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Rev #2 

 

Version 3.00 

August 2020 

 

Page 2 of 80 

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Important Notices 

5

 

1.1

 

Limited Warranty 

5

 

1.2

 

Sunburned Display Warranty 

6

 

1.3

 

Battery Information 

7

 

1.3.1

 

Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment 

7

 

1.3.2

 

Disposal of Waste Batteries 

8

 

2

 

Packing Lists 

9

 

3

 

Quick Start Guide 

10

 

3.1

 

Charging the Device 

10

 

3.2

 

Turn ON 

10

 

3.3

 

Setting up Your NANO

4

 

10

 

3.4

 

Graphic Customization 

10

 

3.5

 

Setup NAVBOXES 

10

 

3.5.1

 

Editing Navboxes 

11

 

3.6

 

MacCready/Ballast/Bugs Widget Settings 

12

 

3.6.1

 

Map Shortcuts 

13

 

3.7

 

Editing Wind 

13

 

4

 

Basics 

15

 

4.1

 

The NANO

at a Glance 

15

 

4.2

 

Technical Data 

16

 

4.3

 

Power Button 

16

 

4.4

 

Side Buttons 

16

 

4.5

 

Four Push Buttons 

17

 

4.6

 

LED 

17

 

4.7

 

ALS (Ambient Light Sensor) 

18

 

4.8

 

NanoPower Cable 

18

 

4.8.1

 

Available Cables for NanoPower 

19

 

4.9

 

Level Converter (Green Shrink Wrapped) 

19

 

5

 

Operation 

20

 

5.1

 

Powering On 

20

 

5.2

 

User Input 

21

 

5.2.1

 

Buttons on the NANO

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22

 

5.2.1.1

 

Applying a Longer Push on the Buttons 

22

 

5.2.2

 

Ins. (D): D will Delete the Selected Point Text Edit Control 

23

 

5.2.3

 

Selection Control 

23

 

5.2.4

 

Line Width Selection 

23

 

5.2.5

 

Colour Selection 

24

 

5.2.6

 

Checkbox and Checkbox List 

24

 

5.2.7

 

Slider Selector 

25

 

5.2.8

 

Spin Control 

25

 

5.3

 

Normal Operation 

25

 

5.4

 

Powering Off 

25

 

5.5

 

Security Void 

26

 

5.6

 

Connecting to a Computer 

26

 

5.7

 

Downloading Flights 

28

 

5.8

 

Uploading Files 

28

 

5.9

 

Bluetooth Pairing 

28

 

5.10

 

Charging the Battery 

28

 

5.11

 

Calibration of the Battery 

29

 

5.12

 

Storing the Nano

4

 

30

 

5.13

 

Replacing the Battery 

30

 

6

 

Working with the NANO

4

 

31

 

Summary of Contents for NANO4

Page 1: ...NANO4 Touch Screen Flight Recorder Version 3 00 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: ...tons 17 4 6 LED 17 4 7 ALS Ambient Light Sensor 18 4 8 NanoPower Cable 18 4 8 1 Available Cables for NanoPower 19 4 9 Level Converter Green Shrink Wrapped 19 5 Operation 20 5 1 Powering On 20 5 2 User Input 21 5 2 1 Buttons on the NANO4 22 5 2 1 1 Applying a Longer Push on the Buttons 22 5 2 2 Ins D D will Delete the Selected Point Text Edit Control 23 5 2 3 Selection Control 23 5 2 4 Line Width S...

Page 3: ...space 42 6 8 4 5 Waypoints 43 6 8 4 6 Glider Track 43 6 8 4 7 Task 43 6 8 4 8 FLARM 44 6 8 4 9 Thermal Assistant 44 6 8 4 10 Wind 45 6 8 5 Connect 45 6 8 6 Warnings 48 6 8 6 1 FLARM Warnings 48 6 8 6 2 Airspace Warning 49 6 8 6 3 Altitude Warnings 49 6 8 7 Task 50 6 8 8 Obs Zones 50 6 8 9 Hardware 51 6 8 9 1 Vario 52 6 8 9 2 ENL 52 6 8 9 3 Communication 53 6 8 9 4 Sounds 53 6 8 9 5 Battery 54 6 8 ...

Page 4: ...NanoConfig 71 8 3 2 1 Flight Recording Interval 71 8 3 2 2 Automatically Finish Flight 71 8 3 2 3 Start Recording on Power On 71 8 3 2 4 Automatically Turn Off Nano4 When a Flight Ends 72 8 3 2 5 Bluetooth 72 8 3 2 6 NMEA Output 72 8 4 Using Bluetooth or Serial Interface 72 8 5 NanoConfig for Android Devices 73 8 5 1 Connecting and Pairing the NANO4 73 8 5 2 Via the menu button one can access the ...

Page 5: ...ade at no charge to the customer for parts and labour provided that 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 LXNAV Instrument displays damaged by direct or magnified sunlight are not covered under warranty THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN L...

Page 6: ...LXNAV instrument display screens can be damaged burnt by strong sunlight magnified by canopies in certain positions We suggest you protect your device from the direct sunlight especially when the canopy is open LXNAV Instrument displays damaged by direct or magnified sunlight are not covered under warranty ...

Page 7: ...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 promptly ...

Page 8: ...d 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 batteries For...

Page 9: ...ed on the USB stick A MicroUSB cable A Wall charger with a Micro USB plug A Level converter only with NANO4 units up to serial number 06099 green shrink wrapped USB adapter A Barogram calibration chart For a NANO4 with serial number less than 06099 the packing list also includes level converter which is not needed in newer devices Please refer to Section 6 6 for more details ...

Page 10: ...tion and go to SETUP menu where it is highly recommended to set following settings 1 Flight recorder set pilot registration recording interval 2 Files Waypoints and Airspaces Load CUP file for the WPT and CUB file for the Airspace 3 Units 4 Polar and Glider settings 5 Click ABOUT and check whether you have the latest official firmware version on your NANO4 To check which is the latest official ver...

Page 11: ... ft Arrival Altitude Arrival Altitude at Mc 0 setting Bearing Current L D Distance Distance inv Units m ft E reqE Required E Emc Calculated final glide at chosen Mc Emc reqE Required E at chosen Mc Required glide ratio to reach target at chosen Mc ETA estimated time of arrival ETE estimated time enroute Flight time Flight level Ground speed Height above ground AGL Requested glide ratio Required al...

Page 12: ...n the MC BALL BUGS screen On this screen MacCready Ballast and Bugs and map shortcuts can be adjusted At the same time a calculated final glide and speed are displayed on the lower part of the screen If buttons are used for switching between MC BAL and Bugs the left button indicates what will be selected by pressing on that button The active slider is white others are in a grey colour ...

Page 13: ...or the MC BALL BUGS it is possible to enabled disable following options Airspace Waypoints Terrain Map Vario The picture below shows that only terrain and map are active all other options are disabled 3 7 Editing Wind The wind editing screen will open after touching a Wind Arrow on the screen ...

Page 14: ...matically calculate and display current wind information Alternatively when this option is disabled you can enter wind data yourself You can do this by manually adjusting the wind speed and direction or by simply dragging the arrow over the bottom part of the screen ...

Page 15: ... also 20 C 68 F Although a WI FI module is installed its features are currently not yet implemented The built in battery allows up to 36 hours of stand alone operation The battery will be charged when the flight recorder is connected to a computer the NanoPower or a wall charger Bluetooth is available for easy data exchange with a PDA The housing is made of robust ABS plastic On the right side of ...

Page 16: ...erial RS232 interface for PDA connection A Bluetooth interface for PDA connection A Wi Fi interface in development Size and Weight Outline dimension 107x70x18 mm Weight 150 g 4 3 Power Button A long press on the power button will power on the NANO4 When the NANO4 is running a short press on the power button will lock the NANO4 screen and shut down the backlight of the screen Another press will tur...

Page 17: ...ton until the blue light disappears In case of any failure security check battery check there is a red flash with a one Hz period Bluetooth operation only when the screen is off At initialisation there are rapid blue flashes blue fast with a 5 Hz period In normal operation blue flashes occur every two seconds Battery when the screen is off When the NANO4 is not charging there are flashes every 10 ...

Page 18: ...t of the package and must be purchased separately Connect the red and black wires to a 12 V power supply Red is positive The maximum input voltage is 24 Volts NANOs4 up to serial number 06099 need an additional level converter for connection to NanoPower This converter is included in the NANO4 box The NanoPower has two plugs On one end there is a standard USB A connector Please use the included US...

Page 19: ...ceive toNANO4 LVTTL e g Oudie HP302 7 8 5V OUTPUT maximum 1A 4 8 1 Available Cables for NanoPower Device Cable code OUDIE CC NP OUDIE1 Generic RS232 with female DB9 CC NP 232 IPAQ 310 314 CC NP IPAQ310 IPAQ 38 39xx 47xx CC NP 38 MiniMap CC NP LX Butterfly Connect CC NP BFC FLARM CC NP IGC NanoPower for PowerFLARM NanoPower PF NanoPower for FLARM NanoPower FL 4 9 Level Converter Green Shrink Wrappe...

Page 20: ...off 5 1 Powering On There are three ways to power on the NANO4 flight recorder Press the power button and the NANO4 will power on It will go directly to normal operation mode On start up a splash screen will appear with information containing the Serial number The NANO4 will then continue with the Set elevation page Connect the NANO4 to a computer using a USB cable It will automatically power on a...

Page 21: ... even indoors 5 2 User Input The NANO4 user interface consists of many dialogues which have different input controls They are designed to enable the input of names parameters etc as easy as possible Input controls can be summarized as Text editor Spin controls Selection control Checkboxes Slider control Line width control Colour selection Hamburger menus To move the function from one control to th...

Page 22: ... in one direction A longer push will cycle the pages in the opposite direction A short push means less than a second i e almost instant A longer push means a second but not more If you hold for longer the NANO4 will start cycling through the pages The middle buttons help with target selection by cycling through available targets The right button has an EDIT SELECT or EVENT function where you can e...

Page 23: ...on pushing the button will confirm the edited value a long press Ok C will cancel editing and exit that control If a longer push is available part of the button label will be shown red For example on the above a longer push on the left button next P has a back function A longer push on the right button has a Cancel function 5 2 3 Selection Control Use selection boxes also known as combo boxes to s...

Page 24: ...om a list of predefined colours Use the up down buttons or touch to select the appropriate colour 5 2 6 Checkbox and Checkbox List A checkbox enables or disables a parameter Press the EDIT button to toggle the value If an option is enabled a check mark will be displayed otherwise an empty rectangle will be displayed ...

Page 25: ... Normal Operation There are four active pages and one additional page Information page Waypoint page Task page Setup page and FLARM radar if FLARM PowerFLARM is connected You can read more about all pages in Section 6 1 If the screensaver function is enabled the screen will turn off after the set time in seconds When the screen saver is on the pilot can still see the indicated status of the NANO4 ...

Page 26: ...aling 5 6 Connecting to a Computer You can connect the NANO4 to a PC regardless of whether it is on or off If it is off it will connect automatically If the NANO4 is already powered on it will ask you if you want to connect to a computer If the NANO4 is connected to a computer during flight and if the user confirms a USB connection the flight will be forced to end Connect the NANO to a computer us...

Page 27: ...created by the NANO4 together with the NanoConfig program The NanoConfig program will run only on Microsoft Windows operating systems Double click to run it On the first connection of the NANO4 to a computer it may not be recognized immediately Disconnect the NANO4 from the computer and connect it again for it to be recognized ...

Page 28: ...pace FlarmNet and map files can be transferred from your computer to the NANO4 using your preferred copying method Place the files into the corresponding folder inside your NANO4 root folder for example Copy waypoints files into the waypoints folder 5 9 Bluetooth Pairing To connect to the NANO4 via Bluetooth you must search on a PDA for Bluetooth enabled devices within range refer to Section 6 8 9...

Page 29: ... the current drops below 5 mA and the battery voltage is more than 4 20 V Temperature limitations for charging NANO4 battery are 0 C 32 F and 50 C 122 F 5 11 Calibration of the Battery You can calibrate the battery in the following way 1 The NANO4 must be fully charged 2 The NANO4 is fully charged when the charge current drops below 5 mA or there is a message FULL 3 Disconnect the supply cable and...

Page 30: ...s which protect the battery from being overcharged or overly discharged If you store the NANO4 with an empty or near empty battery eventually the battery will be discharged so much that it will not be possible to charge it again 5 13 Replacing the Battery Users cannot replace the battery in the NANO4 Replacement of the battery can be done only by an authorized dealer When the NANO4 housing is open...

Page 31: ...the vario tape you can switch it off The status line indicates the status of the GPS and indicates the chosen waypoint that you are navigating to the status of the Bluetooth device serial interface Wi Fi module the battery level and time The GPS status indicates the number of received GPS satellites A green signal indicates a good GPS signal Red means a bad GPS signal If the Bluetooth receiver is ...

Page 32: ... indicates charging the outer ring is the percentage of the charge The accuracy of the battery life measurement depends on how accurate the battery capacity has been measured More about battery calibration is described in Section 5 11 At the top centre of the map there is an off course steering course indicator which helps the pilot to fly in the right direction Menu buttons appear when you press ...

Page 33: ... thermal Big dots mean stronger lift at that point On the left or right side of the circle a small airplane symbol is shown This airplane indicates your position Dots are coloured based on the MacCready setting Red colour means values above MacCready blue values below MacCready and yellow dots represents lift about the same strength as the MacCready setting This colour scheme gives us hints about ...

Page 34: ...Flight info Flight recorder Altitude GPS Battery Waypoint Wind Thermal On the right side of the status bar of each information set is an arrow icon which closes or opens a dialogue with data Once added you can edit each one of them by long clicking on them You can change the order in which they are displayed by clicking the Up or Down arrow and delete them by clicking X 6 5 The FLARM Screen The FL...

Page 35: ...re as shown in the table below 6 6 The Waypoint Screen The waypoint screen is meant to navigate to a selected WPT or to NEAR Airport Wpt Pressing Select allows you to select any waypoint from the CUP file To choose only landable waypoints press Near Selecting a Waypoint can be sorted by name distance or bearing by clicking the Sort button ...

Page 36: ...ng these elements can be found in Section 7 1 6 7 The Task Screen This navigates to waypoints from the defined task The EDIT icon allows you to create a task insert or delete WPTs More about this in Section 8 2 2 A long push on the map will open the GO TO menu When a Waypoint Airport is selected the NANO4 will return to the waypoint page Clicking on different elements on the screen will allow you ...

Page 37: ...Rev 2 Version 3 00 August 2020 Page 37 of 80 Graphics Connect Warnings Task Observation zones Hardware FLARM Files Units Logbook Polar Glider Wind Password About Shutdown ...

Page 38: ...Registration number of the glider The Recording interval sets the interval when the GPS position is stored in flight Auto Finish will allow the automatic finish of the flight under certain conditions Uncheck this item for wave flying ground speed is used to indicate the end of a flight and in wave it is possible to be stationary or even fly backwards in relation to the ground When Auto power Off i...

Page 39: ...d or defined via a hamburger menu o Minimum brightness o Maximum brightness o Get brighter in is the time to reach max brightness o Get darker in is the time to reach min brightness Brightness at USB power will set the level of backlight when USB power is present Brightness on battery will set the level of backlight when USB power is not present ...

Page 40: ...k the screen after lock timeout o Auto lock timeout is the time after which the screen will lock Wake on events enables turning on the screen even if the screen is off Led brightness can be adjusted in this menu 6 8 4 Graphics Graphics has many sub items which are related to System Vario Map Airspace Waypoints Glider Track Task FLARM Thermal Assist and Wind 6 8 4 1 System The NANO4 has an option t...

Page 41: ...play 6 8 4 2 Vario The Show vario tape can be displayed or hidden from the WPT and TSK page The Vario style can be dark or light The scale colour can also be set for positive as well as for negative readings of the vario Dynamic scale moves with the cursor up or down 6 8 4 3 Map Map graphics with widgets can be set here The Map orientation can be set to North Up or to Track Up Terrain colour schem...

Page 42: ...Cready widget is seen in the centre of page on the right hand side Background colour transparency font colour and font size can be configured here Navbox graphics such as colour transparency title font colour value font colour and font size can be also configured in the edit navboxes hamburger menu 6 8 4 4 Airspace Airspace colour width and zoom level visibility for each type and class of the zone...

Page 43: ...licking Label length and change their size and colour of the text 6 8 4 6 Glider Track Glider and track settings can be adjusted here Line to target and track line can be enabled disabled colour and line width can be set under the hamburger menu Glide path style can be set to fixed MacCready value or to the Average vario value Its colour width and time length can be also defined Plane icon colours...

Page 44: ...arget and changing plane icon size The Flarm timeout defines the time when the user will cease to see a FLARM warning after dismissing the FLARM warning of a FLARM object 6 8 4 9 Thermal Assistant The thermal assistant is displayed around the wind icon on the Waypoint and Task page It can be enabled or disabled Thermal assistant can colour circles by Auto Span uses lowest and highest vario value f...

Page 45: ...enabled or disabled The widget s graphics can be customized such as background colour transparency font colour and size arrow brush colour and arrow s transparency arrow s pen colour and its width 6 8 5 Connect There are five sub items in the www menu Services Email Sign out Google Drive Dropbox and Skysight services are not yet supported You can connect to LXNAV Connect cloud services Follow the ...

Page 46: ...file with LXNAV Connect account Pairing is possible also via the website Just click on profiles and then on the pair profile For manual pairing go to connect lxnav com When the pairing process has been completed on the web the list of available services will be displayed ...

Page 47: ... still use them on other supported devices for example LX9000 6 8 5 1 1 Email In this menu you can edit email addresses of the recipients that you send your flights to with the Logbook Send function Edit recipients by simply clicking on them Enter your email address and click OK 6 8 5 1 2 Sign Out Here the user can sign out from LXNAV connect This Nano4 will be removed from the list of paired devi...

Page 48: ...be triggered when AGL altitude setting is reached 6 8 6 1 FLARM Warnings FLARM warnings are classified into three levels refer to the FLARM manual for details on www flarm com First level Low approximately 18 seconds before a predicted collision Second level Important approximately 13 seconds before a predicted collision Third level Urgent approximately 8 seconds before a predicted collision Selec...

Page 49: ... only approximated 6 8 6 2 Airspace Warning The airspace alarm will go off at the desired number of minutes and seconds before entering airspace You can also set minimum altitude difference and distance to the airspace for the alarm to go off The alarm for each type of zone airspace can be enabled or disabled separately 6 8 6 3 Altitude Warnings This sets the alarm that goes off before reaching th...

Page 50: ...ish to load 6 8 8 Obs Zones This menu defines the default observation zone geometry The following zones can be set Start zone Point zone and Finish zone By clicking templates you can pick between three preloaded standard types of zones 500m Cylinder 500m and start line and FAI and start line Each type of observation zone is defined with two angles two radii and a mean bearing Angle12 These paramet...

Page 51: ...wards the start If the Line checkbox is checked the sector will become a line type of observation zone The Radius 1 parameter describes half of width of line length Use the UP DOWN arrow buttons to increase or decrease radius for step 0 1 A longer push will increase decrease it up to 5 0 If Line is not checked the Angle1 parameter will define the basic shape of the observation zone A value of 180 ...

Page 52: ...r time A higher number for the vario filters means a more damped vario signal Range is the overall scale of the vario type with its maximum and minimum value With longer integrator times the vario calculates average over the longer period 6 8 9 2 ENL This page is just for monitoring the engine noise level ENL MOP means of propulsion is provided to detect noises produced from JET engines ...

Page 53: ...te with the FLARM Target data NMEA enables you to use NMEA data transmission GPRMB and LXVTARG to other external GPS devices Oudie PDA s Smart phones Target data source enables the NANO4 to communicate all information about the current target depending on which page you are Task or Waypoint AUTO option automatically detects the page mode whether you are in Task or Waypoint page and sends informati...

Page 54: ...ge level Status Health Voltage Current Temperature Designed capacity Manufacturing date Voltage is typically between 3 5V and 4 2V Current depends on the power consumption LCD brightness BT Wi Fi and the voltage of battery Health is described as Excellent Good Bad Contact service that may indicate end of the life of the battery Be advised that user cannot change battery on his own and should conta...

Page 55: ... enable or disable Wi Fi module and see the version of the Wi Fi firmware MAC addresses of Access point and Wi Fi module 6 8 9 6 2 Access Points In this menu you can connect to a Wi Fi access point All points in range will be shown as well as all stored points which may not be in range For this function to work you first must enable Wi Fi under Hardware Communications ...

Page 56: ...P IP NMEA sentences You can also see your Nano4 access point format NANO4 xxxx or set up IP address port number netmask and gateway 6 8 10 FLARM If a FLARM is detected the user can make some configuration setting changes on the FLARM and display some FLARM status information 6 8 11 Files The NANO4 supports CUP file format for waypoints CUB file format for airspace FLN for FlarmNet files and CIT fi...

Page 57: ...aded on to the Nano4 select it in Files Airspaces Selected airspaces will now be displayed on the waypoint and task pages The Airspace CUB file is limited to a maximum 5 Mbytes size 6 8 11 2 Waypoints Once your waypoints files cub are loaded on to the Nano4 you can go to the Files Waypoints menu and select the waypoints files you wish to make active ...

Page 58: ... https gliding lxnav com citv2 Once downloaded Connect your Nano4 to the computer Transfer the downloaded map files cit to your Nano4 root folder Go to Setup Files Map and select the map you wish to use Maps are supported only in firmware versions 2 0 or higher 6 8 11 4 FlarmNet FlarmNet database files fln can be selected here Go to File FlarmNet and select the file you wish to use This is useful ...

Page 59: ...ert all IGC files loaded on the NANO4 to KML file format Simply select the file and press KML in the bottom right corner 6 8 12 Units The NANO4 has a possibility to load preseted units from the following list Metric Imperial US Custom The following units can be set UTC offset Distance ...

Page 60: ... following parameters are recorded date take off landing times and the duration of the flight Use the two middle buttons to navigate through the list A longer push on these buttons will move you faster through the list Once your Wi Fi connection is established you can also send a selected flight by clicking Send in the bottom right of the screen A new menu will open where you select the email you ...

Page 61: ...lar to calculate coefficients a b and c for a given glider s polar The program requires three sink points entered at selected speeds e g 100 km h 130 km h and 150 km h The program will calculate the values of a b and c which should be noted and entered into the NANO4 Class options for Touring Ultralight World Two seater Club 18 meter 15 meter Open Standard and Unknown are available A b c options c...

Page 62: ...to manually adjust the wind speed and wind course In automatic mode this will be performed automatically by the NANO4 based on GPS data The pilot can enter wind manually by sliding on the lower part of the screen arrow 6 8 16 Password The following passwords are available 00666 Resets all settings to factory default 00667 Resets the battery calibration to the factory default to be calibrated the b...

Page 63: ...0 Page 63 of 80 6 8 17 About Under the About menu the user can see the version and serial number of the NANO4 6 8 18 Shutdown Pressing the button adjacent to this item on the NANO4 screen will shut down the NANO4 after confirmation ...

Page 64: ...hich will inform the pilot which direction the threat is coming from PCAS alerts on the map are represented as a dotted circle with a relative altitude the PCAS warning is represented by lights on the clock in red or orange A FLARM warning can be dismissed with a short press of any button A dismiss time can be configured in setup 7 1 Connecting a FlarmMouse to the NANO4 CC NP IGC cable NANO4 12V p...

Page 65: ...e NanoPower FL 7 4 Connecting a FLARM PFlarm to the NANO4 using the NanoPower PF Nano Power Must be connected to 12V CC NP IGC cable USB cable NANO4 Nano Power FL Gets 12V from Flarm USB cable NANO4 Nano Power PF Gets 12V from PowerFlarm PowerFLARM FLARM USB cable NANO4 FLARM 12V power supply 12V power supply 12V power supply ...

Page 66: ...ing NANO4 with Serial Number less than 06099 Please note that in all configurations described above a level converter is required for connecting any NANO4 device with a serial number less than 06099 with NanoPower Level converter Nano Power FL Gets 12V from LX USB cable NANO4 LX8080 8000 9050 9000 9070 USB cable USB cable NANO4 ...

Page 67: ...he leaves this page One can select waypoints for a task from the active waypoint file A Task can be entered in a very simple way In the task page one can press the edit button Using the up or down button one can highlight an existing waypoint or an empty space and then set a new waypoint By pressing the Ins insert button one can start browsing through all the waypoints in the selected CUP file Sel...

Page 68: ... holds down the D button for about not more than one second Each waypoint can have a custom zone or area applied These areas can be modified by pressing the Zone button When editing the finish point there are two additional options Check navigate to nearest point and the system will navigate you to the nearest point on finish zone line You can also set lowest finish altitude by adjusting finish po...

Page 69: ...since the settings and declarations will not be written properly to the NANO4 The version of the program is written in the lower left corner of the NanoConfig window When requesting support from LXNAV or reporting a bug please always include the version of the program in your email All NANO4 configuration variables are stored in the SYSTEM folder of the NANO4 in a file named system ini It is stron...

Page 70: ...sk Declaration Before creating a task you must load the waypoints from which the task will be created To load waypoints press the Load Waypoints button Waypoints can be loaded from a CUP formatted file Once waypoints are loaded you can create a task by entering the names of the waypoints Use the icons in the upper left corner of the task declaration group to add or delete a point or to clear the w...

Page 71: ...ll allow you to do more accurate post flight analysis and it increases the probability of obtaining a data point in the observation zone If you wish to change these settings use the up down arrow or enter a new value 8 3 2 2 Automatically Finish Flight If this option is enabled the flight will automatically finish and be digitally signed once conditions for finishing the flight are met The NANO4 m...

Page 72: ... output to output NMEA data The NANO4 will transmit the following NMEA sentences GPGGA GPRMC LXWP0 every second and LXWP1 once per minute NMEA can be output to either the serial interface or Bluetooth but not to both simultaneously Change the NMEA baud rate if you want to output NMEA at different baud rates 8 4 Using Bluetooth or Serial Interface One can also upload flight declarations using the s...

Page 73: ...cting and Pairing the NANO4 When you run NanoConfig on a smart phone the program will first ask you to turn on Bluetooth if it is not already turned on 8 5 2 Via the menu button one can access the scan function which will scan for Bluetooth devices If the NANO4 is turned on and Bluetooth functionality in the NANO4 is enabled it will appear on the scanned list Choose your Nano4 The first time one d...

Page 74: ...ith the BACK button After the downloading of the logbook data is finished a short press on the desired flight will start the download process If the flight size is large the download may take more than one minute Flights are downloaded into the NanoConfig folder With a longer push on the flight one can share the downloaded flight with other applications installed on a smart phone Gmail SeeYou OLC ...

Page 75: ...t will give you an option to insert a waypoint On the right hand side of waypoint name there is a trash box Press the trash box to delete the waypoint from the list After a task has been entered it can be transferred to the NANO3 by pressing the Write button 8 5 6 Settings In this tab you can configure your NANO4 Slide the bar to edit the recording interval a shorter recording interval will allow ...

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Page 77: ...5 7 Files Use this page to select files you want to upload file to your NANO4 device Simply find file you wish to upload from your smartphone press it and select Upload 8 5 8 Updates This page is used to check for application and bootloader updates ...

Page 78: ...th NanoConfig the program will automatically inform you about a new version If you wish to proceed NanoConfig will transfer the zfw file to the NANO4 On start up the NANO4 will detect the update file and will ask you if you wish to update Select YES and wait for the process to finish 9 3 Recovery Mode In case that NANO4 was not updated successfully you can follow the following procedure to enter i...

Page 79: ...e Apple computer A Yes Q I run Ubuntu on my laptop so I cannot run NanoConfig exe A NanoConfig is a Windows application and runs only on a windows operating system Q Can I declare a task with an OUDIE A Yes declarations can be done via a serial cable or over Bluetooth Please read step by step instructions http www lxnav com downloads manuals FAQ_Upload_declaration_from_OUDIE 20to 2 0NANO pdf Q Whe...

Page 80: ...ate Most chapters updated Added Sections 5 2 1 5 2 2 5 8 4 1 5 8 4 7 6 6 7 5 April 2018 Added Section 9 3 May 2018 Updated Sections 4 10 5 8 7 3 5 8 11 Added Section 5 8 14 updated Chapter 7 July 2018 Updated Sections 5 6 6 5 September 2018 Complete revision of this manual January 2019 Updated Sections 3 5 1 6 2 6 8 5 6 8 7 6 8 9 6 January 2020 Updated Section 6 8 2 1 April 2020 Updated Section 6 ...

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