Installation Guide Instruction Manual

Instrument Installation
SL30 and/or GPS connection
Depending on the number and types of Dynon units you own,
you have several options for connecting a GPS unit and/or
Garmin/Apollo SL30 to your Dynon system. The GPS can be
used as a data source for the EFIS, HSI, and Fuel pages, as
well as Dynon’s EFIS-based Autopilot. The SL30 can be
used as a VOR, localizer, or ILS (localizer + glideslope)
source for the HSI. If you wish to connect a GPS and/or
SL30 to your Dynon system, read the section below which
corresponds to your set of Dynon products.
4-6 FlightDEK-D180 Installation Guide
If your system has an HS34, it is required that all
GPS and NAV devices are connected to the HS34.
The FlightDEK-D180 does not support directly
connected GPS and NAV devices when an HS34 is
installed in the system. Refer to the HS34 Installation
and Configuration section on page 9-10 for device
connection details.
To use the GPS-related features on your EFIS and/or EMS,
your GPS must output either “aviation format” or the
following NMEA sentences in its serial stream: $GPRMC,
$GPRMB, $GPGGA, and one of $GPBOD or
$GPAPB. You must also have a supported cable
that exposes your GPS’s serial transmit line. If
you own a Garmin 430 or 530, in the
UNITS/MAGVAR option, set the MAGVAR to
AUTO. The FlightDEK-D180 auto-detects most
GPSs, but may require a manual setting for
some. This is true for communication with at
least the Garmin 480 and maybe others such as
the GX50, and GX60, and Bendix/King Skymap
IIIc. From the EFIS menu, enter SETUP >HSI
>EFIS_SERIAL; from the EMS menu enter
SETUP >GLOBAL >EMS SERIAL. In that
menu select the INPUT to be AVIATION and
the BAUD RATE to be 9600.
The following connection schemes assume that
the external devices share a common ground
with the Dynon product(s). If your GPS is
battery powered, and not normally connected to aircraft ground, you must connect the ground pin
on its serial output to a ground common to the FlightDEK-D180.
GPS units known to work
AvMap EKP-IV (v2.06.116R,
NMEA set to “processed”)
Bendix/King Skymap (set to
AR NAV 9600 output)
Garmin
96, 96c, 150XL, 195, 196, 295,
296, 396, 400*, 420*, 430*,
430W*, 496, 500*, 520*,
530*, 530W*, GX60, GX65
Lowrance handhelds
* Do not output time over
serial; ARINC connection via
HS34 required to receive time.
A frequently updated list of
compatible GPS units and
settings is available at our
Documentation Wiki at
wiki.dynonavionics.com.
GPS units with limited functionality
AnywhereMap Does not output all needed
sentences. Time output is
wrong.
Garmin
(Apollo) GNS
480
Possibly works with latest
Dynon product firmware,
but untested. Requires
manual configuration. See
note at left. Fully
compatible via ARINC
into optional HS34.
A frequently updated list of compatible GPS
units and settings is available at our
Documentation Wiki at
wiki.dynonavionics.com
.
When a Dynon product is connected to a GPS, it will synchronize its Zulu clock to the time
reported by the GPS. However, some GPSs, such as the Garmin 430 and 530, do not report time
in their serial output stream. Dynon products have no way to synchronize to these GPSs’ clocks.