LXNAV S80 User Manual

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S80

Digital speed to fly variometer, final glide calculator and

navigation system with simple moving map.

Version 4.92

LXNAV d.o.o. • Kidričeva 24a, 3000 Celje, Slovenia • tel [phone] fax [phone]

[e-mail] • www.lxnav.com

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1 Important Notices 5

1.1 Limited Warranty 5

2 Packing Lists 6
3 Basics 7

3.1 LXNAV S80 at a Glance 7

3.1.1 LXNAV S80 Features 7

3.1.2 Interfaces 8

3.1.3 Options 8

3.1.3.1 External Options 8

3.1.4 Technical Data 8

4 System Description 9

4.1.1 Push Button 9

4.1.1.1 Power Button 9

4.2 Rotary Switches 9

4.3 Switching on the Unit 10

4.4 User Input 11

4.4.1 Text Edit Control 11

4.4.2 “Spin” Control 11

4.4.3 Selection Control 12

4.4.4 Checkbox and Checkbox List 12

4.4.5 Slider selector 13

4.5 Switching off 13

5 Operating Modes 14

5.1 Info Screen 15

5.1.1 Quick access menu 15

5.2 Flarm Screen 15

5.2.1 Quick access menu 16

5.2.2 Flarm warnings 16

5.3 Waypoint Screen 17

5.3.1 Quick access menu 17

5.3.1.1 Navboxes Option 18

5.3.1.2 Editing Navboxes 19

5.3.2 Second Waypoint Page (Numerical Data) 19

5.3.3 Third Waypoint Page (AHRS) 21

5.4 Task Screen 21

5.4.1 Quick access menu 22

5.4.2 Second Task Page (Numerical Data) 23

5.4.3 Third Task Page (AHRS) 24

5.5 Setup Screen 24

5.5.1 QNH & RES 25

5.5.1.1 QNH 26

5.5.1.2 Safety Altitude 26

5.5.2 Vario Param. 27

5.5.2.1 Vario needle filter 27

5.5.2.2 Vario sound filter 27

5.5.2.3 Netto filter 27

5.5.2.4 Relative filter 27

5.5.2.5 SC filter 27

5.5.2.6 Smart Filter 27

5.5.2.7 Needle range 28

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5.5.2.8 Dead Band (SC tab) 28

5.5.2.9 Auto SC 28

5.5.2.10 Vario Average Time 28

5.5.2.11 Netto Average Time 28

5.5.2.12 Temperature Offset 28

5.5.2.13 Inertial assisted vario 28

5.5.3 Display 29

5.5.3.1 Automatic Brightness 29

5.5.3.2 Minimum Brightness 29

5.5.3.3 Maxximum Brightness 29

5.5.3.4 Brightness 29

5.5.4 Graphics 29

5.5.4.1 Graphics – Flarm 30

5.5.4.1.1 Colours can be set for the following: 30

5.5.4.1.2 Label Text 30

5.5.4.1.3 Active Timeout 31

5.5.4.1.4 Inactive Timeout 31

5.5.4.1.5 Draw Line to selected Target 31

5.5.4.1.6 Draw History 31

5.5.4.1.7 Plane icon size 31

5.5.4.2 Graphics – Airsp. & Tsk. 31

5.5.5 Sounds 32

5.5.5.1 Equalizer Option 32

5.5.5.2 Vario Sounds 33

5.5.5.3 Flarm Sounds 34

5.5.6 Warnings 35

5.5.7 Obs. Zones 35

5.5.8 Units 36

5.5.9 Hardware 37

5.5.9.1 TE compensation 38

5.5.9.2 SC switch 39

5.5.9.3 Digital Input 1 and 2 39

5.5.10 Indicator setup 39

5.5.11 Comms. Setup 40

5.5.12 Battery Chemistry Setup 40

5.5.13 Files 41

5.5.13.1 Waypoints File 42

5.5.13.2 Airspace File 42

5.5.13.3 Flarmnet File 43

5.5.14 Polar and Glider 44

5.5.15 Password 45

5.5.15.1 List of Password functions 46

5.5.16 About 46

6 Variometer and Altimeter 47

6.1 Altimeter 47

6.2 Speed Command 47

7 Flying with the LXNAV S80 48

7.1 On the Ground 48

7.1.1 Power on Procedure 48

7.1.2 Set Elevation and QNH 48

7.1.3 Pre-flight Check 49

7.2 Airborne 49

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7.2.1 Final glide calculation 49

8 Installation 50

8.1 Installing the LXNAV S80 51

8.2 Connecting LXNAV S80 51

8.3 Cutout of S80 51

8.4 Available cables for GPS and PDA ports 52

8.5 Installation of options 52

8.5.1 S80D option (S80 repeater) 53

8.5.1.1 Data Exchange 53

8.5.1.2 Cable Wiring (LXNAV S80D) 53

8.5.2 Magnetic compass (Compass -CAN) 53

8.5.3 Remote stick (Remote-CAN) 53

8.5.4 AHRS option 54

8.6 Ports and Wiring 54

8.6.1 LXNAV S80 ports 54

8.6.2 LXNAV S80 wiring 56

8.7 Configurations 56

8.7.1 NANO – S80 – OUDIE 56

8.7.2 NANO – S80 – MINIMAP 57

8.7.3 Nano3– S80 – OUDIE 57

8.7.4 COLIBRI2 – S80 – OUDIE 57

8.7.5 COLIBRI,VOLKSLOGGER– S80 – OUDIE 58

8.7.6 Flarm/RedBox– S80 – OUDIE 58

8.7.7 FlarmMouse - FlarmView -S80 - OUDIE 58

8.7.8 FlarmMouse – S80 – OUDIE 59

9 Firmware Update 60

9.1 Updating LXNAV S80 firmware using micro SD card 60

10 Revision History 61

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1 Important Notices

The LXNAV S80 system is designed for VFR use only as an aid to prudent navigation. All
information is presented for reference only. Terrain, airports and airspace data are provided
only as an aid to situation awareness.

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

A Yellow triangle is shown for parts of the manual which should be read carefully
and are important for operating the LXNAV S80 system.

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

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

1.1 Limited Warranty

This LXNAV S80 product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship
for two years from the date of purchase. Within this period, LXNAV will, at its sole option,
repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repairs or replacement will
be made at no charge to the customer for parts and labour, the customer shall be
responsible for any transportation cost. This warranty does not cover failures due to abuse,
misuse, accident, or unauthorised alterations or repairs.

THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY
LIABILITY ARISING UNDER ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU
SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL LXNAV BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE, MISUSE, OR
INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT. Some states do
not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations may
not apply to you. LXNAV retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software,
or to offer a full refund of the purchase price, at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL
BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.

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

October 2014 © 2014 LXNAV. All rights reserved.

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2 Packing Lists

• LXNAV S80

• Main power cable for S80 + CAN terminator

• Speaker

• GPS cable - S80-GPS-IGC

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3 Basics

3.1 LXNAV S80 at a Glance

LXNAV S80 is standalone digital vario meter, final glide calculator and navigation system with
simple moving map. The LXNAV S80 has both GPS/Flarm and PDA/PNA inputs/outputs. The
unit has standard dimensions that will fit into a glider panel with an opening of - 80 mm
diameter (3.15”). It is also able to supply PDA/PNA with power (5VDC/1A). The unit has an
integrated high precision digital pressure sensor and inertial system. The sensors are
sampled more than 100 times per second. Real time Data is indicated with the vario needle,
airspace map and up to 4 variable number fields displayed on QVGA 320x240 pixel, 3.5 inch,
high brightness (1200 nits) colour display. To adjust values and settings, the LXNAV S80 has
two rotary push button knobs and three additional push buttons.

The LXNAV S80 can be expanded with one or more repeaters (LXNAV S80D) through the
CAN bus.. This allows both pilots in a two seat glider to have equal control of all functions
from the front or the rear seat.

3.1.1 LXNAV S80 Features

• Extremely bright 3.5’’ 8.9cm QVGA colour display readable in all sunlight conditions
with the ability to adjust the backlight .

• Two rotary switches (knobs) with push button function and three push buttons are
used for input.

• Pre-loaded polar database for almost all gliders.

• GPS/Flarm and PDA/PNA inputs/outputs

• Flarm Indication, if Flarm is connected to the GPS/Flarm port

• Needle indicating various data such as netto vertical speed, relative (super netto) and

vertical speed (vario).

• 320x240 pixels colour screen for additional information such as average, thermal
vario, time, speed etc…

• Many custom audio settings

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• 100Hz sampling rate for very fast response.

• Speed to fly indication.

• TE compensation can be selected to be either pneumatic TE probe or electronic TE.

• Multilanguage user interface - in a future firmware release

• Audio equalizer, for custom vario sound performance

3.1.2 Interfaces

• GPS/Flarm port input/output on RS232 level (Standard IGC RJ11 connector)

• PDA port input/output on RS232 or LV-TTL (3.3V) level for PNA devices (RJ45 connector)

• Audio port (Standard 3mm phono jack)

• 1Mbit CAN bus for extension to S80D repeater

3.1.3 Options

3.1.3.1 External Options

By using a CAN bus system, a second seat device can be connected. The unit installed in the
rear seat of the glider is independently powered and receives all the necessary data from the
main unit. The communication between both units is exclusively via the CAN bus system.

3.1.4 Technical Data

Power input 10-16 V DC
Consumption of LXNAV S80 at 12 V:
140 mA - minimum brightness without audio.
190 mA - maximum brightness without audio.
Consumption of LXNAV S80D at 12 V:
90 mA - minimum brightness without audio.
140 mA - maximum brightness without audio.
80 mm (3.15") standard aircraft cut-out for the LXNAV S80 indicator unit; 80x80x45mm •
Sensor box: 65x45x85mm (not including connector).
Weight 460g (290g for S80D)

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4 System Description

4.1.1 Push Button

The two Rotary switches have a push button function. LXNAV S80 can detect short or long
press of the push button. A short press means just a click, a long press means pushing the
button for more than one second.

4.1.1.1 Power Button

The system is powered up using any of the push buttons or a short press of any of the
rotary knobs. A long press of the upper rotary knob system will turn the S80 off.

4.2 Rotary Switches

The upper rotary knob is designed for direct volume control. Pushing the upper rotary knob,
the user can set the volume for the Vario, Speech and Flarm beep. The system can be shut
down using a long press of the upper rotary knob.

The Lower rotary knob is used for MC and other settings. With the lower rotary pushbutton,
we can toggle between MC, Bal and Bugs settings. In all other menus, this knob is used for
setting values and editing texts…

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The three buttons between the two rotary knobs have fixed functions. The top button is ESC
(CANCEL), the middle is menu and the lower button is the ENTER (OK) button.

4.3 Switching on the Unit

A short press of any of the buttons or rotary knobs will turn on the S80. The first LXNAV
welcome screen will appear with the system information (Device name, Version, Serial
number...)

S80D rear seat unit cannot be powered up if the S80 is not already powered up.

When the boot procedure is completed, the setup elevation dialogue is shown.

Push button also has power ON function.

Rotary switch with

push button
(Volume)

Rotary switch with

push button
(Selector)

Push button Esc

(Cancel)

Push button Menu

Push button Enter

(Ok)

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4.4 User Input

The LXNAV S80 user interface consists of dialogues which have different input controls.
They are designed to make the input of names, parameters, etc., as easy as possible. Input
controls can be summarised as:

• Text editor

• Spin controls (Selection control)

• Checkboxes

• Slider control

To move the function from one control to another, rotate the lower rotary knob as follows:

• Clockwise rotation will select the next control.

• Counter clockwise rotation will select the previous control. PUSH button enters the

selected feature.

• Faster rotation of the rotary knob will increase the rate at which the value changes. i.e.
bigger steps in value.

4.4.1 Text Edit Control

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

Turn the bottom rotary Knob to set the character and then press the enter key to move to
the next charachter to the right. Press the escape key to move back to the left. When you
have finished editing, press the Enter key. Pressing the bottom rotary knob will enter or exit
a controll.

4.4.2 “Spin” Control

“Spin” controls are designed for numeric parameters. Rotate the knob to increase/decrease
the selected value. To increase the values in larger steps, spin the bottom rotary knob
control faster!

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4.4.3 Selection Control

Selection boxes, also known as combo boxes are used to select a value from a list of
predefined values. Use the bottom rotary knob to scroll through the list.

4.4.4 Checkbox and Checkbox List

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

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4.4.5 Slider selector

Some values, like volume and brightness are displayed as a slider

With a push of the rotary button you can activate the slide control, then with rotation of the
knob you can select the preferred value and confirm it with the push button.

4.5 Switching off

Switching the unit off is archived by selecting the shutdown option within the Setup menu.
By using this method of shut down, all your settings are saved.

All settings are saved during the power off procedure. We strongly recommend
switching off the unit using the shutdown option in the settings menu.

If the system is powered off by the master switch, changed data will not be
saved. Flight parameters at takeoff such as target altitude and position will
remain in the stored memory so your final glide calculations are not affected.

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5 Operating Modes

LXNAV S80 has five operating modes. A pilot has access to all of them using the middle
menu push button. The diagram below shows the mode structure of the LXNAV S80.

Info

mode

Flarm
mode

Task

Mode

Waypoint

mode

Setup
mode

• Info Screen: Contains the GPS data from the GPS source Altitude and Battery voltage

• Flarm Screen: Showing Flarm targets in range (if a Flarm device is connected to the

GPS port)

• Waypoint screen: Simple navigation screen to a waypoint

• Task Screen: Task screen showing the task and airspace

• Setup screen: For all aspects of the setup of the S80

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5.1 Info Screen

The Info Screen gives you a snapshot of the GPS position, date, and time along with
Flight level, altitude, Battery status, and Flarm status. Flight Level equivalent is also
available in meters as is the Altitude.

5.1.1 Quick access menu

A short press of the push button activates the quick access menu. Mc, Bugs and Bal
are available.

To change the MacCready value, rotate the bottom rotary knob. A short press on the
bottom rotary knob moves to the Ballast scree and stores the MacCready setting.
Pressing the bottom rotary knob again will open the Bugs screen. If no action is
performed for 3 seconds, the screen will close.

5.2 Flarm Screen

If the S80 is connected to a Flarm source through the GPS port then the Flarm screen
will display a map of relative positions of Flarm targets in range. By rotating the
bottom rotary knob, you can change the range of the display from 1km to 100km

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5.2.1 Quick access menu

A short press of the push button activates the quick access menu. Three options, Mc,
Bugs and Bal are available

5.2.2 Flarm warnings

Regardless of which screen you are on, if a Flarm target triggers an urgent or
important warning then the screen will change to the Flarm warning screen

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The central number and chevrons indicate if the Flarm target is bellow or above and
by how many meters/feet. The number in the bottom left indicates the range in
meters/feet.

5.3 Waypoint Screen

The Wpt screen is a quick access screen to provide simple navigation to a Waypoint or
Airport. By rotating the bottom rotary knob, you can change the range of the display
from 1KM to 100Km

The first page shows a line to a selected waypoint, the name of the selected waypoint
at the top of the screen and the relative bearing and chevrons indicating the direction
to turn towards the selected waypoint. (The Navboxes can be configured with distance
and arrival Altitude.)

5.3.1 Quick access menu

A short press of the push button activates the quick access menu.

To change the MacCready value, rotate the bottom rotary knob. A short press on the
bottom rotary knob moves to the Ballast scree and stores the MacCready setting.
Pressing the bottom rotary knob again will open the Bugs screen. If no action is
performed for 3 seconds, the screen will close.

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To Select a waypoint, use the bottom rotary knob to highlight the select option and
then press once. This will open the Waypoint list

The Waypoint can be selected from the alphabetical list of waypoints. (See uploading
files section Error! Reference source not found.). Rotating the bottom rotary Knob
moves you through the waypoint list in alphabetical order, clockwise increasing the
value, Anti Clockwise, decreasing the value. To select the first letter of the desired
waypoint, press the Enter button (bottom of the three buttons) this moves the cursor
to the second letter. Rotate the bottom rotary knob until the second letter of the
required Waypoint is highlighted and then press Enter. Repeat the process until the
required waypoint is the only selection available. You can then either press the enter
button or press the bottom rotary Knob to select the Waypoint. The screen will then
change back to the navigation page and show a line to the Waypoint, Waypoint name
and relative bearing.

5.3.1.1 Navboxes Option

Using the Quick access menu and select Navboxes allows you to move the position
of the three Navboxes from the bottom of the screen to the right hand side of the
screen by rotating the bottom rotary knob.

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Pressing the Enter button salves the position setting and scrolls down a page.

5.3.1.2 Editing Navboxes

Selecting the Navboxes option and then pressing the bottom rotary Knob will allow
you to select one of the three boxes by rotating the bottom rotary knob and a short
press. You can then select the required data for the highlighted Navbox. A short
press of the bottom rotary knob selects the desired setting and returns you to the
Navbox selection. Pressing Enter at any time saves the setting and moves to the
second Waypoint Page

5.3.2 Second Waypoint Page (Numerical Data)

The Waypoint screen has a second page which contains numerical data. Defaults are
Average Vario, Netto, Altitude and True Airspeed. In addition, the central line shows
the status of the Flarm, GPS, Cruise/Climb and battery status. This second page can be
selected by pressing the enter button once. You can return to the Waypoint navigation
page by pressing the Escape button (top button of the three)