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1. Figure 1 Flymaster Designer Overview Document version 1 1 Page 5 FLYMASTER 4 Defining the Instrument and Language The Designer can be used with several Flymaster instruments like the Live NAV or Vario Before start using the designer you should define your instrument In order to select the right instrument you should select the Preferences option under the Edit menu By doing it a dialog box is opened which allows to define trough a droplist the Device and also the Language 5 Creating Layouts When the designer is started an empty layout is automatically created At any time the layout can be saved using Save option in the File menu bar A new Layout can be created using New option in the File menu bar An existing layout can be opened using the Open option in the File menu bar ATTENTION Sending a layout to the instrument will delete the existing layout on the instrument 5 1 Understanding layouts A layout is in essence a set of elements Each element has a set of properties which define what where and how it is displayed on the instrument When looking at the instrument s screen a pilot s eye will typically become trained to the positioning of different elements on the screen so even when the instrument is capable of showing several screens ideally several key elements should remain in the same place With this in mind the Designer f2. 8
3. FLYMASTER FLYMASTER DESIGNER Flymaster Designer User manual Document version 1 1 FLYMASTER 2012 FLYMASTER Avionics Ltd R de Fundoes n 151 3700 121 S Joao da Madeira Portugal Tel 351 256 001 935 Fax 351 256 880 551 All rights reserved Except as expressly provided herein no part of this manual may be reproduced copied transmitted disseminated downloaded or stored in any storage medium for any purpose without the express prior written consent of FLYMASTER Avionics Lda herein FLYMASTER avionics FLYMASTER Avionics hereby grants permission to download a copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print a copy of this manual or of any revision hereto provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited Information in this document is subject to change without notice FLYMASTER Avionics reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements Visit the FLYMASTER Avionics website www flymaster avionics com for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this and other FLYMASTER Avionics products Document version 1 1 P
4. aces Dialog Box After selecting the file all the airspaces data is loaded into the dialog box As shown in Figure 12 in the dialog box it is possible to see for each airspace the name class and also some geometric information Additionally If the mouse cursor is positioned over an airspace a small message box appears with extra airspace information By default all the airspaces available on the file are selected The user can use the Check Box next to each airspace to select or deselect airspaces When all the desired airspaces are selected clicking the Upload bottom will upload them to the instrument ATTENTION Each time a new set of airspaces is uploaded to the device all the previews airspace information is deleted Document version 1 1 Page 17 FLYMIASTER Airspaces B M C Documents and Settings nunoj My Documents D tl M BEJA MCTA C Class C H M MONTE REAL MCTA MAIN C Class C M MONTE REAL MCTA NORTH C Class C point p point Ze point M MONTE REAL MCTA C Class C M OYAR MCTA C Class C M OVAR MCTA C Class C M OYAR MCTA e ONA CT C Class C M SINTRA MCTA lass C Class C M FARO oor 304 B Class B M PORTO Ceiling 1676 4 B Class B M LISBON B Class B E M LISBON APP B Class B M LISBON APP B Class B LISBON APP B Class B E M LISBON APP B Class B o Ca ALP AA RAT ee Figure 12 Airspaces Dialog Box Document version 1 1 Page 1
5. age 2 FLYMASTER Table of Contents BT lee ee ee ee eee eee eee eee TT 4 2 Getting une e 4 SEENEN 4 er elek ET 6 4 1 NES E Ee E 6 GE 6 4 2 1 Graphic legt 7 42 2 Data fi ld elements E 8 43 Adding TE E 9 4 4 Deleting Eenegkeet 9 4 5 Changing Element Size and POST siscsscucacscnsdceesseneadtarpsecancapstidecuensasivascouueteapsasncadorses sate 9 4 6 Changing Element Properties eeeeseeseeeseeseesessresresressrisrersessrtsressitsteserssteseserestesreserestense 10 46 Tee 10 4 6 2 Geometry E 11 4 6 3 Pages CAD ag soca yeccnseyastscdasecedeasincesdats Seddnaten eaii ae EEE NEEE a EEE SEEE EaR EREKE Ee 12 oY PATOL ET 13 5 Managing Layout E 15 6 Sending a Layout to the Instrument sseeeeeseeenneeeeeeeeertrrnrtttsettttrrrrnnrnnsrerrnnrnnnnnneenen 16 Document version 1 1 Page 3 FLYMASTER 1 Introduction The Flymaster Designer is a free application allowing users to design and manage the screen layout of select Flymaster instruments An unlimited number of layouts can be created each having up to sixteen different display pages The Flymaster Designer is also used to upload the created layouts to the Flymaster instruments Layouts can be saved to disk for later use and can easily be shared with other users 2 Getting the Designer The designer installation file can be downloaded from Flymaster website www flymaster net On the web site the application is located in the Downloads section of th
6. e Flymaster Live product page download FmDesigner msi for Windows operating system or FmDesigner dmg for Mac OS X Double click on the downloaded file then follow the installation steps on Windows or simply drag the app on the mounted dmg to the Applications folder of Mac OS 3 Overview The Flymaster Designer application can be divided into 4 distinct areas Screen Elements Toolbars and Thumbnails see Figure 1 e Screen area Represents the 240X320 high resolution display of the Flymaster instrument This is a WYSIWYG what you see is what you get of the instrument s screen e Elements Toolbox This area contains all the available elements that can be used to define the layout Simply dragging and dropping elements from the Elements Toolbox to the screen adds them to the Screen Document version 1 1 Page 4 FLYMASTER e Thumbnails area This area displays a miniature of all the pages of the layout referred to as thumbnails Clicking on a thumbnail selects that page into the Screen area As elements are added to the screen s the thumbnails will automatically be updated e Toolbar The Toolbar area contains several buttons which act like shortcuts to several functions Some examples can be the Format Edit or File The same functions can be accessed trough the designer menu options Flymaster Designer File Edit View Format Tools Help Q ill MOBILE OP ELEMENTS SCREEN AREA
7. es tab The Pages Tab defines on which pages an element is visible When the user wants to use the same element with the same properties in different pages it can check the corresponding check box in the pages tab Please note that an element visible in multiple pages is the same element in all the pages This means that moving or changing properties of an element changes it on all the pages that contain it F Element properties Data field Geometry F Figure 7 Pages tab 5 7 Alignment tools The designer provides a set of tools to facilitate the alignment of elements All the alignment tools are shown under the format menu and also on a toolbar Document version 1 1 Page 12 FLYMASTER deep Tete Figure 8 Alignment Toolbar The alignment tools are only activated highlighted when one or more elements are selected Multiple elements can be selected by placing the mouse cursor on an area of the screen where no element is present so that the cursor is an arrow Click and hold the left mouse button then moving the mouse initiates a selection rectangle Releasing the mouse will select all the elements that intersect the selection rectangle Multiple elements can also be selected by holding the Shift key and clicking on each element If a previously selected element is reselected by a selection rectangle or if a selected element is reselected that element wi
8. ge of the reference element The same being the left most element the reference Align the top edge of the non reference element according the axis which includes the bottom edge of the reference element The same being the top most element the reference Aligns all Elements vertical axes according the reference element vertical axis The same being the center element the reference Aligns all Elements horizontal axes according the reference element horizontal axis The same being the center element the reference Change the height of all Elements to match the height of the reference element The same being the highest element the reference Change the width of all Elements to match the width of the reference element The same being the widest element the reference Table 1 Alignment Tools 6 Page Properties and Triggers Each of the 16 available pages has its own properties Double clicking over the desire page will open a dialog box similar to the one of Figure 10 Document version 1 1 Page 14 FLYMASTER Using the dialog box the user can set the page name and disable the page by checking the corresponding box If a page is disabled then it is ignored when the user is scrolling trough pages W Page properties 2 xi Page Name Page 3 Trigger none z Disabled D Cancel Figure 10 Page Properties Dialog Box The most important property of a page
9. is its Trigger Pages can be automatic activated during flight by defining a trigger event for the page In this way the user can have different pages according different flight contexts which can be automatically activated switched if a certain condition is meet One good example is an airspace control page In a airspace control page the user can have the airspaces map as also different airspaces related data fields eg Distance to CTR Additionally the trigger Airspace Warning can be set to this page During flight the user can have any page active for example a thermal page However if an airspace limit is reached the device will automatic change the page to airspaces one Each device has its own trigger events Please check your device user manual in order to know more details about the available trigger events 7 Managing Layout Files Layouts can be saved for future use The Flymaster Designer will remember the name of a previously opened layout saving will replace it Using the Save as option allow saving under a different name thus creating a new file To open or save an layout file just go to File menu and select the corresponding Document version 1 1 Page 15 FLYMASTER option 8 Sending a Layout to the Instrument Sending a layout to the instrument requires it to be switched on and connected to the PC s usb port The adequate drivers should be already installed please refer to the ins
10. ll become the reference element The reference element will be marked violet see Figure 9 The reference element will cause alignments to referenced to it For example when an element is reference selecting a Left Align will cause the left edge of all selected elements to align with the left edge of the reference element when no reference element exists in the selection that same left alignment will cause all the selected elements to align their left edges to the left edge of the left most element 000000 000000 Figure 9 Reference Element Each alignment tool defines different alignment rules The thumbnails are self explanatory See Table 1 for a brief description Document version 1 1 Page 13 FLYMASTER Tool Alignment reference defined No alignment reference defined Aligns all the Element s regarding the top edge of the reference one The same being the top most element the reference Aligns all the Elements regarding the bottom edge of the reference one The same being the bottom most element the reference Aligns all the Elements regarding the Left edge of the reference one The same being the left most element the reference Aligns all the Elements regarding the right edge of the reference The same being the right most element the reference Align the left edge of the non reference element according the axis which includes the right ed
11. mouse button will change the cursor to a closed hand moving the mouse now will move the element Moving the mouse cursor to the edge of an element will change the cursor to a resize arrow click and hold the mouse button then move the moving the mouse will resize the element Resizing an element will not change the font size That must be done using the element properties A OverG 00000 Figure 4 Size edition Size and position can be also be changed by editing the element s properties see 5 6 2 5 6 Changing Element Properties Double clicking an element will display a pop up window showing the element properties Depending on the element type different properties may be changed Properties are organized in tabbed dialogs The available tabs are e Data Field Document version 1 1 Page 9 FLYMASTER e Geometry e Pages The Data Field Tab is disabled when editing graphic elements properties 5 6 1 Data field tab The Data Field tab is only available on data field elements There are 6 configurable properties in the Data field tab Field Font Normal x Align ight v Units none Title Border V Figure 5 Data Field Tab Field Drop down list selects the data shown on the element The available data depends on the target instrument refer to the instrument manual for more information Font Drop down list selects the font size Three font sizes are available Large Normal Tiny The La
12. ollows a key concept where elements have a property that defines on which pages it the element is visible thus an element can be present on several pages having the same characteristics This concept greatly simplifies and speeds up the design process and helps create consistent easy to read layouts Document version 1 1 Page 6 FLYMASTER 5 2 Elements There are two classes of elements namely graphic elements and data field elements Adding an element to a layout is achieved by simply Draging amp Droping it from the Elements toolbox onto the Screen area When a new element is dropped onto the screen it s properties dialog box automatically pops up allowing for immediate adjustments selecting Cancel on the properties dialog at this moment will cancel the element Add Element properties will vary depending on the element type 5 2 1 Graphic Elements Several graphic elements are available these will vary depending on the target instrument and firmware version 4d alll MOBILE OF Figure 2 Graphic Elements Document version 1 1 Page 7 FLYMASTER 5 2 2 Data field elements Data field elements allow to display information generated by the instrument see Figure 3 Examples are Altitude Speed or Current Glide Ratio Data fields can be resized Resizing a data field element changes the bounding box dimensions but not the font size The font size can be changed by setting the Font at
13. rge font is only available for numeric data fields since letters are not defined is this font type Align Drop down list defines text alignment in the data field bounding box Options available are left center right Units Drop down list selects if and how units should be displayed If right is selected the units will be display to the right of the data ex 50 km h Document version 1 1 Page 10 FLYMASTER Title Check Box defines if a title should be displayed above the data The title text is always displayed in Tiny font Border Check Box defines if a border should be drawn around the data field bounding box 5 6 2 Geometry tab The geometry tab defines the location and size of the element on the screen All values are in pixels Element properties Data field Geometry Page LEE E H 77 Y 128 Width 80 Height 29 Figure 6 Geometry tab The X and Y are the coordinates in pixels of the top left vertex of the data field element box The origin of the coordinate system corresponds to the top left corner of the instrument screen The maximum values of X and Y are respectively 240 and 320 pixels The Width and Height defines the dimensions of the data field element box in pixels If an the defined geometry places an element out of the screen the Designer automatically readjusts the X and Y coordinates Document version 1 1 Page 11 FLYMASTER 5 6 3 Pag
14. tribute there are three font size to choose from Large Normal Tiny The data displayed and the available fields will vary depending on the instrument model A full explanation of available data fields can be found in the corresponding instrument manual Figure 3 Data Field Element 5 3 Adding an Element There are two ways to insert an element in the display area e Drag and Drop the element from the toolbox to the screen area e Click on the desired element in the Toolbox the element will be placed on the upper right corner of the screen area When the element is added a pop up window will display This window allows changing element properties such as field type size visibility Depending on the element type certain properties cannot be changed Document version 1 1 Page 8 FLYMASTER 5 4 Deleting an Element Layout elements can be deleted by selecting it and pushing the Delete key or navigating to the Edit menu and selecting delete If several elements are selected all the selected elements will be deleted An element will also be automatically deleted when the visibility property is removed from all pages i e an element that is not set to be visible on any page cannot exist thus is deleted 5 5 Changing Element Size and Position Elements can also easily be manipulated using the mouse To move an element move the mouse cursor over the element the cursor will display an open hand pushing the left
15. trument s manual Select the Send to device in the File menu to initiate the layout Please note that uploading a new Layout will replace the previous layout present on the instrument The upload procedure should take a couple of seconds Once terminated the changes appear immediately 9 Uploading Airspaces files to the Instrument The Designer can also be used to upload Airspaces to certain Flymaster instruments like for example the Flymaster LIVE At the moment the designer is only compatible with the Open Air format Open Air is a standard Airspace and Terrain description language publicly available which is almost a global standard for displaying map information For more information about the Open Air format see http www winpilot com UsersGuide UserAirspace asp Open Air airspaces files can be find in several websites for specific countries regions flight areas etc In some of these websites the user can even generate the file for a specific area according to its needs One good example _ is http www maddyhome com ctr Once the file with the required airspaces is available selecting the option Tools gt Airspaces will open a dialog box similar to the one of Figure 11 Clicking the Open File Button will allow the user to pick the desired file with the airspace information Document version 1 1 Page 16 FLYMIASTER Airspace Open file Upload Figure 11 Airsp
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