User guide

TruTrak Flight System 15 DigiFlight II Series Auto Pilot Installation Manual
December 2009 8300-008 Rev D
Garmin 155XL/250XL/300XL
Garmin 155XL/250XL/300XL connections to TruTrak autopilot
J1 on
Garmin unit
Signal Name
(Garmin)
Signal Name
(TruTrak)
P101 on
TruTrak DII
19 GPS RS 232 OUT 2 Primary Serial Input 17
16 GPS ARINC 429 OUT A ARINC-A 14
15 GPS ARINC 429 OUT B ARINC-B 15
Press & hold MSG, rotate outer knob until I/O setup page is displayed. Press CRSR twice and rotate inner knob to select
“plotting” for output to autopilot. Rotate outer knob to advance cursor to the baud rate field, select 9600. Press CRSR to
finish.
To set the ARINC output. Remove the data cards turn the unit on. Press “enter” in response to “Select operating mode
Normal?” Press “enter” in response to “No Jeppesen database rte / prx limited to user wpts ok?” After the satellite status page
is displayed for 5 seconds the unit may be turned off.
With power OFF press and hold the ENT key and turn the power on (release the ENT key when the display activates). You
should be in the TEST MODE. Press the CRSR key then rotate the outer knob to Select ARINC 429 CHANNEL. Press the
CRSR key then rotate the inner knob to advance to OUTPUT and select “w/o GAMA labels”
Garmin 430W and 530W
Garmin 430 and 530 connections to TruTrak autopilot
P4001 [P5001] on
Garmin 430 [530]
Signal Name
(Garmin)
Signal Name
(TruTrak)
P101 on
TruTrak DII
56 GPS RS 232 OUT 1 Primary Serial Input 17
46 GPS ARINC 429 OUT A ARINC-A 14
47 GPS ARINC 429 OUT B ARINC-B 15
Power 430/530 up and turn it on while holding down the ENT key. Release the ENT key when the display activates. After the
data base pages, the first page displayed is the MAIN ARINC 429 CONFIG page. While in Configuration mode, pages can be
selected by ensuring the cursor is off and rotating the small right knob. To change data on the displayed Configuration Page,
press the small right knob (CRSR) to turn on the cursor. Turn the large right knob to change between data fields. Turn the large
or small right knob to change a field that the cursor is on. Once you have made the desired selection, press the ENT key to
accept the entry. The second startup page will test the RS 232 and ARINC inputs on the ground, a good RS 232 connection
will display GPS NAV and the asterisk, ARINC will display GPSS and move the stick right and left.
With the MAIN ARINC 429 CONFIG page displayed, on the row labeled OUT, select SPEED Î Low
and DATA Î429 GAMA. In the VNAV row ENABLE LABELS.
Advance to the MAIN RS232 CONFIG page.
On the row labeled CHNL1, select OUTPUT Î Aviation.
Note that for the Garmin units, the autopilot will need to be set for 9600 baud.