FDL-978-XVR and FDL-978-RX Installation Manual
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1. 3 6 2 20 GPS Reference Position Offset There are three modes by which the GPS reference offset can be set 1 Unknown 2 Auto set by GPS 3 Manual set here The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct GPS reference offset Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection If Unknown or Auto Set by GPS is selected the next configuration item in the setup mode will be displayed If Manual Set here is selected then options for manually entering the GPS antenna reference offset are displayed as below The antenna distance from the nose can be entered anywhere between 2 meters to 60 meters by rotating the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the correct distance Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the lateral offset configuration item in the setup mode The antenna lateral offset has the following options that can be selected 1 Unknown 2 Left 0 2 meters 3 Left 2 4 meters 4 Left 4 meters 5 Central 6 Right 0 2 meters 7 Right 2 4 meters 8 Right 4 meters The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 53 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS R2. ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 1 2 4 Code Knob The CODE knob is used to set Squawk Codes and Call Sign Flight IDs The FN button selects which item will be updated Turning the knob will highlight the first digit on the display then the digit can be changed as required Press the ENT button to advance to the next digit When the ENT button is pressed on the last digit the new Squawk Code or Call Sign Flight ID will replace the previous value If the code entry is not completed within 7 seconds the changes are ignored and the previous code restored Description VFR Code in the USA VFR Code commonly used in Europe Hijack Code Loss of communications Emergency Code The Call Sign Flight ID should correspond to the aircraft call sign entered on flight plan If no flight plan is active the aircraft registration should be used as the Call Sign Flight ID Use only letters and digits If the Call Sign Flight ID is less than eight characters long entering a blank character will end it 3 1 2 5 Warning Messages If the FDL 978 Lite Series and FDL 978 XVR detects a malfunction the Eel icon appears to indicate that warning messages are present Depending on the nature of the problem the unit may not be transmitting ADS B messages To enter the Warning View mode press the FN button four times and WARNING will be displayed top center along with a brief des
3. UAT Receiver Installed ES1090 Receiver Installed Emitter Aircraft Category Vehicle Size 00 eT a a a a a a a a a a a UAT Antenna Diversity bottom fe DC Ground Check No DC Gnd Chk fo GPS Antenna Offset Longitudinal No Data o moane OOOO e C C vsmon O e Sig ma a a a A 3 Disable Squawk Transmit is not configurable on the TC978 A 4 VFR Squawk Code is only set on the TC978 Table 3 Display Output Configuration Settings Configuration Item Max Targets Output Chelton CSA Enable Traffic Velocity Validation Display Data Output traffic amp fisb A 4 Chelton CSA Enable is not configurable on the TC978 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F A A A 3 3 2 3 12 FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS Traffic Velocity Validation is not configurable on the TC978 Display Data Output is not configurable on the TC978 Refer to Section 3 5 4 13 3 for detailed information on determining the proper display output settings in this table FDL 978 Series Serial and ARINC Port Configuration Details The FDL 978 Series installations require data interfaces to other equipment for complete aircraft installation The available data interfaces are Control Input Transceiver Only GPS Input Altitude Input TCAS Input Display Output GPS Output and GPS Predictive RAIM Input The FDL 978 Series S
4. for usage cnfg defaults Reset configuration to defaults cnfgestatus Display configuration status RANGR XVR gt FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 27 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 4 2 ads Command This command displays the data from the Altitude Air Data input interface RANGR XVR gt ads ADS Data from NONE Heading Data from NONE Altitude feet Vert Rate ft min Heading Altitude above Ground ft Airspeed knots 3 5 4 3 bit Command This command displays built in test information about the FDL 978 Series health Example output is displayed below RANGR AVR gt bit BIT Temperature 49 75 C External Power 23 25 V ower 5 05 V IC Power 3 30 V RF Tx Pwr 28 16 V M Verify 2 Loopback 5S Loopback C2 Loopback Checksum PZP ynthesizer P FPGA Data Bus P Y Loopback Loopback 1 Loopback F F A Sensor T F3 Loopback i T6 Loopback Rx Synthesizer Input DC Power GPS Comm Good TX PS Good Nominal Msg Rate Temperature GPS PPS Good F ADS Comm Good Tx PLL Lock Bottom Antenna 3 5 4 4 comm Command This command continually displays serial port communication status information enabled disabled status and receive and transmit byte count and errors The data is updated once per second Example output is displayed be
5. Altitude Control Display etc Details are shown on what port is configured and data reception status for each of the functional interfaces cnfgstatus Command RANGR RX gt cnfestatus ADS AHRS Alt Out GPS TCAS TC978 TCntrl ModeARx Dispi P3Disp PSDisp A Traft Alt Encoder Serial In 4 19266 Rx NO RX NONE CONFIGURED NONE CONFIGURED GPS FFS Serial In 1 19266 Rx VALID Internal Position Acquired Traffic ARINC In 1 high Rx NO RX NONE CONFIGURED NONE CONFIGURED NOT CONFIGURED Traffic Alert Serial Out 2 115266 Ctrl Disabled Rx MAINT Serial Out 3 115200 MAINT Serial Out 5 115200 Traffic ARINC Out 1 high RANGR RX gt 3 5 4 12 This command resets all configuration values to default factory settings cnfg defaults Command RANGR RX gt cnfe defaults Configuration Reset to defaults RANGR RX gt 3 5 4 13 set Command This command is used to modify configuration settings such as ICAO address call sign and serial port function Help on this command is displayed by entering set Example set output is displayed below RANGR XYVR gt set 7 USAGE set lt item gt lt item gt addr Chex Configuration item to set et options is he ICAO address 6 hex characters emit cat num Emitter category number squat opt Squat switch option none low or high threshold lt num gt ON GROUND groundspeed threshol nacyvy lt num g
6. Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode Settings 1 2 and 3 are hard coded settings in the software Setting 4 is automatically set from the velocity FOM VFOM data from the GPS unit The NACv value is hard coded to be no better than 3 meters sec even if GPS Auto is selected A If the FFS Internal GPS or the 1203C is installed and used as a valid position set the NAC velocity to auto If the FFS 1201 GPS is installed and used as a valid position source set the NAC velocity to 10m s For position sources other than those manufactured by FFS the customer is advised to contact the position source manufacturer to obtain the relevant data 3 6 2 18 Aircraft Length The aircraft length can be set from 1 meter to 75 meters by rotating the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the correct length Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 19 Aircraft Width The aircraft width can be set from 1 meter to 80 meters by rotating the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the correct width Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 52 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Gnr O Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F
7. correct input data not being received A Set only one Control Input only one Altitude Input and only one GPS Input Inadvertently setting more than one of the same input type may result in the correct input data not being received FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 13 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS A Only ONE function can typically be set to either the input or output of each bi directional Serial Port 2 3 5 or 6 If the serial port input is set to a function then the output should be set to UNUSED and vice versa If a Serial port s input and output are both set only one setting is configured and unexpected operation can occur The exception is if a display output is set on a port output then the port input can be set to display control otherwise the input should be set to UNUSED See paragraph 3 3 2 1 and 3 3 2 2 for details A Control Input is not required for receive only systems Using the Android tablet ADS B MPI application significantly improves system configuration and troubleshooting through use of a graphical user interface GUI The ADS B MPI application includes additional and improved automated status feedback and automatic enforcement of the above configuration rules that is not available when configuring the system with the TC978 or the simple terminal program MPI interface The ADS B MPI application requires use
8. Alert Pass Thru Big ae Monitor 20 3 RAINT TC Control TC Monitor TC Out UNUSED a MAP Traffic Alert Pass Thru MX 20 5 OPHAINT UNUSED Traffic Alert Pass Thru MX 2 UNUSED Alt Encoder Traffic Alert Pass Thru Xpndr Monitor 20 lt baud gt 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 230400 460820 lt hwt ype gt RS 232 RS 422 Port 6 ONLY RANGR XVR gt set serial out 6 Alt Encoder RS 232 Serial In 6 UNUSED 19200 RS 232 Serial Out 6 Alt Encoder 19200 RS 2372 Po Po FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 33 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS A Refer to Section 3 3 2 2 for information on selecting serial output settings A Serial Port 4 is input ONLY and does not accept output settings AN 87098 00 and 87098 10 Transceivers do not allow Serial Port 5 settings 3 5 4 13 1 3 set arinc in Command This command sets the ARINC 429 input configuration for ports 1 and 2 A Refer to Section 3 3 2 3 for information on selecting ARINC input settings RANGR XVR gt set arinc out USAGE set arinc out lt port gt lt func gt lt speed gt lt port gt ARINC port number 1 lt func gt Interface function protocol UNUSED GPS 743 Traffic lt speed gt Speed low high RANGR XVR h ARINC Out 1 GPS 743 igh 3 5 4 13 1 4 set arinc out Command This command sets the ARINC 429 output configurat
9. FIS B data Format for the Aspen GMX 200 Chelton displays or other displays using the GDL FDL protocol The corresponding serial port input can be configured to Disp Cntrl to enable display control input 7 6 Ownship data ADS B traffic data and FIS B data Format for sending unprocessed uncorrelated and un prioritized raw ADS B messages Traffic must be processed in another device to meet TSO C195a ASSAP installation requirements Ownship data traffic reports and FIS B data Format for the MX 20 The corresponding serial input port can be configured to Disp Cntrl at the same baud rate to enable display control input Maintenance port setting names listed first with TC978 configuration menu setting names in parenthesis 2 Xpndr Monitor selection requires a serial input and output port for operation If I E port 2 output is set to Xpndr Monitor then serial port 2 input is automatically used for Xpndr Monitor input and serial port 2 input should be set to UNUSED Only used with FTM 190C at 9600 baud rate Internal Xpndr Monitor function is set per Section 3 5 4 13 2 12 9 Setting Disp Cntrl for an input port must correspond to setting a display output on the same output port e g if serial port 6 output is set to MX 20 or Traffic Alert then serial port 6 input can be set to Disp Cnitrl to enable control For proper traffic and status presentation on legacy displays review display settings i
10. No options 3 54 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Gnr O Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display either Yes or No and select the correct option Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 24 UAT Antenna Diversity A The default value is set at Bottom Only Top only installations are not allowed at this time The FDL 978 XVR provides the flexibility for installing either one or two approved UAT antennas A single antenna can either be installed on the top of the aircraft fuselage or on the bottom of the aircraft When two antennas are installed they are installed on the top and bottom of the aircraft The default value is set at Bottom Only The following options can be selected 1 Top Only 2 Bottom Only 3 Dual amm PLESI EESLI Ig LS AL s r i 3 ug YVeEFsSITU bottom Univ Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the correct antenna diversity option Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode A It is recommended to install dual antennas for maximum coverage 3 6 2 25 UAT Antenna Check Ground Confirm if the UAT antenna s used have a ground connection that allows the FDL 978
11. cheltonCSA lt opt gt lt opt gt enable disable RANGR XVR gt set cheltonCSA enable Chelton CSA Enable enable 3 5 4 13 3 3 set trafVelVal Command This command enables disables the DO 317A TSOC 195A Traffic Velocity Validation Invalidation of legacy ADS B Transmitters that transmit NACv values of 0 This parameter defaults to enable and should ONLY be set to disable when interfacing to legacy displays that are 1 not TSOC 195a compliant and 2 do not adequately display non directional traffic symbols Several non T SOC 195a displays adequately display non directional traffic and do not require velocity validation invalidation to be disabled The FDL 978 Series attempts to validate NACv 0 velocities per DO 317A TSOC 195a but some traffic states low speed ground will still cause the NACv 0 track velocities to be invalidated and sent to the display as non directional traffic Setting this parameter to disable turns off all DO 317A TSOC 195a velocity validation invalidation and passes the track s velocity 3 40 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F data to the display as directional traffic This parameter should only be set to disable for legacy non TSO C195a displays without non directional traffic symbols when occasional display of non directional traffic is deemed to be unacceptable or misleading Othe
12. current UTC second receiver loop count and receiver word count These counts will increment at varying rates when the receiver is operating correctly The next rx status output section displays general message count information for ground Uplink basic and long message types The displayed counts include total messages received Total messages received in the last second LstSec and messages with various counts of corrected Reed Solomon errors RSErr x The third rx status section displays detailed traffic information This information includes total number of traffic targets being tracked and then detailed information about the ownship data being received and the 10 closest traffic targets The detailed traffic information includes address Addr address type Typ Call Sign Latitude Longitude altitude in feet Alt speed in knots Spd air ground status AG message count msgs signal strength indication in dBm SSI and traffic time out in seconds TO A Traffic targets will time out being tracked if no ADS B message is received from the target for more than twenty five seconds 3 30 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F The fourth rx status section displays detailed ground station information This information includes total number of ground stations being received and detailed information about the 10 closest ground st
13. equipment USB micro AB maintenance connector 3 4 2 ADS B MPI App The ADS B MPI app allows the user to configure and verify ADS B equipment settings access diagnostic information log and play back information The location of the equipment and the traffic received is also displayed on a graphical map 3 5 MPI Hardware Configuration 3 5 1 Top Components Figure 11 MPI Module Three status Light Emitting Diodes LED provide continuous MPI module operational status These LEDs are Associated AS Transmit Receive Tx Rx and Internet Protocol IP The table below describes the LED indications Figure 12 MPI Module Top View Red AS Yellow Tx Rx Green IP On Solid N A N A Off Associated Connection OK N A N A 3 5 2 Front Component A When Serial Port 3 and Port 5 are configured and interfaced to other equipment TC978 or display the connections to the configured device must be temporarily disconnected to use the port for MPI purposes 3 24 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F The front of the MPI module consists of a male DB 9 connector An MPI can be provided through Serial Port 3 or Port 5 on the ADS B 1 5 equipment DB 44 connector A female DB 9 connector can be mounted in the aircraft for easy MPI access to one of these ports when not connected to other equipment Standard RS 232 DB 9 connections ar
14. only RANGR XVR gt set threshold 53 Groundspeed Threshol 50 knots 3 5 4 13 2 9 set acsize Command This command sets the aircraft size that is used to set the aircraft size code transmitted by the transceiver Setting this parameter is only required for transceivers RANGR XVR gt set acsize 7 USAGE set acsize lt len gt lt width gt lt len gt Aircraft length in meters 0 100 lt wi dth gt Aircraft width in meters 0 100 NOTE Odd values are rounded down to nearest even meter RANGR XVR gt set acsize 20 50 Vehicle size Length 20 meters width 50 meters 3 5 4 13 2 10 set uatant Command This command sets the UAT antenna configuration This should be set for transceivers and receivers RANGR XVR gt set Uatant USAGE set uatant lt opt gt lt dcgnd gt lt Opt gt Antenna configuration dual top bottom lt dcgnd gt Antenna DC ground check mochk check RANGR XVR gt set uatant dual check UAT Ant dual OC Gnd chk 3 38 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLIGHT Lite Series Installation Manual SYSTEMS Document No 87343 Rev F 3 5 4 13 2 11 set gpsant Command This command sets the GPS antenna configuration This should be set for transceivers but is not necessary for receivers RANGR XVR gt set gpsant 7 USAGE set gpsant lt lom lt lat gt lt lon gt Gre antenna longitudinal offset o Data 1 Offset Applied by Sensor 2 60 Distan
15. the Labels listed in Input the ADC amp AHRS table below AHRS Heading True Heading data input Format for devices that output AHRS Input the True Heading Label 314 Transpndr Cntrl Heading Squawk Code IDENT and Call Sign Format for Txpdr Control Input transponders or controllers that output the ARINC Transponder Control Data Labels listed in the table below GPS 743 GPS Input GPS position velocity time and integrity data input GPS Format for the FFS 1203 and 1203C or other sensors that output the ARINC 748B labels listed in GPS 743 Labels Table below and ALSO outputs a Time Mark that is UTC second synchronized Traffic TCAS Input TCAS Intruder Traffic data input Format for TCAS that Other 1 output the Labels listed in the Traffic Input table below GPS PRAIM 743 GPS Input Accepts PRAIM input labels from FMS or other ARINC Other 2 743 devices 3 18 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F A 0 Maintenance port setting names listed first with TC978 configuration menu setting names in parenthesis Table 10 ARINC Port Input Speed Configuration Settings a eae low Low speed ARINC 429 12 5 kBaud High speed ARINC 429 100 kBaud The ARINC 429 Input channels can be configured as the following Table 11 GPS 743 Input ARINC Labels Altitude HAE 150 UTC 130 Horizontal Integrity Limit HIL 13
16. your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 9 Serial OUT Channel X Data Type X channel number The FDL 978 XVR can transmit data via two serial channels The following options are offered for selecting serial output type for each individual channel of the FDL 978 XVR Channel 2 or 6 Not Used Encoded Altitude TIS FIS ADS B Pass Thru XPDR Monitor MX 20 Oo S w a A Only used in conjunction with FTM 190C external Transponder Monitor A Refer to Section 3 3 2 2 for details on selecting serial output settings FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 47 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct serial output type Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode If Not Used is selected then the serial output line speed configuration mode is not displayed and the next configuration mode item is displayed 3 6 2 10 Serial OUT Channel X Line Speed X channel number The following options are offered for selecting the serial output baud rate for each channel data type 1 4800 2 9600 3 19200 4 38400 5 9 600 6 115200 7 230400 The di
17. 3 Vertical Integrity Limit VIL 247 Horizontal Figure of Merit HFOM Vertical Figure of Merit VFOM Table 12 GPS PRAIM 743 Input ARINC Labels PRAIM Destination ETA 144 PRAIM Destination Latitude 143 PRAIM Destination Longitude FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 19 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F aber Descriptor 146 PRAIM Satellite Deselect 1 PRAIM Satellite Deselect 2 Table 13 Transpnder Cnitrl Input ARINC Labels Description TCAS ATC Control Squawk Code and IDENT only 031 ATCRBS Control Squawk Code and IDENT only 233 Call Sign Flight ID Characters 1 amp 2 234 Call Sign Flight ID Characters 3 amp 4 235 Call Sign Flight ID Characters 5 amp 6 236 Call Sign Flight ID Characters 7 amp 8 A Label 016 or 031 must be present as a minimum 3 20 Labels 016 or 031 control only Squawk Code and IDENT Labels 233 236 if present control Call Sign Table 14 ADC Format Input ARINC Labels 203 Pressure Altitude Altitude Rate Table 15 AHRS Format Input ARINC Labels 314 True Heading Table 16 ADC amp AHRS Format Input ARINC Labels 203 Pressure Altitude Altitude Rate True Heading FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F Table 17 Traffic Format Input ARINC Labels Label Descript
18. 4 13 3 Display Output Settings This section describes configuration settings for controlling traffic display output typically for legacy displays 3 5 4 13 3 1 set max trgs Command This command sets the maximum number of targets to be sent on any configured serial or ARINC 429 port configured for traffic display output This is typically used to limit the number of traffic targets for displays that can process a large number of traffic targets RANGR XVR gt set max trgs USAGE set max trgs lt num gt lt num gt 8 30 max RANGR XVR gt set max trgs 8 Max Targets RANGR XVR gt 3 5 4 13 3 2 set cheltonCSA Command This command enables disables the Conflict Situational Awareness CSA bit in the Heartbeat message of the Traffic Alert protocol This parameter defaults to disable and should ONLY be set to enable when interfacing to a Chelton FlightLogic Display The Chelton display is not TSOC 195a compliant and requires this Heartbeat message bit to be set or it will generate an ADS B failure The FDL 978 XVR does not implement a Conflict Situation Awareness CSA algorithm since DO 217A and TSOC 195a do not currently specify any CSA applications For all other displays leave this parameter at the default setting of disable A The FDL 978 XVR does not implement a CSA algorithm since DO 217A and TSOC 195a do not currently specify any CSA applications RANGR XVR gt set cheltonCSA USAGE set
19. FS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 9 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 3 1 FDL 978 XVR Configuration Item Summary Use the configuration setting lists below to document the system installation Table 1 Serial and ARINC Port Configuration Settings Configuration Item Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port 2 Configuration Serial Port 3 Configuration Serial Port 4 Configuration Serial Port 5 Configuration Serial Port 6 Configuration ARINC IN 1 Configuration ARINC IN 2 Configuration ARINC OUT 1 Configuration A 1 Serial Port 3 is not configurable on the TC978 IN Function Baud IN FUNCTION OUT Function Baud IN Function OUT Function Baud IN Function Baud IN Function OUT Function Baud IN Function OUT Function Baud Interface Function Speed Function Speed Function Speed GPS Internal 19200 UNUSED UNUSED 115200 UNUSED UNUSED 9600 RS 232 UNUSED UNUSED UNUSED A 2 Serial Port 5 is not available on the 87098 00 and 87098 10 Transceivers 3 10 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F Table 2 ADS B Transmit Configuration Settings Configuration Item ICAO Address Mode S O00 VFR Call Sign Flight ID GPS SDA Level GPS NACv Mode Receiver Configuration
20. GE set nac lt num gt zAUM Maw moge number for GPS gt UNKNOWN lt 10 m s5 7 lt 3 m s Auto from GPs RANGR XYR gt Set macy Z Macy Moge FO pS RR 3 5 4 13 2 5 Set gps set rx Command This command sets the receiver installed options to be transmitted by a Transceiver Transceivers should be set to 978 and no1090 It is not necessary to set this for a receiver only RANGR AVR gt set rx 2 USAGE set rx lt opt gt lt opt gt Installed receiver Capabilities nol 96 1696 no9 s 978 RANGR AVR gt set px 1090 Receiver Contig 1698 nora 3 36 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 5 4 13 2 6 set emit cat Command This command sets the emitter category of the aircraft and must be set to something other than the default of O no aircraft type This should be set for transceivers and receivers RANGR XVR gt SEL emit cat 7 USAGE set emit cat num lt mum gt vehicle emitter category number Mo AIRCRAFT TYPE LIGHT AIRCRAFT SMALL AIRCRAFT LARGE AIRCRAFT HIGH VORTE LARGE HEAVY AIRCRAFT HIGH PERFORM AC ROTORCRAPT GLIDER SAIL undefined LIGHTER THAN AIR PARACHUTIST ULTRALIGHT HG undefined La SPACE VEHICLE undefined EMERGENCY VEHICLE SURFACE VEHICLE POINT OBSTACLE CLUSTER OBSTACLE LINE OBSTACLE Ol L 2 3 5 I 4 s Ht 7o S o ma RANGR XVR gt Set em
21. The following GPS software certification levels can be selected 1 Uncertified 2 Level D 3 Level C 4 Level B The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct GPS certification level Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode A If the FFS Internal GPS FFS 1201 or the 1203C are installed and used as a valid position source set the certification to Level C For position sources other than those manufactured by FFS the customer is advised to contact the position manufacturer to obtain the relevant data 3 6 2 17 GPS NAC Velocity The GPS source used in the installation should have a navigation accuracy category for velocity NACv setting specified by the GPS manufacturer Use the GPS manufacturer s setting to set this The following options are available for selection 1 Unknown 2 10 meters sec 3 3 meters sec 4 GPS Auto The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above UNKNOWN FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 51 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct GPS certification level
22. XVR to check if the antenna is installed by selecting the YES or No options Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display either Yes or No and select the correct option The display is as shown below aT a h 3 f TETEN lafu IEL Fe kak LALER mn UAT Antenna Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and complete the configuration setup FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 55
23. atible GPS messages GPS Predictive FDL 978 Series models with Internal GPS can receive and respond to RAIM predictive RAIM PRAIM requests for a destination or alternate waypoint through RS 232 or ARINC 429 A Flight Management System FMS can request the GPS to provide a RAIM prediction on Serial Port 1 input or a PRAIM configured ARINC 429 input and the GPS s PRAIM responses will be sent on Serial Port 1 RS 232 output or the 743B configured ARINC 429 output respectively The installer should configure Serial and ARINC ports to specific data functions which provide the necessary data interfaces All data interface types except Display Output from the table above can be configured to one and only one Serial or ARINC port If multiple Serial ARINC ports are set to the same data interface type then only one port is actually configured and other settings of the same data interface type are ignored The data interface order of precedence is as follows 1 ARINC 429 ports take precedence over UART Serial ports 2 Lowest port channel number takes precedence over higher channel number For example if the FDL 978 Series has an internal GPS and serial in 1 is set to GPS Internal and ARINC in 1 is set to GPS 743 then the FDL 978 Series will not receive GPS data from the internal GPS A Set only one Control Input only one Altitude Input and only one GPS Input Inadvertently setting more than one of the same input type may result in the
24. atically output at 19200 baud on serial output port 1 using the FFS Chelton Protocol The output is TSO C145c Class Beta 1 certified and can be used as an ADS B position source or navigation source GPS position velocity time and integrity data input Format for the FFS 1201 or other sensors that support the FFS Chelton Protocol Typically configured on port 1 GPS position velocity time and integrity data input Format for the Garmin Series 400 500 ADS B Plus GPS Protocol Typically configured on port 1 Squawk Code IDENT Call Sign mode standby alt inhibit and altitude data input Format for the GSL 71 controller or SL70 R transponder 7 8 9 Squawk Code IDENT Call Sign and mode standby alt inhibit control input format from GTX 330 33 327 32 transponders 9 Internal GPS models will automatically output GTX Remote GPS protocol data on the same port This GPS output is a compliant ADS B Out position source for the GTX 330 33 with ADS B Out Squawk Code IDENT Call Sign and mode standby alt inhibit Enables display control from an MX 20 GMX 200 or other displays using the GDL FDL protocol The corresponding serial output port must be configured to TIS FIS or MX 20 at the same baud rate to enable display control input 9 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 15 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS A MPI setti
25. ations The detailed ground station information includes Latitude Longitude site ID time slot of last transmission message count Msgs signal strength indication SSI in dbm and ground station time out in seconds TO A Ground stations will time out being tracked if no ADS B uplink message is received from the ground station for more than forty seconds Type the stop command to stop updating rx status and return to the prompt 3 5 4 10 cnfg Command This command displays configurable information such as the serial port settings protocol and baud rate the ICAO address and the VFR Call Sign Example output is displayed below RANGR XYR gt cnfg FFQQ FFSSKIES Level C Auto from GPS Receiver Config no1a9a Emit Category LIGHT AIRCRAFT Squat Mod Groundspeed Threshold ehicle Size Length 4 meters Width meters bottom No DC Gnd Chk Long No Data Lateral No Data Mode disable Disable of f Max Targets Chelton CSA Enable Traffic Vel Validation enable Display Data Output traffic amp fisb Serial I 1 Internal GPS 19200 Serial GTX 9600 Serial 0 D 9600 Serial T 400 Serial Serial Serial 9 9600 RS 4272 low low low FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 31 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 4 11 This command displays a summary of the Serial ARINC port configuration status for various interfaces GPS
26. ce from Kc nose in even valued meters lt lat gt GPS antenna lateral offset No Data Left 6 meters Center Right 2 meters Right 4 meters Right 6 meters No Data O OUBRWNED 3 5 4 13 2 12 set modeArx Command This command enables disables Mode A code reception from the on aircraft Mode A C transponder When enabled Flight Plan ID Squawk Code and IDENT are received from the on aircraft s Mode A C transponder via its RF transmissions The default setting is disable This is only used with transceivers and should not be set in receiver only units This should be set to enable if using the external or internal Xopndr Monitor functions RANGR AVR gt set modeArx 2 USAGE set modeArx lt opt gt lt opt gt enable disable RANGR XVR gt set modeArx enable 3 5 4 13 2 13 set disableSquawkTx Command This command disables the Squawk Code transmissions over the UAT datalink when set to on This setting should not be set to on and left to the default off setting This is only used with transceivers and should not be set in receiver only units set disableSquawkIx 2 USAGE set disableSquawkIx lt opt lt opt gt on off RANGR AVR gt set disableSquawkTx or Disable Squawk Tx on RANGR AVR gt FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 39 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5
27. channel number The following options are offered for selecting the ARINC interface speed for each channel data type 1 Low 2 High The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct ARINC input interface speed Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 13 ARINC OUT Chan 1 Data Type The FDL 978 XVR can transmit data via an ARINC 429 output channel The following options are offered for selecting ARINC 429 output type 1 Not Used 2 GPS 3 Traffic A Refer to Section 3 3 2 4 for information on selecting ARINC output settings The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 49 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct ARINC output type Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode A If Not Used is selected then the ARINC output line speed configuration mode is not displayed and the next configuration mode item is displayed 3 6 2 14 ARINC OUT Chan 1 Interface Speed Th
28. cription of the fault In this mode the Controller continually requests the active warning messages from the FDL 978 XVR and displays them on the Controller Press the FN button again to exit this mode and return to normal operation 3 1 2 6 Fault Annunciation If the transponder detects a catastrophic internal failure the screen will indicate FAULT witha brief statement of the problem No ADS B messages will be transmitted when a fault has been detected 3 2 Preliminary Checkout Before the unit is installed and tested verify that all cables are properly secured With the FDL 978 Series FDL 978 Lite Series and TC978 removed turn on aircraft power and verify the following 1 Verify that Aircraft DC bus voltage is present on pins 1 and 16 of P1 2 Verify that ground is present on pins 17 and 31 of P1 3 8 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLIGHT Lite Series Installation Manual SYSTEMS Document No 87343 Rev F 3 Verify that the two UAT antenna coax center conductors are not shorted to its shield or aircraft ground When the above conditions are verified turn off the master power Properly attach the external connectors to the FDL 978 Series FDL 978 Lite Series and TC978 Mount the FDL 978 Series FDL 978 Lite Series and TC978 in their respective mounting locations Turn on master power and then turn on the TC978 if installed During initialization the FDL 978 Series and FDL 978 Li
29. e following options are offered for selecting the ARINC output interface speed 1 Low 2 High The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct ARINC output interface speed Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 15 Select Max Targets Output This option controls the maximum number of targets which will be sent out the serial or ARCINC 429 channels when traffic output has been configured There are 24 total options offered for selecting Max Targets These include 1 Integers 8 through 30 2 Max The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct number of targets Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 50 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Gnr O Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 6 2 16 GPS Certification The FDL 978 XVR needs a valid GPS source so that aircraft position can be transmitted in its ADS B message The GPS source is usually certified to a RTCA DO178B software level as mandated by the governing FAA TSO
30. e shown in the table below 6 9 Figure 13 DB 9 Connector Female DB 9 PORT 5 DB 44 PORT 3 DB 44 Pn SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 3 5 2 1 Back Components The back of the MPI module consists of a USB micro AB plug battery charge light and an On Off switch The MPI module includes a rechargeable battery which lasts R LHT we approximately 8 hours of usage The battery can be charged through the USB micro AB socket via a USB micro A or micro B to USB B cable connected to a PC USB port or a USB electrical power adapter When connected the battery recharge light comes on and stays Figure 14 MPI Back View during charging The light goes off when the module is fully charged Charge time is typically about 30 minutes The MPI module USB micro AB connector can also be connected to the ADS B equipment USB micro AB maintenance connector using a USB micro B to micro B cable if a DB 9 connector to Port 5 or 3 is not available The On Off switch turns batter power on and off to the MPI module The module must be turned on in order to provide a Wi Fi connection to an Android device running the ADS B MPI app A Using the Android tablet ADS B MPI application significantly improves system configuration and troubleshooting through use of a graphical user interface GUI additional and improved automated status feedback and automatic enforcement of configuration rules not available with the TC978 or the simple terminal program MPI int
31. ed press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 6 Squat Switch Type Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct Squat Switch type Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode The following options are offered for selecting aircraft Squat Switch type 1 Not Connected 2 Low when ground 3 Low when airborne The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 45 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 6 2 7 Serial IN Channel X Data Type X channel number The FDL 978 XVR can receive data via four serial channels The following options are offered for selecting serial input type for each individual input serial channel of the FDL 978 XVR Channel 1 1 Not Used 2 GPS FreeFlight 3 GPS GNS ADS B 4 GPS Internal Channel 2 4 or 6 1 Not Used GPS FreeFlight GPS GNS ADS B Air Data Computer Altitude Encoder Control Panel GTX Remote not available for Channel 6 TIS FIS not available for Channel 4 Refer to Section 3 3 2 1 for details on selecting serial input settings Ot a ot ee TS The TC978 will not accept control inputs and will mirror the transponder or primar
32. erface when configuring the system The ADS B MPI application requires use of either a Serial to Wi Fi Transceiver FWF 125 P N 86943 00 properly connected to Port 3 or Port 5 or the rechargeable battery powered MPI Module P N 87710 00 properly connected to Port 3 or Port 5 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 25 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 3 Terminal Program Interface The following 3 5 3 sub sections describe interfacing directly to the MPI using a terminal interface program on a PG like Tera Term to enter MPI commands Any of the four interface devices mentioned above can be used to interface to the PC Tera Term should be installed on the PC and a MPI connection made via serial port or Wi Fi depending on the interface device used Paragraphs 3 5 3 1and 3 5 3 2 detail the serial port and Wi Fi connection settings 3 5 3 1 MPI Serial Connection Settings The typical Tera Term serial port settings for a serial connection are e BAUD Rate 115200 e Parity None e Data bits 8 e Stop 1 e Flow Control None A The default Port 3 settings are Baud Rate 38400 Parity odd Data bits 8 Stop 1 and Flow Control none The terminal setup should be set to e Local Echo checked 3 5 3 2 MPI Wi Fi Connection Settings A Wi Fi connection to the Wi Fi Module SSID must first be made on the PC or Android tablet ru
33. erial and ARINC ports must be configured to enable these data interfaces and are described in the table below Interface Control Input Altitude Input Heading Input Table 4 FDL 978 Series Installation Data Interfaces Description Control inputs such as Flight Plan ID Squawk Code call sign and mode control IDENT Altitude Inhibit transmit Standby are needed by the FDL 978 XVR The TC978 provides control or the FDL 978 XVR can be configured for other control formats If a control format is configured and functional with the TC978 installed the TC978 displays control status but will not accept control inputs Serial port 2 is typically used for control input Control Input is NOT required for receive only systems The FDL 978 Series requires position velocity time and integrity data from a GPS sensor The internal GPS or an external GPS must be configured to provide this data GPS Input is required for all FDL 978 systems The FDL 978 Series requires external pressure altitude data input from an altitude air data sensor ADS Altitude rate and airspeed will be used if available in the configured protocol Pressure altitude data output can also be configured to share with a transponder Serial port 4 is typically used for Altitude Input Pressure Altitude Input is required for all FDL 978 systems The FDL 978 Series can optionally receive aircraft true heading data True heading is sent in UAT transmit messages on the gr
34. et serial in Example set serial in output is displayed below RANGR XVR gt set serial in USAGE set serial in lt port gt lt func gt lt baud gt lt hwt ype gt lt port gt Serial port number 1 2 3 4 5 6 lt func gt pee eee function protocol oe oe GPS FFS GPS ADSBPlus Internal GPS UNUSED GPS FFS GPS ADSBPlus ADS Alt Encoder Do GSL 71 GTX Remote Disp Ctrl MAINT TC Control TC Monitor TC Out UNUSED MAP Disp Ctrl t or UNUSED GPS FFS GPS ADSBPlus ADS Alt Encoder GSL 71 GTX Remote rt 5 mig ie UNUSED Disp Ctrl UNUSED GPS hee iia ADSBPlus ADS Alt Encoder GSL 71 Disp Ct lt baud gt 4800 9600 19200 aoa 57600 115200 230400 460800 lt hwt ype RS 232 RS 422 Port 6 ONLY RANGR XVR gt set serial in 4 19200 rs 232 4 UNUSED 19200 Serial In Po A Refer to Section 3 3 2 1 for information on selecting serial input settings A 87098 00 and 87098 10 Transceivers do not allow Serial Port 5 settings 3 5 4 13 1 2 set serial out Command This command sets the Serial Port Output configuration options Help on this command is displayed by entering set serial out Example set serial out output is displayed below RANGR XVR gt set serial out USAGE set serial out lt port gt lt func gt lt baud gt lt hwt ype gt lt port gt Serial port number 2 3 5 6 lt func gt Nahe a ia function protocol Or NOSED Alt Encoder Traffic
35. h the four characters by pressing the ENT button four times or press the FN button 3 6 2 3 VFR Flight ID The VFR Flight ID aka Call Sign is usually one of the following types e Type A The characters corresponding to the registration marking of the aircraft e Type B The telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency followed by the last four characters of the registration marking of the aircraft FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 43 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS e Type C The telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency followed by the flight identification The VFR Flight ID is an eight character alpha numeric string The CODE knob is used to change each character as required Each character of the Flight ID is a number between 0 to 9 or letter between A to Z When the ENT button is pressed the cursor advances to the next character as shown below To advance to the next configuration item without changing the VFR Flight ID either scroll through the eight characters by pressing the ENT button eight times or press the FN button A The VFR Flight ID cannot be changed in flight and can only be set in the configuration mode 3 6 2 4 Groundspeed Threshold Groundspeed threshold can be used to help determine and verify the ON GROUND condition for transmitting ON GROUND ADS B message types for Light Fixed Wing aircraft t
36. ion TCAS Output Receiver health in System Status Fault Summary TA only mode set in RI field True Heading 3 3 2 4 ARINC 429 Port Output Configuration The ARINC 429 output data formats and speed configuration settings are described in the following tables Table 18 ARINC 429 Port Output Configuration Settings Setting interface Description Description UNUSED No connection to ARINC 429 output port Not Used Traffic Display Ownship data and traffic intruder data format for displays Traffic Output that receive the ARINC 735 Traffic Labels listed in the table below GNS 400 500 series GNS 480 GPS 743 GPS Output GPS position velocity time and integrity data output in GPS ARINC 743B labels shown in the table below A 0 Maintenance port setting names listed first with TC978 configuration menu setting names in parenthesis 2 PRAIM labels output only if the input is configured to accept PRAIM requests Table 19 ARINC 429 Port Output Speed Configuration Settings eee Low speed ARINC 429 12 5 kBaud High speed ARINC 429 100 kBaud FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 21 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS The ARINC 429 Output channel can be configured as the following 3 22 Table 20 Traffic Format Output ARINC Labels Description 274 TCAS Output Receiver health in System Status 350 Fau
37. ion for port 1 Note that there is only one ARINC 429 output port AN Refer to Section 3 3 2 4 for information on selecting ARINC output settings RANGR XVR gt set arinc out USAGE set arinc out lt port gt lt func gt lt speed gt lt port gt ARINC port number 1 lt func gt Interface function protocol ort UNUSED GPS 743 Traffic lt speed gt Speed low high RANGR XVR gt set arinc out 1 GPS 743 high ut GPS 743 h ARINC O ig 3 34 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 5 4 13 2 ADS B Transmit Settings This section describes configuration settings mainly for transmitting ADS B messages Some of these settings are relevant for receiver only units as well 3 5 4 13 2 1 set addr Command This command is used to set the ICAO address of the aircraft For example to set the ICAO address to ABCD12 enter set addr ABCD12 The ICAO address must be entered as a hex value The FDL 978 Series requires the ICAO to be set to the aircraft s registered ICAO address This should be set for receivers and transceivers RANGR XVR gt set addr 7 USAGE set addr lt chars gt lt hex gt ICAO address up to 6 hexidecimal characters 9 amp A F RANGR XVR gt s ICAO Addres 3 5 4 13 2 2 set call sign Command This command sets the default call sign of the aircraft and is typically the airc
38. it cat 5 Emit Category HEAVY AIRCRAFT RLANIGR WR gt 3 5 4 13 2 7 set squat Command This command sets the active state low or high for the Squat Switch of the aircraft or to indicate there is no active Squat Switch The Squat Switch or other air ground determination discrete is an automatic means to indicate when the aircraft is on the ground or in the air This should be set for transceivers and receivers RANGR XVR gt set Squat USAGE set squat lt opt gt lt Opt gt squat switch configuration none No squat switch input Tow Low input for ON GROUND high High input for ON GROUND RANGR XVR gt set squat low guat Mode cccc chun eee low FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 37 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 4 13 2 8 set threshold Command This command sets the groundspeed threshold which is used to determine when the aircraft is on the ground if an automatic means Squat Switch is not configured for the Light Aircraft 1 Emitter Category only A groundspeed of less than the threshold indicates the aircraft is on the ground Setting this parameter is only required for transceivers RANGR XVR gt set threshold 7 USAGE set threshold lt knts gt lt knts gt Groundspeed threshold for Air Gnd switching 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 120 NOTE Groundspeed threshold for 1 JLIGHT AIRCRAFT Emit Category
39. lation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 6 Configuration and Setup Using TC978 A Do not use Configuration Mode during flight The system should be configured during initial system installation by a qualified technician The configuration items list in 3 3 1 should be used to document the system installation for future reference To view or change these settings you must enter C978 Configuration Mode The configuration setup screen is the first thing displayed on startup when a completely new FDL 978 Lite Series and FDL 978 XVR system Is installed and powered up for the first time After a configuration has been programmed the system will power up in normal operating mode and the configuration will be stored in the FDL 978 XVR or FDL 978 Lite Series 3 6 1 Entering Configuration Mode To enter C978 configuration mode e Hold down the FN button while turning the Mode Selection knob from OFF to any operating mode e In the configuration mode the TC978 Controller displays the following typical messages in a quick sequential order 3 6 2 FDL 978 XVR Configuration Mode Operation The following paragraphs detail the setup modes available for configuring the FDL 978 XVR Configuration items can be changed using the CODE knob and the ENT button Pressing the FN button advances to the next configuration item 3 42 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI 7 Lite Series Ins
40. low Serial Comm Baud Set Act 19200 19345 993202 115200 116071 2 384007 38385 72 1152007115205 2 Rx Count Tx Count Speed Type the stop command to stop updating and return to the prompt 3 28 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 4 5 control Command This command displays the control squawk and mode status including the Squawk Code IDENT status altitude control status call sign transmit control status and vertical status RANGR X VR gt control Squawk 1200 IDENT OFF ALT Transmit Tx ON AIRBORNE CallSign 22222 Emergency None 3 5 4 6 gps Command This command displays data which is being received from the GPS input Configuration Internal GPS gammal 19200 Source interna FFS SWVer Date 3 16 2015 UTC Time 15 26 10 55570 Mode Latitude Longitude Alt NSVel EWVel GSpd Tr SBAS 91725 N 96 98651 W 4200 Q Q 111 HI Vv 4 L NIC HF OMCNACp yr om eye Bh ae Q0 0231inm 9 0188nm 5 2 Message Counts s Msgs 5300 Nav 1325 Status 1325 Aux 1325 Other 1325 ack VertV 1 tt Q VVFOM VIL 5 4 Q 24m s 209 50f t 78 63 t Q 17m Valid 1 Lat 1 Lon 1 FDE SBAS 1 SATu NoWAAS Q neWASS Q neSAT Ex Ao 1 As SR Q Osc PL RTC sbasH ALM RF EEPROM SDRAM Step 3 5 4 7 info Command This c
41. lt Summary TA only mode set in RI field 357 RTS and ETX words for Intruder File Intruder Range Intruder Altitude FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F Table 21 GPS 743 Output Labels Order Label Description 125 UTC 136 Vertical Figure of Merit VFOM 150 UTC 247 Horizontal Figure of Merit HFOM 370 GNSS Altitude HAE 371 Equipment ID Equipment ID PRAIM Response Destination ETA PRAIM Response Destination HIL PRAIM output only sent if an ARINC input is configured to GPS PRAIM 743 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 23 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 4 MPI Module Overview The FreeFlight Systems FFS Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast ADS B Maintenance Port Interface MPI module is a battery powered device that communicates with the aircraft s ADS B equipment maintenance port It provides Wi Fi connectivity to an Android device loaded with the free ADS B MPI app 3 4 1 MPI Module The MPI module is connected to the aircrafts ADS B equipment MPI via a DB 9 female connector configured to Serial Port 5 or Port 3 This allows the ADS B equipment configuration and functionality to be accessed wirelessly using the ADS B MPI app The MPI module USB micro AB connector can also be connected to the ADS B
42. n paragraphs 3 5 4 13 3 2 and 3 5 4 13 3 3 and set accordingly FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 17 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS A 9 When using the FFS Wi Fi transceiver ensure port is configured for Traffic Alert amp Configure at baud rate of 38400 when using Chelton FlightLogic display Ensure CSA bit is set per Section 3 5 4 13 3 2 Table 8 Serial Port Output Baud Rate Settings Description 4800 9600 19200 These baud rates are typical for RS 232 or RS 422 equipment but 38400 57600 115200 the correct rate must be selected to match the interfacing equipment s configured or default baud rate 230400 460800 These high baud rates are not normally recommended for RS 232 serial ports 3 3 2 3 ARINC 429 Port Input Configuration The ARINC 429 input data formats and speed configuration settings are described in the following tables Table 9 ARINC 429 Port Input Configuration Settings Setting o interface Description Description UNUSED No connection to ARINC 429 input port Not Used Altitude Input Altitude Airsoeed Vertical Rate data input Format for air one Data data sensors and computers that output the Air Data Computer Computer Labels listed in the table below ADC amp AHRS Altitude amp Altitude Airspeed Vertical Rate amp True Heading data ADC AHRS Heading input Format for devices that output
43. ng names are listed first with TC978 configuration menu names in parenthesis 2 Altitude input configuration of the GSL 71 SL70 R can affect the control output baud rate When passing altitude information from these devices the baud rate must be set to 9600 3 Control Input is not required for receive only systems 4 Setting an input port to Disp Cntrl TIS FIS must correspond to setting the same output port to a display output e g if serial port 6 output is set to Traffic Alert TIS FIS then serial port 6 input can be set to either a Disp Cnirl TIS FIS to enable display control or b UNUSED Not Used to disable display control ONLY one display port should be set to Disp Ctrl When Port 2 is configured for GTX Remote Input it will automatically configure the Port 2 output to provide ADS B Plus GPS data out to the GTX device Refer to Figure 21 and Figure 22 for examples of wiring with one or two pin time mark output Do not connect a separate altitude encoder to Port 4 when using the GSL 71 configuration 8 The GSL 71 control head must be connected to an altitude encoder with 1ft resolution Due to the reverse logic of the GSL 71 the UAT status pin pin 36 must be grounded on the device and a separate ADS B annunciator or display used to monitor UAT status gt PRPRPRe DB 9 If any port is configured with these settings on a system with a TC978 installed then the TC978 will not accept inputs and will i
44. nning the ADS B MPI app The typical Tera Term TCP settings for the Wi Fi connection are e Host 192 168 10 1 e TCP Port 44000 e Service Other 8 e Protocol UNSPEC The terminal setup should be set to e Local Echo checked 3 5 3 3 Initial MPI Connection Once connected to the MPI with a serial or Wi Fi connection press the Enter key three times to remove the maintenance lockout The following prompt should be displayed e RANGR RX gt FDL 978 RX e RANGR XVR gt FDL 978 XVR 3 5 4 Maintenance Commands The available commands are summarized in the table below 3 26 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 5 4 1 help or Command This command displays a list of available commands as shown below help AVATLABLE COMMANDS ads Display air data bit Display POST and PBIT status comm Display communication ports status control Display control squawk and mode status cntg Display all configuration data eps Display GPS data help or This help info Display 5N operation hours versions etc Reset Reset the UAT rx status Display receiver status info set item lt opt gt Set configuration lt item gt to lt opt gt lt item gt 7 addr emit cat squat threshold nacw gps acsize rx call sign gpsant uatant max tres serial in serial out arinc in arinc out modeArx lt item gt options enter
45. nstead mirror the control inputs coming from the transponder or the display If control input is lost from another device for 60 seconds then the TC978 will take over the role as the primary controller Table 6 Serial Port Input Baud Rate Settings S ee 4800 9600 19200 These baud rates are typical for RS 232 or RS 422 equipment but 38400 57600 115200 the correct rate must be selected to match the interfacing equipment s configured or default baud rate 230400 460800 These high baud rates are not recommended for RS 232 serial ports 3 16 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 3 2 2 Serial Port Output Configuration The following tables define the serial port output data formats and baud rate UNUSED Not Used Alt Encoder Table 7 Serial Port Output Configuration Settings Encoded Output Altitude Xpndr Monitor XPDR Monitor Traffic Alert Display TIS FIS Output Pass Thru Display ADS B Pass Output Thru A A A Display Output Altitude Control Input No connection to serial port Altitude data Format for sending altitude to a transponder or display using the protocol in Section 6 1 1 Sends requests for Squawk Code and IDENT input data Xpndr Monitor Protocol This selection requires both serial input and output connections Ownship data traffic reports and
46. of either a Serial to Wi Fi Transceiver FWF 125 P N 86943 00 properly connected to Port 3 or Port 5 or the rechargeable battery powered MPI Module P N 87710 00 properly connected to Port 3 or Port 5 3 14 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 3 2 1 Serial Port Input Configuration The following tables define the serial port input data formats and baud rate settings UNUSED Not Used Table 5 Serial Port Input Configuration Settings ADS Altitude Air Data Sensor Input Alt Encoder Altitude Encoder Internal GPS Internal GPS GPS FFS GPS FreeFlight GPS ADS B Plus GPS GNS ADS B GSL 71 Control Panel GTX Remote GTX Remote Disp Cnirl TIS FIS Altitude Input GPS Input GPS Input GPS Input Control Input Control Input amp GPS Output Control Input 7 No connection to serial port Altitude Airspeed and Vertical Rate data input Format for air data sensors using the protocol in Section 6 1 2 Altitude data Format for air data sensors using the protocol in Section 6 1 1 GPS position velocity time and integrity data input and output Selects use of the internal GPS models with GPS only Baud rate must be set to 19200 Internal GPS is only valid for serial port 1 The internal GPS data is used by the FDL 978 Series and GPS data is autom
47. ommand displays information such as Serial Number operation time and hardware and software version information about the FDL 978 Series Example output is displayed below RANGR XVR gt info RANGR XVR Internal Gammal GPS No DB 44 Port 5 Serial Number 1305x066 Operation Time 1321 9 hrs HW Version 4 1 Boot Version 1 0 1 80 xE18AD740 07 20 2014 20 11 20 1 10 1 Be a aaaheiea 10 07 40 Qx52 F 155E FPGA Build Time 05 04 2015 15 11 40 PS Version 1 10 3 5 4 8 Reset Command This command causes the FDL 978 Series to reboot FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 29 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 5 4 9 rx status Command This command displays detailed status and other information about the ADS B data being received by the FDL 978 Series Example output is displayed below UTC Sec 550656 Msgs Rxd Total LstSec UTC Sec 55060 Msgs Rxd Total LstSec Basic Long 1696ES Traffic Tracks TCAS NBAir i Addr Typ Callsign Latitude Longitude Msgs SST O ABI XXXXXXXX 32 91 716 gN 96 98649 W a 8 2 ABI BILL 61 32 91716 N 96 98649 W ADFBA2 ABi GNDTEST 32 91716 N 96 98651 W M 1 2 3 A 5 6 Fi 8 g9 a L Ground Stations Service Status Latitude Longitude Site Slt Msgs SSI 55 Range TO Mi cow ao wn h Wh e j The output displayed contains an initial section with general count information
48. otate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct antenna offset Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 21 Mode A C Receiver Sets Squawk This mode has two options 1 Enable 2 Disable Set to enable when configuring for use with a transponder that does not have digital control output This allows the internal or external transponder monitor sniffer antenna to detect the Squawk code being broadcast from the airplane and use this same one in the ADS B Out messages Set to disable when using a transponder with digital control output The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select either enable or disable Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 22 1090 MHz Receiver Installed The display screen is as shown below with either Yes or No options Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display either Yes or No and select the correct option Once selected press the ENT button to confirm selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 23 UAT Receiver Installed The display screen is as shown below with either Yes or
49. ound and is also used to more accurately correlate TCAS and ADS B Traffic Heading input is not required but desirable with TCAS installations TCAS traffic MUST be input to the FDL 978 Series if the aircraft is TCAS equipped so the TCAS traffic can be integrated with ADS B traffic and a single traffic picture can be presented to the Display Output The FDL 978 Series accepts TCAS traffic input via ARINC input per the ARINC 735A B Intruder Labels FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI e Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F Interface Description Display Output ADS B traffic and FIS B data output can be sent to one or more displays simultaneously A display control can also be configured to provide the Control Input Three different Serial Ports can be configured to simultaneously provide display output Display on Serial Port 3 Display on Serial Port 5 Display on either Port 2 or 6 ARINC OUT1 can also be configured to output ARINC 735 Intruder Traffic GPS Output FDL 978 Series models with Internal GPS can output GPS position velocity time and integrity data via RS 232 and or ARINC 429 Internal GPS models will automatically output GPS data in the FFS Chelton Protocol on port 1 Additionally a serial port typically port 2 can be configured to output GTX Remote GPS protocol data for the GTX 330 Also the ARINC 429 output port can be configured to output ARINC 743B comp
50. raft tail number For example to set the call sign to ABCD1234 enter set call sign ABCD1234 The default call sign is transmitted by a Transceiver if a call sign setting is not received from a configured transmit controller transponder TC978 etc In a receiver the default call sign is for informational purposes only RANGR XVR gt set call sign 7 USAGE set call sign lt chars gt lt chars gt Default Call Sign 8 characters 0 9 amp A Z RANGR XVR gt se VFR Call Si 1c 3 5 4 13 2 3 set gps Command This command sets the system design assurance level for the GPS input Internal GPS should be set to Level C For external GPS units refer to the GPS manufacturer s data for setting system design assurance level This should be set for both receivers and transceivers RANGR XVR gt set gps USAGE set gps lt opt gt lt Opt gt GPS Sw design assurance level U D C B RANGR XVR gt set gps C GPS Contig Level cC FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 35 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual FREEFLIGHT Document No 87343 Rev F SYSTEMS 3 5 4 13 2 4 set nacv Command This command sets the Navigation Accuracy Category for velocity NACv for the GPS input Internal GPS should be set to 3 auto For external GPS units refer to the GPS manufacturer s data for setting NACv This should be set for both receivers and transceivers RANGR XVR gt Set macy USA
51. rwise leave this parameter at the default setting of enable The legacy MX 20 Display does not support non directional traffic symbols and instead displays a directional traffic symbol pointing at approximately 120 degrees from North For compatibility with the ADS B system the traffic velocity validation should be set to enable for this display RANGR XVR gt set trafVelVal USAGE set velValDisable lt opt gt lt opt gt enable disable RANGR XVR gt set trafVelVal enable Traffic Vel Validation enable 3 5 4 13 3 4 set displayout A trafficOnly will provide traffic information to the display position ground track etc but no weather or other flight information A fisbOnly will provide weather and flight information NOTAMS TFRs ATIS etc but no traffic A traffic amp fisb will provide traffic weather and flight information simultaneously This command allows the installer to set the type of data to be sent to the display The installer can configure the FDL 978 XVR to output traffic only FISB only or both By default the FDL 978 XVR will output the traffic and FISB data to the display RANGR XVR gt set displayout USAGE set displayout lt opt gt lt opt gt traffic amp fisb fisbOnly trafficOnly RANGR XVR gt set displayout fisbOnly Displ Output f isbO ata FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved 3 41 ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Instal
52. splay screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options mentioned above and select the correct serial output soeed Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 6 2 11 ARINC IN Channel X Data Type X channel number The FDL 978 XVR can receive data via two ARINC 429 input channels The following options are offered for selecting ARINC 429 input type for each individual channel of the FDL 978 XVR 1 Not Used 2 GPS 3 Air Data Computer 4 AHRS 5 ADC AHRS 6 Txpdr Control 7 Other 1 8 Other 2 A Refer to Section 3 3 2 3 for information on selecting ARINC input settings 3 48 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Gnr O Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct ARINC input type Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode A If Not Used is selected then the ARINC input line speed configuration mode will not be displayed and the next configuration mode item will be displayed 3 6 2 12 ARINC IN Channel X Interface Speed X
53. t GPS NACyv mode acsize lt len gt lt width gt gps lt opt rx lt opt gt call sign lt char gpsant lt lat gt lt l uatant lt opt gt lt d serial in port serial out lt por arinc in lt port gt arinc out lt port max trgs lt opt gt modeArx lt opt gt hrt ngepak lt opt gt cheltonCSA lt opt gt trafVelVal lt opt gt displayout lt opt gt gt n gnd gt func baud gt lt func gt lt baud gt lt func gt lt speed gt func gt lt speed gt s o c t gt gt n C f lt 3 32 Vehicle length and width GPS configuration data Installed receivers capability VFR default call sign 8 characters S antenna offset UAT antenna mode and DC ground check Serial in port protocol and baud rate Serial out port protocol and baud rate Arinc in port protocol and speed Arinc out port protocol and speed Maximum number of targets received Mode A receive Disable transmit squawk flight plan id Enable CSA for Chelton Disable traffic velocity validation Display Output Data FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 5 4 13 1 Serial and ARINC Port Settings This section describes the configuration settings for serial and ARINC port functionality 3 5 4 13 1 1 set serial in Command This command sets the Serial Port Input configuration options Help on this command is displayed by entering s
54. tallation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 6 2 1 Aircraft Mode S or ICAO Address The Mode S address is a 24 bit number assigned to the aircraft and is represented in a six character hexadecimal format The CODE knob is used to change each character as required Each character of the Mode S address is a number between 0 to 9 or a letter between A to F When the ENT button is pressed the cursor advances to the next character as shown below To advance to the next configuration item without changing the ICAO address either scroll through the six characters by pressing the ENT button six times or press the FN button 3 6 2 2 VFR Squawk Code VFR Squawk Code is a pre programmed default code when the pilot is flying VFR and not in contact with ATC When the pilot presses the VFR button the VFR Squawk Code will replace the current Squawk Code In the USA the VFR Squawk Code is 1200 and in most parts of Europe the VFR Squawk Code is 7000 A The default VFR Squawk Code cannot be changed in flight and can only be set in the configuration mode The VFR Squawk Code is a 12 bit number and is represented as a four character octal number The CODE knob is used to change each character as required Each character of the Squawk Code is a number between 0 and 7 When the ENT button is pressed the cursor advances to the next character as shown below To advance to the next configuration item without changing the VFR Squawk Code either scroll throug
55. te Series unit performs a comprehensive diagnostics test A system component failure will be annunciated by a Warning Indication on the TC978 if installed or the display Warnings concerning the GPS status may not be displayed until 2 5 minutes after power on in order to give the GPS time to acquire satellites Consult the Pilot Guide User Manual for more information concerning warning messages Detailed system status can be observed using the Maintenance Port Interface as described in Section 3 4 The FDL 978 Series and FDL 978 Lite Series aircraft installation must be verified to ensure compliant operation and configuration The FFS FT 9000 Ramp Tester can be used for this purpose see Section 1 5 2 for more information and use of the FFS STC data requires the use of the FT 9000 for installation verification 3 3 Installation Setup and Configuration System installation is configured using either the e MPI on serial port 3 or port 5 typical or e C978 Controller if installed in a special configuration mode Sections 3 3 through 3 6 describe the system installation configuration details necessary for configuring the FDL 978 Series and FDL 978 Lite Series installation Installers should review the information in these sections to ensure proper system configuration It is important to carefully review Section 3 3 2 to ensure proper system configuration of the serial and ARINC ports regardless of using the MPI or TC978 for configuration F
56. y controller If communication with the primary controller is lost for 60 seconds then the TC978 will assume the role of the controller and allow control inputs Squawk IDENT If the TC978 is used in this manner it is strongly recommended to set the squawk code first on the transponder before entering it into the TC978 The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct serial input type Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode A If Not Used is selected then the serial input line speed configuration mode will not be displayed and the next configuration mode item will be displayed 3 46 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and FREEFLI 77 Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F 3 6 2 8 Serial IN Channel X Line Speed X channel number The following options are offered for selecting the serial input baud rate for each channel data type 1 4800 2 9600 3 19200 4 38400 5 9 600 6 115200 7 230400 The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct serial input speed Once selected press the ENT button to confirm
57. ypes only The FDL 978 XVR uses the ground speed threshold configuration to determine a maximum ON GROUND speed There are 10 options to select groundspeed threshold 1 Unknown 2 30 knots 3 40 knots 4 50 knots 5 60 knots 6 70 knots 7 80 knots 8 90 knots 9 100 knots 10 120 knots A This only applies to an Emitter Category of Light Aircraft no other categories use a configurable groundspeed threshold The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob to display the options above and select the groundspeed threshold Once selected press the ENT button to confirm your selection and move to the next configuration item in the setup mode 3 44 FFS Copyright 2015 All rights reserved ADS B FDL 978 Series and Lite Series Installation Manual Document No 87343 Rev F FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS 3 6 2 5 Aircraft Emitter Category The following options are offered for selecting aircraft emitter category 1 Unknown 2 Light Fixed Wing 3 Medium Fixed Wing 4 Large Fixed Wing 5 High Vortex B757 6 Heavy Fixed Wing 7 High G High Speed 8 Rotorcraft 9 Glider Sailplane 10 Lighter than air 11 Parachutist 12 ULM Hang Paraglider 13 UAV The display screen is as shown below with one of the options from the list above Rotate the CODE knob either clockwise or counterclockwise to display the options above and select the correct aircraft category Once select
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