LXNAV Flarm Bat, Manual

Page 1: ...FlarmBat Portable PowerFlarm device Version 1 10 LXNAV d o o Kidričeva 24 3000 Celje Slovenia tel 386 592 33 400 fax 386 599 33 522 info lxnav com www lxnav com ...

Page 2: ...tance to the target indicator 12 4 1 6 SD card socket 12 4 1 7 Push Button 12 4 1 8 ALS 12 4 2 Powering up FlarmBat 12 4 3 Startup sequence 13 4 4 Shutting down FlarmBat 13 4 5 Normal operation 13 4 5 1 WARNING Modes 13 4 5 2 NEAREST Mode 13 4 5 2 1 Multi target in nearest modus 13 4 5 3 Obstacle warning 14 4 5 4 Undirected PCAS warning 14 4 6 Setting up FlarmBat 15 4 7 Other indications 16 4 7 1 ...

Page 3: ...te via Flash Loader 23 4 10 Configuring FlarmBat 24 4 10 1 Configuring FlarmBat settings PowerFlarmConfig 24 4 10 2 Configuring FlarmBat settings with online tool 25 4 10 3 FlarmBat configuration by using FlarmTool 25 4 11 Saving flight on the micro SD card 29 5 Revision History 30 ...

Page 4: ...l be made at no charge to the customer for parts and labor provided that the customer shall be responsible for any transportation cost This warranty does not cover failures due to abuse misuse accident or unauthorized alterations or repairs LXNAV Instrument displays damaged by direct or magnified sunlight are not covered under warranty THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND...

Page 5: ...he sun Do not incinerate Do not handle damaged or leaking lithium ion batteries Be sure to charge the battery pack using the supplied battery charger or a device that can charge the battery pack Keep the battery pack out of the reach of small young children Keep the battery pack dry Replace the battery pack only with the same or equivalent type recommended by LXNAV Dispose of used battery packs pr...

Page 6: ...lified service staff only To ensure that the battery will be treated properly hand over the product at end of life to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment For all other batteries please view the section on how to remove the battery from the product safely Hand the battery over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of waste batterie...

Page 7: ...FlarmBat display Version 1 1 October 2018 Page 7 of 30 2 Packing Lists FlarmBat Flarm antenna 1 2nd Flarm antenna optional Power cable ADS B antenna optional Micro SD card with manual ...

Page 8: ...acturers e g PDA moving maps through open serial port protocol SD Card for easy uploads and downloads IGC format flight recording and OLC approval based on award winning original FLARM design endorsed by FAI IGC OSTIV and EASA AMC Part 21 Part M optional diamond level IGC approval with without engine noise sensor ENL a typical radio range that can be verified with online radio range analyser power...

Page 9: ...7 segment LED for displaying distance 3 1 3 Technical Data Power input 8 36V DC Consumption 62mA 12V 750mW when battery is full Consumption 500mA 12V 6W when battery is empty Weight 240g Dimensions 105mm x 80mm x 35mm 3 2 Hardware variants FlarmBat can be configured in many variants With primary PowerFlarm module standard With secondary PowerFlarm module 2 antennas optional With ADS B receiver opt...

Page 10: ...evice has a possibility to have an internal ADS B module ADS B module is not a standard part of the FlarmBat therefore when ordering you have to order FlarmBat with ADSB With ADS B you will see all traffic equipped with mode S transponders ADS B module can be retrofitted into FlarmBats ...

Page 11: ...different modes Fast blinking mode means that Flarm Led does not receive anything over serial bus probably needs to set correct baud rate Slow blinking means that GPS status is BAD Solid light means that GPS status is OK 4 1 2 Battery and charger status LEDs All LED s are in green color PWR LED is ON when unit is powered on CHG LED is on when internal battery is charging LOW LED is on when interna...

Page 12: ...ration and for storing flights If SD card is empty all flights stored will be copied to SD card after power on 4 1 7 Push Button With push button we can adjust volume of beep turning on off near mode or adjust initial settings of the display Initial settings can be configured in setup 4 1 8 ALS Is Ambient light sensor If Brightness is set to automatic it will be adjusted depending on ambient light...

Page 13: ... The warnings are classified into three levels See Flarm manual for details on www flarm com o First level approximately 18 seconds before predicted collision o Second level approximately 13 seconds before predicted collision o Third level approximately 8 seconds before predicted collision 4 5 2 NEAREST Mode Will show the direction to the nearest glider which s position is inside of radio range On...

Page 14: ...ED at 10 and 2 they alternate with those at 11 and 1 As we approach to the obstacle the frequency of the alternation increases 4 5 4 Undirected PCAS warning If the FlarmLED is connected to a device which also translates transponder signals with ADS B data into Flarm warnings you will receive them in the same logic as above Transponder signals without ADS B data contain no direction for the thread ...

Page 15: ...into setup mode where following settings can be adjusted Brightness of LED s Volume on beeper Near mode PCAS setting ADSB setting Units setting Setup mode is indicated with following horizontal indicator image With long press to the button we are switching between different settings that can be set Short press will change value for actual setting ...

Page 16: ...and 7 1 7 and 14 2 14 and 28 default Decimal point d 0 automatic 0 0 to 99 1 fixed decimal point 0 0 to 9 9 Near mode n 0 OFF default 1 ON one target 2 ON 2 targets 3 ON 3 targets 4 ON 4 targets 5 ON 5 targets 9 ON 9 targets PCAS 1 P 0 PCAS OFF 1 PCAS ON ADSB display 1 A 0 OFF default 1 ON 1 Available only if ADSB is built in ADS B display of target will be available only if NEAR mode is ON ADS B ...

Page 17: ...ion 1 1 October 2018 Page 17 of 30 4 7 1 IGC file download onto SD card 1 4 7 2 Running Flarm firmware update from SD card 2 4 7 3 Obstacle database update from SD card 3 4 7 4 Diagnostic dump 4 4 7 5 Restore file system 5 ...

Page 18: ...rmation i e will not be available in the first minute or so after power on 12 Firmware update error 21 Power e g voltage 8V 22 UI error 23 Audio error 24 ADC error 25 SD card error 26 USB error 27 LED error 28 EEPROM error 29 General hardware error 2A Transponder receiver Mode C S ADS B unserviceable 2B EEPROM error 2C GPIO error 31 GPS communication 32 Configuration of GPS module 33 GPS antenna 4...

Page 19: ...d obstacle database license e g wrong serial number B2 Invalid IGC feature license B3 Invalid AUD feature license B4 Invalid ENL feature license B5 Invalid RFB feature license B6 Invalid TIS feature license 100 Generic error 101 Flash File System error 110 Failure updating firmware of external display 120 Device is operated outside designated region The device does not work F1 Other Vertical indic...

Page 20: ...0 of 30 4 8 Wiring 4 8 1 FlarmBat pinout Pin number Description 1 GND 2 GND 3 input Receive to LXNAV FlarmBat RS232 Level 4 output Transmit from LXNAV FlarmBat RS232 Level 5 Ground 6 3 3V power supply output for external display LED 7 12V IN 8 12V IN ...

Page 21: ...larmBat FlarmView 4 8 1 2 FlarmBat FlarmLED 4 8 1 3 FlarmBat FlarmLED Oudie PF POWER 12V DC cable FlarmView FlarmView Cable PF POWER 12V DC cable FlarmLED FlarmView Cable PF POWER 12V DC cable FlarmLED FlarmView Cable FlarmSplitter RJ Gender Changer OUDIE power OUDIE ...

Page 22: ...1 1 October 2018 Page 22 of 30 4 8 1 4 FlarmBat FlarmView Sxxx Vario 4 8 1 5 FlarmBat LX9xxx FlarmView S7 GPS PF cable FlarmLED FlarmView FlarmView Cable S8x S10x S7 Vario GPS port LX5PF cable FlarmLED FlarmView FlarmView Cable ...

Page 23: ...an ADS B module in FlarmBat You can get flash loader at https gliding lxnav com lxdownloads firmware S7 PC update tool or Oudie PNA update tool For the update you need file named _x lxfw x version nr on your computer Update procedure Switch off the Flarm and connect it to your PC via Port 2 Select communication port to which your FlarmBat is connected to Select baudrate 57600 Select root direction...

Page 24: ... web page https gliding lxnav com lxdownloads software Here you can set all settings for your FlarmBat device File will be saved as flarmcfg txt file which you should save on the micro SD card To load this file into FlarmBat insert micro SD card in FlarmBat and switch it ON File will be automatically loaded into device You can configure existing flarmcfg txt which is present on micro SD card ...

Page 25: ...rm during the boot process flarmcfg txt Some tools for a simple writing of such configuration files can be found in the web here one example www segelflug software de flarmcfg 4 10 3 FlarmBat configuration by using FlarmTool FlarmBat can be configured by Flarm Tool software which can be downloaded here https flarm com support firmware updates download firmware In flarm tool are not supported all f...

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Page 27: ...FlarmBat display Version 1 1 October 2018 Page 27 of 30 Create Config file Run Flarm Tool Click on the button Tools Create Config File Create new Config file or Edit existing config file ...

Page 28: ...sion 1 1 October 2018 Page 28 of 30 Set device settings Flight Recording Set device settings Advanced settings ICAO HEX code must be entered in case if you have an ADSB module that FlarmBat ignores the transponder on board ...

Page 29: ...If there are already some of the 20 flights on the Micro SD card they will not be downloaded again That means if you have been flying a lot without downloading flights the download procedure will take some time so don t switch off To download one flight after landing perform the following procedure Wait a 3 minute after landing Then switch off power for at least 5 sec Insert the Micro SD card in c...

Page 30: ...FlarmBat display Version 1 1 October 2018 Page 30 of 30 5 Revision History October 2018 Initial release of this manual ...