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Aetos Installation Manual

Kanardia d.o.o.

March 2020

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Page 3 In short, the license gives you right to copy, reproduce and modify this document if: ˆ you cite Kanardia d.o.o. as the author of the original work, ˆ you distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
Page 4 Aetos Installation Manual Rev. Date Description Apr 2019 Complete manual rework. Mar 2020 Changes accumulated from SW versions 3.4 – 3.6. Oct 2020 Changes and clariﬁcations for SW version 3.7 © Kanardia 2019–2020...
Page 5 Aetos Installation Manual CONTENTS Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Icons Used Trough the Manual ....1.2 Warnings ......
Page 6 Aetos Installation Manual CONTENTS 7 USB 7.1 USB Memory Stick ......30 7.2 WiFi Module ......30 7.3 USB Cable As Charger .
Page 7 Aetos Installation Manual CONTENTS 11 Service Settings 11.1 Parameters ......55 11.1.1 Parameter Editing ..... 56 11.2 Flap Settings .
Page 8 Aetos Installation Manual CONTENTS 16 Autopilot 17 Special 18 CAN Devices 18.1 Indu/Digi Layout Change ..... 78 18.2 Enable/Disable Magnetic Heading ....79 19 Joyu 19.1 Device/Action Pairs .
Page 9 Aetos Installation Manual 1. Introduction Introduction First of all we would like to thank you for purchasing our product. Aetos is a complex instrument and we strongly recommend reading manuals before installation. You may be interested in reading: ˆ Aetos Installation Manual (this manual), ˆ...
Page 10 The manual is not a substitute for an approved aircraft speciﬁc main- tenance manual, installation or design drawing. Attempting to install Aetos and corresponding equipment by reference to this manual only (without planning or designing an installation speciﬁc to aircraft) may compromise the safety and is not recommended.
Page 11 The display main dimensions are shown on Figures 1 – 3 and Figure 4 shows the cutout. Figure 1: Aetos side view with dimensions. The knob and part of the bezel protrude 23 mm in front of the instrument panel. On the back side, the housing requires 37 mm space. This space already includes thickness of the instrument panel.
Page 12 The bezel width is 192 mm and the height is 127 mm. Back side housing width is 176 mm, height 122 mm. Figure 3 shows Aetos top view. Cooling openings are clearly visible. Same cooling openings are also on the bottom side. It is very importnat that bottom and top cooling openings are not obstructed –...
Page 13 Aetos Installation Manual 2.3 The Cutout The Cutout Cut your instrument panel according to your Aetos display size using cut-out dimensions and cut-out templates. The cut-out drawing can be downloaded from our web page: www.kanardia.eu/support/manuals/, search for the Aetos Cutout.pdf or Aetos Cutout.dxf. Please note that the cutout tol- erance was already added to the green cutout line.
Page 14 Please do not use excessive force on M3 bolt/nut to avoid damage of plastic bezel. This ﬁxation principle has one disadvantage – it makes Aetos service removal a bit diﬃcult as nut on the back side may be diﬃcult to access.
Page 15 For instrument panels made of aluminum, a nut like shown on Figure 6 can be used. The nut must be pressed into the panel before installing the instrument. Once pressed, the nut shall not turn when Aetos is removed and this makes servicing easier.
Page 16 Figure 7 shows an example. There is a small disadvantage using rivnuts. As the rivnut head has some minimal thickness, the Aetos bezel will probably not mount ﬂush with the panel – there will be a small gap. Figure 7: Example of rivnuts inserts.
Page 17 The other side of the power cable has a plastic connector. This connector has a hook next to the red cable. Insert the connector into Aetos at the back. The notch and the hook must match – they prevent wrong cable orientation, see Figure 9.
Page 18 A rough estimate is 250 mA per device. So a circuit breaker rated at 1.5 to 2.5 A is needed for the systems with one Aetos. In the case of two Aetos connected to the same circuit breaker, use 2.5 to 3.5 A rated circuit breaker instead.
Page 19 VRLA AGM battery (1.2 Ah is typically used) and a DPDT (or DPST) switch. Figure 10 shows the schematics. The Aetos system is switched on/oﬀ by a double pole switch. This switch turns on/oﬀ two circuits at the same time. The ﬁrst one brings system power into UPSU and the second one brings backup battery power into UPSU.
Page 20 The GNSS system in Aetos consists of two parts: the GNSS module and GNSS antenna. The module is an integral part of the AD-AHRS-GNSS device, which is built in the Aetos and the antenna cable connects to the back side of the Aetos.
Page 21 ﬁberglass. This does not work with metal of carbon ﬁber covers. Aetos comes equipped with one of the two possible antennas as shown on Figure 13. The GNSS receiver is capable of SBAS enhancement from EGNOS, WASS, etc.
Page 22 Aetos Installation Manual 4.1 GNSS Signal Check Figure 13: GNSS antenna orientation: – small, pure GPS antenna – the GPS text must be facing upwards, towards the sky. – larger combined GPS/Glonass antenna – the triangle must point upwards, towards the sky.
Page 23 Outside Air Temperature Sensor Installation Outside air temperature (OAT) probe is shipped with the Aetos primary dis- play. This is a digital temperature sensor inserted into a threaded aluminium housing. Default OAT cable length is 1.5 meters, but other lengths are avail- able on request.
Page 24 3. Install the probe into the hole from the interior. Guide the cable trough the aircraft to the Aetos display back side. 4. Apply some thread-lock liquid and thread the external nut to the probe.
Page 25 Aetos Installation Manual 5.2 Connection 6. Slide the plastic sleeve over the exposed threads of the probe and cover as much threads as possible. Shrink the sleeve using hot air blower. Do not use open ﬂame. Plastic (shrink) sleeve mainly serves as thermal insulation from cabin heat.
Page 26 Basic Aetos kit is shipped with an audio connector cable. One end of the cable has a male 3 5 mm mono audio jack which ﬁts into Aetos master unit. The other end is open ended and it should be connected to audio panel or external input of a radio station.
Page 27 6.1.2 Funke ATR833 Audio output of the Aetos must be connected to the external audio input on Funke ATR833 radio station. Please connect Aetos audio output as on Figure The Funke ATR833 radio station must be conﬁgured to accept audio from Aetos.
Page 28 6.1.3 Dittel KRT2 Audio output of the Aetos must be connected to the External-NF input on KRT2 radio station. Please connect Aetos audio output as on Figure 19. KRT2 - 15 pin D-SUB Mono 3.5mm Jack SIGNAL Figure 19: Schematic for connecting Aetos audio to KRT2 radio station.
Page 29 PAL or NTSC format can be connected. The SECAM format is not supported. The input on Aetos has impedance 75 Ω and is expecting video signal with amplitude 1 5 V peak to peak. The video signal source must be connected to Aetos with 75 Ω...
Page 30 7. USB Figure 20: An example of video input format selection. Aetos has two USB ports. One at the back and one at the front. The front one is typically used with USB memory stick for data transfers and software updates.
Page 31 Aetos Installation Manual 7.3 USB Cable As Charger then Aetos also gets access to the Internet. One such example is the WiPi module shown on Figure 21. Please note that not all modules are compatible. For time being, we are supporting modules with the RT5370 chipset only.
Page 32 Figure 22: WiFi connection sequence example. USB Cable As Tethering Standard USB cable can be also used to connect a smart phone and Aetos. When tethering is enabled on the phone and the phone has Internet connec- tion, then Aetos is connected to the Internet as well.
Page 33 Aetos Installation Manual 8.1 Connector and Plug Connector and Plug We are using standard Ethernet computer cable with RJ45 connector on each side. Communication leads are central twisted pair leads – pins 4 and 5, while other pins are used as a power supply for connected devices.
Page 34 Main bus enter in one port and exits in the other. Port order is not important – both are equal. Inside device housing there may be more internal modules. In the case of Aetos, there is AIRU module (AD-AHRS-GPS module) and Aetos electronic board module. Both are internally connected to the main CAN bus.
Page 35 Daqu 120 Ω Nesis Airu Nesis master Figure 26: Topology of Aetos basic kit – Daqu also serves as a bus terminator. Because the main bus is very short, second terminator is not really needed. main bus Seru Figure 27: Devices with only one CAN connector require T-junction.
Page 36 Figure 29: Connection schematics for service terminal. Port 1 – Auxiliary RS-232 Aetos has three RS-232 communication ports used to connect to third party devices, see page 39. We recommend to use them ﬁrst. However, if needed, an additional RS-232 communication can be established trough the service ©...
Page 37 (long press). A diﬀerent function can be assigned to each of these events. See the Settings section in the Aetos User Manual for more details. In most cases an external button is used together with the autopilot system and events are associated with one of the AP commands.
Page 38 Aetos Installation Manual 9.4 Alarm Switch When some device (any CAN bus device) reports an error condition, like some engine parameter outside limits or a sensor failure, an output signal will be raised. This alarm line can be used to trigger some other device, an alarm light on the instrument panel, for example.
Page 39 Aetos Installation Manual 10. RS-232 Ports RS-232 Ports Aetos has three RJ12 connectors at the back, which are intended for three independent RS-232 communications. And additional auxiliary RS-232 can be established trough the service port. Figure 34 shows these ports. They are labeled as: ˆ...
Page 40 10.2 Conﬁguration Never connect external power source to pin 6. This will damage the internal circuit. When connected device is only receiving data from Aetos, only pin 1 and 3 shall be used. Description +12V out – used to power some device.
Page 41 Flarm compatible device the port is connected with a Power Flarm, TRX 1500, or some other Flarm compatible device. Automatic baud rate detection is used for Flarm devices. Aetos expects one of the following baud rates: 4800, 9600, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600. We recommend using higher boud rates like 38400 or 57600, when possible.
Page 42 Please read the KRT2 Manual before any connection is made to Aetos. The manual can be obtained from https://www.tq-general-aviation.com. Connection to a KRT2 radio is made using a trick. Aetos pretends to be a KRT2RC remote control unit. This means that connection is only possible when the remote unit is not connected to KRT2.
Page 43 Aetos. The manual can be obtained from https://www.funkeavionics. de/. Open the Service menu and search for the manual. Connection to a ATR 833 radio is made using a trick. Aetos pretends to be a remote control unit. This means that connection is only possible when the remote unit is not connected to ATR 833.
Page 44 The connection must be made to the controller unit. Figure 38 illustrates the connection between Aetos and the TC90 controller unit. If TC90 and Aetos are both connected to the same airplane ground, then GND line may be omitted (dashed line).
Page 45 GPS data on TX and transponder receives the data on RX. 10.3.6 TQ KTX2 Transponder Please read the KRT2 Manual before any connection is made to Aetos. The manual can be obtained from https://www.tq-general-aviation.com. Please note that KTX2 requires software version 101 or higher for the ADS-B out to operate.
Page 46 Power Flarm Please read the PowerFLARM Core Installation Manual before any connec- tion is made to Aetos. The manual can be obtained from the Flarm Tech- nology Ltd web site. Aetos User Manual has one complete section devoted to Flarm based products. Please read this section as well. Aetos allows you to do almost complete conﬁguration of Flarm.
Page 47 RJ45 connector and port 2 has D-SUB 9 pin connector. This section describes connection to port 1. The port 1 on Flarm has 8 pin RJ45 connector, while Aetos is using 6 pin RJ12 connector. The schematics on Figue 42 shows meaning of individual pins and proper connection.
Page 48 As TRX 1500 uses only one connector for several ports, the schematics on Figure 43 shows two cables comming out of the main connector. The bottom one connects to Aetos serial port, while to top cable is optional and can be connected to one of optional Flarm displays.
Page 49 Some displays require 12 V for their operation. In this case Pin 11 shall be also connected with the display connector. Conﬁguration TRX 1500 can’t be conﬁgured with the Aetos. A PC computer with TRX- Tool software and USB connection must be used instead. See TRX 1500 documentation for details.
Page 50 10.3 Connection Details Figure 45: TRX 1500 port 2 settings page. Port is connected to display. Figure 46: TRX 1500 port 3 settings page. Port is connected to Aetos. com/ web site. Open the Support menu and search for the manual.
Page 51 Set the HEX code – Own ICAO Address of your transponder. Aetos will connect to data port 3. Default protocol for port 3 is Garmin TIS protocol. This must be changed. At the same time we also recommend using higher baud rate.
Page 52 OK. 4. Press the Save button to activate the changes. Aetos requires a few seconds to detect new data rate and detect the format. This procedure is automatic. Unfortunately, AT1 does not fully implement the Flarm protocol. So Ae- tos can’t obtain device information.
Page 53 Flarm Eagle has typical Flarm RJ12 six pin connector on front. Pins num- bering is the same as on the Aetos, so connection can be made with a ﬂat cable. The same cable can also provide power for the Flarm Eagle.
Page 54 Conﬁguration echoUAT supports GDL90 protocol. Please conﬁgure the device to transmit data on COM 1, as it is shown on Figure 52. From the Aetos point of view only settings in the orange rectangle are important. Rectangle on the left makes sure that both TIS-B (traﬃc on 1090 MHz) and FIS-B (uplink on 978...
Page 55 The Parameters window is used to set and tune name, range and color limits for diﬀerent parameters used by Aetos. Figure 53 shows the options. These options have the following meanings: Edit (Engine, Electric, ..., Other) opens a selection list where one parameter is selected and then edited.
Page 56 Figure 53: Various options for parameter settings. parameter. See section 11.1.1 for details. Send to others is used to send parameter values from this Aetos to other units/devices connected to the CAN bus. At the time of writing only Nesis and Aetos devices beneﬁt from this feature. This may eliminate the need to tune the parameters on other devices.
Page 57 Aetos Installation Manual 11.1 Parameters Figure 54: Example of parameter editor. Enable option must be checked for the parameter to appear on the screen. Filter option deﬁnes reaction of on parameter change. The value if given is seconds. A small value means that parameter reacts quickly while a large value does the opposite.
Page 58 A valid parameter requires at least two Color until items. If only one is given, Aetos will not draw the scale properly or will not draw it at all. Observe the arc on the left side of the window. It displays current color bands.
Page 59 Trim Sensitivity When trim position sensors are connected and properly conﬁgured with Daqu, Aetos can also show their position. In order to properly detect a trim position change, an approximate travel time from one trim stop to the opposite trim stop is required. This time will be ©...
Page 60 10 starting on page 39 for details. 11.7 Internal CO Sensor Aetos may have a build-in internal CO (carbon monoxide) sensor. It can be chosen from: Not present sensor is either not present or it is disabled.
Page 61 Since 2019 we do not equip Aetos with internal sensors anymore. We use external CO sensors instead. An external sensor is connected to one of RS- 232 ports at the back of the Aetos. Please see 10 starting on page 39 for details.
Page 62 Please make sure that aircraft is level for both, roll and pitch. Make also sure that Aetos is turned on for at least ten minutes – this warms up the internal electronics and stabilizes numerical ﬁlters. Before the automatic alignment is made, the yaw misalignment shall be de- termined.
Page 63 12.2 Roll and Pitch Adjustment Figure 57: AHRS Leveling window. be measured and its value entered into Aetos. Figure 58 deﬁnes positive and negative Ψ angle. When Ψ is known, enter its value into Yaw item as shown on Figure 57. Then you can proceed with the pitch and roll adjustment, which are automatic.
Page 64 Parameters can be enabled/disabled, have green, yellow, red ranges and some other speciﬁc values. These ranges and values must be set properly in order that Aetos can display it on the screen. Please refer to section 11.1 for more details.
Page 65 Engine model shall be selected ﬁrst. This tells Daqu if this is a classical engine or it has some kind of ECU (Rotax iS, UL-Power, D-Motor, . . . ). Aetos uses this info to load default parameter settings for the engine, section 11.1. For some engines it also tells which software fuel ﬂow calculation models shall be...
Page 66 RPM threshold. This deﬁnes the RPM limits that must be reached to automatically disengage the start button switch. 13.3 Channels Aetos lists all channels available on Daqu. Channels types are designated with letters, which deﬁne the hardware capabilities of each channel. Channels © Kanardia 2019–2020...
Page 67 Aetos Installation Manual 13.3 Channels labelled with Z and Y are digital channels, while channels labeled with A, B, C, D, E and F are analogue channels. Please refer to the Daqu manual for more details. Selecting a channel opens a small action window, Figure 60. Some of the actions depend on the channel function or sensor type.
Page 68 Aetos Installation Manual 13.3 Channels Figure 61: An example of channel Z editing. Z is typically used for the engine RPM. Sensor A list of sensors available for the selected channel and selected func- tion is provided. Select one from the list. This tells Daqu what kind of signal is to be expected on this channel.
Page 69 Aetos Installation Manual 13.3 Channels Figure 62: An example of channel D editing. Certain sensors require addi- tional value, which deﬁnes the sensor range. Another, slightly diﬀerent example is shown on Figure 63. In this case sensor is a thermocouple and this type requires a selection between isolated or non- isolated type.
Page 70 Aetos Installation Manual 13.3 Channels Figure 64: An example of extreme positions for the pitch trim sensor. Nose holds the value of the pitch trim sensor when trim is at the full forward – nose down position. The value can be entered manually.
Page 71 The tank action is shown only for fuel level sensors. Details are given in next section. Tank Aetos supports two modes for the fuel level indication. The ﬁrst mode is based on fuel level sensors and the second one is a software simulated tank. 14.1...
Page 72 Aetos Installation Manual 14.1 Fuel Level Sensors Figure 66: An example of linear fuel tank. Figure 67: An example of linear fuel tank. 14.1.2 User Shape This is the most complex solution, but also the most precise one. It allows up to 20 calibration points per tank.
Page 73 Aetos Installation Manual 14.1 Fuel Level Sensors There are no points in the Measurements list. Sensor value is informa- tive and shows the readings from the sensor. This value is either voltage or resistance detected by Daqu – this depends on the sensor type.
Page 74 2.58 and 42 liters. Initially, during ﬁrst step, 4 liters were needed for a sensor to react. So, the real tank capacity is 46 liters, but Aetos will show values between 0 and 42. Figure 69b shows the ﬁnal situation. The dark blue color line on the chart shows tank non-linearity.
Page 75 Aetos Installation Manual 14.2 Simulated Fuel Tank 1. Make sure that aircraft is in level position for a cruise ﬂight. 2. Select one of the predeﬁned shapes from the list. 3. Make the tank empty – drain all fuel out.
Page 76 CO sensor, fuel ﬂow correction and time counters adjustments. Please make sure that Aetos is running for at least 10 min before any sensor adjustments are made. This is not necessary for counter adjustments.
Page 77 Engine total time changes the engine total time counter to a new value. This comes handy when there is a diﬀerence between engine total time in aircraft books and Aetos logs. The engine total time change is visible from the logs. The change will not correct the existing logs. It will only aﬀect new ones.
Page 78 18.1 Indu/Digi Layout Change Aetos can upload a new LCD layout ﬁle to all devices from the Indu group (round instruments with a needle and LCD display and Digi). The LCD layout is stored in a binary ﬁle with the isb extension.
Page 79 Special care must be taken if more than one Indu devices are connected. 4. Aetos lists the ﬁles with the isb ﬁle extension found on the USB memory stick. Select the ﬁle from the list (it will be probably only one). The ﬁle will be transferred to the ﬂash memory on the selected Indu device,...
Page 80 Aetos Installation Manual 19.1 Device/Action Pairs 19.1 Device/Action Pairs Joyu supports devices listed in this section. Each device supports speciﬁc actions. A device and action form a device/action pair. A device/action pair can be assigned to one of Joyu buttons or Joyu wheel. Devices are identiﬁed by their serial numbers.
Page 81 Conﬁguration Selection of the Joyu icon allows simple conﬁguration of Joyu commands for all connected CAN bus devices. Aetos detects which devices are present on the bus and includes actions for these devices, too. Figure 73 shows an example of Joyu without any functions assigned. Illus- tration on the right enumerates the buttons.
Page 82 Aetos Installation Manual 20. Calibrated Airspeed Figure 75: Joyu wheel movement was assigned to Nesis with serial number 100. Action in this case is knob rotate action, which equals to wheel. An example of ﬁnal situation is shown on Figure 76. When the window is closed the conﬁguration is sent to all devices on the CAN bus.
Page 83 Aetos Installation Manual 20. Calibrated Airspeed km/h km/h ∆ km/h Table 8: Example: Table with IAS and CAS. Diﬀerences are entered into Aetos. 1. Select the CAS Correct icon from the Service Options page. 2. Enter points as shown in the Figure 77.

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