Operation Manual

LX Styler version 1.0 December 2009
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selected on the LX8000 (See LX8000 manual for more details about map orientation). In
property editor this position is referred as Track and the other position is referred as North.
There are several types of aircraft available. Change style to select different aircraft symbol.
You can also add a wind vector, which will rotate around the symbol. Set wind to true.
Battery
Battery will visually display current level of battery. Green indicates battery is ok. It will turn
yellow and later red, when battery is empty.
Orientation symbol
Orientation symbol points always towards true north. It can be placed on a page only when
map symbol is already on a page.
Final glide symbol
Final glide symbol is very complex symbol and it is highly recommend to have it on the page.
It will display current MacCready value, arrival altitude at goal and many other features
which are very important for task start procedure. Please refer to LX8000 manual for more
details.
Wind symbol
Wind symbol shows wind direction. It is useful to combine it with wind data symbol in order
also to get wind strength. Around wind symbol a thermal assistant can be shown during
circling. Enable or disable this feature with “Has Thermal” property.
GPS symbol
GPS shows current status of GPS. Green color indicates GPS is acquiring 3D position and
yellow color stands for 2D position fix. When red no position is calculated by GPS. Each bar
represents two visible satellites.
Zoom symbol
Zoom symbol shows current map zoom. It can be used only when the map symbol is already
on the map. Zoom can presented in two ways; number on symbol indicates the length of the
zoom symbol or number indicates length of whole screen. Use “Full” property to modify it.
Data symbol
There are a variety of data symbols available. A data symbol is a numerical representation of
different parameters. A data symbol consists of title field, which stores name of data symbol
and data field which is shown a the paramter. Title can be omitted if Show title property is
set to false. When „Use Parent Style“ property is set to true, data symbol will follow global
styles properties. Disabling „Use Parent Style“ property allows a full customization of selected
data symbol.
Values written in data symbols inside LX Styler are totally useless and are not
correlated to each other. These values are only for demonstration purposes.