Installation Guide Owner manual
6. DSAB CONFIGURATION 
This section introduces some concepts that are central to understanding and configuring a 
network of DSAB-capable Dynon products. It then takes you through a series of simple steps to 
configure your network, enabling data sharing and HS34 functionality. Do not proceed with 
DSAB configuration until you perform all installation, calibration, and configuration steps for 
each instrument with a display. Display-less instruments – such as the HS34 – cannot be fully 
configured until DSAB is active, although their physical and electrical installation should be 
complete. 
You must configure a DSAB network from an EFIS-based instrument; however, status 
information and brightness configuration are available from EMS-only instruments. 
Network Concepts 
A few concepts must be 
understood before 
configuring a DSAB-
connected system. The 
most important is that of 
Dynon products as 
providers of functions to 
the network. These 
various functions are 
called 
roles. Some 
products, such as the 
HS34, only have one role 
on the network; other 
products can provide 
multiple roles at a time. 
When a device has been 
assigned to provide a role 
to the network, no other 
device on the network can 
provide that role at the 
same time. 
Assignable 
roles by 
product
EFIS-D10A/ 
EFIS-D100 
EMS-D10/ 
EMS-D120 
FlightDEK-
D180 
HS34 
SV32/42/52 
AP74 
Bus Master
X X     
EFIS
X X     
EMS
 X X     
OAT
X X X       
Compass
X X     
HS34
     X   
X X     
Autopilot
AP Control 
Panel
 X 
AP 
Roll/Pitch 
Servo
 X  
The table at right lists all available roles and the products which they can be assigned to. Again, 
each ro
le can be assigned to no more than one device on the network. 
Another important concept is that of the 
Bus Master. A DSAB-connected network must have at 
least one EFIS-based product (EFIS-D10A, EFIS-D100, or FlightDEK-D180), and only an EFIS-
based product can be assigned the Bus Master role. The Bus Master is the instrument which 
manages communication on the network. Additionally, if Autopilot servos are installed, the Bus 
Master is the Autopilot. While the Autopilot can be controlled from slave devices, if the Bus 
Master is not present, the Autopilot will not function. If the Bus Master is turned off or fails, all 
data sharing ceases, causing units to display internally-derived data only. When you first perform 
DSAB network configuration on an EFIS-based instrument, that device is automatically assigned 
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