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Warning. Important. The ADS600-B is used as an aid to visual acquisition of traffic and weather and it is to be used only for pilot and crew situational awareness. The ADS600-B does not relieve the flight crew of seeing and avoiding traffic, obstacles and weather.
For the duration of the warranty period, at its option, NavWorx will repair or replace any product which fails during normal use. No charge will be made to the customer for parts and labor for product repair or replacement provided that the customer shall be responsible for all shipping cost.
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Revision History ........................3 List of Effective Pages ......................4 End User License Agreement (EULA) ..................5 Disclaimer..........................6 NavWorx Two Year Limited Warranty ..................7 Definitions and Acronyms ...................... 12 Accessories and Packing List.................... 13 Unpacking Equipment....................13 Package Contents....................... 13 About this Manual......................
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Calibration......................... 33 Tune-Up ........................33 Battery Replacement ....................33 Cleaning ........................33 Traffic and Weather Displays ....................34 Product Registration ....................... 35 Wiring Diagrams ........................36 Page 10 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
1 Accessories and Packing List 1.1 Unpacking Equipment Carefully unpack the equipment from the shipping container. Inspect the ADS600-B unit and the package contents for evidence of shipping damage. Retain the shipping container and packaging material for reshipment if necessary.
2 About this Manual This manual describes the installation and checkout procedures for the ADS600-B UAT Data Link Transceiver. The ADS600-B unit is intended to be installed in aircraft that do not require an STC for installation. 2.1 FCC Grant of Equipment Authorization This equipment has been issued an FCC Grant of Equipment Authorization.
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2010-04-20 P/N: 240-0008-00-02 Figure 3-1: Top view of ADS600-B UAT Data Link Transceiver Page 15 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
3.2 Transmitter Specification The ADS600-B is a non-TSO device that complies with RTCA DO-282B. DO-282B compliant messages transmitted by the ADS600-B unit assign the System Integrity Level (SIL) to unknown (0) and the System Design Assurance (SDA) level to unknown (0).
Display (MFD, Portable, etc.) GPS Antenna Annunciator (Lamp) DB37 Connector ADS600-B Altitude Encoder A/C Power UAT Antenna Maintenance Port Figure 3-2: ADS600-B UAT Data Link Transceiver System Diagram Page 18 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
3.3.2 Maintenance Port The ADS600-B provides an RS232 communication port that is used to configure and monitor the status of the ADS600-B system via a computer. The maintenance port is required to be connected.
The following items are required for the ADS600-B installation, but are not supplied: UAT Antenna (Table 3-1 provides a list of recommended UAT Antennas) GPS Antenna, if installing an external GPS input for ADS600-B (Table 3-2 provides a list of recommended GPS Antennas)
The ADS600-B may be mounted in either a portable or remote mount configuration. 3.5.3.1 ADS600-B Portable Mount The ADS600-B may be mounted in a portable configuration. The unit may be placed on a glare shield or any hard surface and affixed in place using Velcro®. The unit may also be portably attached to the aircraft using a RAM®...
3.6 Electrical Connections 3.6.1 Connectors Table 3-4 describes the connectors supplied with the ADS600-B installation kit. The kit also contains crimp contacts for the D-Sub connector. Table 3-3 identifies the crimp tool required to ensure consistent and reliable crimp contact connections.
UAT Antenna TNC connector. GPS Antenna TNC connector. 3.6.2 Interface Connector Definition The following figure shows the side view of the ADS600-B depicting the DSUB and TNC connectors. DB37 Connector GPS Antenna Antenna Figure 3-4: ADS600-B DB37, UAT and GPS Connectors Page 23 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ®...
3.6.3 I/O Connector (P1) A 37 pin D-Sub connector interfaces to external equipment and aircraft power. This connector can be found at the rear of the ADS600-B unit. View looking at ADS600-B. Figure 3-5: 37 Pin D-Sub Male Connector (P1) The pin-out description for the I/O connector is defined in Table 3-5.
Air / Ground Discrete Input (active low) Suppression Output Suppression Output (active high) Power Ground Main Aircraft Power Ground Power Ground Main Aircraft Power Ground Page 25 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
500 mA. 3.7.2.1 UAT Fail Indicator The UAT Fail Out (P1-14) is used to indicate the status of the ADS600-B receiver. UAT Fail Out will be grounded when the ADS600-B has detected a system failure. Otherwise, this output will be open.
3.7.4 PPS Time Mark Input When used with an external ARINC 743A position source, the time mark signals from the navigation sensor are connected to the ADS600-B time mark input pins (P1-2 and P1-21). 3.7.5 Serial Interfaces The ADS600-B provides two bi-directional RS-232 serial interfaces, one receive only RS232 interface, one transmit only RS232 interface, one bi-directional RS-422 interface and one ARINC 429 input/output.
3.7.5.2 RS232 TIS Output (Garmin portables GPSMAP® x96) The ADS600-B may be configured to output TIS data via a RS232 serial data output (P1-6 and P1-25) to a portable GPSMAP® display device. The maintenance PC commands (see section 3.7) describe how to enable the serial data port for the TIS Output.
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2010-04-20 P/N: 240-0008-00-02 press any key – should you see the key appear on the emulator program then the ADS600-B is echoing the character. Type “Help” to view the list of all ADS600-B commands. See Table 3-6 for the complete list of ADS600-B maintenance commands.
2010-04-20 P/N: 240-0008-00-02 3.8.1.2 Maintenance Commands Table 3-6: ADS600-B Maintenance Commands READ Commands Command Option Description HELP List maintenance commands. READ Display all pertinent status and configuration for unit. READ PORTS Display mapping of protocol to RS232/RS422 ports. READ GPS ALL Display GPS configuration and status.
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ICAO address will be transmitted instead of the self-assigned address. UTILITY Commands Command Option Description RESET Reset unit. ENABLE Enable simulation mode. DISABLE Disable simulation mode. LOADER Used for updating unit software. Page 31 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
P/N: 240-0008-00-02 3.8.2 Electrical Load Analysis The ADS600-B is powered via a separate circuit breaker. For aircraft with multiple power buses, this circuit breaker is sourced from the non-essential bus. Circuits should be protected in accordance with guidelines in AC 43.13-1B, Chapter 11.
5 Troubleshooting 6 Maintenance 6.1 Altitude Source The altitude source provide to the ADS600-B must be tested and inspected every 24 months as referenced in FAR 91.411 6.2 Calibration There are no user-serviceable adjustments. There are no periodic maintenance functions to be performed on the ADS600-B product.
Product Registration Record the serial number of your unit here: ____________________________________ Please help us better support you by connecting to the NavWorx website (www.navworx.com) and completing the online product registration. Select the Product Registration link on the home page. You’ll need to provide your product serial number when registering your unit.
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NOTES: 1. ALL WIRES 24 AWG OR LARGER UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. TWISTED SHIELDED TWO 2. P1: 37-PIN D-SUB, MALE CONNECTOR. CONDUCTOR SHIELD TERMINATED TO GROUND Page 40 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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GROUNDING PIGTAILS MUST NOT EXCEED 4 INCHES IN LENGTH. GNS 480 ARINC 429 #1 OUT (P5-4/24) MAY BE USED INSTEAD OF 429 #2 (P5-5/25) OUT. Page 42 of 46 Copyright 2009-2010 NavWorx ® All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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