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- Page 1 NANO Touch screen flight recorder Version 1.07 LXNAV d.o.o. • Kidričeva 24, 3000 Celje, Slovenia • tel +386 592 33 400 fax +386 599 33 522 info@lxnav.com • www.lxnav.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Version 1.05 May 2017 Important Notices Limited Warranty Sunburned display warranty Battery information 1.3.1 Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment 1.3.2 Disposal of waste batteries Packing Lists Basics NANO at a glance Technical data Power button Side buttons Four push buttons ALS (Ambient light sensor) NanoPower cable 3.8.1... - Page 3 Changing parameters with NanoConfig 7.2.2.1 Flight recording interval 7.2.2.2 Automatically finish flight 7.2.2.3 Start recording on power on 7.2.2.4 Automatically turn off Nano4, when flight is finished 7.2.2.5 Bluetooth 7.2.2.6 NMEA output Using Bluetooth or serial interface NANO config for Android devices 7.4.1...
- Page 4 Version 1.05 May 2017 7.4.2 Main page 7.4.3 Downloading flights 7.4.4 Editing pilot info 7.4.5 Editing task for declaration 7.4.6 Configuring NANO Troubleshooting Revision History Page 4 of 54...
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Page 5: Important Notices
LXNAV retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software, or to offer a full refund of the purchase price, at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY. -
Page 6: Sunburned Display Warranty
May 2017 Sunburned display warranty Any kind of display including LXNAV instrument display screens can be damaged / burned by strong sunlight magnified by canopies in certain positions. We suggest you to cover your device from the direct sunlight, especially if the canopy is open. -
Page 7: Battery Information
May 2017 Battery information NANO4 is powered by a rechargeable battery. The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of times, but it will eventually wear out. Only use the approved battery and recharge your battery only with approved chargers. -
Page 8: Disposal Of Waste Batteries
Version 1.05 May 2017 1.3.2 Disposal of waste batteries (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This symbol on the battery or on the packaging indicates that the battery provided with this product shall not be treated as household waste. By ensuring these batteries are disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potentially negative consequences for the environment and human health which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of the... -
Page 9: Packing Lists
Version 1.05 May 2017 2 Packing Lists In the box you will find: NANO flight recorder with preloaded NanoConfig program and user manual which is loaded on the USB stick Micro USB cable Wall charger with Micro USB plug ... -
Page 10: Basics
Version 1.05 May 2017 3 Basics NANO at a glance The NANO flight recorder is the smallest flight recorder designed in accordance with the IGC “All Flights” specification. It has an IGC approval for all flights including world records. It features an integrated 56-channel GPS receiver with built-in antenna, altitude sensor, ENL sensor, security micro-switch, Bluetooth module, Wi-Fi module and 2800mAh battery. -
Page 11: Technical Data
Version 1.05 May 2017 NANO . Flight declarations can also be uploaded using a serial interface cable or Bluetooth connection by third party applications (SeeYou, XCsoar) or NanoConfig for Android. Technical data Hardware 4GBytes memory solid state memory ... -
Page 12: Led
Version 1.05 May 2017 The function of each push button is described on the label adjacent to the button The functions of buttons are mostly related the current page (Waypoint, Task, Flarm, Info, Setup). If there is no label next to the button, this button has no function. On the top left corner of NANO is multi-colour LED indicator. -
Page 13: Als (Ambient Light Sensor)
Version 1.05 May 2017 ALS (Ambient light sensor) On the top right side is ambient light sensor. If you have enabled automatic LCD brightness, ALS will adjust the brightness of the screen. NanoPower cable The NanoPower cable is a special device which converts 12V to 5V providing a power supply for the NANO and a PDA. -
Page 14: Available Cables For Nanopower
Version 1.05 May 2017 Pin description on the NanoPower RJ45 is given in the picture below. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pin numbers Pin number Description Ground (output) Transmit from NANO RS232 (e.g. Computer, V7) (input) Receive to NANO RS232 (e.g. -
Page 15: Operation
Version 1.05 May 2017 4 Operation There are two modes of operation: Data transfer mode and Normal operation mode. When in the data transfer mode, flights can be downloaded and the NanoConfig program can be run. Normal operation mode is when the logger is ready for recording flights. The mode in which the NANO is operating can be determined from the main screen or LEDs, when the screen is off. -
Page 16: User Input
Version 1.05 May 2017 If you press any button, when in the data transfer mode, the NANO4 will revert to normal operation mode User Input The NANO user interface consists of many dialogues, which have different input controls. They are designed to make input of names, parameters, etc., as easy as possible. Input controls can be summarized as: ... -
Page 17: Buttons On Nano
Version 1.05 May 2017 4.2.1 Buttons on NANO Buttons have dynamically set functions. Pressing a button will give more option. The main text in the box will perform an action assigned in the context. When you press a button a row will appear with the action assigned to that button in that context. -
Page 18: Text Edit Control
Version 1.05 May 2017 4.2.2 Text Edit Control The Text Editor is used to input an alphanumeric string; the picture below shows typical options when editing text. Use keyboard on touch screen orup/down button to change the value at the current cursor position. Push button next will move cursor right. -
Page 19: Color Selection
Version 1.05 May 2017 4.2.5 Color selection Color selection boxes, are used to select a color from a list of predefined colors. Use the up/down buttons to select the appropriate color. 4.2.6 Checkbox and Checkbox List A checkbox enables or disables a particular parameter. Press EDIT button to toggle the value. -
Page 20: Spin Control
Version 1.05 May 2017 With Edit or press on that area of the screen you can activate slider control, then up/down buttons or slide on screen you can select the preferred value and confirm it with the Ok push button. 4.2.8 Spin control With using touch screen, user can increment or decrement selected value. -
Page 21: Powering Off
Version 1.05 May 2017 We can increase the speed of the discharge cycle, if we turn on Bluetooth module, set up brightness of LCD to maximum, turn off screen fade. After this procedure NANO has measured its battery capacity and with the next charge, the indication will be more accurate. -
Page 22: Connecting To A Computer
Version 1.05 May 2017 Sometimes it may appear that the NANO battery level when connected to a charger looks full. When you then disconnect the power, the battery level drops to 90%. This is normal as the battery level indication is different when the charger is connected and when it is disconnected. -
Page 23: Downloading Flights
Version 1.05 May 2017 In the root folder you will find the flights created by the NANO and the NanoConfig program. The NanoConfig program will run only on Microsoft Windows operating systems. Double click to run it. On the first connection of the NANO to a computer, it may not be recognized immediately. -
Page 24: Bluetooth Pairing
Bluetooth you have to search on a PDA for Bluetooth enabled devices in range. (See chapter 5.8.7.2 to enable Bluetooth) The NANO will be identified as LXNAV-NANO4-<SERIALNUMBER>. Click PAIR or CONNECT to connect to the NANO . A security pin must be entered. The pin code for the NANO is 1234 and cannot be changed. -
Page 25: Working With The Nano
Version 1.05 May 2017 5 Working with the NANO Tree structure The NANO has 5 modes, Info, Flarm (if Flarm is connected), Waypoint, Task and Setup mode. Info mode has two subpages, where you will find all the necessary information about the status of the NANO Info Flarm... -
Page 26: Locked Screen
Version 1.05 May 2017 Classic battery indication Indication of battery with Indication of charge level, remaining time when battery is charging When the battery is charging the indication is as follows: Inside symbol indicate charging, outer ring is percent of charge. The accuracy of battery life measurement depends on how accurate the battery capacity has been measured. -
Page 27: Flarm Screen
Version 1.05 May 2017 Flarm screen Flarm screen is visible only when the NANO detects a Flarm connected to the external port. Selection of Flarm targets and zooming is then available. If the NANO is connected to PowerFlarm, it is also able to show PCAS traffic. 5.5.1 Flarm symbols Waypoint screen In this screen, the pilot can navigate to a selected waypoint, Select waypoint from opened... -
Page 28: Task Screen
Version 1.05 May 2017 Long press on map will bring near airport/waypoint selection menu around pressed place on map. Long press on steering course will bring near airport/waypoint selection menu in flying direction. Task screen In this screen user can navigate to waypoints from a task, switching between them, edit task points and their zones. -
Page 29: Setup Menu
Version 1.05 May 2017 Setup Menu 5.8.1 QNH Under this page, the pilot can change the QNH setting. If QNH setting is correct, NANO will show correct altitude. Wrong QNH setting will have effect only on wrong altitude warnings and wrong final glide calculation. -
Page 30: Display
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.3 Display Under this menu the following items can be set: Automatic brightness control more details are under hamburger menu o Minimum brightness o Maximum brightness o Get brighter in is Time to reach max brightness o Get darker in is Time to reach min brightness ... -
Page 31: Graphics
Version 1.05 May 2017 o Fade brightness is level of brightness, the screen will fade o Fade timeout is time, the screen will fade to “fade brightness” Auto lock screen o Auto lock timeout Is a time, after screen will lock ... -
Page 32: Map
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.4.3 Map Map orientation, background color and wind symbol can be set in that menu. Map foreground color defines color of MC text and steering course on the map screen. 5.8.4.4 Airspace Displaying of airspace and colors for each type and class of the zone can be set here. 5.8.4.5 Waypoints Displaying of waypoints and their names can be set here. -
Page 33: Glider & Track
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.4.6 Glider & Track Displaying of glider and its track can be set here. 5.8.4.7 Task Colors of task elements, can be adjusted in this menu. 5.8.4.8 Flarm Colors of flarm objects, can be adjusted in this menu. Page 33 of 54... -
Page 34: Warnings
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.5 Warnings Altitude warnings, Flarm warnings and their conditions can be setup under this menu. The Flarm warnings are classified into three levels (See Flarm manual for details on www.flarm.com) First level (Low) approximately 18 seconds before predicted collision ... - Page 35 Version 1.05 May 2017 Each type of observation zone is defined with two angles, two radii and mean bearing (Angle12). These parameters enable the creation of any known zone geometry separately for start, turn point and finish. Using parameters in the zone dialogue it is possible to describe all types of observation zones.
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Page 36: Hardware
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.7 Hardware In the Hardware menu there are five sub items: Vario Communication Sounds Battery 5.8.7.1 Vario Vario submenu allows you to adjust the Vario filters for the Vario needle and the vario sound, the time constant for average vario and vario tape range. -
Page 37: Enl
Version 1.05 May 2017 In the communication menu, you can enable or disable the Bluetooth device, enable or disable NMEA output on the USB port, baudrate for external serial interface. Communication enables you to set the way NANO will communicate with the Flarm. With Target data NMEA you can enable NMEA data transmission (GPRMB and LXVTARG) to other external GPS devices (Oudie, PDA’s, Smart phones,..). -
Page 38: Sounds
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.7.5 Sounds In this menu various setting for sounds can be adjusted. Volume of vario sound, enabling of system sounds and enabling of vario sounds. From version 1.5 here is also sound setting for Flarm warning. Vario volume can also be adjusted using side buttons, but only in GPS info page. -
Page 39: Units
Version 1.05 May 2017 of waypoints, but reducing the size of the airspace area or number of waypoints, performance of the NANO will be better. In the same section you can convert all IGC files loaded on the NANO to KML file format. FlarmNet data can be loaded also in this section and is useful only if flarm is connected to NANO Waypoint CUP file is limited to maximum 1Mbyte size... -
Page 40: Wind
Version 1.05 May 2017 You can modify the polar by changing coefficients a, b and c. A polar is defined as a quadratic equation with the parameters a, b, and c. Use the SeeYou program (Tools->Polar) to calculate coefficients a, b and c for a given glider’s polar. -
Page 41: Password
Version 1.05 May 2017 5.8.14 Password Following passwords are available for users: 00666 - Reset all settings to factory default 00667 - Reset battery calibration to factory default (Battery will need new calibration cycle, to be calibrated). 32233 - Format internal flash memory (All data will be lost) 11111 - Prepare battery for storage (discharge to 50%) 5.8.15 About Under about menu, user can see the version and serial number of the NANO... -
Page 42: Flarm On Nano
Version 1.05 May 2017 6 Flarm on NANO NANO is able to display flarm and PCAS traffic on map or on radar screen. Radar screen is visible only when Flarm is detected by NANO . In case of collision warning, another screen will be displayed, which will inform us, from which direction the threat is coming from. -
Page 43: Connecting Flarm To Nano 4
Version 1.05 May 2017 Connecting Flarm to NANO USB cable CC-NP-IGC Flarm cable Needs separate 12V supply NANO Nano Power Must be connected to 12V Connecting Flarm to NANO using NanoPower-FL USB cable NanoPower-FL gets 12V from flarm Flarm NANO Connecting Flarm to NANO using NanoPower-PF USB cable... -
Page 44: Configure Nano
Version 1.05 May 2017 7 Configure NANO Flight declarations can be uploaded to the NANO in four different ways: Directly on the NANO Using the NanoConfig program on PC, Bluetooth (NanoConfig for Android, Oudie, XCSoar,..) Serial interface (PDAs, Oudie, XCSoar) Declarations are stored in the SYSTEM folder in a file called decl. -
Page 45: Setting Mc
Version 1.05 May 2017 Wind Wind component 7.1.3 Setting MC With touching to Mc value, user can acces to the following screen. On this screen Mc, Ballast and bugs can be adjusted. At same time calculated final glide and speed is displayed on lower part of the screen. - Page 46 Version 1.05 May 2017 back or one character to the left using a longer press of the button. A similar function is used for the OK button, where you can confirm a selected waypoint or with the C, you can cancel the selection of a waypoint.
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Page 47: On A Pc With Nanoconfig For Windows
NANO The version of the program is written in the lower left corner of the NanoConfig window. When requesting support from LXNAV or reporting a bug, please always include the version of the program in your email. -
Page 48: Pilot Information
Version 1.05 May 2017 7.2.1.1 Pilot information Enter pilot and glider information in the pilot section. In the top right you will find two icons. The first icon will show a list of stored pilot information and the second will add the current pilot information to the list. -
Page 49: Changing Parameters With Nanoconfig
Version 1.05 May 2017 7.2.2 Changing parameters with NanoConfig Run the NanoConfig program and go to the settings screen. The settings screen is split into two sections. Settings dedicated to the NANO and settings for NanoConfig. Parameters for the NANO include recording interval, NMEA output and Bluetooth enable settings. -
Page 50: Automatically Turn Off Nano4, When Flight Is Finished
Check the Enable Bluetooth checkbox if you want to turn it on. By default Bluetooth is disabled. When Bluetooth is enabled, the NANO4 will consume more power and the total endurance of a new and charged battery will reduce approximately to 14 hours. -
Page 51: Nano 4 Config For Android Devices
May 2017 NANO config for Android devices NanoConfig can be downloaded from LXNAV web site or Google Play Market. The NanoConfig is a configuration tool for the NANO . The user can easily modify flight recorder parameters, edit pilot and glider information, edit the declaration, and transfer flights from the NANO to a smart phone. -
Page 52: Editing Pilot Info
Version 1.05 May 2017 After downloading of the logbook data is finished, a short press on the desired flight will start the download process. If the flight size is big, the download may take more than minute. Flights are downloaded into the NanoConfig folder. With a long press on the flight, the downloaded flight can be shared with other applications installed on your smart phone (Gmail, SeeYou, OLC (not available) , Google Docs, Facebook). -
Page 53: Troubleshooting
Q: Is the internal LiIon battery for the NANO end-user replaceable or would I need to send the unit back to LXNAV or a dealer to have the battery replaced? A: User cannot replace the Li-Ion Battery. See chapter 4.11 Q: I can't read the NANO on my notebook. -
Page 54: Revision History
Version 1.05 May 2017 9 Revision History January 2017 Initial release of owner manual May 2017 New chapters 5.5.1 and 3.9 Page 54 of 54...
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