LX5000 Manual - The Scottish Gliding Centre
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1. 3 1 6 Flight recording 4 1 7 Airport and Turnpoint Database 4 1 8 Geographic Coordinates 4 1 9 Glider Polars 22 23 nnn nonin nn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnn nena nn 5 DINGS TALIA Na 6 2 1 Mecanical Installation 223 n nn nnnnnnnn 6 2 2 Antenna 23 3 nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nen nen nnn een nnn en nnn nnn 7 2 3 Pneumatic Connection 2 noon 2 2 8 2 4 Cabling 8 F OPERATION stii saaie Nace aa 10 3 1 Operating Elements 10 3 2 Selecting and Editing Data 11 3 2 1 Setting the Wingload 12 3 2 2 Ajusting2. mmm 2 9 2 48 5 3 19 Output nnn nn nnn nanan 48 5 3 Near Airport Program 49 5 6 Statistics Program 50 5 7 POS Program nn 56 6 APPENDIX A l 6 1 Wiring I IDO KI II i 6 2 Drilling Plan ii 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 1 1 Technical Data Voltage 9 36 VDC Power consumption audio volume zero approx 300 mA at 12 volts Operating temperature 20 to 60 degrees C degrees F Storing temperature 30 to 80 degrees C degrees F Dimensions LX5000 80mm length 160mm excluding connector approx 220mm including connector Analogue instrument O57mm length 100mm including connector Total weight GPS receiver Pressure probes 1 2 Variometer System The variometer system consists of e the total energy compensated variometer e the net relative variometer e the interval integrator e the speed command e the audio generator approx 1500 grams 8 channel parallel 1 Silizium pressure probe for the altimeter variometer and airspeed respectively Th
3. 27 5 2 3 Editing a Task TSK EDIT 28 5 2 4 Programming a new Task NEW 29 5 2 5 Deleting a Task DELETE 29 5 2 6 Declaring a Task DECLARE 29 5 2 7 Flying a Task TSK 31 5 2 8 Starting a Task 32 5 2 9 Restarting a Task TSK Restart 33 5 2 10 Simple Task 33 5 3 SETUP Program 35 5 3 1 QNH RES mmm nnn nn nnn nnn nn nnn nn nn nn nnn 38 5 3 2 INIT O II nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nn nn nnn 39 5 3 3 DISPLAY 40 5 3 4 PC Pers
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5. Caution Blowing into the pressure probes will damage the equipment In this case repair on warranty is not possible 2 4 Cabling The scope of supply for the LX5000 includes all cable assemblies necessary e cable Electrical power supply including the connectors for a personal computor and extensions e Analog wiring including the connectors for the loudspeaker the analog indicator and the external speed command variometer reversing switch e 485 databus for the LCD vario display compas and Doppelsitzer connector all three should be connected parallelly The two non interchangable 15 pin connectors on the cable assembleys will connect to the rear of the LX5000 They should be secured with the locking screws The two bared ends on the electrical power supply cable connect to the electrical power supply of the glider The cables in the glider should have a large diameter You should see to a good ground connection The RED power supply must be protected by a fine wire fuse 1 0 Amps red end powersupply 9 blue end ground 10 The panel jack on the interface line for the personal computer may be installed in the instrument pannel The interface cable to the personal computer COM port scope of delivery may be connected here The loudspeaker will connect to the analog wiring through the CINCH plug It should be installed as far away from the magnetic compas as possible to avoid deviaton through the magnetic fiel
6. The operating controls function as described below Function ON OFF switch Switches the LX5000 ON and OFF With the instrument switched on the ON OFF switch controlls the volume for the audio functions MODE selector The MODE selector is used to select the various program modi in the LX5000 Also see para 4 6 MENU STRUCTURE UP DOWN The UP DOWN selector is used to select entries to scan the alphabet or change selector the numbers 0 to 9 up or down and for selecting pages within the menus The ZOOM selector zooms the graphic displays with reference to the selected selector destination In the APT andTP mode a DTK may be selected preselectedcourse When entering alphanumeric data i e to select a turnpoint the cursor may be moved back and forth with the ZOOM selector McCREADY selector Self explaning The selected setting is shown in the display above the selector BALLAST selector the setting may be entered in kg m lb ft or in above the basic weight ENTER push button Using the ENTER push button entries are confirmed or activated and menus or entry fields opened ESCAPE push button The ESCAPE push button is used to skip entries or to return from the APT TP or TSK edit modes to previous displays START button For starting pre programmed tasks available only when airborne for storing the current position as a turnpoint available only in TP mode and for operating the stopwatch available only in POS mode as
7. Estimated time enroute ETE to turnpoint and estimated time of Wind direction and velocity SRA arrival ETA at turnpoint Y Battery power volts A Traffic cirquit altitude of turnpoint airports Temperature external only temperature probe Fig 8 Arrival Display If you continue turning the UP DOWN selector one detent to the right the INFO display will be shown but only if the wapoint selected is an airfield 19 4 6 Informaton Display The information display provides you with any data reguired when approaching an airport For data not published or available the respective positions in the display are filled with minus signs Name of selected airport ICAO code if known Active mode APT or turnpoint TP or available APT airport pa N TP turnpoint TSK task ROTTWEIL ZEF EDS HPT Ma lain runway surface Main runway A RY 18 26 G gras direction T H M H gt Pattern alignment Traffic pattern TOWER i 70 A7MHz I unknownt N to north altitude E to east Main SA S to south airport freguency W to west Fig 9 Info Display Note The Info display is shown only when the active turnpoint is an airfield If a turnpoint is active data like tower frequency traffic cirguit etc are not available 20 5 Menu Structure The illustration below shows the program modes of the LX5000 The modes may be selected with the MODE selector from any mode or menu Fig 10 Progr
8. The stopwatch may be activated by pressing the START button once e pressing START again activates the timer e pressing START again stops the timer e pressing START once more resets the timer Only if this last function is active the normal clock can be reactivated with ENTER As long as the ENTER button is held the date will be displayed Note LAST FIX is indicated when the GPS is not ready for navigation During this time the coordinates last stored in the GPS module are displayed The present position is only indicated if the GPS is in 2D or 3D mode Which of the two GPS modes are active has no influence on the operation of the LX5000 52 6 Appendix 6 1 Wiring s Ei Es bo Ho 2 X W m Zo a Ho 3 ug Eo OZXTI 000SXT wg T ulg 0 TVA OZXT 000SXT SD9 BU BINDER 5P s s T z Wg T S0 00 9600 66 Z TTL SD9 BU dd THAI VA Od 00SXT 000SXT ug 0 NS ax BINDER 5P S0 00 L600 60 BINDER 3P ug lt 0 OZEZSA Dd T axe WoOoG eS ana TOI b NOILdO o EDO TUNY o a fo ps Axa ei 0 00 9400 66 Z ITL L o B o 2 6 lo Ka axe ssten wW WITYOS A a o a E Or a a woog Z z
9. be changed 29 5 3 3 Programming a new Task NEW A task may be programmed in parts or completely in the TSK EDIT submenu as described in section 5 3 2 Edititng a task You are recommended to use an empty task The menu NEW protects a programmed task against being overwritten As described in TASK SELECT an empty task is selected and NEW is activated COPY TSK will only be needed if an existing task is to be stored under a new task number If this is not reguired no N no may be entered and an empty task will appear on the display After selecting INVERT N or Y and checkpoint CP N or Y the cursor may be placed on the first turnpoint 0 and activated with ENTER Asin EDIT the submenu displays SELECT INSERT and DELETE Using SELECT you may choose turnpoints from the turnpoint file and asign them to the turnpoints marked before a To search for a name b Scrolling through all TP s The name of a turnpoint may be entered in Instead of entering a searchword ESCAPE is pressed once abbreviated form in the entry field marked by All turnpoints will be shown in alphabetical order four stars The selection may be done with UP DOWN and ENTER Each digit must be confirmed with ENTER This procedure is repeated until all turnpoints for the task are programmed As soon as more than two turnpoints are entered the LX5000 calculates and displays the total distance of the task The distance and the course for each leg are also dis
10. by metallic parts It should not be installed close to the magnetic compass To achieve optimum reception you should test the antenna at different locations before finally installing it When laying the antenna cable the following principles shopuld be accounted for e Avoid kinking the cable e Lay cable in largest radii possible e Do not roll or bundle it up and do not wrap it around the antenna or other objects e Do not lay it together with or close to electrical or other antenna cables e g radio cable The antenna included for the installation is suted exclusively for use inside the glider An antenna for external installation is available from FILSER ELECTRONIC as an optional part 2 3 Pneumatic Connection Three pneumatic connection pieces are mounted on the rear of the LX5000 These must be connected to the static pressure the total pressure and the total energy compensation probe in the glider as shown in figure two Caution Depending on the type of compensation used either pneumatic or electric please note that there is a difference in how the respective pneumatic lines must be connected a LX5000 TE compensated using pneumatic TE probe Prot total pressure Py Static pressure LX5000 Pu TE pneumatic TE probe b LX5000 electronic TE compensation Prot total pressure Ps LX5000 o static pressure Py TE The illustrationshows the LX5000 top view Fig 2 Pneumatic Connections
11. dampen the signal may be varied between 0 and 9 The higher value increases the attenuation 45 5 4 16 Audio Various audio signals for the variometer and speed command mode may be selected via the AUDIO submenu The audio freguency tone modes and various ranges for masking the audio signal in the speed command mode are available Masking the audio tone including the choise of SC audio tone in positive and negative speed command range SC POS audio tone in positive speed command range only SC NEG audio tone in negative speed command range only Audio tone modes in vario mode including the choise of LINEAR normal audio tone over the whole variometer range LIN NEG normal audio tone interrupted in negative variometer range LIN POS normal audio tone interrupted in positive variometer range DIGITAL digital tone over the whole variometer range DIG NEG digital tone interrupted in negative variometer range DIG POS digital tone interrupted in positive variometer range 0 Selection of the audio freguency Herz for zero indication on the analog variometer q y g 100 Selection of the audio freguency Herz for max climb indicated on the analog variometer 100 Selection of the audio freguency Herz for max descent indicated on the analog variometer You may listen to the selected audio tone in the the submenu AUDIO DEMO via loudspeaker 5 4 17 Input The INPUT menu enables you to select the analog indicator functions as show
12. dampened through a variable filter which may be selected in the SETUP program e asmall filter value low for quiet air e a large filter value high for rough air 1 3 Electronic Altimeter The electronic altimeter is operated via state of the art temerature compensated pressure sondes All heights indicated in the LX5000 are barometric heights They are not GPS heights After switching on the LX5000 the display shows the elevation of the airfield closest to your last landing site This infrmation is taken from the data base You are then asked to enter the present elevation and the local altimeter setting QNH This step is necessary as the LX5000 requires the barometric pressure for an altimeter reference in order to make inflight corrections to the electronic altimeter possible If the local altimeter setting is not available it may be read in the airpressure window on your barometric altimeter after setting the indicator to field elevation A pressure correction on the electronic altimeter during flight will only be possible if on starting the LX5000 the local altimeter setting QNH was entered 1 4 GPS Navigation Using the GPS navigation system the LX5000 calculates position data with great precission Containing a global model of magnetic variation all courses calculated by the GPS are magnetic GPS speeds are ground speeds Therefore the speed indicated by the GPS may differ from the speed shown on the pneumatic airspeed
13. hold START button for button for one five seconds five seconds second passing a automatic hold START button for automatic hold START button for turnpoint n five seconds o five seconds After you have completed a task TASK END is shown until the glider has come to a full stop This function is controlled by toal pressure not by ground speed as meassured by the GPS To delete TASK END in flight the task must be started again by RESTART You should note however that parts of the task already flown will be deleted from statistics 32 5 3 7 Restarting a Task TSK Restart Restarting a task may become necessary for example if you wish to start a task again for a second departure in a competition Activating RESTART will delete the statistics of those parts of the task already flown MENU TSK TEAN WIND Fig 17 TSK RESTART Menu The function shown in fig 17 may be activated with ENTER only if the TASK mode is active The display as shown in fig 18 below is shown after selecting RESTART with UP DOWN and activating it with ENTER TSK RESTART TSK 15 STARTED RESTART N Fig 18 Confirmation of TSK RESTART If you confirm RESTART with yes Y the task is reset The first point in the task is shown on the navigation display as turnpoint When passing the startline or the foto sector for the startpoint the task may be started again with ENTER Both displays are only available if a task was started during f
14. in speed command mode between 0 to 2m GPS OFF 100 kmh WIND COMPASS 38 Automatic switching between variometer and speed command controlled by airspeed Automatic switching between variometer and speed command controlled by GPS when circling Switching between speed command and variometer controlled via external flap or manual switch Airspeed selection for automatic switching by speed in the range between 100 and 160 km h Wind calculations adjustable from 15 to 30 sec Only if you have compass 39 5 4 3 DISPLAY The contrast of the display may be ajusted to the prevailing light conditions and the angle of view The contrast may be varied between zero and 100 5 4 4 TRANSFER This menu enables the comunication between LX5000 and PC LX20 LX21 Colibri Following data can be transfered bidirectionally TP and TSK database with LXFAI program from PC LX20 LX21 Colibri Headers glider and pilot data with LXFAI program from PC LX20 LX21 Colibri Logger transfer with LXFAI program from PC Airport database with LXGPS program The data transfer with PC For transfer between LX5000 and PC the LXFAI program is needed this program is also used for comunication with LX20 LX21 and Colibri FAI Loggers The same program is also used to read data from LX5000 V6 0 IGC Before starting the transfer process the SETUP mode should be active in LX5000 and the LXFAI should be run on PC P
15. indicator i e through the altitude error or a wind componenent The parameters calculated by the GPS are listed below e Magnetic track TRK e Magnetic bearing to the turnpoint BRG e Groundspeed GS e Distance to the turnpoint DIS e Estimated time of arrival at the turnpoint ETA e Estimated time enroute to the turnpoint ETE e Preselected magnetic track to the turnpoint DTK desired track 1 5 Final Glide Calculator The final glide calculator in the LX5000 calculates the deviation fron the required glidepath with reference to the actual distance to the next turnpoint taking into account the safety height you have selected in the SETUP program The quantitative deviation from the calculated glide path is shown in digital figures on the display i e 320m The LX5000 has five options to calculate the wind which may be selected in the navigation programs The wind direction and velocity required for the calculations during flight is calculated automatically and continuously updated and accounted for If the last turnpoint is close to the destination and the final glide altitude can be reached before passing it this turnpoint may be programmed as a check point If you fly away from a programmed turnpoint or airport the altitude required to return is calculated taking into account the present windcomponent and the safety height turn around point If there is no GPS reception for more than 60 seconds the L
16. method is efective only by straight flight and when the track is kept as constant as possible For other notes see the LX5000 magnrtic compass manual 5 2 Turnpoint TP Program 24 The APT and TP modes are mostly identical The TP mode however refers to programmed turnpoints and airports stored in the TP file where the APT mode only refers to airports stored in the APT file Turnpoints TP are selected or edited as described in section 5 1 AIRPORT Fig 12 TP Mode Structure LANDSBER TP erg DIS 13 1 re WATT 2 a 266n 0 0 30 605n TP LANDS paso 13 16 E m LANDSEER TP eragg OTS 13 1f e ja Sa DTKOS2 galeje LANDSEER TP BCT T ETA ETE 13150 1 i U WAIT 2 21 C 12 90 TC n11 LANDSBER TF ELEV 620m R 07 25 C TC I TONER 122 50MHz MENU TF NEW DELETE emm gt ENTER UP DOWN After having selected the TP mode with the MODE selector you may activate the TP menu with ENTER Using UP DOWN you may then select the desired menu To search for an airport use SELECT To change TP data use EDIT To add a new turnpoint select NEW To delete an active turnpoint use DELETE 25 If for example you activate the menu NEW you are first asked whether or not you wish to copy an airport into the turnpoint file COPY APT DATA N Y If you wish to do so Y yes must be confirmed with ENTER The selection is as described in section 5 1 APT If the guestion is answere
17. navigation point This function can be very useful if 5 3 Task TSK program 100 tasks with up to 10 turnpoints each may stored in the TASK mode All turnpoints and airports stored in the turnpoint file may be used in a task Airports to be used in a task must first be copied into the TP file Fig 14 TSK mode structure LANDSBER TSK BAH BERG DIS 13 2 Teno WAIT 2 at fin 4 6 30 681m ue gt LANDS o LANDSBER BERGADA DIS 13 2 A 65 TSK BAH OTKASH aes Sa Jo LANDSBER TSK BAH ACT T ETA ETE 1412 i W WAIT 2 oe LANDSBER TSK BAH ELE 620m NW 07 25 TC mI TOWER 122 50MHz UP DOWN MENU TSK NEW DELETE 27 The tasks may be displayed graphically For the graphics display there are three different graphical modes available aaa s ILAND aie T le LEG Fig 15 TaskGgraphical Modes The selection of the three graphical modes may be done with the ZOOM selector The TSK mode must be active and the graphics display selectd The three graphics can not be zoomed as in the APT and TP mode You may either select the whole task to be displayed the active leg of the task or the active foto sector The active foto sector is the sector around the next turnpoint in the task The airplane symbol shows the present position in relation to the next turnpoint 5 3 1 Selection of a Task TSK After having selected the TSK mode with the M
18. selected in the SETUP program SETUP N IL E DISPLAY PC Fig 19 SETUP Mode Fig 19 above shows the display after starting the SETUP program The list of SETUP menus below explains their meaning and how they may be activated ONH RES ENTER gt Selection of lt ESC QNH for barometric pressure corrections during flight ALT R reserve height for final glide BUGS decreement on the polar applied in 2 5 steps up to 30 INIT ENTER gt Selection of ESC Variometer filter attenuation 34 Variometer integrator variable 10 20 or 30 sec Variometer indicator range 2 5 5 or 10 m s Speed command tone cutout range between 0 and 2 m s Automatic switching between Variometer and speed command OFF GPS or airspeed controlled DISPLAY ENTER gt LCD contrast 0 to 100 ESC PC ENTER gt Communikation via interface with personal computer ESC PASSWORD ENTER gt Pasword entry 96990 access to the SETUP PASSWORD lt ESC iy menu Fig 20 Structure of the Setup Menu The structure of the SETUP PASSWORD menu is shown in the list below These functions are only available via the password 96990 TP Quick point default name definition and definition if this point should be used as navigation point Adjustment of the NEAR radius by Simple Task TSK ENTER gt TSK mode selection of foto sector radius motor lt ESC Start TP or finish r
19. well as for setting the cursor back during the editing procedure In the APT navigation program the complete APT name will be displayed momentarily upon pressing the START button 3 2 Selecting and Editing Data Selecting and editing data in the LX5000 is done according to the same pattern in all programs The aim was to achieve a user friendly and easy to learn operation through simple and logical procedures If a program is selected where data i e a combination of letters for a turnpoint name may be entered the cursor will flashon the first digit of the input field You may now enter alpa numerical data by scanning the alphabet or the numbers 0 to 9 using the UP DOWN selector Each digit must be confirmed with the ENTER push button The cursor will move to the next digit 13 Pressing the ESCAPE push button the entire input field will be skipped This may be necessary if you wish to avoid pressing ENTER numerous times in order to confirm data already contained in the input field Example Entering the Airfield Elevation After switching on the LX5000 you are asked to enter the present field elevation Using the UP DOWN selector you should enter the data in the position indicated by the cursor and confirm it with ENTER If the altitude indicated in the inputfield was correct the whole field may be skipped using ESCAPE or each figure may be confirmed by pressing ENTER In summary e Confirming an entry press ENTER pushbutton
20. 2 Wind The LX5000 offers six different modes to calculate the wind From either mode APT TP or TSK the submenus may be reached and the menu WIND activated with ENTER The following options to calculate the wind are available FIX the wind may be entered manually in direction and velocity as a fixed value Entering the wind the units selected via SETUP must be taken into account The resulting wind component will be used for all calcolations GS the wind is calculated using the ground speed while circling This method reguires a constant indicated airspeed IAS POS the wind is calculated using the drift while circling e g thermaling COMB the wind is calculated during straight and level flight For good results small heading changes are required COMPON wind component TAS GS only in straight fight COMPASS the wind is calculated using the optional magnetic compass The pilot may decide which of the options he wishes to use It is possible to switch betweeen the different modes at any time however only one mode will be active at a time If for instance wait 6 is displayed instead of the wind value the pilot should make another six turns to complete the wind calculations Please note the GS and POS modes are only active when circling the COMB mode only in straight and level flight FIX uses a selected wind and there is no recalculation COMPASS is only available when using a magnetic compass which is available as option The
21. C LX 5000 Read Logger Setup Logger Read flight info SETUP INIT DI SPLAY Write flight info Read TP and TSK Write TP and TSK After pushing ENTER on LX5000 the message CONNECT is displayed that means the communication between these two devices has been astablished PC acts as master and LX5000 as slave As example the pilot data transfer from PC to LX5000 will be described Select the Write flight info on PC and push ENTER After some time the message DATA TRANSFER OK Will be displayed Please pay attention on the direction 40 of the transfer As mentioned PC acts as master so the command WRITE will always write data from PC to LX5000 The data transfer with LX 20 LX 21 and Colibri loggers The LX5000 combined with any of these loggers represents optimal and very comfortable solution The flight is prepared with PC and all the data are then written to the logger and before the flight also to LX5000 With these procedure the use of portable PC is excluded the logger plays it s role and the data in logger are the same as in LX5000 When reading from logger the LX5000 acts as master Here is a brief description The FAI LOGGER menu should be active on LX 20 by LX 21 and Colibri this isn t necessary The TRANSFER has to be selected on LX5000 Please consider the following order LX 5000 LX 20 LX 21 Colibri ENTER Read or Write Green button Event button Shortly after that the message WAITING FOR CONNECTION will
22. Display If there are not enough satelites received for position fixing the warning GPS BAD is shown on the bottom line of the graphics display Using the ZOOM selector you may change the range of the area displayed around the turnpoint between 200 km through 100 50 20 10 and 5 to2 km The selected range is indicated on the bottom line in the data window In the TASK mode Z zoom plus TSK LEG or FS foto sector will be displayed in the data section of the display as selected with the ZOOM selector If you continue turning the UP DOWN turn knob one detent to the right the navigation display will be shown 17 4 4 Navigation Display The information necessary to navigate to a certain point are shown in this display as in the gliding navigation displays However instead of the information related to gliding a scale is shown on the bottom line of the display Here any deviation from the desired track is indicated The desired track may be preselected using the ZOOM selector if the Navigation display is active This function resembles a track selection with an omni bearing selector on a VOR course deviation indicator All values calculated and shown in the display refer to the turnpoint shown in the head line e DTK preselected using the ZOOM selector It resembles a preselected VOR course Magnetic course to turnpoint This function is not available in TSK mode e CDI shows the deviation from the preselected course DTK e XTE Cr
23. FILSER ELECTRONIC GMBH e s gt E g START ESC E KLIPPENECK ED APT Sn DIE mmmh M TRE mere amma ma pe Y N 30 PUSH 8 6 1 90 b m GPS and FLIGHT DATA SYSTEM USER S MANUAL version 6 0 6 0 IGC 7 0 and 7 0 IGC Introduction The difference between the program versions 6 0 and 7 0 All the vario and navigation functions are the same but the program version 7 0 enables the use of the ATR 720 radio which is functioning like a black box All the differences in procedures are described in this manual The basic difference between the versions 6 0 and 6 0 IGC is a hardware modification which makes the IGC version the official version according to the FAI rules As far as the handling is concerned there are no differences between the two versions but the flights in the V6 0 lack the integrity check The V6 0 has smaller memory capacity 30 hours The LX5000 is a state of the art variometer system combining most modern GPS technology and a variometer system proven over the years Please read this manual carefully in order to familiarize yourself with the LX5000 before installing it in the glider The best way of doing this is to practice the functions described in this manual at home with the instrument connected to the battery or the battery charger The LX5000 facilitates easy operation reguiring only minimum operator action during flight if the reguired flight data are entered on the ground Please note
24. Flight 1 13 01 99 ERAZEM_POLUT PILOT GLIDER DURATI ee are TASE TASE STATISTICS After selecting ROUTE and after ZOOM The ZOOM function is activated by pushing ENTER After that a cross is displayed in the middle which is then moved by UP DOWN and ZOOM After pushing ENTER the first corner is defined and in the same way the second one So the square which will be zoomed has been defined Barogram and after ZOOM The ZOOM function is activated by ENTER After that a balk is displayed which is moved by UP DOWN switch After pushing ENTER the first point is defined and in the same way the second one should be selected Task CHAHGE TASK DISTANCE 512 8 MATTE ll OFF MIHAI 160 164 5 1 16 2 Wolmarns 190 290 3 Ganvesa 4 Mmabatho 155 957 The previously programmed task is displayed which can also be changed in this menu for instance one TP has not been reached It is also possible to enter some aditional turning points Statistics 50 STATISTICS STATISTICS TASK ae FINISHED E CALCULATING Task dist Speed oja J Larios 32 Track diet 661 6 The CALCULATING procedure can take a few minutes this depends on the length of the task and the loggintervals The different legs of the TSK can be selected by UP DOWN switch STATISTICS LEG 1 3 Mmabatho Wolmarns 11 45 74 N 1252104 Distance 166 1 Seed 55 97 The other leg statistics displays are reached by ZOOM s
25. ODE selector you may activate the TSK menu with ENTER Then confirm SELECT with ENTER In the headline of the display TSK SELECT and the number of the selected task are shown Below the headline the turnpoints are listed in seguence numbered 0 to9 Points not programmed are marked NOT PROG TSK SELECT TSK SELECT 60 A LANDSBER 3 NOT PROG 1 BALEN HE HOT PROG 2 KLIPPENE Y HOT PROG 3 LANDSBER amp HOT PROG 4 NOT PROG 9 NOT PROG Fig 16 Task Select Using UP DOWN you may scroll the 100 possible tasks The selected task is then activated with ENTER The first point in the selected task normally zero is shown on the GLIDING NAV display Until the task is started in the air this point may be used for navigation to the start point This is normally the departure airfield but may 28 also be a displaced departure point The the information for the first turnpoint is displayed only after the task is started 5 3 2 Editing a Task TSK EDIT With the TASK EDIT menu you may invert the seguence of the turnpoints in a task Turnpoints may be edited or deleted The last turnpoint before the destination may be entered as a checkpoint After having selected a task and the GLIDING NAVIGATION display is shown and the TSK menu can be reentered with ENTER Using the UP DOWN selector EDIT is selected and activated with ENTER The Task is now shown on the display and may be edited You are asked whether you wish to invert the task Aft
26. RATION 1 00 00 duration of the flight VARIO 1 5m s 23 vario average and the Kurbelanteil ENGINE 12 20 the duration of the engine flight The statistics is based on all the flown legs and also the actual leg The task statistics can be activated by UP DOWN rotatory switch STATISTICS TSK 00 1 GAP AD the active TP TIME 12 00 00 13 10 00 DURATION 1 10 00 SPEED 99 km h VARIO 1 2 m s 23 ENGINE The awerage speed and diastance are shown also for the currently active leg The next page displays the total flight statistics STATISTICS TSK00 10 43 22 10 43 is the start time Abflugzeit DURATION 0 12 23 the duration of the TSK SPEED 140 km h awerage speed VARIO 1 3 m s 29 vario awerage ENGINE STATISTICS AFTER THE FLIGHT This statistics is avaliable after the end of the flight It is very important that the logger isn t turned OFF at least 3 minutes after the glider has stopped The tipical sign that the flight hasn t ended is the abscence of the LOGBOOK in statistics mode the only shown statistics is the flight statistics After selecting the statistics mode the LOGBOOK appears LOGBOOK Sis 49 The different flights are selected by UP DOWN rotatory switch and after pushing ENTER the statistics is displayed Flight 1 13 91 98 PILOT ERAZEM_POLUT GLIDER UEHNTUS 2 DURAT IOH sos Series 15 20 43 TASK 312 5h After pushing ENTER the following options are avaliable
27. SWORD Menu ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC Fortsetzung ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC 36 Selection of the electronic compensation strength and the attenuation for the compensation filter between 1 and 150 Note when using a pneumatic TE probe TE must be set to0 Audio generator settings seperately for variometer and speed command tone in both the negative and positive range Tone frequency mode cutout range and audio demo Reversal of polarity for the external speed command switch Low speed warning threshold gate option External temperature probe ON OFF and calibration Analog indicator selection of mode and installment of maximum three instruments Each instrument can indicate variometer speedcommand net and relative variometer functions seperately See LCD VARIO manual Calibration of the magnetic compass optional Selection of Gliding navigation display one or two Navigation display ON or OFF 37 5 4 1 ONH RES If on starting the LX5000 an altimeter setting QNH was entered it may be altered in this sub menu This may be necessary if the barometric pressure has changed during a longer flight Entering the new ONH will reset the altimeter providing correct altitude information for the final glide calculation In order to reach th
28. X5000 will automatically switch to calculating the distance by the use of the total air pressure The last distance to the programmed turnpoint as calculated by the GPS will be used as basis for calculation 1 6 Flight recording The flight recorder integrated in the LX5000 records the position the altitude and the vertical speed every twenty seconds during flight For evaluation this data may be viewed saved and printed using a portable computer or a notebook The LX5000 has a memory capacity sufficient to record 30 hours flight time After the storage space is filled the oldest data will be overwritten Thus the last 30 hours recorded flight time will always be available 1 7 Airport and Turnpoint Database Approximately 5000 airports 600 turnpoints and 100 tasks with up to 10 turnpoints each may be stored in the LX5000 On delivery several thousand airports i e of Europe are stored Using a personal computer or the controls of the LX5000 these may be called up edited added to or deleted easily As an exeption airports can only be added to or deleted from the airport file by using a personal computer A diskette containing the program LXGPS is in the scope of supply Please note that FILSER ELECTRONIC cannot be liable for the correctness and relevance of the airport and airspace data stored in the LX5000 1 8 Geographic Coordinates The geographic coordinates may be entered in degrees minutes and either seconds or tenths of min
29. adius 0 1 9 9 km GPS ENTER gt Geodetic reference system selection norm WGS 1984 lt ESC UTC offset entry for local time indication UNITS ENTER gt Selection of units format of coordinates lt ESC Distance km nm ml Speed km h mph kts Vert Speed m s kts Wind km h kts mph m s Altitude m ft Load kg m 1b ft OVERLOAD SYMBOL ENTER gt airplane symbol for graphics displ small or large lt ESC AIRSPACE NMEA PC DEL TP TSK POALAR LOAD AER HE ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC ENTER gt lt ESC 35 Selection of airspace structures to be displayed in the graphics display Interface ON or OFF for GPGGA GPRMC GPRMB GPGLL GPR00 GPWPL GPLXI Comunication speed selection between LX5000 and personal computer Normally 19200 bps Deletion of all turnpoints and tasks from the LX5000 TP and TSK file Confirmation Y yes or N no Entry of a glider polar and glider type USERI oder 2 or activation of a speed polar from the polar file Entry of a default glider wing load value which is used by LX5000 when it has been switched ON again Selecting the MINIMUM If SET is selected the entered wing load will be active imediately TE COMP AUDIO INPUT OUTPUT LCD IND COMPASS PAGE 1 PAGE 3 HHR HUN 5 Fig 21 SETUP PAS
30. am Modes POS NEAR APT TP TSK STAT SETUP gt A a 5 i AIRPORT Turning the MODE selector left right Presently there are seven different programs available with the LX5000 POSITION NEAR APT APT TP TSK STATISTICS flight SETUP shows present position coordinates the time the date and stopwatch functions in this mode tracks and distances for the 10 nearest airports are calculated and shown to fly directly to an airfield and to edit the airport data base serves to fly directly to a turnpoint and to edit the turnpoint data base serves to fly along a preplanned route task or to edit the route data base The APT TP and TSK modes also contain the menus for the wind calculation and the team function indicates the statistics of the last flight when on the ground and inflight the current statistics here all system presettings are selected The APT and TP modes are almost identical the only difference being that the APT mode is restricted to airport related information In the turnpoint mode however both information on turnpoints and on airports previously entered into the TP data file is available 21 5 1 Airport APT Mode In the airport mode all functions related to airports may be executed That is the navigation to an airport the graphical display the information about an airport as well as the management of the airport data file Also the modes for the wind calculation may be preselected here and the tea
31. be displayed on LX5000 and after the connection has been established the beep tone of the logger will be heard and on the LX5000 the following menu will be displayed READ TP TSK READ INFO WRITE TP TSK WRITE INFO WRITE SETUP Write means the data transfer from LX5000 to logger read has the oposite function The procedure is ended by pushinh the ESC on LX5000 5 4 5 Password The PASSWORD menu contains sub menus where basic setups and data related to the glider which remain constant may be entered They are protected against inadvertent changes by a password The password can not be changed and reads 96990 After entering the password the tel nr of FILSER ELECTRONIC the submenus in the SETUP PASSWORD menu are available PASSWORD 55556 After entering this password the integral GPS receiver is switched OFF and the device exepts the external NMEA signal This function can be deactivated by switching the instrument OFF or by rentry of the same password 41 5 3 5 TP In this menu the default name of the Quick TP can be selected If the Date OFF is selected the name is composed of two different ASCII signs followed by current time The ASCII signs used can be selcted by user 22 If the two letters selected happen to be TP Quick TP name will be TP08 39 Time 8 39 is the time when the START button in the TP menu has been pressed The option Date ON offers the different art of your Quick TP name composed of month day and curre
32. d of the speaker The temperature probe contained in the analog wiring should be installed in the fresh air duct of the glider The cable to the flap switch marked SC need not be connected if the external speed command variometer switch i e magnetic operated proximity switch switch on the flap handle or a maual switch is not used The cable marked VAR PRIOR may be connected to a simple ON OFF switch and may be installed in the instrument pannel If the switch is closed the LX5000 will always be in the vario mode regardless of the position of the flap switch or the setting of the automatic speed command The cable marked NMEA will only be needed with an external moving map system e g handy Map You will find an exact wireing diagram in the appendix 11 3 Operation The LX5000 was designed for simple and operator friendly use Even a short familiarisation will allow you to make good use of the LX5000 during flight 3 1 Operating Elements 5 turn knobs selectors 1 potentiometer including the ON OFF switch and three push buttons are used to operate the LX5000 see fig 3 below ESC ESCAPE button ON OFF switch START button MODEe selector and Volume EN WA control a cs amp START ESC ENTER KLIPPENECK Eb__ APT ER DIS TR a ma 0 W 30 PUSH 6 6 1 8 686m N UP DOWN scan ZOOM selector PA selector McCREADY setting BALLAST setting selector selector Fig 3 LX5000 Operating Controls 12
33. d with no N no you may add a new turnpoint to the turnpoint file After having activated the entry field with ENTER the name and the coordinates of the new turnpoint may be added to the turnpoint file as described above in section 5 1 APT In both cases the new turnpoint will be available for the TASK mode The functions TEAM and WIND are also available in the TP program Please note e Airports to be used as turnpoints in a task must first be written into the turnpoint file e When entering coordinates it is important to use the format preselected in SETUP seconds or tenths of minutes 5 2 1 Ouick turnpoint Using the Ouick turnpoint function you may store your present position as a turnpoint To enable this the TP mode must be active and position fixing via sattelite must be possible The function is activated with START TP 07291205 TP QUITE TP AP 14 24 Fig 13 Ouick TP The display will show e g TP AP 14 24 With ESCAPE the present position may be stored using AP and the time as identifier At a later time this identifier may be overwritten with a name and may be stored in the TP 26 file OUICK turnpoints may be activated and used as normal turnpoints The name of the Ouick TP can be configured by pilot himself There are two different options which are prviously selected in SETUP in the TP menu Anyway it is possible to select in the SETUP if to the Ouick TP will be flown imediatelly as to an
34. e Skipping an entry press ESCAPE pushbutton e Returning the cursor to the left press START pushbutton This entry procedure is used for all inputs in the LX5000 3 2 1 Setting the Wingload Using the ballast selector the current wingload may be entered in kg m lb ft or in percent over the basic weight used to calculate the glider speed polar You may select the desired unit of meassurement in the SETUP program Example for Calculating the Wing Load in Percent Assuming a glider polar based on a wingload of 35 kg m was entered in the LX5000 the current Wingload however is 42 kg m current wingload 42 kg cm Required ballast setting in Ss Sitte 12 basic wingload 35 kg cm In this example a ballast setting of 1 2 20 increase over the standard wingload should be used Independent of the unit used the selected setting will be shown in the display above the BALLAST selector 3 2 2 Ajusting the McCready setting The McCREADY selector is used to ajust the McCready setting The selected setting will be shown in the display above the McCREADY selector 14 4 Display Description The figures below show the displays of the LX5000 and the data shown 4 1 Gliding Navigation Display 1 With the LX5000 the GLIDING navigation display is probably the display used most In the modi APT TP and TSK two different gliding navigation displays are available which may be selected in the SETUP program alter
35. e airfield at a safe height allowing a normal traffic pattern a safety height should be entered This height is added to the field elevation and taken account for in the final glide calculation LOGGER In this menu all the necessary parameters for the FAI Logger adjustment can be found There is no difference between the versions 6 0 and 6 0 IGC except that the version 6 0 lacks the intrgrity check After opening the menu the following submenues are displayed FLIGHT SETUP E T I RECORD CD RECORD In FLIGHT INFO the glider specifications and pilot s name can be entered LOGTIME is an important menu SETUP TIME INTERVAL TOTAL MEMORY 28 6H B RECORD IHT K RECORD IHT TER HEAR TP INT ls total memory means total storage capacity not free capacity B RECORD INT logging interval outside the turning point NEAR TP INT logging interval near the turning point The NEAR TP INT is usually set to 1 or 2 seconds By LX5000 6 0 it is recomanded to set B RECORD to 20 seconds so the total capacity is apr 30 hours If the B RECORD is set to a smaller value the capacity will be shortened 5 4 2 INIT The parameters listed below may be selected in the INIT menu VARIO FILT The variometer filter allows a variable damping of the variometer VARIO INT The time for the interval integrator may be preseleced here normally20Sek VARIO RNG Scaling range for the vertical speed indicator 2 5 5 and 10 m s Audio tone cutout
36. e interval integrator calculates the average rate of climb over a certain time constant which may be selected in the LX5000 For the most common gliders a list of approximated polars is stored in the LX5000 The speed command signal is generated using the polar you have selected from this list Additional coefficients for glider polars not contained in the list may be calculated and stored in the LX5000 You may do this by using the computer program POLAR EXE which is contained in the scope of supply The signal is available on the analog instrument and on the liquid christal display as well as through a tone created by the audio generator The mode and the frequency of the audio tone may be selected in the SETUP program The parameters listed below influence the speed command signal e The McCready setting e the wingload setting e the glider polar e the wind e a correction to the polar i e to compensate for bugs You may choose whether you wish to enter the wingload in kg m or in 1b ff It is also possible to calculate the wingload in percent over the basic weight that has been used to calculate the selected glider polar The loadfactor may be increased in 10 steps to a maximum of 60 1 6 times the basic weight The decreement on the polar for a contaminated wing may be applied in 2 5 steps up to a maximum correction of 30 It is effective over the whole speed range of the polar The variometer may be
37. er entering either N or Y the total distance of the task and of each task leg is shown as well as the course of each leg The last turnpoint may now be programmed as a checkpoint by selecting the respective entry field with the cursor It may then be activated with ENTER To edit a turnpoint the cursor is placed in the respective position with UP DOWN and the entry field activated with ENTER In the submenu shown on the display SELECT INSERT or DELETE may be selected and activated Choosing SELECT you are asked to enter the first four letters of the name of the desired turnpoint using the standard entry pattern Now all turnpoints referring to the entry are displayed UP DOWN and ENTER will select the desired turnpoint and write it into the task in place of the point that was selected for replacement Pressing ESCAPE instead of entering the name will display all turnpoints in alphabetical order a To search for a name b Scrolling through all TP s The name of a turnpoint may be entered in Instead of entering a searchword ESCAPE is pressed once abbreviated form in the entry field marked by All turnpoints will be shown in alphabetical order four stars The selection may be done with UP DOWN and ENTER Fach digit must be confirmed with ENTER Airports contained in the TP file must be selected using the first four digits of their name not the ICAO code The procedure described above must be repeated for every turnpoint to
38. g 23 e Theabbreviated name of the airport 16 digits maximum e The bearing BRG to the airport e The distance to the airport Number of airports calculated max 10 a 5158 ALTERSTADT 157 SCHIPEMUENCH 346 aa MINDELHEIM M 3952 nearest airports APT Bearing BRG to i Distance to airport airport Fig 23 Near airport Using UP DOWN you may place the cursor onto the selected airfield ENTER activates the marked airfield The program changes automatically to the APT mode and displays the navigation data for the selected airfield Note If GPS reception is not sufficient for navigation GPS BAD is shown on the display The GPS requires at least five minutes continuous GPS reception to enable the NEAR AIRPORT mode Only airports stored in the APT file are available for navigation 5 6 Statistics Program The LX 5000 offers two different arts of the statistics e Statistics during the flihgt e The logbook and the complete statistics with barogram and flight route for every flight which is included in the logbook STATISTICS DURING THE FLIGHT 48 There are two different levels the flight statistisc and task statistics which is avaliable only when the TSK has been started also by SIMPLE TSK As soon as the statistics is selected by MODE selector switch the statistic display appears STATISTICS FLIGHT 12 30 22 13 30 22 12 30 22 is the start time take off 13 30 22 is the current time DU
39. lider to low right arrow track is to the right left arrow track is to the left Altitudemeter gt Command indicator barometric Wing load adjustment as absolue or The selected relative value here relative McCready value Fig 5 Gliding Navigation Display 2 16 4 3 Graphics Display The graphics display supports navigation in the APT TP and TSK modes through graphic and alphanumeric information This display is on the second page after the gliding navigation display and may be selected by using the UP DOWN selector The most important data i e BRG B TRK T GS G and Distance are shown on the right side of the display The turnpoint name is shown in abbreviated form The graphics section of the display shows the present position of the glider in relation to the srelected course and the to the selected turnpoint The different airspace structures may be shown together or selected seperately according to their type inthe SETUP program There are two different symbols available which may also be choosen in the SETUP plrogram Active mode APT airport Airspace structure Abbreviated Set TP turnpoint shown only if activated turnpoint name i TSK task gt in SETUP Bearing to the turnpoint desired track Finish point Distance DIS io lt Ground track TRK Groundspeed GS Image scale of the graphics Indication of the Glider symbol window ZOOM factor desired track Fig 6 Graphics
40. light 5 3 8 Simple task This function is allways functioning in the APT and TP menu as long as no other TASK has been started Starting a task has higher priority If ground speed of the glider exceeds the 50 km h the current position will be automatically saved as startpoint If the glider is near the selected turnpoint or airport the current possition will be stored as a turnpoint Pilot can select any turnpoint or airport and continue the flight If the flight is done in graphic mode a cyilinder is shown around the turnpoint When the glider is close to the turnpoint the message NEAR is displayed The radius of the cylinder can be adjusted in LX5000 setup 33 The statistic calculations are functioning as in TSK menu If more than 10 turnpoints have been selected only first ten will be calculated and displayed in statistic The full flight statistic can only be calculated and seen on your PC If the strting place is not wanted as startpoint it can be canceled by selecting a RESTART as in TASK menu The restart is reached by pushing the ENTER key now the function can be selected and activated After the RESTART has been activated the current position is stored as a startpoint The SIMPLE TASK function is very useful when flying Cats and Cradle tasks The landing place should be selected before the landing in order to get the right statistic calculations 5 4 SETUP Program Any parameters necessary for the LX 5000 operation may be
41. main turn knobs selectors are at the same time the center axils for the fastening screws This makes it possible to save space on installaton while using standard instrument size Drilling plans for the instrument cutouts are available in the appendix For the installation please follow the instructions below Also see Fig 1 Mounting the LX5000 operating element e Prepare the cutouts in the instrument pannel according to the drilling plans e Remove the inscripted covers from the four main selectors on the LX5000 e While holding the selectors open the screws which are now visible with a screwdriver Now the selectors may be removed e Using the special screw diver which is delivered with the instrument remove the four special type screws e Now position the LX5000 in the cutout in the instrument pannel e Fasten the LX5000 with the special screws using the special screwdriver e Now the turn knobs and the covers may be fastened again IX5000 Fig 1 Mounting the LX5000 Operating Element 2 2 Antenna The GPS antenna delivered with the instrument should be installed such that it will not be shielded from above The top of the instrument cover is considdered the best location It may also be installed under the cover if the cover is not made of carbon fibre or metal and there are no other instruments installed above the antenna such as a compass or solar pannels Please note that the antenna should not be shielded
42. mfunction is available The two functions mentioned last are also available in the TP and TSK modes Fig 11 illustrates the menu structure of the APT program RLIPPENECK ED APT MEHU APT era275 DIS 150 TPK WALT 2 0 3223 7 TEAM i 8 0 36 4m WIND ss won PT EE KLP Suki E B275 Lad i m E J 200 KLIPPENECK ED APT BRE Oo DIS 158 e a o PRATT UP DOWN Seon a Jaha RLIPPENECK ED APT ACT T ET ETE 15125 W WAIT 2 i 12 90 KLIFFEHECK ED APT ELEV 950m RV m m G o ees m I TOWER 122 17MHz Fig 11 APT Mode Structure You may reach the AIRPORT mode by turning the MODE selector until the APT display is shown Using the UP DOWN selector the different subprograms may be selected From each of these sub programs you can reach the APT menus with ENTER Here you will find the menus to select and edit airports as well as the menu for the team function TEAM and the menu to select the wind calculation mode WIND These menus are selected with UP DOWN and may be activated pressing the ENTER button 22 Example Selecting a new airport After having selected the AIRPORT program with the MODE selector you may activate the APT menu with ENTER Using UP DOWN place the cursor on SELECT and activate the menu with ENTER You will find two ways to search for an airport a Using ICAO code b Using the name You may enter the ICAO code of the The entry field f
43. n in the list below SC INPUT Overriding the external speed command switch ON switch closed gt speed command mode switch open gt variometer mode OFF switch closed gt variometer mode switch open gt speed command mode STALL W The airspeed gate for the stallwarning may be selected This feature requires an external buzzer TEMPARATURE The temperature indication may be swiched off if an external temperature probe is not connected TEMP OFF offset The external temperature probe may be ajusted by 9 C 46 5 4 18 Output Up to three analog instruments may be conneced to the LX5000 Any combination of indications as shown below may be selected for both the variometer and speed command mode VARIO Indicates the normal variometer signal Indicates the speed command signal NETTO Indicates the NET variometer signal REALTIV Indicates the RELATIV variometer signal OFF Indicator off The fig below shows an example of theoptions available Analog SETUP OUTPUT a 2 CH LAR I oc ways net variometer 1 oc lt Analog indication 1 signal E HETT shows E OFF OFF Variometer signal when Analog in vario mode indication 3 Speed command signal when in s c mode Fig 22 Analog Indicator Configuration 47 5 5 Near Airport Program The NEAR AIRPORT program continuously calculates data for the 10 airports nearest to your position The data listed below are shown on the display as seen in fi
44. natively First a description of display 1 All values shown in the display refer to the turnpoint shown in the top line Please remember all courses displayed in the LX5000nare MAGNETIC BRG magnetic bearing to the turnpoint DIS distance of the glider to the turnpoint GS indicates present groundspeed TRK shows the magnetic track above ground Active mode N selected ig 4 Glidi igati is ame of selecte Fig 4 On Display 1 APT aitport turnpoint P TP turnpoint turnpoint TSK task Magn bearing to Distance to turnpoint turnpoint desired shown in headline KLIFFEHECK ED APT ER IS nl TEK 55 PUSH NN 45 gt gt v A McB 6 618 3Mm Ouantitative deviation from glide Windcomponent gt tailwind gt headwind pai gt glider high V S integrator McCready above glidepath setting track Ground track T Ground speed Graphic glidepath deviation K Speed command AE h PUSH fly faster indication Arow pointing up glider PULL fly slower too low Arrow pointing down glider above glidepath indication gt glider too low Track deviation indication Wingload setting absolute Arrow pointing right desired track is to the right or relative here relative Arrow pointing left des track is to the left gt command mode Fig 4 Gliding Navigation Display 1 15 PUSH PULL speed command W indicates the wind component as calculated by the LX5000 A
45. nt time For instance if the Quick TP s name is 07160842 that means that the START button in the TP menu has been pressed on the 16 of july at 08 42 The option SELECT ON activates the applicated TP as the actual navigation point NEAR RADIUS has influence only when SIMPLE TASK is flown and defines a cylinder 0 9 9 km which should be overflown to accept this point as a TP of simple task 5 4 6 TSK The different modes for starting a task may be selected in this submenu Also the size of the radii around the turnpoints may be selected which define the sectors where switching to the next leg in a task occurs Presently there are two modes available e Radius In the radius mode switching to a new leg occurs when flying through acircle around a turnpoint Starting or stopping a task occurs after passing through a defined circle around a start or finish point e Fotosector Switching occurs when passing the defined foto sectors The radii defining the size uf the circles and sectors may be selected between 0 1 and 9 9 km 5 4 7 GPS The time the GPS operates with is UTC former GMT A time difference may be preselected to display the local time on the clock e UTC 0 UTC is indicated e UTC 1 indicates central European winter time e UTC 2 indicates central European summer time daylight saving The GPS DATE is normally set to the Uniform Geodetic Reference System WGS 1984 It ajusts in short the GPS coordinates systemto the ear
46. o external appliances like a handy map Data records may be switched on or off as reguired Data records reguired for specific applyances are normally available from the respective manufacturer If there are no applyances connected to the NMEA interface all data records may remain deactivated 5 4 12 PC Personal Computer Ajustments The Baud rate for communication between computer and LX5000 is ajusted in this sub menu It is normally set to 19200 Baud Communication between LX5000 and Computer is only supported if the Baud rate matches 5 4 13 DEL TP TSK Here you may delete all turnpoints and tasks completely and irrevocably if you answer DELETE ALL TP AND TSK with Y yes The airport file stored in the LX5000 can not be deleted 5 4 14 Polar The submenu POLAR contains 30 speed polars for the most common gliders Any polar may be easily selected and activated Two additional polars not contained in the file may be defined and stored With the aid of the computer program POLAR EXE scope of supply three polar coefficients may be calculated The coefficients are entered in the LX5000 POLAR submenu The calculation is based on three coordinates taken from the speed polar It has prooven to take the coordinates at speeds of 100 130 and 160 km h For MIN LOAD the weight should be entered that was used as basic glider weight to calculate the speed polar 44 5 4 15 TE Comp In this submenu you may select the compensaton mode and if
47. onal Computer 40 5 3 5 Password 42 5 3 6 TP nanan nanan nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn 42 5 3 7 TSK nnn 43 5 3 8 GPS nn mmm 43 5 3 9 Units 23 22 2222 2 onan nnn nnn nnn nnn nena nnn nnn nn nnnnnn nen n enna neennennncenee 43 5 3 10 Symbol 44 5 3 11 Airspace 229 nnn nnn nnn nnn nanan 44 5 3 12 NMEA n nnn nnn nn nn nnn nn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn 44 5 3 13 PC Personal Computer Ajustments 44 5 3 14 DEL TP TSK 2 22 nnn nana nnnn anne 45 5 3 15 Polar nn 45 5 3 16 TE COMP n n nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nn nnn 46 5 3 17 Audio 2 nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn 47 5 3 18 Input
48. or the ICAO code may be skipped airport you are looking for Each digit using ESCAPE or by pressing the ENTER button must be confirmed with ENTER four times If the airport is available the LX5000 Using UP DOWN the country may be selected and shows the GLIDING NAV display with must be confirmed with ENTER the navigation data available for the selected airport By entering the first four letters of the airport name into the entry field with UP DOW and ENTER the airport may be selected from the APT file The bottom line of the display shows all airport names covered by the searchword With UP DOWN you may now select the airport and activate it withENTER The GLIDING NAV display will be shown displaying the navigation data for the selected airport 23 5 1 1 Team The TEAM function enables pilots to meet enroute if for example teampartners have lost sight of each other or intend to fly together Using TEAM you may fly directly to another aircraft s position provided the other glider is eguipped with a GPS navigation instrument preferrable LX5000 Both pilots must have the same turnpoint selected and activated Via radio one pilot informs the other of his course and distance to the common turnpoint The second pilot enters the data into the LX5000 via the TEAM menu in the APT or TP mode Course and Distance to the first pilots position will be displayed on the second pilot s GLIDING NAVIGATION display 5 1
49. oss track error shows the deviation from the preselected course in units of distance e MT Magnetic track only by magnrtic compass option e HDG Compass heading Active mode APT airport TP turnpoint Magn bearing to ICAO code TSK task turnpoint desired track Os HERZOGENAURA EDRIH APT Ground track Bro DIS 34 CE lt Distance to the turnpoint Desired track DTK TRK 2 i E 35 i Er shown in headline preselected using DTK i 2 HDG 200 S Ground speed ZOOM selector not JE rene of NN J2 qk in TSK Mode Course deviation Shortest distance to desired indicator CDI track XTE cross track error Fig 7 NavigationDisploay If you do not need this display it may be switched off in the SETUP program See page 3 If you continue turning the UP DOWN selector one detent to the right the arrival display will be shown 18 4 5 Arrival Display The APT TP and TSK modes of the arrival display provide the user with current arrival data on the turnpoint turnpoint or airport presently selected The arrival display includes the following information ACT T time ETA estimated time of arrival ETE estimated time enroute W wind direction and velocity V battey power TC traffic cirquit or turnpoint altitude Active mode Name of selected PA turnpoint ICAO code N x TP turnpoint TSK task ROTTWEIL ZEP EDS APT ACT T ETA ETE 14 24 E 1 BE PE ee 21 C 12 9 TC 1034n Time lt
50. ou are recomended to recheck the programmed task before the flight You may do this by selecting the TASK EDIT submenu In all legs the total distance and all courses are calculated and displayed Possible mistakes may be found and corrected A programmed task must be started manually by pressing the START button for at least one second when passing the departure point or start line When passing a turnpoint automatic switching to the next leg occurs when passing through the turnpoint foto sector e You may exit the TASK mode anytime to operate in another mode e g TP APT or NEAR AIRPORT Before reaching a turnpoint or the destination you should return to the defined TASK mode in order to get complete documentation Before a task is started the LX5000 provides all flight data e g track distance etc in relation to the first point in the task normally programmed under zero 31 5 3 6 Starting a Task The foto sector or the circle around a startpoint or turnpoint may be preselected in the SETUP TASK submenu The size of the radii and through that the size of the sectors for the startpoint turnpoint or finish point are defined here N N N Foto sector N 7 7 Y i Radius lt gt e Radius I 1 N 7 Fig 16 Foto Sector Modes The table below ilustrates how a task is started and the switching to the next leg when a turnpoint is passed starting a TSK hold START hold START button for automatic
51. played 5 3 4 Deleting a Task DELETE A task can only be deleted if it is activated It may be deleted in the TASK menu DELETE if Y yes is selected and confirmed Confirming no N no cancels deletion 5 3 5 Declaring a task DECLARE LX5000 offers the possibility to declare the task before the flight There are two possibilities current task can be either selected among the tasks which are saved in LX5000 or newly created 30 TSK DECLARE TSK DECLARE DISTANCE 347 2 COPY TSK E TAKE OFF DATA 2 Blbrtvir 157 988 j piane 45 4 345 after Y and ENT 4 Gar Task selected from TSK menu canbe also edited if desired The procedure is finnished by pushing ESC The following massage is displayed if the task has been declared proparly TSK DECLARED During the flight pilot can edit the this task or even select the other one he also needn t fly in a TSK menu All these procedures have no influence on the task declaring but scoring in competitions is done accordingly to the declared task If the declared task has been changed during the flight this flight is then under the FAI regulations invalid If the copying of the task is not wanted answer the COPY TSK DATA question with N look the figure above IMPORTANT The badge or record flights have to be declared proprly before the take off 5 3 5 Flying a Task TSK In order to fly a task you should note that The respective task must be programmed and activated e Y
52. th s surface The selected reference system should not be changed as this will decrease the precission of the navigation data 42 5 4 8 Units This submenu permits the use of various units of meassurement for the flightdata displayed You may choose between the units listed below e Geographic coordinates defining turnpoints in tenths of minutes or seconds e Speed km nm ml e Vertical speed m sec kts e wind km h kts mph m s e altitude height m ft e Wingload LOAD kg m 1b ft or OVERLOAD OVERLOAD is an increase of the wingload setting in percent of the basic glider weight used to calculate the speed polar e ONH the entry of ONH in mb mm HG inch HG 5 4 9 Symbol The size of the aircraft symbol in the graphics display may be varied in this submenu 5 4 10 Airspace Here you may select the airspace structure you wish to be displayed on the graphics display e Airspace DISABLE ENABLE airspace display on or off e CTR control zones airspace D e R P D areas restricted prohibited and danger areas e TMA terminal control areas airspace E e TRA areas temporary restricted areas e TIZ zones identification zones Any of theairspaces mentioned above may be displayed seperately or in any combination on the Graphics Display The function AIRSPACE may also be switched off entirely via DISABLE 43 5 4 11 NMEA Here the NMEA0183 interface is configuered The interface may be used for connecting the LX5000 t
53. that the airport data i e freguencies and various altitudes stored in the LX5000 may not be valid any more even after a very short time For this reason such data as well as the GPS navigation system should only be used to support conventional navigation and not to replace it Thorough flight preparation using standard documentation is therefore strongly recommended FILSER ELECTRONIC will not be liable for or guarantee the correctness and completness of this manual Hardware and software are subject to alterations This manual was written to the best of knowledge and belief However printing errors and other mistakes cannot be completely omittet WE are looking foreward to receiving your suggestios and comments Our address is FILSER ELECTRONIC GmbH GewerbestraRBe 2 D 86875 Waal Tel 49 0 8246 9699 0 Fax 49 0 8246 1049 CONTENTS 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION iad annan 1 1 1 Technical Data 1 1 2 Variometer System 1 1 3 Electronic Altimeter 2 1 4 GPS Navigation 3 1 5 Final Glide Calculator
54. the McCready setting 12 4 DISPLAY DESCRIPTION n n nn0n2neenenennenenennensnnnnenenennenennenenenannennn 13 4 1 Gliding Navigation Display 1 13 42 Gliding Navigation Display 2 ____________ 1 4 3 Graphics Display 15 4 4 Arrival Display 17 4 5 Information Display 18 5 MENU STRUCTURE a es 19 5 1 Airport APT Mode 20 5 1 1 Team n nanan n HS HH nena nnn tnne 22 5 1 2 Wind 22 5 2 Turnpoint TP Program 23 5 2 1 Quick turnpoint 24 5 2 2 Selection of a Task TSK
55. the average climb rate Mc the McCready setting and B the selected wingload setting In the right bottom corner the guantitative deviation from the calculated glidepath is shown e g 320m Additionaly a symbolised arrow above the figure indicates in the direction of the reguired correction 4 2 Gliding Navigation Display 2 The gliding navigation display 2 offers the same basic information as display 1 It is also available in the APT TP and TSK modes However instead of the groundspeed the calculated wind is indicated in direction and velocity The ndicated average rate of climb as well as the guantitative deviation from the calculated glidepath are emphasised in bold characters The course deviation arrow will vary in size according to the size of the actual deviation from course As an additional information the altitude is indicated in the lower right corner of the display The desired unit m or ft may be selected in the SETUP program Active mode Name of the N APT airport selected turnpoint TP turnpoint ICAO code i TSK task Bearing to the selected waypoint Su HERZOGERALIRA EDH AFT N Distance to the selectd Ground track SSL ERG i gt DIS i 5 E Th lt waypoint Integrator TREA i 6 2233 47 N Wind direction and speed pay az 3 361m k Quantitative deviation from PUSH fly faster A 5 1 A 219M glide path PULL fly slower gt glider to high Speed command The deviation from selected track gt g
56. using electronic compensation the compensation level It is important to note e Using a pneumatic total energy TE probe the compensation level must be set to 000 Pneumatic TE compensation can not be attenuated electronically e If you choose electonic compensation you may vary the compensation level using the TE function and attenuate the signal using TE F It is not possible to publish TE values for specific gliders as electronic compensation depends on many variables just to mention static port location A test flight in calm conditions will deliver the best results When doing the compensation flight you should consider the the points noted below e The air should be very calm e LX5000 must be in VARIO mode not in Speed command e Select SETUP program TE COMP menu e Increase airspeed to 160 km h 99 mph 87 kts and maintain for 20 sec e Slowly reduce airspeed to 80 km h 50 mph 43 kts With optimum compensation the variometer will indicate vertical speed versus airspeed congruent to the values in the speed polar If during speed reduction too much sink rate is indicated on the variometer the selected TE setting must be decreased compensation too large If the variometer indicates not enough sinkrate or even climb the TE setting must be increased compensation too small The procedure above should be repeated until an optimum compensation is achieved Settings between one and 150 are available The filter to
57. utes Latitude N S DD MM mm or DD MM SS N North S South Longitude W E DDD MM mm or DDD MM SS W West E East DD degrees MM minutes SS seconds mm tenths of minutes You may convert seconds into tenths of minutes using the formula below Tenths of minutes seconds 0 6 Before entering geographic coordinates using existing publicatons you should note the format used You may either select the format in the SETUP program or recalculate the last digits of the coordinates before entering them 1 9 Glider Polars Presently a list of 30 speed polars for the most common gliders is stored in the LX5000 You may select the required polar in the SETUP menu Two additional polars may be defined and stored for gliders not contained in the list All polars used are defined by three coefficients a b and c Using the computer program POLAR EXE these coefficients may be calculated for any glider Three polar coordinates must be taken from the speed polar of the respective glider speed sinkrate and entered into the computer program The three coefficients are then calculated and may be added to the list in the LX5000 It has prooven to take the coordinates at speeds of 100 130 and 160 km per hour 2 Installation Please read the instructions below carefully before installing the instrument in the glider 2 1 Mecanical Installation A new method is being used for mounting the LX500 in the instrument pannel The axils of the four
58. witch STATISTICS LEG 1 3 Mmabatho Wolmarns U 2135m Uario 1 JS Track isi 2099 2 aC speed a v2 The figures are showing The take off altitude and the TP altitude the flown distance XT speed shows the altitude difference between the departure point and the TP flight route between two TP can be zoomed Photo sector or cylinder zoomed with ENTER 3 cylinders 500 1000 and 2000 m Photo sector or cylinder TP In the same way all the legs can be analised use UP DOWN switch to select desired leg All the legs are numbered for instance leg 1 3 means first leg of total three By pushing the ESC key the statistics is brought to the beginning 5 7 POS Program The POSITION program informs you about e The number of satelites received e The status of the GPS receiver 2D or 3D navigation or the coordinates of the LAST FIX e The present position coordinates latitude and longitude e The barometric altitude e The time UTC or local as preselected in the INIT menu e And shows the stopwatch if acivated with START e with UP DOWN switch other displays can be reached altitude in meters and in feet satelite constants and signal quality 51 GPS status X Number of satelites received nia GPS JD SHT 6 N 47 59 76 Longitude E OP 48 20 Ta TIME 11 59 44 muuta stopwatch Fig 25 POSITION Display Instead of the TIME the DATE may be displayed as long as the ENTER button is pressed and held
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