Lx Zeus And Colibri Ii; Colibri Ii Power Management; Colibri Ii - Lx Zeus Interaction; Commands And Declaration Transfer To Colibri Ii/Eos/Era - LX Navigation Zeus User Manual

7 LX Zeus and Colibri II

LX Eos and LX Zeus together create a very compact and robust system. All flight recording related settings
are sent from LX Zeus and, in their relationship, LX Zeus is the master and Colibri II is a slave. This is why it
is possible to install Colibri II in an inaccessable place (under/inside instrument panel), as long as the Colibri
II position ensures good GPS reception. It is essential that the Colibri II has version 1.93 or higher installed.
Colibri II has an integrated ENL sensor.

7.1 Colibri II power management

Once the LX Zeus receives power, the Colibri II will automatically switch ON without any pilot action. After
landing the Colibri II will remain ON as long as LX Zeus is powered. When LX Zeus is switched OFF, Colibri
II will work for a limited time and switch OFF after approximately 5 minutes. Colibri II is permanently
charged from LX Zeus and this ensures that the Colibri II battery will be always full. When, for some reason,
battery power is lost on LX Zeus during flight, Colibri II will continue to record the flight for up to 15 hours.
7.2 Colibri II – LX Zeus interaction
Once a connection between Colibri II and LX Zeus is established both units start to communicate using a
special LX protocol. The connection is established automatically without any pilot action.
7.2.1

Commands and declaration transfer to Colibri II/Eos/Era

Every time the system is turned on the following data is
sent to LX Eos:

Pilot data: After initial setup on LX Zeus (also
nd
pilot 2 name in a double seater configuration)

Recording interval
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Other data related to flight recording with
recording (Event repetition...)

Selected task: the task will become declared
A long press on the EVENT button generates an event command that is sent to Colibri II. An event
command can be sent also from the second seat.
Any change of task, will immediately update the Colibri II internal task. As long as it is on the ground
(not flying), the new data will be written as a new declaration to the Colibri II flight recorder. The same
will happen with pilot data. After takeoff the task synchronization starts working but the declaration
in the flight recorder will remain unchanged (IGC rule).
Password 99999 will delete all flights from Colibri II and LX Eos
Important!
Password 99999:
LX Zeus v4.0.2
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