Introduction - LX Navigation Era 57 User Manual

Document Name:
LX Era 57/80 user's manual
All our varios are standalone devices which can be used without a glider computer for displaying flight
parameters such as final glide information, Speed Command (SC) as well as basic navigation. Our varios also
have an internal battery which means that your IGC logs do not depend on your glider`s batteries.
System extensions (second seat unit, remote control (LX Joy), compass, NavBox, MOP, Flap sensor, AHRS ...)
are also possible. Everything is connected using a CAN bus (single cable for power and data). All connections
are plug and play, which means no specialist is required to install the system.

1.2 Introduction

The LX Era is an "all-in one" standalone speed-to-fly variometer, flight recorder, final glide calculator and
navigation system with an internal backup battery, audio warnings, vario beeps and voice messages.
The unit is capable of providing APT (airport), TP (turnpoint) and TSK (task) navigation on three dedicated
navigational pages. Navigation pages feature Navboxes showing bearing to point, track, distance and final
glide with airspace shown graphically, airports and turnpoints.
The vario is designed to fit a standard 80mm aviation cut-out hole. It is able to supply PDA/PNA units with 5
V/500 mA and 3.3 V/100 mA output on User output connector.
LX Era has built-in high precision digital sensors based on latest MEMS technology for altitude, vario, speed,
3-axis gyro and 3-axis accelerometer sensors. A minimum sampling rate of 100 Hz is applied to all sensors.
The digital needle can be assigned to show one of multiple parameters (vario, netto, g-force, speed command
etc.). By default, it is shows vario value.
As an integral part, it has a 3.5" sunshine readable transflective LCD display to show all user defined data
during flight. For accessing all system options, two rotary/push knobs are used. A voice module is also built in
for audio warnings.
A double seater installation is possible by installing an LX Era Repeater and connecting it to the system via a
CAN bus.
An integral IGC approved flight recorder with ENL level detector will record flight to internal solid-state
memory (8GB). All flights can be copied to an external SD card after flight.
For backup and safety reasons, it has an internal battery which will provide power to the Era for three to five
hours after the main power supply is disconnected. The integral charger will charge the backup battery when
external power supply is connected (12V).
LX Era features are:
- 3.5˝ transflective technology sunlight readable display
Integrated G-meter (g-forces recorder)
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3-axis gyroscope
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- 3-axis accelerometers
50ch GPS receiver as an integral part of the system
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- Completely new design using latest pressure transducers technology
Extremely fast vario data acquisition
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Rotary knob with push function, for simple and effective handling
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Nearly unlimited memory space for flight recorder
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- ENL (Environment Noise Level) sensor
5 user defined status inputs (SC, VP, gear, brakes and ballast)
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