LXNAV PowerMouse, Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 17 Version 1 18 November 2019 Page 1 of 22 PowerMouse The FlarmMouse successor Version 1 18 Revision 17 ...

Page 2: ...AV PowerMouse 10 5 2 Connecting Antennas 10 5 3 USB port 11 5 4 Wiring 11 5 4 1 1 PowerMouse PORT1 and PORT2 pinout RJ45 11 5 4 1 2 PowerMouse RF connector side description 11 5 4 1 3 PowerMouse FlarmView 12 5 4 1 4 PowerMouse FlarmLED 13 5 4 1 5 PowerMouse FlarmLED Oudie 13 5 4 1 6 PowerMouse FlarmView Sxxx Vario 14 5 4 1 7 PowerMouse LX9xxx FlarmView 14 6 Data transfer 15 6 1 Firmware Update 15 ...

Page 3: ...ch 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 ...

Page 4: ...109 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The following test reports are subject to this declaration Test report number T251 0588 19 Issue date 8 8 2019 Within the USA the devic...

Page 5: ...igned to comply with standards regulations and technical specifications stated above This certificate is granted subject to the LXNAV quality rules on product certification Remark The product is designed to comply with s LXNAV standards and standards harmonised with directive 2004 108 EC EN 55022 1998 A1 2000 A2 2003 class A EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 En 61000 3 2 2000 A2 2005 EN 61000 3 3 1995...

Page 6: ...sion 1 18 November 2019 Page 6 of 22 2 Packing Lists PowerMouse Dipole FlarmAntenna Bluetooth Antenna GPS antenna 2nd Dipole FlarmAntenna is optional USB stick Flarm power supply cable FlarmView FlarmLED Optional ...

Page 7: ... verified with online radio range analyser powerful 72 channel high precision uBlox NEO8 GPS module full compatibility with wide range of Flarm licensed products operation on a license free radio band not based on transponder technology small size and simple installation PowerMouse is available in 5 variants PowerMouse with Flight recorder Not approved by IGC with enabled SAR search and rescue fun...

Page 8: ... 3 1 4 Options One or more external Flarm Displays can be connected FlarmView FlarmLED 3 1 5 Technical Data Power input 8 36 V DC Consumption 1 02W 85mA 12V excl power for USB stick Weight 160 g 55mm x 90mm x 25mm 3 2 ADS B module PowerMouse device has a possibility to have an internal ADSB module which is the ADSB IN module All four variants can have the ADSB ADS B module is not a standard part o...

Page 9: ...es data from other FLARM devices 4 3 Bluetooth To connect to the PowerMouse via Bluetooth you must search on a PDA Smartphone for Bluetooth enabled devices in range Click PAIR or CONNECT to connect to the PowerMouse Device will appear as LXNAV FPM 5 digit serial Device doesn t require any pairing password Bluetooth is always ON and cannot be configured Purpose of Bluetooth is to send Flarm objects...

Page 10: ...werMouse has 4 connectors for different antennas Two SMA connectors A and B are for Flarm Antennas and there is one antenna for the ADSB optionally GPS connector serves for GPS antenna and BT connector for Bluetooth antenna Following Flarm Antennas are available Short Dipole 90 lambda 4 Long dipole 90 lambda 2 Flat folded dipole Classic dipole Antenna with ground plate For better range Flarm anten...

Page 11: ...ging PowerMouse settings flarmcfg txt Downloading flights USB is active only when the device is powered ON It supports up to USB 2 0 type 5 4 Wiring 5 4 1 1 PowerMouse PORT1 and PORT2 pinout RJ45 Pin number Description 1 Power input 2 Power input 3 3 0V Indicator power output 4 Ground 5 Data output TX 6 Data input RX 7 Power input 8 Power input Underneath each port there are TX transmit and RX rec...

Page 12: ... Antenna port SMC PowerFLARM Port A SMA PowerFLARM Port B SMA In the line with ADSB antenna connector is red LED which blinks when ADSB traffic is present Below BT antenna connector is blue LED which indicates BT activity 5 4 1 3 PowerMouse FlarmView PowerFLARM Port A PowerFLARM Port B GPS Antenna port Bluetooth Antenna port FlarmView FlarmView cable PF POWER 12VDC cable ...

Page 13: ...ber 2019 Page 13 of 22 5 4 1 4 PowerMouse FlarmLED 5 4 1 5 PowerMouse FlarmLED Oudie FlarmLED FlarmView cable PF POWER 12VDC cable FlarmLED FlarmView cable PF POWER 12VDC cable Flarm Splitter RJ gender changer Oudie power OUDIE ...

Page 14: ... 18 November 2019 Page 14 of 22 5 4 1 6 PowerMouse FlarmView Sxxx Vario 5 4 1 7 PowerMouse LX9xxx FlarmView FlarmView FlarmView cable LX5PF cable LXxxxx FlarmView FlarmView cable S7 GPS PF GPS port of S8x S10x S7 vario ...

Page 15: ... minute When ready switch off the Flarm Please delete the firmware file from the USB stick after the update 6 1 2 ADS B firmware update via Flash Loader This method is used if you wish to update an ADS B module in PowerMouse You can get flash loader at https gliding lxnav com lxdownloads firmware S7 PC update tool For the update you need file named _x lxfw x version nr on your computer Update proc...

Page 16: ...t in Flarm and connected external PowerMouse before update procedure described above enter password 49147 6 2 Configuring PowerMouse 6 2 1 Configuring PowerMouse settings with PowerFLARM config PowerFlarm config is available at https gliding lxnav com lxdownloads software Here you can set all settings for your PowerMouse device File will be saved as flarmcfg txt file which you should save on the U...

Page 17: ... tool PowerMouse can be configured by Flarm Tool software which can be found here https flarm com support tools software flarm configuration tool In Farm tool are not supported all features that can be configured for PowerMouse Create Config file Select New device and choose LXNAV and PowerMouse Click on the button Start configuration Edit configuration file After pressing button described above m...

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Page 19: ...mber 2019 Page 19 of 22 Edit advance settings Do this the same way as described above for standard settings Create config file Click button Create config file File FLARMCFG txt will automatically be downloaded to your computer ...

Page 20: ... power for at least 5 sec Insert the USB stick in case it s not already inside and switch on again The collision avoidance functionality does not depend on the status of the USB stick inserted or not 6 4 Updating the obstacle database The firmware update will be executed when the system finds a file with the extension obs on the USB stick root The procedure runs identically to the firmware update ...

Page 21: ...h notepad please search for text FLANGA10W If you open IGC file with SeeYou please right click and select flight properties then Misc scroll down for approximately one page and you will find the internal serial number All power mouses logging IGC logs even they don t have IGC option PowerMouses without IGC option will have IGC flight without signature and will be not valid for badges or OLC ...

Page 22: ...rs 5 3 5 4 1 2 7 July 2018 Added chapters 6 2 Updated chapter 4 3 5 4 1 1 6 4 8 October 2018 Updated chapters 3 2 5 4 Added chapters 6 1 3 9 December 2018 Swapped naming of port1 and port2 in Ch 5 4 1 1 6 1 2 10 January 2019 Updated packing list 11 February 2019 Updated chapter 6 4 12 March 2019 Updated chapter 6 4 13 June 2019 Added chapter 6 1 3 14 August 2019 Added chapters 1 2 1 3 1 3 15 Septe...