LXNAV FlarmView 47 Manual

FlarmView and

FlarmView57

Flarm collision avoidance display

Version 2.36

FlarmView Version 2.38

1 Important Notices

1.1

Limited Warranty

2 Packing Lists

3 Basics

3.1

LXNAV FlarmView at a Glance

3.1.1

Features

3.1.1.1

LXNAV FlarmView Features

3.1.1.2

LXNAV FlarmView57 Features

3.1.2

Interfaces

3.1.3

Technical Data

4 System Description

4.1

Push buttons on FlarmView

4.2

Rotary encoder with push button on FlarmView57

4.3

Switching on the Unit

4.4

User Input

4.4.1

Buttons on FlarmView

4.4.2

Text Edit Control

4.4.3

Selection Control

4.4.4

Checkbox and Checkbox List

4.4.5

Slider selector

4.5

Operating Modes

4.6

Main screen

4.6.1

Flarm symbols

4.6.2

Selecting and switching between targets

4.7

Flarm Warning

4.8

Traffic list mode

4.9

Settings Mode

4.9.1

Display

4.9.2

Warnings

4.9.3

Target

4.9.4

Sounds

4.9.5

Units

4.9.6

Hardware

4.9.7

Flarm settings

4.9.7.1

Flarm Config

4.9.7.2

Aircraft Config

4.9.7.3

Flight recorder

4.9.7.4

PF IGC readout

4.9.7.5

Flarm info

4.9.7.6

Licenses

4.9.8

Files

4.9.9

Password

4.9.10

About

5 Installation

5.1

Installing the LXNAV FlarmView

5.2

Installing the FlamView57

5.3

Connecting LXNAV FlarmView

5.4

Installation of options

5.4.1

Ports and Wiring

5.4.1.1

LXNAV FlarmView port (RJ11)

5.4.1.2

LXNAV FlarmView wiring

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6 Flarmnet Update

7 Firmware Update

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Updating LXNAV FlarmView

8 Revision History

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1 Important Notices

The LXNAV FlarmView system is designed for VFR use only as an aid to prudent navigation.

All information is presented for reference only. Traffic data and Collision warnings are provided only as an aid to situation awareness.

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. LXNAV reserves the right to change or improve their products and to make changes in the content of this material without obligation to notify any person or organisation of such changes or improvements.

A Yellow triangle is shown for parts of the manual which should be read carefully and are important for operating the LXNAV FlarmView system.

Notes with a red triangle describe procedures that are critical and may result in loss of data or any other critical situation.

A bulb icon is shown when a useful hint is provided to the reader.

1.1

Limited Warranty

This LXNAV FlarmView product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. Within this period, LXNAV will, at its sole option, repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repairs or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts and labour, the customer shall be responsible for any transportation cost. This warranty does not cover failures due to abuse, misuse, accident, or unauthorised alterations or repairs.

THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF

ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY

LIABILITY ARISING UNDER ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU

SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL LXNAV BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE, MISUSE, OR

INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT. Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you. LXNAV retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software, or to offer a full refund of the purchase price, at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL

BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.

To obtain warranty service, contact your local LXNAV dealer or contact LXNAV directly.

February 2015 © 2015 LXNAV. All rights reserved.

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2 Packing Lists

• LXNAV FlarmView

• FlarmView cable

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3 Basics

3.1

LXNAV FlarmView at a Glance

LXNAV FlarmView is Flarm and ADS-B traffic and collision warning display with preloaded

FlarmNet database. The 2’’ QVGA sunlight readable display has 320*240 RGB pixels resolution. For simple and quick manipulation four push buttons on FlarmView and rotary push button on FlarmView57 are used. Flarm View monitors vertical speed and altitude of each object on the screen.

3.1.1

Features

3.1.1.1

LXNAV FlarmView Features

• Extremely bright 2" (5 cm) colour display readable in all sunlight conditions.

• Four push buttons for user input

• Pre-loaded FlarmNet database on removable SD card.

• Standard Flarm RS232 input

3.1.1.2

LXNAV FlarmView57 Features

• Extremely bright 2" (5 cm) colour display readable in all sunlight conditions.

• Rotary push button

• Pre-loaded FlarmNet database on removable SD card.

• Standard Flarm RS232 input

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3.1.2

Interfaces

• Flarm / ADS-B port input/output on RS232 level (Standard IGC RJ11 connector)

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3.1.3

Technical Data

• Power input 3.3V DC (for FlarmViews serial numbers below 30), all others have 12V-16V

DC input.

In case flarm has no 12V output, we have provided an adapter.

• Consumption of LXNAV FlarmView is (0.84W) 70mA@12V

• Weight FlarmView - 25g, FlarmView57 – 97g

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4 System Description

4.1

Push buttons on FlarmView

With four push buttons it is possible to zoom, choose between the targets, and adjust

FlarmView settings. In some cases, long press to push buttons have some function. On picture below is an example. Long press to upper button will move cursor for one position to the left. Long press to lower button will cancel all changes.

4.2

Rotary encoder with push button on FlarmView57

Using rotary switch is even easier than four buttons. With rotating knob, user can select between the targets, edit numbers, names… Short press has confirmation function (ENTER or OK), long press has (CANCEL or ESC) function. Changing between different zoom levels and pages is possible, if you push and rotate together.

4.3

Switching on the Unit

The unit is switched on immediately after it receives gets power supply from an external

Flarm/ADS-B device.

On the welcome screen information about version and serial number is displayed.

4.4

User Input

The LXNAV FlarmView user interface consists of many dialogues, which have different input controls. They are designed to make input of names, parameters, etc., as easy as possible.

Input controls can be summarised as:

• Text editor

• Spin controls (Selection control)

• Checkboxes

• Slider control

To move the function from one control to another, use up or down buttons. By pressing the

Edit button access to the control that is displayed is possible.

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In FlarmView57 up and down means rotating left and right the knob, Short press is same as

Edit , long push is same as Close

4.4.1

Buttons on FlarmView

Buttons have dynamicaly set functions. When you press a button, on the button side, will appear a blue labels, with the action assigned to that button in that context.

On main screen, top button always performs the function of switching between pages. Short press will cycle in one direction between pages, long press will cycle in the opposite direction between pages. A number of pages look similar iniitallly as the cycling between them simply change the zoom level. The screen will momentary will be updated to reflect the new zoom level. The number in a zoom level icon shows us the outer circle radius (2km – depends on distance units setting). Inner circle is half of that distance.

Middle buttons help with target selection by cycling through available targets. Lower button has EDIT function, where we can edit/view the currently selected target.

4.4.2

Text Edit Control

The Text Editor is used to input an alphanumeric string; the picture below shows typical options when editing text. Use the up/down button to change the value at the current cursor position.

Push button next will move cursor right. Long press on next , will move cursor left. At last character position, push button will confirm edited value, long press Ok C ) will cancel editing and exit that control. If Long press is available, part of button label is in Gray color. For example above, top button’s long press >> B has back function. Bottom button’s long press has Cancel function. Flarm ID field is not editable, because it’s unique flarm identification number.

On FlarmView57, we can enter in Edit mode with short press, rotating knob we can change the characters, short press will confirm current character and jump to the next position. Long press will finish editing that field. With push and rotate, we can move cursor left and right.

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Selection Control

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Selection boxes, also known as combo boxes, are used to select a value from a list of predefined values. Use the up/down buttons to select the appropriate value.

4.4.4

Checkbox and Checkbox List

A checkbox enables or disables a particular parameter. Press EDIT button to toggle the value. If an option is enabled a check mark will be shown, otherwise an empty rectangle will be displayed.

4.4.5

Slider selector

Some values like volume and brightness are displayed as a slider

With Edit you can activate slider control, then up/down buttons you can select the preferred value and confirm it with the Ok push button.

4.5

Operating Modes

LXNAV FlarmView has four operating pages. Main radar screen with different zoom levels,

Flarm traffic list and Setting Page. The fourth page ( Flarm watch ) is displayed automatically if Flarm detects a potential collision situation and issues a warning.

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• Main radar screen , shows all visible objects and their information (ID, distance, vertical speed and altitude), status of flarm (TX/2)

• Flarm Traffic list is displayed traffic in textual format.

• Settings , setup of the whole system

• Flarm Watch shows the direction of any threat.

4.6

Main screen

Description of LXNAV FlarmView Main Screen is shown on next picture.

Status of flarm GPS status

Flarm identification Selected object

Distance to selected target

Label set in target menu

Vario of selected target

Relative Alt to target

Undirected warning from AC mode

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Zoom level

Status of Flarm TX/2, means, that flarm device transmits data, 2 means, that Flarm receives data from two Flarm devices.

Flarm identification is 6 digit hexadecimal number

GPS status indicates the status of Flarm's GPS receiver, number of painted bars counts number of satellites that flarm gps receiver receives. Green bars indicates GPS 3D status, yellow means GPS 2D, red GPS BAD, indication N.C. means that Flarm View does not receive anything from Flarm.

Zoom level tells us what is the zoom settinig on radar

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In case undirected warning is so close, that we cant display as described above, warning looks like on following picture:

All targets are displayed as a glider symbols. User can change that symbol to another type.

It's alsp possible to change object color, depending on relative altitude to us. All received targets (Flarm or PCAS) are marked with same type of symbol except undirected targets, for which we don't know from which direction they are comming from. Flarm targets can be separated only by their ID.

4.6.1

Flarm symbols

4.6.2

Selecting and switching between targets

Target could be selected ussing Up/Down (middle two) buttons. If target dissapear whe it's selected, FlarmView will still indicate some information about last selected target.

Information about distance, altitude and vario will dissapear. If target will appear back, we will trace it again. In case that we have enabled function Lock to nearest target, selection of tagets will not be possible See Ch.4.9.3)

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Flarm Warning

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If Flarm warnings are enabled the following is a typical screen display. First two are normal flarm warnings, third one is is for undirected/PCAS warning, Last one is for obstacle warning.

The screen indicates relative position of threat. In the first image two gliders are approaching from left side at the same altitude and one from back right, the second screen one glider is approaching from right side (4’o clock), third screen is an example of undirected warning (AC mode). Middle number shows horizontal distance to the target, last picture indicates obstacle warning.

4.8

Traffic list mode

On this page all traffic is displayed in list form. Buttons have similar functionality as on Main page. In this list we can also see inactive targets, this are targets, which we lost their signals. They will remain on list for time set in setup for target inactive timeout (which is configurable). If target is included in FlarmNet database or UserDatabase, it will appear on list under user friendly name (eg. Competition Sign (CD, AL)). If the target is not on the

FlarmNet or UserDatabase, it will be displayed with its FlarmId code.

4.9

Settings Mode

In the setup menu users can configure the LXNAV FlarmView. Use up/down to select the appropriate setup item and press the Select button to enter a menu. A dialogue or submenu will open.

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4.9.1

Display

The display menu controls colour scheme and what is displayed on the screen as well as button behaviour.

• For better readability, the background can be set to Black or White

• If you want to have the buttons on left side the complete screen can be rotated.

• If “always hidden” is checked then the button labels are not displayed on main screens.

4.9.2

Warnings

Warnings can be enabled for three different levels (low, important and urgent), separately

A/C (undirected warnings can be enabled), also a distance of A/C warning, where will be displayed flarm watch. If Alert on A/C mode is disabled, A/C mode distance is not applicable.

Please keep in mind, that bad A/C receiver or false A/C information can be distracting on FlarmView. To avoid such situation, you can, at any time, uncheck alerts on A/C mode.

The warnings are classified into three levels (See Flarm manual for details on www.flarm.com)

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• First level (Low) approximately 18 seconds before predicted collision

• Second level (Important) approximately 13 seconds before predicted collision

• Third level (Urgent) approximately 8 seconds before predicted collision.

4.9.3

Target

Active timeout adjusts, remaining time of glider on map after last seen.

Inactive timeout adjusts, remaining time of inactive gliders on the list. Inactive gliders are gliders, where we lost a signal of them, after Active timeout, they became inactive and remains only on the list.

If glider vertical distance is less than 100m (330ft), then glider will be painted with near glider color . Gliders with vertical distances above that, will be painted with above setting and below 100m (330ft) will be painted with below setting.

Zoom mode can be set to automatic (zoom to the target) or manual.

If Target label is active, near glider will be displayed chosen value.

Show A/C range Shows A/C ring on flarm radar screen

Lock on nearest automatically selects nearest target and displays its data. In case, that you want to select another target, it’s possible. After 10 seconds, Flarmview will switch back to nearest target.

If none targets is selected Auto select will select to new coming target. Lock on nearest has higher priority.

4.9.4

Sounds

In the Sounds setup menu volume settings for the LXNAV FlarmView and alarms settings can be modified.

• Volume The sounds slider changes the alarm volume.

• Beep on traffic FlarmView will notify with short beep a presence of a new Flarm object

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• Beep on low alarm FlarmView will beep on low level alarms triggered by Flarm

• Beep on important alarm FlarmView will beep on important level alarms triggered by Flarm

• Beep on urgent alarm FlarmView will beep on critical level alarms (collision) triggered by Flarm

4.9.5

Units

Use this menu to specify units.

4.9.6

Hardware

On this page we can configure baudrate of serial interface. If we use more than one

FlarmView connected to Flarm, Communication setting must be set to Rx –Slave. That will allow to Master FlarmVier to communicate with Flarm in both directions.

4.9.7

Flarm settings

On this page, we can see information about flarm device and do some configuration about flight recorder, flarm and aircraft.

Those settings will work only if FlarmView is the only one device which communicates with flarm. If other devices are connected (Oudie), there will be a conflict between transmit lines of RS232 from Oudie and FlarmVeiew and

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4.9.7.1

Flarm Config

In this menu are all range setups for flarm device.

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4.9.7.2

Aircraft Config

In Aircraft config menu, user can change the type of aircraft and ICAO Address.

4.9.7.3

Flight recorder

If Flarm has flight recorder, FlarmView can send to flarm all information about pilot and aircraft. This data will be included in the header of IGC file from flarm.

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4.9.7.4

PF IGC readout

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Pressing to this menu, FlarmView will send command to PowerFlarm, to copy IGC file to USB stick that is plugged in PowerFlarm.

This function works only with PowerFlarm connected.

4.9.7.5

Flarm info

4.9.7.6

Licenses

In this page user can see all options that are active for connected Flar device.

4.9.8

Files

In this menu user can download IGC files from Flarm ( DL flight data ), convert downloaded files to KML file format (for viewing in Google Earth), convert FLN file to

FlarmView readable format.

Downloading flight data works only with Flarm devices. PowerFlarm is not able to send flight to FlarmView.

4.9.9

Password

There are several passwords which run specific procedures as listed below:

• 00666 Resets all settings on FlarmView to factory default

• 99999 Will erase all data on Flarm device

• 30000 Will delete Flarmnet user file on FlarmView

4.9.10

About

In about page is information about firmware versions, hardware versions, serial numbers, status of flarm net database.

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5 Installation

5.1

Installing the LXNAV FlarmView

The LXNAV FlarmView cutout is very simple. A square hole with dimensions 14mm x 15mm, need to be cut.

Peel off protection film and stick FlarmView to the instrument panel.

5.2

Installing the FlamView57

The FlarmView57 is installed in one standard 57mm (2,5’’) cutout. If there is none, prepare it according to the picture below.

2 1/4 “ 4,5mm

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66.0mm

The length of the M4 screws is limited to 6mm!!!!

6mm

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5.3

Connecting LXNAV FlarmView

FlarmView can be connected to any Flarm or ADS-B device with FlarmView cable.

5.4

Installation of options

Optionally more FlarmView devices can be connected through FlarmSplitter.

5.4.1

Ports and Wiring

5.4.1.1

LXNAV FlarmView port (RJ11)

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LXNAV FlarmView wiring

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6 Flarmnet Update

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Flarm net database can be updated very easily.

• Please visit http://www.flarmnet.org

• Download file for LXNAV (LX8000, LX8080, LX9000) or click on following link: http://www.flarmnet.org/files/lxfile.php

• FLN type file will be downloaded.

• Use FlarmNetParser application, to convert FLN file to FLX file.

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The new .flx file must be named “flarm.flx”

• Copy flarm.flx file to SD card of FlarmView.

On FlarmView is also user.flx file where all user data is stored, which is entered on

FlarmView directly.In User data are stored all flarm objects entered/edited by user. This items are probably not in FlarmNet or they are not correct.

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7 Firmware Update

Firmware updates of the LXNAV FlarmView can be easily carried out using the SD card.

Please visit our webpage www.lxnav.com

and check for the updates.

You can also subscribe to a newsletter to receive news about the LXNAV FlarmView automatically.

7.1

Updating LXNAV FlarmView

• Download the latest firmware from our web site, section downloads/firmware http://www.lxnav.com/download/firmware.html

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• Copy fview.fw

file to FlarmView’s SD card.

• Turn on FlarmView

• Firmware update will take few seconds.

If update procedure is interrupted of any case, LXNAV FlarmView will not start. It will cycle in bootloader application with red message “Flash integrity failed”.

Bootloader application is waiting to read the right firmware from SD card. After successful firmware update LXNAV FlarmView will start again.

If FlarmView gives you message “Flash integrity failed”, means that firmware update was not successful and need to be repeated.

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8 Revision History

June 2012 Initial release of owner manual

August 2012 Release of HW2 with 12V DC power supply input

September 2012 Update of version 0.94 Ch.4.5, Ch 4.6.2. Ch 4.6.3

November 2012 Added new chapter 6

February 2013 Added/updated chapters 4.4.1,4.4.2,4.4.3,4.6,4.6.2,4.8,6

April 2013 Firmware 0.98, Added/updated chapters 4.9.6 4.9.7

September 2013 Firmware 1.00 Added/updated chapters 5.1 4.9.7 4.9.1 4.7

November 2013 Firmware 1.01 Added new product FlarmView57 chapters 3.1.1.2 4.2,

5.2

September 2014 Updated Ch.5.4.1.1

November 2016 Firmware 2.34

Updated and added following chapters 4.9.7, 4.9.7.1, 4.9.7.2, 4.9.7.3,

4.9.7.4, 4.9.7.5, 4.9.7.6, 4.9.8,4.9.2

July 2017 Added new chapter 4.6.1, Updated chapter 4.9.3

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