is envisioned to
be used single-handedly and almost all operations are accessible with the lower push-rotary
knob. Bearing this in mind and getting used to doing all operations with the lower push-rotary
knob will greatly elevate your user experience.
3.1
Turning the Era on
There are two different hardware versions of the Era. A
standalone
and
Zeus
version.
The standalone version
of the device is turned on by pressing and holding the lower push-
rotary knob (
PAGES
) until the screen flashes.
The Zeus version
of the Era is being turned on
automatically when the Zeus is powered on, or more precisely, when it receives power through
the CAN port. Once the device is turned on, a sequence of screens will appear in the following
order:
•
LX navigation greeting screen
•
Second screen
stating the device type, serial number, IGC number and firmware version
•
The initial setup
page will appear, where basic information is selected:
– Select pilot
, where a pilot profile should be selected, from which all user settings
shall be imported
– Set elevation
, where the elevation of the take-off location should be selected
– Set QNH
, where the QNH pressure should be set for take-off location
WARNING
When the device is turning on, three types of warnings may appear, indicating
limited operation capability to the pilot. In first two cases, recording is disabled
and you should contact
as soon as possible.
•
Seal not valid -
indicates the internal IGC seal of the device has been lost.
Explained in detail in section
•
Internal memory error -
there is an issue with the internal memory of the de-
vice. Flights will not be saved and settings will not be loaded, but the device
will operate.
•
Network module error -
indicating an issue with the internal network module.
Device manual
Public
13