What`s New in Voyager 4.0 - Seattle Avionics Software
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1. La orice Jpm A pe ile Les Jes dem fem gam ite Dam is sm ipm Em fae um um bm 6m lim Ata H noi i e ry 1 1 3008 acma hayr Dotar O into A we Elan The Navigator The most obvious new element of the new charting engine is the Navigator The Navigator is a compass ring with four buttons in the middle a joystick ball and a slider It is very similar to the Navigator in Google Earth By default the Navigator is shown in pre flight planning and hidden in GlassView Press F12 to toggle it on or off or select Show Navigator from the View menu What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 6 Pan moving the chart Gone are the scroll buttons of previous versions Now just use the Hand tool which is now the default Chart tool not the Pointer to pan You can also use the center button the joystick of the Navigator to move in any direction or use the four directional buttons Rotate Click and drag the ring portion of the Navigator and spin Double click on the ring to reset to North Zoom There are many ways to zoom the chart e Click and hold the magnifying glass and icons on the chart toolbar Note Ona tablet this only works to a point before Windows decides that you really meant a right mouse click and stops the zooming e Press Ctrl and or The cursor Up and Down keys also change the zoom This feature is disabled while in GlassView e Use your mouse wheel e Use the Range box to select from any predefined range or2. In GlassView 3D HITS mode Voyager displays waypoint idents as well as continually updated distance and bearing information However this information is currently hard to read especially if multiple waypoints fall along the same line of sight Does not work under virtual machines such as VMWare or Parallels These problems are due to DirectX not being properly supported on virtual machines Voyager 4 0 runs well on Apple Macs using Bootcamp to run Vista or XP What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 5 Moving and Zooming the Chart The most eagerly anticipated new feature in Voyager 4 0 is the all new charting engine The new charting engine is based on Microsoft DirectX technology which means that we now leverage the full power of your computer s video card to do essentially real time 2D and 3D rendering DirectX is the same underlying system used by Microsoft Flight Simulator Google Earth and many games In previous versions of Voyager many of the ways you would move zoom or re center the chart were based on the charting engine being slow with the speed of this new charting engine we re thought many things and based many of the new ways to navigate the chart on Google Earth Thus if you ve used Google Earth you probably already know how to pan move zoom or tilt the chart However even if you are this section is still useful as we changed a few things relative to Google Earth to make the system more applicable to flying i P i F
3. Gaugebar at the top of the GlassView screen Conceptually it s similar to old set of gauges but the text is generally larger The Gaugebar can be turned on or off by selecting Show Gaugebar from the View menu It can also be turned on or off as part of the settings in a Personal Layout above Gauges A gauge shows important flight information Voyager includes more than a dozen different gauges so not all can fit on the screen at once Generally you can add remove or re arrange gauges by clicking on any gauge or on the blank space next to the gauges although some gauges have specific responses to a click that override this behavior These are described below Voyager 4 0 includes many new gauges CDI Glideslope One of the most requested new gauges is the CDI Glideslope gauge It shows deviation from the course line and vertical information about the glideslope or deviation from the desired altitude The system works in either IFR or VFR modes In IFR mode the gauge shows a standard cross hair with vertical and horizontal lines Much like a Garmin GPS CDI the CDI shows distance from the flight plan or Direct To line not the angular differential from a VOR radial What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 15 The CDI and Glideslope are command style gauges meaning that they indicate the direction to fly to reach the desired track or altitude rather than show how far off you are from the track That is when the CDI vertical line is to
4. If the zoom was larger that is further back or less zoomed the layer would be hidden Thus for Voyager 4 0 the system uses the term Maximum Range where older versions would have said Minimum Range In previous versions of Voyager it was sometimes confusing whether chart changes would stick when you switched themes and such In Voyager 4 0 chart settings are not saved unless you specifically save them by selecting Save Chart Settings from the Chart button Saving What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 13 Chart settings means saving which layers are turned on and for each layer which sub options are enabled and at which zoom level In other words everything in the dialog box above The zoom or range setting of the current chart is not part of what is saved You can save a more complete screen configuration including all these layer settings zoom levels layouts etc by creating a Personal Layout as shown in the Chart button notes above Info E Info Click the Info button to get information at any time about any airport navaids etc Weather wx The Weather button is mostly unchanged from the previous versions of Voyager except e Themes previously listed there that were unrelated to weather have been removed Use the Chart button to select a new chart theme e There is a new animation feature that shows how weather has changed over the past two hours From the Wx button select Animate weather 3D 3D As describ
5. a VSR to this series of idents separated by spaces point ron OOO 00 Q AV Hr E U A So Gs Gi D I K E D ES ON ME BO fe en mi i EFEC 0000000000 ARM A ee A p In addition the Voyager 4 0 Direct To dialog box has been enhanced in a number of ways e You can go Direct To an airway either by flying a specific course or by letting Voyager select the nearest intercept point Use the Airways tab to select nearby airways If required select the magnetic bearing to follow by using the new Alt Radial Bearing selector set to Bearing and using the numeric keypad to enter the bearing e When selecting a navaids you may optionally specify a radial to intercept This the From radial Set the Alt Radial Bearing selector to Radia and use the numeric keypad to enter the bearing e If you select a waypoint not currently on the flight plan or appear to be short circuiting the flight plan or your current position is substantially off the flight plan line Voyager creates a second line from your current position to this waypoint The flight plan Is left on the screen for possible later use On the other hand when you appear to be essentially following the flight plan no additional line is drawn What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 24 e In previous versions you could enter multiple idents in the Direct To dialog box and Voyager asked if you wanted to create an entirely new flight plan from just those idents In Voyager 4 0 this ha
6. airport When this option which is on by default is engaged Voyager increases the zoom as often as every 30 seconds such as to maximize the size of the chart To minimize visual jarring Voyager only zooms when the difference between the current zoom and the new zoom is at least 20 This feature can be disabled via a setting in Tools Options Preferences GPS What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 23 GlassView Toolbar cma Sayon O chart ino 4wx Gla gt A Ff A e rs er rs When any flight plan or chart is open in either preflight or GlassView mode Voyager displays a large toolbar with common commands During GlassView this toolbar has additional icons specific for inflight use For brevity this section will only mention those functions specific to GlassView see the Lower Toolbar section above for information about the Cmd Layout Chart Info Wx and 3D buttons Direct To De Direct To is a basic GPS function that sets the next waypoint to a specific point typically a navaids airport etc When the Direct To button on the lower toolbar is clicked Voyager displays a dialog box that lets you enter any airport navaids or fix ident or pick from a list of such nearby items In Voyager 4 0 this dialog box comes up much faster than with previous versions Direct To x Optional Enter a radial A bearing or target altitude Enter an ident or if you want to create a whole Tight plan enter a if you want
7. new animation feature that shows how the weather has changed in the past two hours What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 4 System Requirements Voyager 4 0 requires a modern computer running Windows XP or Vista 32 or 64 bit witha good video card that supports Microsoft DirectX 9 0 1 GB of RAM is required 2 GB suggested if running Vista As much as 20 GB of hard disk may eventually be used If you download all scanned charts and all approach plates No particular CPU speed is required as we ve seen Voyager 4 0 run well on the Samsung Q1 Ultra with an 800 MHz low power processor That said Voyager 4 0 will run smoother on dual core systems with lots of RAM and good video card Unlike previous versions of Voyager the video card Is central to the system s performance Known Issues IMPORTANT The Charting system will go offline if the computer goes into sleep hibernates or is rotated Do not rotate tablets while Voyager is running IFR vs VFR colors not supported VFR colors are currently used for all flight plans Memory Card Synch will not synch terrain data correctly so cannot be used to make a memory card that Voyager can use in place of a hard disk Motion LS800 and Motion LE 1600 users need to install a newer video driver from Intel for Eee to function properly The URL is fi IName Windows XP Professional lang eng amp strOSs 44 amp submit Go 21 Install the latest Mobile Intel 915GM GMS 910GML Express Chipset Family Driver
8. plus some digital data including TFRs and fuel prices You may also combine any other digital data with the scanned chart most typically NexRad Radar Cloud Tops Satellite etc Use the Layers Toolbar or the ChartBar GlassView to add the digital layers You may also begin with any other theme and click the Scanned Charts icon to add a scanned layer Right click the Scanned Charts icon to select which type of scanned chart Sectional IFR Low Altitude or IFR High Altitude to display The chart bits used by the new Scanned Charts feature are not derived from the full scanned charts downloaded for the Chart Viewer but are downloaded automatically with the full scanned charts scanned chart downloads are therefore a bit slower than with previous versions because Voyager has to download more data Thus keeping both the full scanned charts and the chart bits updated both happen automatically when you select specific charts for automatic update with the Chart Viewer s Download Manager Chart bits are also downloaded independently whenever you request a specific charting area on the main chart What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 12 Customizing Charts In addition to using the Layers toolbar or the ChartBar described in the GlassView section to turn layers on or off you can customize many details about most layers For example you can change the zoom range at which Class B airspace becomes visible or whether NDBs are shown when
9. the left of the centerline you need to fly to the left when the line is to the right you need to fly right The CDI sensitivity varies depending on your distance from the next waypoint If the distance to the next waypoint is more than 30 NM full deflection to one side is 5 miles At 30 NM full deflection is 1 NM Within 2 NM full deflection is just 3 NM The current sensitivity is noted in the upper right corner of the gauge The Glideslope indicator works in two modes When you ve used the new Rwy button on the Airport I nfo widget described below to select a specific runway the Glideslope gauge uses the published glideslope for the selected runway If the runway has no published glideslope the system assumes a 3 glideslope This works in either VFR or IFR mode In VFR mode only when not approaching a runway the Glideslope indicator gives vertical guidance about distance from the desired altitude relative to the end altitude of the current waypoint Full deflection is 1000 ft Thus during cruise the GS will indicate whether you should go up or down to reach your desired cruise altitude When the line is above the centerline you should fly up when the line is below the centerline you should fly down Important n cruise mode the GS does not track a takeoff or landing angle Rather it gives guidance relative to the final altitude for that leg That is during takeoff if you are aiming for an 11 000 ft cruise altitude the gaug
10. two different VORs Quickl nfo boxes generally stay on the screen until Close or More I nfo is pressed When Automatically close after 5 seconds is checked the Quickl nfo box stays on the screen for five seconds after all the information Is first displayed then closes itself Clicking the main text area in the example above the area that shows SEATTLE SEA US shows a full screen window with the same information only much larger This is especially useful when this area shows SUA or TFR airspace with important text information that may not fit in the relatively small area of the Quickl nfo box What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 27
11. type anything you want and press the Enter key e Right click on the chart and use the Center At and Zoom choice to center on a point and zoom e Switch to the Pointer tool and click and drag to zoom to an area e Use the and or slider to the right of the Navigator wheel Use the and buttons to quickly zoom or move the slider away from the center to smoothly control zoom speed Tilt 3D Click the 3D button on the lower toolbar to toggle quickly from 2D to 3D or vice versa The behavior varies a little depending on what you re doing In pre flight planning mode with a flight plan going into 3D mode brings the eye to the altitude implied by the point in the flight In other words if the chart timeline is set to halfway into the flight the altitude set when entering 3D mode is your cruise altitude while pressing 3D while the timeslider is at the start of the flight brings the altitude to the elevation of your takeoff airport If you re looking at weather or otherwise have no flight plan 3D mode will begin at your default planning altitude If you re in GlassView the altitude is determined by the GPS or GPS Simulator In 2D mode flight plan segments are shown as lines in 3D they are shown as a series of boxes spaced 2 NM apart In 3D most chart layers are not currently shown terrain is the primary 3D layers with airspace and METARs TAFs shown but at ground level Future versions of Voyager will display more layers in 3D W
12. Shows static scanned Sectionals TACs WACS etc Fuel Prices AvGas Chart that shows airports with 100LL yw TR IFR Enroute Low Digital Digital version of an IFR Low Altitude Enroute M IFR Enroute Low Scanned Scanned FAA Low Altitude Enroute plus fuel prices and TFRs VFR Sectional Digital Digital version of the standard Sectional M Sectional Scanned _ Scanned FAA Sectional plus fuel prices and TFRs 2 Weather Simplified Chart that mainly shows weather The Chart button at the bottom of the screen shows common themes and makes it easy to customize the chart To switch to a theme simply click Chart the select the theme you want By default Voyager hides some of the less common themes to keep things simple In addition Voyager defaults to hiding themes that apply to high altitude aircraft when the flight plan is for a low altitude under 18 000 ft service ceiling aircraft You can choose to show any theme normally hidden by selecting Edit from the Themes menu at the top of the screen then choosing the theme and clicking the Edit button Check Common theme for the theme to be shown when Chart is clicked You can also change the icon associated with each theme in this way The following themes are shown by default Voyager also shows any theme that you ve defined e Fuel Prices AvGas Shows a simplified theme that mainly displays airports that have AvGas e Fuel Prices J etA On y shown when a high altitude aircraft is
13. What s New in Voyager 4 0 FLIGHT sea A SYSTEM AVIONICS SOFTWARE Based on Voyager 4 0 Build 30408 5 21 08 What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 1 Table of Contents A A eet tue ae Wa EA Met 3 REY ENANOS nai 3 GCC e PE e O eae 3 SOC OO 3 EAS WSC ona ion idad dd 3 o A TA A a eo taiae ant 3 Omer Grandes ahdi Res 4 SISTE Requires ari ito 5 KNOWN ISSUE e tees 5 MOVING ane ZOOMING he Naiara alada 6 TSANG VIG ALON se rrstasceniiy sa ara 6 Pan MOVNO Ee Chal moisset aa a a a a 7 ROCOTO ear O 7 PON MV AA A tao eenanineintes 7 A NE TEE ET AAAA TEESE A AEEA EE E E Heike E na camels 7 TRE LOW EF Toda 8 CMG esate e aoa E aaa tate ba ta nae see eheeen ue aah 8 a OU st ates O RO 9 PELSON aN AV OUES tata 10 E A A acta encase eden diate E E oer E ae cca ma asus ae att ees arose a 11 USING Scanned Chal 12 US EO ZUN Go Sara ir a 13 EAN S paca tiated aa eta ech E E en naa unas es a AE ERE ade ea ees eo 14 A nena ture eng aust atena ew saa oat ak tats nate E O a ts oko gal eee avanti 14 O dake ale AA AN 14 GlaSSVIEW CHANGES rasa OA Rda 15 Update DEl NANO 15 GAUSS 15 A ede atime notices atacwatas ieee edad ohalie a hart teats onate ete dnaeace eet ancen 15 EDITION 15 ROME ZU TINE rd 16 O a 17 kantud eEONOrUdE citrato atan 17 MIS A E E E E E E SS E nuance EAA TTA 18 Gauges Widget eeraa a ia 18 Narog WII a a E a 18 ANDOR INO WIG GC ascii tinen idad 19 A ea A a a aa a aa 22 Range NaI ator AULOF M ariaa a a a a A a a 23 Gl
14. ass VIEW TOODA anta a A ad 24 A A ROE ET er 24 TAW S ana ODSA CIE Wa INS is 25 A A E N E sa EAEE A EE LE EET A E A E EE 25 A a a A 26 Extended COUNSECIING erisir aerer elena clip ansertecteletereess 26 GPS CentennailocCK asar adC 26 MIRE QUINTO BOE 21 What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 2 Summary Key Changes 50x faster charting engine Super fast pans zooms jump to etc 2D and 3D HITS Scanned Sectional and IFR charts on the main map Overlay flight plan line weather print etc Completely redesigned GlassView module Better looking more modern user interface Faster overall response time General Speed Charting Engine 50x faster and draws much more realistic looking charts including terrain with shadows for a more pronounced 3D effect 2D and 3D charts HITS Generally responds to clicks faster GlassView is faster to use because of many refinements Ease of Use Choice of digital charts or scanned Sectionals IFR Low or IFR High anywhere Mix digital and scanned data so you can overlay fuel prices TFRs radar satellite flight plan line etc over a scanned Sectional Simplified selection of Layout and Themes New Chart button shows common not all themes and makes it easy to customize the chart Chart settings system reduced from two dialogs to one to make it easier to use and more discoverable Larger text and buttons everywhere Power 3D views HITS in both preflight and GlassView New Per
15. d not related to the HSI arc making it easier to find e To the left and right of the range are zoom in and zoom out respectively buttons Click and hold them to smoothly zoom in or out Note On many Tablet PCs holding the stylus or your finger in one spot for more than a few seconds may be interpreted by Windows as a right mouse click rather than a click and hold This may limit the usefulness of the zoom in out buttons for such tablets e In addition to specific ranges the range menu now includes three choices for automatically zooming the chart The first of these AutoFit All works exactly like the AutoFit All option in preflight mode in that it sizes the chart such as to show all waypoints The second AutoFit Remaining Is typically more useful in flight because it ignores any waypoints already passed generally allowing the chart to be more zoomed in The final option AutoFit to Wpt may be the most useful of all as it sizes the chart for maximum possible zoom for showing the distance between your current position and the next waypoint Note This is a one time not continual zoom Once AutoFit to Wpt is clicked Voyager will not continue to zoom in as you approach the waypoint subject to the caveat below e In 2D mode Range is the distance in NM from the center of the chart to the nearest side In 3D mode Range displays Altitude MSL In addition to these manual zoom options Voyager automatically zooms in when approaching a landing
16. e will indicate that you need to fly higher until you reach 11 000 ft even if you are above the implied departure angle The CDI Glideslope also works in a VFR mode In VFR mode arrows are substituted for lines Between one and three arrows pointing in the appropriate direction to fly are used in place of the lines Thus if you need to fly just a little to the right you ll see one arrow to the right If you need to fly far to the right you ll see three arrows pointing to the right Vertical guidance Is similar using between one and three arrows pointing up or down where up arrows mean you need to climb and down arrows mean you need to descend The sensitivity is the same whether in VFR or IFR mode The CDI Glideslope gauge defaults to your default flight mode as specified in Tools Options Defaults Click the CDI Glideslope to manually toggle between IFR and VFR modes Home Zulu Time The new Home gauge shows the current time as indicated by your computer s clock The new Zulu time gauge shows the current Zulu UTC time What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 16 Timer Voyager 4 0 includes two timers Timerl and Timer2 Both can be configured as either count up chronometer or count down timer The count down mode Is especially useful for switching fuel tanks at regular intervals Each timer begins as a count up timer Click a timer to start or stop it unless it s a count down timer that has reached zero in which case a click r
17. ed above this button toggles between standard 2D view and a 3D Highway In The Sky HITS view What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 14 GlassView Changes Voyager s GlassView module has been dramatically enhanced in version 4 0 In general the changes are much faster chart update speed faster response time to user clicks larger text and buttons and fewer clicks for common tasks It also adds a considerable number of all new features Update Speed Previous versions of Voyager updated the aircraft s location every five seconds on all widgets Voyager 4 0 updates the Chart and Gauges once ever second charts update every other second per chart for layouts with two charts To keep the chart update speed fast other widgets generally update less frequently typically once every five or 10 seconds There is no perceptible performance difference in GlassView 4 0 regardless of which chart layers are turned on whether the system is in Track Up or North Up mode or whether TAWS is on or not 2D and 3D modes are also equally fast Gaugebar 80 F 10290 SEA In previous versions of GlassView the gauges indicators for groundspeed altitude next waypoint etc shared space on the bottom of the screen with a toolbar While this arrangement saved screen space for larger charts the gauges were often too small to be easily read and there wasn t enough space especially when in portrait mode for many gauges Voyager 4 0 includes a new large
18. ed airport in a full screen window The FBO information must have been previously downloaded What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 21 Tip To download all FBO information for every airport along your route select Download Airport I nformation from the Plan menu and ensure that FBO and services information is checked Chartbar O EZ ETIN EELT RE TAA yn Turning a chart layer on or off in previous versions of Voyager required clicking the Cmd button then clicking a small icon on the Layers toolbox n version 4 0 the new Chartbar just below the Gaugebar is always on and has icons that are four times the size of the icons in the Layers toolbox making toggling layers much easier In addition turning a layer on with the Chartbar behaves slightly differently than when turning a layer on with the Layers toolbox Specifically the Layers toolbox may turn on a layer but sub settings within that layer may mean that little or no additional information shows up That is if you turn on a layer but the Maximum Range setting is below your current zoom nothing will show up e g you re looking at a zoom range of 150 NM and turn on Navaids You may not see anything because the Range associated with Navaids is 100 NM On the contrary the Chartbar as it s designed strictly for inflight use assumes you won t have time to deal with the subtleties of Range settings Thus when a layer is turned on via the Chartbar Voyager adjusts the Range as necessary to en
19. een renamed or removed for better clarity In addition custom themes that you may have created are also not carried forward to Voyager 4 0 for technical reasons Similarly Voyager 4 0 resets the Default IFR Theme and Default VFR Theme in Tools Options Defaults to FR Enroute Low Digital and Sectional Digital respectively Using Scanned Charts Previous versions of Voyager included a feature called the Chart Viewer that shows an entire FAA scanned charts exactly as printed You must select which chart to view and Voyager displays or downloads it if necessary Voyager 4 0 still includes this feature but also includes a powerful new feature that allows scanned charts to be integrated into the main chart area In the main chart area scanned charts may have flight plan lines weather TFRs fuel prices and more overlaid on them The new scanned layer in Voyager 4 0 downloads scanned charts in small pieces and seamlessly combines the bits from multiple charts Similar to using Google Earth when Scanned Sectionals are turned on Voyager downloads and displays the required bits of Sectional from whichever FAA Sectionals are required That Is there is no need to specify which Sectional to use Scanned Charts are turned on by selecting a predefined theme designed for scanned charts These include Sectional Scanned IFR Low Altitude Scanned and FR High Altitude Scanned These charts combine the appropriate scanned chart bits
20. ens or when you want the largest Chart possible e Widescreen GlassView Similar to Sp itscreen 1 side by side but with a slightly different widget configuration that works well for large displays Note As the layouts have changed significantly in this release the Default GlassView Layout in Tools Options Defaults is reset to Auto With Auto Voyager selects the best GlassView layout for your computer s screen size and orientation You may select Options from the Tools menu to change this to any specific layout you prefer This includes Personal Layouts described below Personal Layouts Voyager 4 0 also introduces a very powerful new concept the Personal Layout As the name implies a Personal Layout is layout that you ve created for your specific needs Technically a Personal Layout is more than a layout it s really an encapsulation of standard layout and theme settings plus other options That is a Personal Layout can with two clicks change the base layout change the Theme on each of the two charts change the zoom range of each chart turn TAWS for GlassView on or off etc You can name your Personal Layouts and assign icons to them for quick identification Select Customize Layouts from the Layout button to create or edit a Personal Layout Personal Layout Name Icon My Cruise Layout Description Layout a Show gaugebar Show chartbar SmartPiates In Flight 1 SmartPlates In Flight 2 SmartPlates Viewer 1 Smar
21. ersion of the Gaugebar It shows the same type of gauges that are available in the Gaugebar but is completely independent of the Gaugebar so you can show different gauges and in a different order than on the Gaugebar Gauges displayed in the Gauges widget are also substantially larger than the ones on the Gaugebar so can be useful for smaller tablets Timers on the Gaugebar and timers on a Gauges widget operate independently The Gauges widget is available on most of the new tabbed layouts NavLog Widget Clicking a point on the NavLog brings up a dialog box ways to modify the flight plan Two new buttons were added e Change altitude changes the planned altitude of a leg e Clear prior wpts clears all waypoints before the selected point and sets the selected point as the Direct To point in marcial Edit Malog KAD q j I C Insert wpt AGO Wptto eno nge albtuds a SLO STARS pa Delete Wwpt ea pian Gear prior wots Selected leg KSFO f What would you like to do What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 18 Airport Info Widget y Lock PF PAL Mar oss As UL al Show smal apts oe 7 gu 290 1 NM 3490 M ax TM vy i a 0 E Fi Comm PAINE 178 65 ATIS 42 126 73 Clearance 132 950 CTAF 121 8 Gnd 120 2 LOL PLAC 137 95 LOL PLAC 122 950 Unicom The Airport Info widget is not new but has a number of important new features and subtle changes In terms of subtle changes you may notice the fonts a little large
22. es use large fonts to show just the information you need when you click on the Chart Options include Direct To Add to FP Jump To and more Can automatically hide after five seconds or stay sticky like Post It Notes Distance bearing updates every five seconds so you can leave several on screen at the same time to intercept two VORs etc New Add to FP FP feature makes it easy to modify the flight plan enroute Option to show extended courseline New Personal Layouts let you pre select the range theme 2D vs 3D etc for every chart on a Layout Can set your Personal Layout as the default GV layout New Runway Selector lets you pick a landing runway Adds either a standard VFR pattern both left and right handed or a synthetic virtual ILS approach including glideslope Suggests best runway based on winds For an ILS shows standard ILS feathers to the runway Direct To can intercept a radial or an airway Airport Info widget graphically displays the surface winds relative to the runways If the airport has no METARs TAFs wind info is pulled from nearest airport with winds Can change the planned altitude of a leg enroute Clicking an airport on the Chart does not force the Airport Widget back to the General or Weather tab but keeps it selected on whatever tab was previously selected Thus you can quickly check the weather at several airports by clicking each on the chart Other Changes and Fixes Voyager 4 0 includes a ne
23. estarts the timer from the last count down value Double click a timer to toggle between count up to count down and for count down to set the desired elapsed time e Count Up Count Down 00 15 00 m Audible alarm E Visual alarm ee eee A In the timer configuration window you can also tell the count down timer to signal when it reaches zero by either an audible alarm which could be hard to hear in the cockpit and or a visual alarm a message box Even if neither alarm mode Is selected a count down timer will turn bright red when it reaches zero In addition if the timer is on the Gauge widget as opposed to the Gaugebar see Widgets below the Gauge widget will come to the front when a timer on it reaches zero Latitude Longitude The Latitude longitude widget shows the current GPS latitude longitude in the format specified in Tools Options Units n addition this gauge is handy for photographers CAP pilots and other pilots who need to periodically record the latitude longitude of a point Clicking this gauge asks if you want to create a Personal Waypoint at the current GPS location What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 17 Widgets Voyager 4 0 adds a new Widget the Gauges widget as well as adds features to several existing widgets Also as described in the Layout button section above Voyager 4 0 has many new and modified layouts that make better use of the widgets 00 16 The new Gauges widget Is a super sized v
24. hat s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 7 The Lower Toolbar oma Bayou chart info wx aja At the bottom of every flight plan GlassView or Chart window is a new toolbar with large easy to hit buttons for common tasks and set of tasks In many cases the same functions and more are available from the menu at the top of the screen but the lower buttons show just the commonly used functions making them easier to use in most cases Cmd cmd The Command Cmd button toggles between Voyager displaying simplified or detailed information When Cmd is off the system generally shows fewer options than with Cmd on For example when Cmd is on and the system Is in preflight mode the chart displays a small toolbar with layers to turn on and off a timeline and an altitude slider When Cmd is off these are all hidden to give more room to the chart itself By default Voyager begins preflight planning mode with Cmd on when running on screens larger than 1024 x 768 and off for smaller screens Cmd always begins off with GlassView In GlassView to keep taps on the screen from inadvertently changing the flight plan you can only drag and drop flight plan points when Cmd is on Note n previous versions of Voyager the Cmd button was used extensively to get to common functions especially in GlassView In Voyager 4 0 this is not necessary since all such previously hidden options are shown Thus while there are still some uses for Cmd it is se
25. he aircraft continues to move on the chart but the chart will not automatically center on the current location To re engage centering either turn this button back on or click the text message at the top of the chart that indicates that centering is off What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 26 Inflight QuickInfo Boxes 28 1 NM T0 163 Fm 343 116 8 VORTAC Mag var 19 0 Elevation 354 Ft Ml Automatically close after 5 seconds In Voyager 3 x clicking on the chart brought up a dialog box with information about that point but the information was better formatted for preflight rather than inflight use and the system took a relatively long time to process as it brought up almost every piece of related information about that point Voyager 4 0 includes all new Quickl nfo boxes that come up very fast and have just the information you need for inflight use They also use large fonts and have buttons useful inflight such as Direct To Add to FP Add to Flight Plan and J ump To centers the chart on that point The new Quickl nfo boxes show the distance and bearing to and from the selected point This information updates every five seconds so long as the Quickl nfo box is open Quicklnfo boxes are not modal meaning that you can still click and otherwise use Voyager even when a Quickl nfo box is shown You may have as many Quicklnfo boxes open at the same time as you like This is useful for example for intercepting specific radials from
26. he place you specify within the flight plan That is if you re midway into a flight and want to add a refueling stop use FP to put the landing airport in the correct sequence within the flight plan Clicking the Clear the plan then add this waypoint button can also be used to begin a new flight plan starting with this airport Insert and clear prior waypoints inserts the new waypoint before another point then clears all previous waypoints to simplify the plan 5 Add To Flight Plan Where would you like to add SFO Rwy button The Rwy button is a powerful new feature that makes it easy to select the appropriate runway for best winds and adds either a standard VFR landing approach or a synthetic virtual ILS approach 7 PAE Runways Select a runway and type of approach Runway 16L 3000 FT XWind 2 kts Runway 34R 3000 FT XWind 2 kts Runway 16R ILS 9010 FT XWind 2 kts Runway 34L 9010 FT XWind 2 kts IFR Virtual ILS VFR Standard VFR pattern None Just add the runway Note Voyager makes no attempt to avoid terrain airspace or obstacles TC FOR Rap As this button adds multiple points to the flight plan an airport must be on the flight plan before Rwy can be used If the airport is not on the flight plan Rwy will ask if you want to add it When Rwy Is clicked it selects the best runway given the expected surface winds In the case of multiple runways having equally advantageous wind
27. icates clearance of less than 500 ft from the top of the obstacle In addition Voyager flashes a red warning message at the top of the screen if e The GPS derived course is 15 degrees of an obstacle e The obstacle is within 500 ft of the current altitude e The obstacle would be hit in two minutes or less at the current speed The obstacle warning system functions so long as the Obstacles layer is turned on there is no need to engage TAWS Track Up Previous versions of Voyager operated in either Track Up or North Up mode However performance was substantially affected by Track Up mode In Voyager 4 0 there is no performance difference between Track Up and North Up What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 25 HSI Arc En Voyager 4 0 includes the same type of HSI arc as Voyager 3 x The HSI arc works in both 2D and 3D mode Extended Courseline 4 Sometimes especially when you re trying to come close to but not encroach upon airspace it s useful to show an extension of the courseline Clicking this button shows a line in 2D only that extends 50 NM from the aircraft s current position based on the ground track GPS Centering Lock Fed Previous versions of Voyager allowed you to move the chart while inflight but only if the GPS was temporarily disabled In that case Voyager stopped updating the aircraft s position and stopped updating the gauges In Voyager 4 0 neither of these is true anymore When panning the chart t
28. ldom necessary any more What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 8 Layout ES Layout cs Customize Layouts Modify your own custom layouts wd Save Layout Settings Save changes you ve made to this layout Splitscreen 1 side by side All in flight widgets 1 chart in two tabbed columns A DH Splitscreen 2 side by side P p All in flight widgets incl 2 charts in two tabbed columns lm Tabs Each in flight widget on atab Esp good for portrait mode Es Widescreen Landscape mode layout good for large displays A I NavLog and Chart Basic flight plan with NavLog and Chart no Profile A Standard Flight Plan P Standard flight plan layout with NavLog Chart and Profile As with previous versions of Voyager the Layout button shows other screen configurations layouts that you can switch to However in Voyager 4 0 most of the less commonly used layouts are hidden by default to reduce screen clutter In addition many of the layouts from previous versions have been altered and or renamed for better clarity For example the GlassView Combo 1 layout designed for large screen displays is now called Widescreen See the Layouts section for more information about each layout By default the Layout button only shows layouts suited for your display For example if you re using a Tablet PC in portrait mode Voyager hides the Sp itscreen 1 Side by Side and Splitscreen 2 side by side layouts in favor
29. low the flight plan not the glideslope When a VFR pattern is selected Voyager computes the pattern at the published pattern altitude or if not provided at 1000 ft AGL from the airport taking into consideration whether the runway is left or right pattern Entry is on the 45 degree to the downwind leg The downwind leg is computed as Y NM from the runway and the distance from final to landing is also Y NM The third option ust add the runway simply adds the runway to the flight plan without adding a pattern or IAF Important Voyager makes no attempt to avoid terrain obstacles or airspace when computing the S IAF or pattern so pilot discretion is highly advised If you change runways or approach types for a given airport Voyager removes the old pattern before adding the new approach J ump To button Clicking Jump To forces Voyager to center the chart over the selected airport You may be asked if you want to disengage GPS centering Diagram button Note This button was previously called Airport Diagram Clicking Diagram shows the FAA airport diagram taxiway diagram for the selected airport If a Procedure widget is available as it is on most layouts the diagram is displayed there If not the diagram is displayed in a full screen window The FAA provides diagrams for a small subset of all airports but includes most Class B C and D airports FBO button The new FBO button shows the AOPA FBO Information about the select
30. of showing the Splitscreen 1 Stacked and Splitscreen 2 Stacked layouts You can always select any layout by selecting Layouts from the View menu at the top of the screen In addition you can choose which layouts you want hidden and which shown when the Layout button is clicked by selecting Layouts from the View menu and clicking Customize By default Voyager shows the following layouts assuming you have all Voyager modules e NavLog and Chart Preflight Shows just the NavLog and Chart widgets e Standard Flight Plan Preflight As above but also adds the Profile widget e Splitscreen 1 side by side GlassView Landscape mode screen Shows two columns of widgets each with several tabs The left column has a Chart widget while the right column has all the other available widgets e Splitscreen 2 side by side GlassView Landscape mode screen As above but adds a second Chart to the right side column and moves the Procedure to the left column e Splitscreen 1 stacked GlassView Portrait mode screen Shows two rows of tabbed widgets The top row has just the Chart widget and the bottom row has all the other GlassView widgets e Splitscreen 2 stacked GlassView Portrait mode screen As above but adds a second Chart to the bottom row of widgets and moves the Procedure widget to the top row What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 9 e Tabs GlassView Shows all inflight widgets on a series of tabs Excellent for tablets with small scre
31. r in the Comm and Nav areas especially when the Airport Info widget Is larger than usual and Voyager does not automatically switch to the Weather or General tab when an airport is clicked on Rather the Airport Info widget stays set to whichever tab was set previously This is useful for example when quickly clicking on multiple airports to see the weather at each airport Surface Winds Voyager 4 0 shows the direction and velocity of surface winds at each airport displayed over the runway diagram Click the runway diagram to toggle the wind display on or off If an airport doesn t have its own TAF or METAR Voyager finds the nearest airport with the appropriate information and uses that instead METAR and TAF Information Available Full Screen As before Voyager shows extensive METAR and TAF information for the selected airport under the Weather tab If the airport does not have its own METARs and or TAFs Voyager finds the appropriate report from the nearest airport On some displays the METAR and TAF information may be hard to read Voyager 4 0 includes the new ability to see this information in a full screen window with very large fonts Simply click the METAR or TAF text to see it in the full screen window What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 19 FP button Previously the Airport Info widget had a Direct To button that made this airport the next waypoint That is now joined by a FP Add to Flight Plan button that adds this airport to t
32. s or light and variable winds or no wind data available Voyager generally selects the longest runway However in the case of an IFR What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 20 flight and no deciding wind data Voyager picks the longest runway with an ILS Regardless of what Voyager chooses you can pick any runway you like with the Runways list In addition to selecting a runway you can specify the type of approach The three choices are a IFR Synthetic ILS VFR Standard VFR pattern and None Just add the runway no pattern or approach Voyager defaults to FR Synthetic ILS for IFR flights and VFR Standard VFR pattern for VFR flights When a synthetic ILS is selected Voyager chooses the S IAF Synthetic Initial Approach Fix location and altitude based on the published glideslope or 3 if there is none from 5 NM away In addition Voyager displays standard ILS runway feathers to this runway Glideslope information is available to the CDI Glideslope gauge to provide proper landing glideslope guidance regardless of which type of approach Is selected Note When Voyager calculates a flight plan it uses the descent profile of the selected aircraft to determine when to start descending not the glideslope Thus when the Rwy button calculates the correct altitude at which to begin a descent at the proper glideslope the flight plan line will not reflect the same angle This is most apparent when using the built in GPS simulator as it will fol
33. s been substantially expanded via the use of the FP button explained below e FP vs D gt In previous versions of Voyager Direct To was literally Direct To a specific waypoint Voyager 4 0 still works that way if you select a waypoint then click the D gt button However you may now click FP instead of D gt As with the FP Add to Flight Plan feature in the Airport Info widget clicking FP brings up a secondary dialog that asks where within the flight plan you d like to sequence this new waypoint In addition the Add to Flight Plan dialog makes it easy to clear the flight plan then begin with the selected waypoint See the Add to Flight Plan discussion above for more information TAWS and Obstacle Warnings A Previous versions of Voyager had a TAWS feature Voyager 4 0 s is different in that it turning TAWS on or off makes no difference to system performance Also the TAWS in previous versions put the red and yellow colors above other layers in Voyager 4 0 TAWS on simply changes the color of the terrain which is below the other layers The definition of the colors is also somewhat changed With Voyager 4 0 terrain becomes red when the GPS indicates your position within 300 ft or below the terrain it was 100 ft in Voyager 3 x Terrain becomes yellow when your position is within 1000 ft of the terrain Voyager 4 0 also introduces obstacle warnings When the Obstacle layer is turned on obstacles flash red when the GPS ind
34. selected As above but with J etA e IFR Enroute Low Digital Shows a digital vector version of a standard IFR low chart plus terrain Note Click the Terrain button on the Layers toolbar or the ChartBar to turn the terrain off and see a white chart e IFR Enroute Low Scanned Shows the scanned FAA Low Altitude Chart plus timely digital data including fuel prices and TFRs e IFR Enroute High Digital On y shown when a high altitude aircraft is selected Shows a digital vector version of a standard IFR high chart plus terrain Note Click the Terrain button on the Layers toolbar or the ChartBar to turn the terrain off and see a white chart What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 11 e IFR Enroute High Scanned On y shown when a high altitude aircraft is selected Shows the scanned FAA High Altitude Chart plus timely digital data including fuel prices and TFRs e Sectional Digital Shows a digital vector version of a standard Sectional chart e Sectional Scanned Shows the scanned FAA Sectional Chart plus timely digital data including fuel prices and TFRs You can create your own themes by setting up a chart the way you like then selecting Edit from the Themes menu at the top of the screen Use the Add button to create a new one and Edit to modify an existing one You can also get to that dialog box via the Themes button on the Customize Charts dialog box shown below Note Most of the themes used by previous versions of Voyager have b
35. sonal Layouts feature lets you better customize what you see on the screen Many many new features and refinements especially in GlassView These include a Runway Picker a way to intercept a radial or airway with Direct To much easier modification of a flight plan while in flight and much more GlassView Much much faster Update speed is once per second rather than once every five seconds Can pan and zoom chart while the plane s position continues to update Track Up works well no matter how many layers are turned on Super fast high resolution TAWS stays below other items on the screen Obstacle warnings Obstacles turn red when nearby and within 500 ft A warning message blinks at top of screen when obstacles are within two minutes at current speed New Gaugebar across the top is large and easy to read New Chartbar just below top makes it quick to turn layers on off without clicking Cmd New Gauges widget shows all gauges very large on a tab in most layouts What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 3 New Timer gauge both count up and count down Click to toggle on off or double click to change count down time or reset New Current Time both Home and Zulu gauge New Lat Lon gauge Click to add a Personal Waypoint at that spot Simplified buttons mean no need to click Cmd for common tasks or use the Themes menu Theme selection now under new Chart button not under the Wx button New CDI Glideslope gauge New inflight Quickl nfo box
36. sure that common features of that layer show That said in that case Voyager sets the internal Maximum Range to slightly greater than the current range Therefore if you zoom out the layer may disappear even though the icon will still be on In that situation toggling the layer off then back on resets the Minimum Range such as to show the layer The button to the far right on the Chartbar is a shortcut to the Customize Chart dialog box The Chartbar adds scroll arrows on the left or right if the screen is not wide enough to show the entire Chartbar In Voyager 4 0 changing settings via the Chartbar or the Layers toolbox are not saved automatically Select Save Chart Settings from the Chart button if you make a change that you d like applied to the current theme The Chartbar can be turned on or off by selecting Show Chartbar from the View menu It can also be turned on or off as part of the settings in a Personal Layout above What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 22 Range ndicator AutoFit H 15 2 AutoFit All lt gt AutoFit Remaining AutoFit to Wpt 1 NM 3 NM 5 NM 10 NM 15 NM 25 NM 35 NM 50 NM 75 NM 100 NM 175 NM 250 NM 500 NM 750 NM 1000 NM 2000 NM Voyager 3 x indicated the current range by an indicator attached to the HSI arc Clicking the range produced a menu with available ranges Voyager 4 0 improves on this in many ways e The Range indicator is now in a fixed position on the screen an
37. tPlates Viewer 2 Splitscreen 1 side by side EAN IFR Enroute Low Digital IAEA o 2D e 3D m Show TAWS Range 35 lt Show Centerline A personal layout is very flexible It may contain a specific layout or leave the layout as it is It may specify for each Chart that is part of the layout a specific theme and or range or leave either unchanged as well as whether the Chart is 2D or 3D HITS In addition for GlassView where Personal Layouts are most convenient a Personal Layout specified whether or not to show the Gaugebar and or Chartbar and again for each Chart whether to orient as Track Up as opposed to North Up to show the HSI arc to show the extended courseline and whether TAWS terrain warnings are enabled These features are described in detail in the GlassView section below Tip Especially for GlassView if you ve setup a screen exactly how you like it in terms of the layout the theme s the zoom level etc click the Save Layout Settings choice from the Layouts button If you re not currently using a Personal Layout Voyager will create one based What s New Voyager 4 0 5 21 08 10 on the current settings If you are already using a Personal Layout the settings of that layout will be redefined using whatever settings are on the screen Chart Chart gt Customize Chart Change what is shown on the Chart zd Save Chart Settings Saves the current chart settings layers 2 Show Chart Viewer
38. w more modern color scheme When showing general airspace you can hide TFRs to show the underlying airspace All METARS TAFs now downloaded all the time rather than just those along a flight plan line so there are no more issues with starting a chart at one location panning far away and not seeing TAFs METARSs at the new location Fixed Download AOPA FBO Info Fixed Problem with downloading some METARs Fixed Wx color dots on the Nearest widget did not update correctly as time changes and new data is downloaded Fixed Problem with the TAFs date being decoded incorrectly in very rare instances Default Chart tool is now the Hand not the Pointer For very short displays like the original Samsung Q1 in Landscape mode the NavLog now hides the Plan area so there is plenty of space for the Waypoints In this case a button on the NavLog toolbar the Up and Down arrows toggles the display of the Plan area on and off Printing a Chart the print button above the chart shows exactly what s on the screen including the flight plan line New way to delete old and unused flight plans planes pilots etc from Web Synch From within the Web Synch dialog box click Delete old items from Web Synch The Chart s Distance and Bearing tool now shows a circle at the selected range as well as the line so it s easy to see all the points of interest regardless of direction a specific distance from a given point From the new Wx button there is a
39. you turn on Navaids With previous versions of Voyager changing these details required selecting Customize Chart then clicking an Advanced button With Voyager 4 0 the Advanced dialog box and the Standard Chart Customize dialog box have been combined for faster access and better discoverability To change any chart setting select Customize Chart from the Chart button Within the Customize Chart dialog box double click the green and red dots on the left side to turn a layer on or off green is on red is off or check the Show checkbox For layers with options selecting a layer from the left side list shows its options Customize Chart ES 7 Options for the Airports layer Airways Maximum range Show runways TE Minimum runway length Cities sacra iai i y ee Show by attribute Show numbers Navaids Private Military Show by airspace class Obstacles aid Sea Class B Class Raster WM Heliport gf Other class C Class D 90 Roads Hard surface water Class E G E Soft surface Terrain Show fuel icons 100LL BM leta Water Show fuel prices Waypoints Cloud tops Echo taps Lightning METAR TAF Radar You can save these settings as a custom Chart theme Tene Fane OLA Winds Alof clay Tip In previous versions of Voyager the range at which different chart elements appeared was often called the Minimum Range This was misleading as the value was actually the largest maximum range at which the layer would be shown
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