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1. Montreal AeroPlus FLIGHT TRACKER V2 04 D USER S MANUAL Doc FT2DU030411B May 2013 Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 2 of 14 Changes Rev B May 2013 RDP Document formatting changes changes for Version 2 04 Digital Graphics replaced added Center on Mouse and About functions Installer modified Table of Contents 3 2 0 Minimum System 3 3 0 Flight Tracker Software 006 nnn 4 C 4 32 MAP M nu FUNCIONS 5 ccm 5 3 22 DROP 5 5 er p cm 5 32 cede quo m 5 IMA GE 6 SM TREN AVA 6 nc nidi ios 6 Su WAP FEATURE 6 S240 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ 7 SPAM cmd ON OFE c P 7 92 T9 7 SM Nd nr qc 72. 3 9 MAINTENANCE Menu FUunctlOons bti e See bedeuten HR e Ren Rus dedans 8 ING EI pq 9 ENERO rn 9 6 32 _ _ 9 ori 9 9 9 9 GALIPODNN cal ana oom anne 9 NE UM 10 SO CO ALT OINUT ES T 10 CALIBRATE 10 ____ _ _______ 10 CL IM CMV C I gt gt 11 SEIS 2 11 11 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE 12 3 5 FEATURES M 13 4 0 Frequently Asked 691 nnns 14 IO TECHNICA SUPPO ease e 14 Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal H9P 161 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 3 of 14 1 0 Introduction Flight Tracker is an enhancement designed to work through a personal computer It replaces the mechanical pen plotter supplied with the ATC810 flight training device FTD It uses a digital interface card which is connected to the computer s printer port II provides precise real time tracking of the simulated aircraft s position Included in the software are features to enhance its training value such as user definable land features Zoom and Pan fea
3. EE SLEW ON OFF SETUP PREV MENU EN 10 000 ETT 1010 1010 Do Dba MOT When the MAINTENANCE MENU is displayed the following additional information is displayed Disk The remaining disk space Bin X and Y This is the actual binary data received from the simulator if the digital system was installed Lat and Lon This represent the local offset applied when the slew function is used Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 Rev B May 2013 light Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 9 of 14 3 3 1 CNTR ON A C CNTR ON Selecting this button slews the entire map display such that the current aircraft position is located at the center of the screen B r LAT LON Selecting this button opens a window in the center of the map to enter the co ordinates of the center of the map Upon entering a valid position the window will close and the map will slew such that the entered co ordinates are at the center C N E O gt gt Selecting this function increases scale of map display 400M OUT a O C Selecting this button decreases the scale of map display 3 3 5 CAL POINT 1 CAL POINT 1 Selecting this button marks the first calibration point on the map Note that if the map is zoomed or slewed the mark will not be redrawn but the location remains
4. in effect for calibration purposes Selecting this button once the calibration point has been marked will replace the old point with the newly selected one Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013 light Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 10 of 14 3 3 6 CAL POINT 2 CAL POINT 2 P Selecting this button marks the second calibration point on the map Note that if the map is zoomed or slewed the mark will not be redrawn but the location remains in effect for calibration purposes Selecting this button once the calibration point has been marked will replace the old point with the newly selected one 3 3 7 CAL POINT 3 CAL POINT 3 Selecting this button marks the third calibration point on the map Note that if the map is zoomed or slewed the mark will not be redrawn but the location remains in effect for calibration purposes Selecting this button once the calibration point has been marked will replace the old point with the newly selected one 3 3 8 CALIBRATE nm CALIBRATE Selecting this button will execute the calibration process All three calibration points must be defined before selecting this option The new calibration takes effect immediately to draw the flight path on the map Make certain that the three calibration points have been defined before selecting this button 3 3 9 CTR MOUSE TR MOUS Selecting this button will slew the whole MAP to center on
5. the position where the user place the mouse pointer and presses the left mouse button The map will be redrawn and centered on the location where the mouse was clicked E Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 11 of 14 3 3 10 SLEW ON OFF Selecting this button will toggle the status of the slew function The slew On Off status is indicated in the lower center of the screen When on clicking the left mouse button on the map repositions the simulator to the location on the map pointed to by the mouse This feature does not reposition the simulator itself it is used to correct for minor position errors around a specific location It should be used as the slew function was used on the mechanical plotter that is to set the exact position of the simulator on the map 3 3 11 SAVE SETUP SANE SETUP Selecting this button saves the calibration to a file so that it will automatically be used the next time Flight Tracker is run If this button is not selected after the calibration process the calibration will only be in effect until the program 1 exited 3 3 12 PREV MENU PREU MENU Selecting this button returns to the MAP menu Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 Rev B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 12 of 14 3 4 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE To calibrate the system the position of three point
6. H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 5 of 14 3 2 MAP Menu Functions The MAP MENU functions are accessed by clicking the buttons on the right side of the screen with the left mouse button 3 2 1 CNTR ON A C CNTR ON Selecting this button slews see 3 2 10 the entire map display such that the current aircraft position is located at the center of the screen 3 2 2 NORMAL ZOOM NORMAL 400M Selecting this button returns the map display back to its default scale H i HE N gt IN Selecting this function increases scale of map display 3 2 4 ZOOM OUT 400M OUT Selecting this button decreases the scale of map display 3 2 5 STOPWATCH D T Selecting this button will start and stop the stopwatch displayed in the lower left corner of the screen Once this stopwatch has been stopped selecting this button again will reset and restart it Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 161 Canada FT2DU030411 2013 light Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 6 of 14 3 2 6 SAVE IMAGE SAVE Selecting this button will open a dialogue box in the center of the screen which requests a drive and file name to save a graphic file of the current screen display The image will be stored as a bitmap BMP file An error message will result if there 15 insufficient space on the specified disk t
7. e following address Web Site Support MontrealAeroPlus com http www MontrealAeroPlus com Please note that all issues will be dealt with on a priority basis Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013
8. mulator to the location on the map pointed to by the mouse This feature does not reposition the simulator itself it is used to correct for minor position errors around a specific location IL should be used as the slew function was used on the mechanical plotter that is to set the exact position of the simulator on the map 3 2 13 MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE Selecting this button will open the MAINTENANCE menu which brings up options to calibrate and monitor the data from the simulator to the PC This feature should not be invoked during regular training To protect against accidentally entering this menu a password will be requested password dL Selecting this button will exit the Flight Tracker program L Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 161 Canada FT2DU030411 B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 8 of 14 3 3 MAINTENANCE Menu Functions The MAINTENANCE MENU contains the features needed to calibrate the Flight Tracker software The calibration process sets up necessary internal calculations the Flight Tracker program will use to convert the data from the simulator into co ordinates to be displayed on the map The following figure shows the MAINTENANCE MENU display FLIG 259 TRACKER V2 02 D MAINTENANCE CNTR ON mm LAT LON EM 200M OUT CAL POINT CAL POINT CALIBRATE E EE
9. o save the file While the file is being generated a thin red line down the right side of the screen indicates the progress 3 2 7 REDRAW Selecting this button will redraw the map implementing any changes to the map features that may have been selected It will not erase or modify the existing flight path in any way 3 2 8 ERASE PATH ERASE PATH Selecting this button will erase all existing flight paths displayed on the map 3 2 9 MAP FEATURES Selecting this button will open the MAP FEATURES menu where buttons are used to select which map features are to be displayed on the map 3 2 10 CTR MOUSE CTR MOUSE Selecting this button will slew the whole MAP to center on the position where the user place the mouse pointer and presses the left mouse button The map will be redrawn and centered on the location where the mouse was clicked Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal H9P 161 Canada FT2DU030411 2013 light Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 7 of 14 3 2 11 ABOUT FT2 0 ABOUT FT2 Selecting this button will show the about dialog Pressing any key will close about window 3 2 2 SLEW ON OFF SLEW ON OFF Selecting this button will toggle the status of the slew function The slew On Off status is indicated in the lower center of the screen When clicking the left mouse button on the map repositions the si
10. o slew the aircraft on the map to this position If necessary the map may be zoomed or slewed in the same manner as from the MAP menu Step 10 Click on the CAL POINT 3 button A marker will appear at this point on the map If the incorrect point was accidentally selected the steps 8 to 10 can be repeated Step 11 Click on the CALIBRATE button to use the three selected position to calibrate Flight Tracker Step 12 Click on the SAVE SETUP button to save the calibration Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 Rev B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 13 of 14 Step 13 Click on the SLEW ON OFF button to turn off the slew function Step 14 Click on PREV MENU to return to the MAP menu 3 5 MAP FEATURES Menu Functions The MAP FEATURES Menu is used to select which features such as VORs NDBs and airports are to be displayed on the map Each button acts as a toggle to select or deselect each feature The lower right portion of the screen lists each feature and their display status The following figure shows the MAP FEATURES display The REDRAW MAP button must be selected for the changes to take effect MAP FEATURES TIMBRE S RETT BB ON Li 34 2 HUHUS ao 26 20 Icom shies 01 37 To Mouse 3 5 n Time 00 00 00 To Mouse 090 Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal H9P 161 Canada FT2DU030411 Rev B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D U
11. s must be accurately defined From these three points Flight Tracker makes the calculations to convert the signal from the simulator to the co ordinates which will be drawn on the map For best results the following recommendations should be followed if possible 1 Try to select points which form a wide triangle 2 Avoid points which tend to form a straight line 3 Try to select points where most of the training will be done such as a runway or VOR Step 1 Ensure that the slew function is on Step 2 Fly and freeze the simulator to the first known position Step 3 Click on this first position on the map to slew the aircraft on the map to this position If necessary the map may be zoomed or slewed in the same manner as from the MAP menu Step 4 Click on the CAL POINT 1 button A marker will appear at this point on the map If the incorrect point was accidentally selected steps 1 to 4 can be repeated Step 5 Fly and freeze the simulator to the second known position Step 6 Click on this second position on the map to slew the aircraft on the map to this position If necessary the map may be zoomed or slewed in the same manner as from the MAP menu Step 7 Click on the CAL POINT 2 button A marker will appear at this point on the map If the incorrect point was accidentally selected steps 5 to 7 can be repeated Step 8 Fly and freeze the simulator to the third known position Step 9 Click on this third position on the map t
12. ser Manual Page 14 of 14 4 0 Frequently Asked Questions Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Why is the MAINTENANCE MENU protected by a password The MAINTENANCE MENU 1 protected by a password to avoid accidental changing of the calibration of other setup parameters There are no features in the MAINTENANCE MENU that would be normally be used during pilot training Can reposition the FTD s simulated aircraft using the computer No Like the plotter Flight Tracker only receives data from the FTD Flight Tracker does not affect or control the FTD in any way Why is the flight path a bit off over some points This is due to minor variations in the output from the simulator Like the plotter one may have to adjust the pen position to place it exactly in the correct position The slew feature is allows one to correct these minor errors at a specific location such as a VOR to practice holding patterns or the runway for an ILS approach When zoom in enough the flight path is a zigzag line why II you zoom in sufficiently you will actually see the path being drawn in the smallest distance increments calculated by the simulator except for flying exactly true north south east or west this will result in the flight path appearing as a zigzag line when extreme zoom is used 5 0 Technical Support All technical support issues can be submitted at any time by email at th
13. tures and storage of the map and track in a standard bitmap graphics file format BMP which can be easily printed using any Photo Paint software 2 0 Minimum System Requirements Personal computer Pentium or better 256 memory 1 hard disk Compatible SVGA video card Mouse Standard EPP or ECP Parallel printer interface Windows XP operating System Note Flight Tracker V2 04D has not been tested on Windows 9X 2000 Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC H9P 1G1 Canada FT2DU030411 Rev B May 2013 Flight Tracker 2 04 D User Manual Page 4 of 14 3 0 3 1 Flight Tracker Software Operation Start Flight Tracker by double clicking the desktop icon Flight Tracker lt O40 General Overview All functions required during training are accessed from the buttons on the right side of the screen as shown below MAP CNTR ON NORMAL Mey 200M IN 200M OUT STOPWATCH SAUE IMAGE MAP im PATH bari X ON OFF 109 807 VIN BRO Nm CTR MOUSE aT ABOUT FT2 I MAINTENANCE Cat N45 37 39 Slew OFF Lon Eme Mouse 29 2 Time 00 00 00 Mouse 129 mag The bottom of the screen displays Simulated aircraft s latitude and longitude Stopwatch elapsed time Magnetic bearing and distance from the aircraft to the mouse Status of the slew function Montreal AeroPlus 685 Orly Montreal QC
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