Connecting To A Gdl 39 - Garmin aera 796 Pilot's Manual

Appendix D

CONNECTING TO A GDL 39

To receive weather and traffic information from the GDL 39, the GDL 39 must be
connected to the aera using the 'GDL 39 Power/Data Cable to Aera 795/796' (P/N
010-11686-50), using a Bluetooth connection, or through a bare wire installation
(aera bare wire cable P/N 010-11756-01 to GDL39 bare wire cable P/N 010-11686-
40). The GDL 39 can only be connected to Serial Port 1 on the aera. The aera must
also be configured correctly to receive traffic and weather information from the GDL
39 as described below.
Configuring aera for GDL 39:
1) Connect the aera 795/796 to the GDL 39 through the Power/Data Cable.
2) From the Main Menu, touch Tools > Setup > Interface.
3) Touch the 'Serial Data Format' field. A vertical list is displayed.
4) Touch 'Garmin Data Transfer'. Garmin Data Transfer is only available on
Serial Port 1.
5) From the Main Menu, touch Tools > Data Link to view GDL 39
connection status.
CAUTION: Never remove power from the aera or GDL 39 during a software
update. Anytime the aera software is updated it may also contain firmware
updates for products such as the GDL 39. The aera software will update first,
after the unit reboots it will update the firmware of a connected GDL 39. You
can view the GDL 39 update progress on the Data Link Information Page.
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Mini-USB Connector to the
XM Receiver (aera 796 only)
GDL 39 Power/Data Cable to Aera 795/796
Garmin aera 795/796 Pilot's Guide
To GDL 39 Power/
Data Port
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