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  • Page 2 Revision History Revision Date of Release Reason for Release April 2015 Initial Release of document that coincided with Software Release 10.1.0.0 July 2015 Optimizations for black and white printing November 2015 Corrected several errors and added some additional descriptions December 2016 Update to accompany Software Release 10.2.0.0 March 2017...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Line Select Keys .............. 1-6 Right Knob Labeling ............1-7 Color Philosophy .............. 1-7 GENERAL IFD OPERATIONS ..........1-9 IFD440 Bezel Layout ............1-9 IFD410 Bezel Layout ............1-9 Power Control ..............1-11 Brightness Controls ............1-12 Start-Up Sequence ............1-13 Database Currency States ..........
  • Page 4 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Entering And Intercepting A Radial ........ 2-20 Deleting A Flight Plan ............ 2-21 Creating A Holding Pattern ..........2-22 Circular Orbits ..............2-23 Deleting A Holding Pattern..........2-25 Editing A Holding Pattern ..........2-25 Activating a Flight Plan ..........2-25 Flight Plan Sequencing ..........
  • Page 5 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TFR ................3-25 Indications Of Data Age ..........3-25 Traffic Display ..............3-26 Traffic Sensor Control ............ 3-34 TERRAIN AWARENESS ..........3-36 Forward Looking Terrain avoidance (FLTA) ....3-38 Altitude Callout ............... 3-40 HELICOPTER TAWS (HTAWS) ........3-41 HTAWS Self-Test ............
  • Page 6 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Navigation ................5-1 NAV SOURCE KNOB/BUTTON .......... 5-5 OBS MODE ................5-9 VOR COURSE DEPICTION † ........... 5-12 ARMED VS ENGAGED/ACTIVE INDICATIONS ....5-13 FMS HOOKS ..............5-14 COURSE CHANGES AND HOLDS ........5-17 AUTO VLOC TUNING † ............ 5-18 TRANSITION ALTITUDES/LEVELS ........
  • Page 7 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Display Of Terrain On Map ..........6-34 HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS ......6-34 COLD TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS ......6-36 LOW POWER OPERATIONS ........... 6-37 HIGH POWER OPERATIONS ........... 6-38 USE OF GLOVES .............. 6-39 CHARGING FROM THE USB ........... 6-41 INTEGRATION WITH THE IFD100 MOBILE APP ....

  • Page 9: System Overview

    1 System Overview All images contained in this manual are for reference use only, and are subject to change. Avidyne strongly recommends that pilots use the IFD system only under VFR conditions until completely familiar with its operation and use.

  • Page 10: Intended Function

    This manual describes the operation of the Avidyne IFD4xx series of equipment. Not all capabilities described herein are applicable to every model in the series. The IFD440 is the basis for capabilities described in the manual. Differences from the IFD440 are specifically identified throughout the manual.

  • Page 11: Ifd410

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IFD410 The Avidyne IFD410 differs from the IFD440 in that there is no internal VHF communication and navigation transceiver. Its primary function is to conduct GPS navigation, provided it is connected to an external navigation source selection annunciator and CDI/HSI indicator that are installed in the required field of view.

  • Page 12: Functional Overview

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW The Avidyne Integrated Flight Display (IFD) system supports the following functions:  Flight Management System (FMS)  SBAS and non-SBAS GPS Navigation  VHF Communication and Navigation (16W and 10W variants) †  Moving map, including synthetic vision view ...
  • Page 13 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Global SBAS Support Wide area/regional satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) support provided by the IFD include WAAS (Continental US, Alaska, Canada and most of Central America), EGNOS (most of Europe and North Africa), MSAS (Japan) and GAGNAN (India). These are regional augmentations of the GPS satellite constellation and should not be interpreted as meaning the IFD is compatible with other GNSS...

  • Page 14: Basic Concepts

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide BASIC CONCEPTS PAGE KEYS The buttons along the bottom of the IFD bezel are called “page keys”. Each key is labeled by function:  FMS (Flight Management System)  MAP (Moving Map)  AUX (System Pages) Each page has a number of associated tabs.

  • Page 15: Right Knob Labeling

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide LSK Types RIGHT KNOB LABELING The bottom right dual-concentric knob on the IFD is context- sensitive. Displayed in the lower right corner of the display, the knob label indicates the function of the knobs and the knob button on the left and right side, respectively.
  • Page 16 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IFD Feature/Function Color Page keys Green - Active White - Available but not currently active Note: AUX can also be Red, Yellow, or Cyan if there is an active alert as described later in this manual FMS “Fly To”...

  • Page 17: General Ifd Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide GENERAL IFD OPERATIONS IFD440 BEZEL LAYOUT Volume / Power / Frequency Dedicated CDI Nav Ambient Light Squelch Knob Swap Source Knob Sensor Function Keys Cam Latch Com/Nav Manual Page Function Context Line Select Keys USB Port...
  • Page 18 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Starting in the top left corner and working counter-clockwise around the bezel, the IFD has:  Power/Volume/Squelch knob † or Power Button *  Frequency Swap dedicated button †  Three (3) Line Select Keys (LSKs) that are page dependent with soft key labels adjacent to each ...

  • Page 19: Power Control

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide POWER CONTROL The IFD is typically powered by two circuit breakers; one for the VHF transceiver, and one for the remainder of the unit. The IFD will automatically start when the aircraft bus power is applied. It will take several seconds for the IFD to complete the power-up process.

  • Page 20: Brightness Controls

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide BRIGHTNESS CONTROLS Each IFD has brightness controls to control both the bezel and the display brightness. Using the controls on the Setup Page, the user can specify whether brightness is controlled manually, using cockpit dimming controls, or using ambient light sensor (photocell) that is embedded in the bezel.

  • Page 21: Start-Up Sequence

    START-UP SEQUENCE The startup sequence of the IFD is as follows:  An Avidyne logo will be displayed during system initialization and will be automatically removed when the IFD is initialized. The bezel keys will not be illuminated while the splash screen is present.
  • Page 22 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Some Data May Be Delayed At Startup Some data such as fuel flow and fuel totalizer may experience a 5-10 second delay during post start initialization. For those aircraft configured with fuel totalizers, this may result in some fuel display changes on the Fuel Mgmt page during that period including prompting the pilot to enter in initial fuel.

  • Page 23: Database Currency States

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DATABASE CURRENCY STATES The following table describes the various database currency states that may be observed at startup: Database Status Message Color In Effect Valid Thru Light Green <Month, Day, Year> Has Expired Expired Yellow <Month, Day, Year> Not Yet Effective Effective Yellow...

  • Page 24: Page Layout And Formats

    The context-sensitive line select keys, top datablocks and navigation source knob indication, and bottom edge set of page tabs are always displayed on every page. The IFD440 will also show radio frequencies in the upper left corner. The frequencies to be shown are configurable. For the IFD410, that area can be configured to show other datablocks just like those on the right side of the page.
  • Page 25 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide where this is available, a labeled side tab is displayed, as shown surrounded by gray boxes in the illustration below. The right side datablocks can be shown or hidden using any of the following methods:  Touch the side tab ...

  • Page 26: Com-Nav

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COM-NAV † The VHF system consists of a communications transceiver that covers the frequency band from 118.0 MHz to 136.990 MHz and a navigation receiver that covers the frequency band from 108.0 MHz to 117.95 MHz. Both 25 kHz and 8.33 kHz spacing are supported.
  • Page 27 (e.g. ATIS) while still connected to the active communications channel. Not all audio panels can support this capability. However, the Avidyne AMX240 and several other third party panels do offer this feature. Switching Tuning Controls The lower left knob is used to switch between display and control of communications radios, navigation radios, and a remote transponder (if equipped).
  • Page 28 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Cycling between Com, Nav, and Transponder Display Tuning Radio tuning can be accomplished through several methods. Regardless of method, it's always the Standby that is tuned and then that frequency is swapped into the Active by pressing the bezel Frequency Swap button.
  • Page 29 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Manual Entry of VOR Identifier A more automated way to tune a communications frequency is to use the frequency list, which is presented when the left knob is turned to start a manual tuning. See the section on page 1-25 regarding operation of the frequency list.
  • Page 30 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE Shortcuts to Com Tuning Shortcuts are provided to aid speed and ease of manually entering a communications frequency in the IFD. For example, there is no need to type the leading “1” for frequencies, the decimal point, trailing zeros or the thousandth digit.
  • Page 31 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide into the standby slot and a small dialog box will be presented indicating the number of the preset list item that is now showing. Standby tuned from Com Preset List The swap frequency button performs the same action as pressing the Frequency Swap button on the bezel, including holding it down to tune the emergency frequency.
  • Page 32 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Third Party Radio Control Display Units Other remote tuning and frequency swapping capability is present when dedicated third-party radio control display units are wired into the aircraft. Usually in these cases, when the radio control display unit is active, the Active and Standby frequencies are only displayed on that external control display unit and not on the IFD, even though the actual radio is still housed inside the IFD.

  • Page 33: Frequency List

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FREQUENCY LIST † The frequency list is displayed by starting a manual tuning operation with the lower left knob. It has three tabs along the top edge of the page:  Airport – the most logical com frequencies (e.g. ATIS, ASOS, AWOS, CTAF, Tower, Ground, Clearance Delivery) associated with either the origin airport or destination airport (when airborne and more than 5nm...

  • Page 34: Transponder Control And Display

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TRANSPONDER CONTROL AND DISPLAY If the IFD has been configured to communicate with a remote transponder, then the IFD will provide display and control of both transponder mode and code. Transponder Display The transponder mode and code is displayed in a datablock that can be configured to be displayed along the right and top sides of the display.
  • Page 35 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Transponder Keyboard Transponder Code Entry To enter a transponder code using a keyboard, touch a transponder mode/code datablocks to display a transponder keyboard, and then enter the code. The new code is set after the fourth digit is entered. If an incorrect digit is entered, press the CLR button as required to backspace through the code.
  • Page 36 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  SBY - The transponder is on, but will not reply to any interrogations Some aircraft installations include a ground/air state input, such as a gear squat switch or discrete input from an IFD. In those installations, the IFD will automatically select GND on landing or while taxiing and will automatically select ALT when airborne.

  • Page 37: Direct-To Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DIRECT-TO OPERATIONS A dedicated Direct-To key is located along the right edge of the IFD bezel. Pressing that button from any page will display a green Direct-To dialog box that will be pre-populated with a logical waypoint. Direct-To Dialog and Confirmation Dialog Boxes If that pre-populated waypoint is the desired waypoint, press the “ENTR”...
  • Page 38 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Geofill. When the desired waypoint is displayed, press the knob button, the ENTR key, or “Enter” on the keypad to accept  Turn the bottom right inner knob to start editing the identifier. Use the inner knob to change characters and the outer knob to change cursor position.

  • Page 39: Function Keys

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FUNCTION KEYS In addition to the Direct-To and Frequency List keys that have already been described, the IFD has Nearest (“NRST”), Enter (“ENTR”), and Clear (“CLR”) keys that perform the following functions:  NRST – Simultaneously jumps to a Nearest page (if not already there) and presents a list of the nearest airports to your present position.
  • Page 40 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide published arrivals. Each subsequent press of the “PROC” key will step through all following destination airfield approaches and arrivals in the flight plan and wrap back around to the top of the flight plan. When the drop down box appears over the intended data field, turn the bottom right knob to scroll up or down the list until the desired procedure is highlighted and then push the knob...

  • Page 41: Touch Screen

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TOUCH SCREEN The IFD uses a capacitive touch screen technology that allows multi-touch operation (e.g. two-fingered pinch zoom). Many types of gloves can be used during touch screen operations. The IFD employs a “hybrid touch” design in that virtually every interaction can be accomplished either through bezel controls or touch.
  • Page 42 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Bezel-only Control Input Touch screen-only Control Functions Input Functions Selecting page keys (e.g. Map panning changing the “major” pages of FMS, MAP, AUX) Power on/off Graphical Flight Planning (“Rubber banding”) Changing the Primary Calling up a map page info box Navigation Source Starting the Frequency List Changing remote transponder...
  • Page 43 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Virtual Numeric Keyboard Each keyboard has a scratchpad in the lower right corner. The scratchpad is a free text field for data entry with some data entry validity logic applied to the data that is trying to be entered. For example, when trying to enter an invalid frequency, the IFD will immediately sense that entry to be invalid and present an alert box stating the entry is invalid.†...

  • Page 44: Operations With Wireless Devices

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide OPERATIONS WITH WIRELESS DEVICES The IFD is capable of connecting to external devices over both Bluetooth and WiFi networks. Startup behavior When the IFD powers up, the IFD will attempt to configure the WiFi and Bluetooth interfaces just as they were when the IFD was last powered down.
  • Page 45 All labeled keys are fully functional. The light bulb key turns on backlighting for the keyboard. The vertical two-headed arrow key is primary/standby swap †. The Avidyne logo key is a space bar. The up/down arrow keys can be used for page navigation in the same way the bottom right inner and outer knobs on the IFD can navigate through page fields.
  • Page 46 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Avidyne Bluetooth Keyboard WiFi Connection The IFD is capable of supporting WiFi operations. Current supported functionality includes connectivity with third party applications running on WiFi capable devices including:  Flight plan data streaming from the IFD to a third party application ...
  • Page 47 IFD will select the LAN (hotspot). TIPS AND TECHNIEQUES Dual IFD Installations Should Only Use One WiFi For reliable WiFi operations, Avidyne recommends turning off WiFi on one of the IFDs (see the Setup Page). Bluetooth / WiFi Status Indications...
  • Page 48 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide WiFi and Bluetooth Connected Icons If the user has disconnected WiFi / Bluetooth, the gray logos above are depicted with a slash through them indicating they are not connected due to being actively disabled by the user. 1-40 System Overview...

  • Page 49: Dual Ifd Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DUAL IFD OPERATIONS Some installations may involve two IFDs that can work in a more integrated fashion. Method of Data Share (Dual IFD Operations) In a dual IFD installation, the IFDs can share information over the Byteflight digital data bus using RS232 Channel 3.
  • Page 50 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Enables user waypoints to be synchronized across both IFDs  Enables sensor settings and data (traffic, datalink, lightning, air data, etc) to be shared across both IFDs. NOTE Full Data Sharing Requires Consistent SBAS For complete data sharing between dual IFDs, both units will need to have the same SBAS antenna configuration –...
  • Page 51 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Sensor and Control Data Sharing Requires Consistent Software Versions For complete data sharing between dual IFDs, both units will need to have the same main software version. If the IFDs have different software versions, then the sensor and control data (e.g. weather, traffic, fuel, volumes, keyboard convenience mode, etc.) will not be shared between the IFDs.
  • Page 52 User Profiles NOTE Data Sharing Tolerates Inconsistent Databases While Avidyne strongly recommends the databases on each IFD be kept up-to-date and on the same cycle, data sharing between IFDs as defined above in “Data Sharing (Dual IFD Operations)” is not disabled when different data cycles are present on the two IFDs.

  • Page 53: Sbas Vs Non-Sbas Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SBAS VS NON-SBAS OPERATIONS The IFD supports both SBAS and non-SBAS operations. In each case, the IFD is still considered a “/G” system for flight plan filing purposes. When configured for and connected to an approved SBAS antenna at installation, the IFD serves as a fully-certified SBAS GPS navigator.

  • Page 54: Interaction With External Devices

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES Each IFD is capable of communicating with several hundred third- party devices. Reference the Installation Manual for a complete list of devices supported and any hardware/software baseline restrictions. As a condition for certification, the IFD is approved for integration with all equipment the GNS 530 is approved for, plus the IFD is approved for integration with additional equipment beyond those authorized for use with the GNS system.

  • Page 55: Before Takeoff Techniques

    Set up the flight plan per your plans or the assigned ATC IFR clearance. If multiple pilots share the airplane, be sure to check the Setup page for your personal preferences. Avidyne recommends creating and using the Checklist utility and including a Before Takeoff checklist that meets your personal needs.

  • Page 57: Fms Subsystem

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 2 FMS Subsystem The Flight Management System (FMS) pages are where flight plans are created, modified, stored, and deleted. Ground operations are the ideal time to enter the intended flight plan into the FMS. The FMS Page has five tabs, as shown below, The FPL tab is used to manage the flight plan.

  • Page 58: Fpl (Flight Plan) Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FPL (FLIGHT PLAN) TAB FMS BASIC CONCEPTS NOTE FMS-Centric Calculations The FMS presumes the pilot intends to fly the flight plan as created. All deviation data, most datablock data, and the times to go and fuel calculations are all based on that assumption.
  • Page 59 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Flight Plan Views The view of the flight plan can be adjusted to meet user preferences or mission requirements. Three controls are available to alter the view:  “View” LSK  Mini Flight Plan Format  Split view tab View LSK The View LSK controls the content of flight plan rows.
  • Page 60 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE ETE Granularity The ETE fields in the flight plan legs will be hours and minutes until the time is under 10 minutes, at which point it becomes minutes and seconds. In the “Compact” view, when the flight plan is inactive, each row represents a procedure in the flight plan.
  • Page 61 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Mini Flight Plan Format “On” However, even when Mini Flight Plan Format is “On”, the leg surrounded by the cursor is shown in the normal format, as if Mini Flight Plan Format were off. Split View The “Map”...
  • Page 62 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The split view is useful when entering flight plans because a preview of the pending modification will be shown (see “Previewing Flight Plans” on page 2-9). It is also useful for reviewing the flight plan leg-by-leg. When the split view is active, the View LSK has a third option named “Cursor”.
  • Page 63 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Insert Cursor Insert Cursor – Thin cyan line Edit Cursor Edit Cursor – Cyan box surrounding the row Moving the cursor Cursor movement can be controlled by the inner and outer knobs located at the bottom right side of the IFD. Rotation of the outer knob will move the cursor through the flight plan between insert and edit cursors for each row.

  • Page 64: Creating A New Flight Plan

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ENTR button. The typical sequence of events to initiate an edit is to move the cursor to the desired position, then select the cursor. Selecting the insert cursor will usually cause a dropdown to appear, though there are cases where a field edit will be immediately started.

  • Page 65: Previewing Flight Plans

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE Geofill™ is a geographic prediction algorithm that significantly reduces the number of pilot actions for entering waypoints. Usually after the first character entry, the system uses existing characters to determine the most likely waypoint based on your geographic position or existing flight plan.

  • Page 66: Selecting A Departure

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Previewing a Flight Plan While Building It SELECTING A DEPARTURE If a published departure exists for the origin airport, a “Departure” field will be displayed at the bottom of the row. Select the departure field to display a dropdown containing available departures for the origin airport.
  • Page 67 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide When a departure is selected from the initial dropdown, a sequence of dropdowns may be presented to allow the selection of an enroute transition and a runway transition. The structure of the departure and the presence of a selected runway will impact whether a specific dropdown is presented.

  • Page 68: Inserting A Waypoint

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide proceeds differently based on whether the airport has a selected runway. If the airport has a selected runway and that runway is applicable to the selected departure, then the FMS will choose the runway transition corresponding to the selected runway and the procedure is inserted into the flight plan without further pilot action.

  • Page 69: Inserting An Airway

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide anywhere in the flight plan except for within terminal area procedures (i.e. departures, arrivals, and approaches). Press the knob button to generate a dropdown. If the cursor is in a position where a waypoint can be inserted, "Waypoint" will be shown as the first entry in the dropdown.

  • Page 70: Deleting A Waypoint

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide insert cursor. Press the right knob button to bring up the dropdown menu containing the options available after that leg. Scroll the cursor down through the list until the desired airway name is selected. Note that airways are always at the bottom of the list.

  • Page 71: Editing A Waypoint

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide as you go. Waypoints can also be deleted by touching the waypoint to be deleted and then selecting the “Delete Waypoint” LSK. NOTE Not all waypoints within a published procedure are allowed to be deleted. Generally, legs that are surrounded by other legs that terminate at a fix can be deleted.

  • Page 72: Direct-To

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Altitude Constraint Types Cross Kind Altitude Numeric field At Or Below Numeric field representing the representing the distance prior to the At or Above target altitude. waypoint that the Between Minimum allowable (“window”) constraint is to be value is 100 feet.
  • Page 73 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide to", respectively. Whether a direct-to is onpath or offpath is determined by the FMS. However, it is important for the pilot to recognize the difference because the effect on the flight plan differs. Selecting the direct-to waypoint In either case, the process is started by pressing the dedicated Direct-To key on the IFD bezel.
  • Page 74 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Manual knob - Turn or push the right inner knob. A cursor will appear in the field. Turn the inner knob to change characters and turn the outer knob to change cursor position.  Scrolling - Turn the right outer knob. With each click of the knob, the cursor will be populated with the next or previous item in the list being shown (e.g.
  • Page 75 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Offpath Direct-To An offpath direct-to causes a new leg to be inserted into the flight plan immediately prior to the active leg and that new leg is followed immediately by a discontinuity (gap in route). This is done because the FMS only knows that the direct-to is an interruption of the currently active leg by proceeding direct to the new waypoint.

  • Page 76: Entering And Intercepting A Radial

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Onpath Direct-To (no gap) COOL FEATURE If the aircraft course is not aligned with the course to the direct-to waypoint, the FMS will generate a curved path to turn the aircraft on course. That curved path will be depicted on the map. ENTERING AND INTERCEPTING A RADIAL FMS Method The FMS Course function will allow the pilot to navigate “To”...

  • Page 77: Deleting A Flight Plan

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide active leg on the FPL tab will change to “Fly Course xxx°”, as illustrated below. FMS Course – Active Leg The FMS Course function will always be armed (i.e. it will always intercept the flight plan) in a To intercept. If the airplane is in a From course, it will intercept only if the dialed course trajectory intercepts the flight plan.

  • Page 78: Creating A Holding Pattern

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CREATING A HOLDING PATTERN A hold can be put on any waypoint that has a fix terminated leg – waypoints that terminate with a lat/lon position such as navaids, enroute waypoints, user waypoints, airports, etc. Legs that terminate at an altitude, DME distance, radial crossings, etc.

  • Page 79: Circular Orbits

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Once a published hold has been inserted, when the FMS cursor is on one of the hold parameters, the bottom LSK will display “Standard Hold”. Pressing that LSK will change the parameters to be standard (right turns, 1 min legs, and an inbound course matching the course of the leg before the hold).
  • Page 80 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Once on, the leg type is selected just like all other leg types but is only available after a leg that is not part of a terminal procedure. Select the “Orbit <waypoint>” option in the standard FMS insert cursor drop down list.

  • Page 81: Deleting A Holding Pattern

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DELETING A HOLDING PATTERN To delete a holding pattern in your flight plan, turn the right knob to scroll until an edit cursor surrounds the hold, or touch the hold to be deleted then press the “Delete Hold” LSK or the CLR button.

  • Page 82: Flight Plan Sequencing

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FLIGHT PLAN SEQUENCING The FMS assumes that the pilot will fly the flight plan as defined. If that does not occur, legs may not sequence as expected. Therefore, to manually sequence the desired leg, select it by either using the bottom knob or touch it and press the “Activate Leg”...

  • Page 83: Lateral Offsets

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE Automatic VOR Tuning † "Auto-VLOC Tuning" can be selected from the Setup page. When enabled, the FMS will automatically tune the next down-path VOR in the active flight plan into the primary nav frequency. It may desirable to turn off this feature on one of the IFDs in a dual installation to allow depiction of a crossing radial for reference before crossing a VOR.

  • Page 84: Flight Plan Discontinuities

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Lateral Offset Map Depiction FLIGHT PLAN DISCONTINUITIES A discontinuity indicates that the FMS cannot provide guidance to the leg following the discontinuity. If a discontinuity exists in the flight plan and the FMS reaches the end of the leg preceding the discontinuity, the FMS will not sequence the leg and will provide guidance outbound along the same course until some overt action is taken to change the active leg.
  • Page 85 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Connecting Gap in Route There are, however, other conditions which will cause "Gap In Route" discontinuities. If a route modification results in two consecutive waypoints with the same identifier, but the two waypoints have incompatible altitude constraints, then a gap will be inserted.

  • Page 86: Enroute Descents

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Missed Approach A Missed Approach discontinuity always precedes the first leg of a missed approach. If the missed approach is enabled, then the discontinuity contains the word "Enabled" and acts as a visual cue in the flight plan, but is ignored by the FMS. If the missed approach is disabled, then the FMS treats it like a gap and will provide guidance outbound from the missed approach point (MAP) rather than providing guidance to the legs in the missed...
  • Page 87 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Top of Descent (TOD) Marker COOL FEATURE Range to Altitude Indication A small green arc will be drawn on the map that depicts the geographic point where, at the current vertical speed, the aircraft will reach the altitude target.

  • Page 88: Entering An Arrival And Approach

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE Enter Approaches for Multiple “Destinations” The FMS will allow multiple airfields or destinations to be built into the flight plan. Each can have the published approach and missed approach as part of the plan. This is useful in pre-building your primary destination with a missed approach, expected alternate and its published approach.
  • Page 89 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide right knob button to start inserting the procedure using a dropdown. If the insert cursor is positioned above the airport, the dropdown may contain more items than just arrivals and approaches. The examples below use destination field method for clarity.
  • Page 90 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide After having selected the procedure, including related transitions, the legs will be inserted into the flight plan and the corresponding destination airport field will contain the name of the procedure that was just inserted. In expanded view, a white bracket will be presented along the left side of the legs in the procedure, labeled with the name of the procedure.
  • Page 91 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE PROC button The PROC key on the bezel acts as a shortcut for attaching a published arrival or approach procedure to a waypoint in your flight plan. It can be used at any time. The first press of the key results in the IFD displaying the FPL tab (Map-FPL view) of the FMS page with the cursor on the Approach field of the next destination after the active leg and a dropdown...

  • Page 92: Visual Approaches

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide VISUAL APPROACHES A visual approach is a non-instrument procedure used as an aid for a stabilized approach to a runway. Visual approaches, one for each runway at an airport, are presented in the dropdown menu below all instrument approaches, as illustrated below. Visual approach selection Once a visual approach has been selected, the familiar transition dropdown will appear.
  • Page 93 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Visual approach in the flight plan Selection of a base or downwind entry adds no additional legs to the flight plan. However, to aid in situational awareness, the entry is shown on the map using dashed lines that intercept the final approach leg, as shown below: Visual approach depiction (left downwind to runway 22) When flying a visual approach, lateral deviations are provided to...

  • Page 94: Activating A Leg

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Configuring Visual Approaches Several user configurable settings are available on the Setup page to control the appearance and behavior of visual approaches (see page 4-55). The settings can be used to adjust for user preferences or aircraft performance. ...
  • Page 95 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Activating a Leg TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Deleting an Approach From Active Flight Plan One of two techniques is recommended to delete a an approach from an active flight plan – if you want to replace the approach with another one for the same airfield, press the PROC key and select a new approach.

  • Page 96: Use Of The Map Fpl Split Page

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide USE OF THE MAP FPL SPLIT PAGE The Map-FPL split tab on the FMS page presents the moving map on the left and the FMS flight plan in a thin strip on the right. While it can be useful in many phases of flight and scenarios, the split page is especially helpful during arrivals.

  • Page 97: Info Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide INFO TAB The INFO tab of the FMS page provides additional information about airports, navaids, and waypoints. Info Tab The facility (airport, navaid, waypoint) to which the information applies will always be displayed at the top of the page, and the identifier is an editable field.
  • Page 98 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide adjusted), provides coordinates, elevation and magnetic variation data, provides sunrise/sunset, provides density altitude or access to a calculator to compute it, provides fuel information, if applicable  Communications – provides a list of frequencies associated with the facility. Any VHF frequency in the list can be nominated into the standby slot by either touching it (first touch will highlight the field if necessary, second touch nominates it into the standby) or by using the...
  • Page 99 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Approaches - identifies the published approaches associated with the airport including any identifier and nav frequency, and when an individual row has been selected via touch or the bottom knob, it can further expand to provide a thumbnail map depiction of the approach.
  • Page 100 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Info Tab Nearby Navaids 2-44 FMS Subsystem...

  • Page 101: Route Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ROUTE TAB The ROUTE tab provides mechanisms for managing stored routes in the system. Up to 100 routes can be stored for later use, which is useful for frequently traveled routes. A stored route must first be “activated” via the “Activate Route” LSK, which makes it the active flight plan and displays the flight plan (FPL) tab.

  • Page 102: Creating A New Route

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CREATING A NEW ROUTE A new route can be created via the ROUTE tab by moving the cursor to the "New Route" row and then pressing the right inner knob button or touching the row again. At that point, an empty flight plan will be shown and the route name field will be highlighted.

  • Page 103: Copying A Route

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Saving Altitude Constraints The system will save manually entered altitude constraints, but only for direct legs. Manually entered altitude constraints on a leg within a published procedure (SID, STAR, Approach, or Airway) will not be saved. COPYING A ROUTE To make a copy an existing stored route, move the cursor to surround the route to be copied and then press the “Copy”...

  • Page 104: Inverting A Route

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Route Previewing Experimentation with routes without altering the active route (e.g. setting up multiple arrival scenarios when still far from destination) can be accomplished by copying the active route on the Route tab, renaming it for clarity, and editing as desired.

  • Page 105: Deleting A Route

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide to it. To activate a stored route, from the stored routes list, highlight the desired route from the ROUTE tab by either touching the row or using the bottom knob. Once the desired route to be activated is highlighted, press the “Activate Route”...
  • Page 106 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE The flight plan can be deleted by moving the cursor to surround the "Current Route" row, then pressing the CLR key. The IFD will return to an empty FPL page. 2-50 FMS Subsystem...

  • Page 107: Wpt (User Waypoints) Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide WPT (USER WAYPOINTS) TAB The WPT tab will list all user waypoints in the IFD. Up to 500 user waypoints can be stored and accessed on this page. User Waypoints Tab CREATING A USER WAYPOINT There are 4 methods of creating a user waypoint from the “WPT” tab of the FMS page: ...

  • Page 108: Naming A User Waypoint

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide EFIS, the IFD will automatically switch to the WPT tab if not already there. NAMING A USER WAYPOINT Each user waypoint can be assigned a 5 character identifier that can be used in the FMS anywhere a nav database waypoint can be used.
  • Page 109 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide User Waypoint Airfield Depiction on Map COOL FEATURE User waypoints can be uploaded to the IFD from a CSV file and downloaded to a CSV file from the IFD using Maintenance Mode. See “Transferring User Waypoints” on page 6-69 for details. FMS Subsystem 2-53...

  • Page 110: Nrst (Nearest) Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NRST (NEAREST) TAB The Nearest page has two display formats – full page Nearest and a split Map-Nearest combination. Switching between the two formats is accomplished by “opening” or “closing” the side tab when on the Nearest page. Full Nearest Tab Split Nearest Tab The “Nearest”...
  • Page 111 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Nearest Airspace  Nearest User Waypoints When using the split Map-Nearest view, the row that is highlighted in the Nearest list will also be highlighted in cyan on the map. For those rows that contain a frequency, touching the frequency, or using the bottom knob to highlight it and then pushing the knob will nominate the frequency into the standby slot.
  • Page 112 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Emergency Return to Departure Airfield If on departure leg and an emergency return to the departure airfield is deemed necessary, the recommended technique is to press the –D-> button on the bezel, turn the bottom right knob counter- clockwise to pre-fill the departure airfield and press ENTR, ENTR to make that the active waypoint.

  • Page 113: Map Subsystem

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 3 Map Subsystem The map subsystem contains several pages as shown below. The SVS tab shows an exocentric synthetic vision view around the aircraft. The MAP tab shows a plan view representation of the environment around the aircraft, much like a sectional chart. The map can be panned away from the aircraft.

  • Page 114: Map Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide MAP TAB The map has several formats and views. There is both a full map depiction as well as a datablock map depiction. In both cases, you have the ability to control the map feature density as well as the various overlays, all via the LSKs along the left edge of the display.
  • Page 115 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Heading Up or Track Up (240° arc view)  North Up (360°) Heading vs. Track selection is made from the “Map Orientation” selection on the Setup Page. North-Up, 360 View Example North Up can be either Magnetic North or True North depending on the “Bearing Reference”...
  • Page 116 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Map Content Control Map features displayed are highly dependent on a combination of the map view, map range, map declutter settings, and user setup choices. For example, if the flight plan concludes at an airfield, the airfield identifier may be automatically decluttered in favor of the waypoint identifier that represents the airfield from the flight plan.

  • Page 117: Other Map Features

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Map Orientation Without GPS The map orientation will auto-switch from track-up orientation to north-up orientation when GPS is lost. Pilots who leave the map orientation in track-up during shutdown may notice the map will start up in north-up until a GPS position fix is available, at which time the map will auto-switch to track-up.
  • Page 118 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map Symbol Item Description Heading Select For those installations (“Heading Bug”) where the IFD is receiving heading select (aka heading “bug”) data, a hollow magenta heading bug is displayed for reference on the inside edge of the map compass rose Projected track Dashed white line...
  • Page 119 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map Symbol Item Description Towered airport, If runway orientation is hard known, they are also depicted on the airfield Towered airport, symbol (blue with white soft runway) Towered airport, water Non-towered If runway orientation is airport, hard known, they are also depicted on the airfield Non-towered...
  • Page 120 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map Symbol Item Description Class A Each boundary of Class A airspace (solid red line) Class B Each boundary of Class B airspace (solid blue) Class C Each boundary of Class C airspace (solid magenta) Class D Each boundary of Class D airspace (dashed blue) Victor or Jet...

  • Page 121: Fuel Range Rings

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map Symbol Item Description Ownship symbol Representation of present position. Icon selection is made in Maintenance Mode (the two shown to the left are just examples) COOL FEATURE Optional Airspace Aural Alerting If selected on the Setup page, an aural alert “Airspace Ahead”...
  • Page 122 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide performed assuming a 45 minute fuel reserve for fixed wing aircraft and a 20 minute reserve for helicopters. A dashed green fuel range ring shows the maximum range of the aircraft while still retaining the reserves. In other words, when the aircraft reaches the dashed green line, only reserve fuel is left.

  • Page 123: Decluttering The Map

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DECLUTTERING THE MAP Two LSKs along the left edge of the display allow for separate control of the information density of the land (“Land”) map features (e.g. terrain, political boundaries, rivers, lakes, oceans, roads, etc.) and the navigational (“Nav”) map features (e.g.

  • Page 124: Graphical Flight Planning ("Rubber Banding")

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Map Panning Only Via Touch Map panning can only be accomplished via touch screen use. There is no physical bezel control to support map panning. GRAPHICAL FLIGHT PLANNING (“RUBBER BANDING”) A flight plan can be altered graphically by touching the desired leg or the desired waypoint on the map depiction, placing your finger on the leg for approximately 2 seconds until the leg turns cyan, and then, without lifting your finger off the display, dragging your finger to the...
  • Page 125 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Optimal Rubber Banding If you don’t see the desired leg turn cyan within 2 seconds of placement of your finger on the location, try slightly adjusting the placement of the finger that is being used to designate a leg for rubber banding.

  • Page 126: Altitude Constraints On Map

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ALTITUDE CONSTRAINTS ON MAP Any waypoint that has an altitude constraint defined for it in the flight plan, including all published procedures, will display a graphical indication of the altitude constraint on the map. The types of altitude constraints are: ...
  • Page 127 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 20 seconds and can also be dismissed by tapping somewhere else on the display. A few examples are depicted in the images below. Note that in every case, there is a page count in the bottom right corner of each pop-up box.

  • Page 128: Datalink Weather Overlays And Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES METAR page on Map Popup Pages Delayed If the airfield being touched to generate the map info popup box is not in your active flight plan or nearest list, there will be approximately a 1 second delay before the METAR page will created.
  • Page 129 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Receiver (e.g. SkyTrax100) Late Stale Product Short Name (minutes) (minutes) Regional Radar Rgnl WxRadar ConUS Radar US WxRadar METARs TAFs AIRMETs SIGMETs TFRs Lightning Icing Cloud Tops Winds & Temps Turbulence XMD-076 Late Stale (minutes) (minutes) Product Short Name...

  • Page 130: Tafs

    Icing Storm Cells Storms Winds NOTE Datalink Data Accuracy Avidyne does not control, review, or edit the information made available by the datalink products, and is therefore not responsible for the accuracy or timeliness of that information. 3-18 Map Subsystem...

  • Page 131: Datalink Radar

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Datalink Data Intended to Aid Decision Making Weather Datalink information is meant to aid pilot planning and near-term decisions focused on avoiding areas of inclement weather that are beyond visual range or where poor visibility precludes visual acquisition of inclement weather.
  • Page 132 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Weather Data Legend At large map ranges beyond 250nm from the aircraft, small areas of high-intensity radar returns may not be displayed; instead, larger areas of surrounding lower-intensity radar returns will be shown. Diagonal stripes depict the boundary of available weather radar and also areas of no-coverage.

  • Page 133: Weather Overlays On Map

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Like ADS-B radar, ADS-B lightning has a defined coverage area. However, whereas the ADS-B radar coverage is shown by highlighted those areas that are not covered, the coverage area for ADS-B lightning is shown by highlighting the area that is covered. The coverage area for which lightning data has been received is depicted using a “shadow”, as illustrated below.

  • Page 134: Cloud Tops

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The Wx Overlay page is segmented into groupings of products. Products selected for overlay are indicated by a green lamp. Note that the products in the “Weather Layers” group are mutually exclusive. The table below represents the possible set of products available.

  • Page 135: Metars

    Note that when there is an on-board lightning sensor selected (Avidyne TWX670 Tactical Weather System or L3 WX500 Stormscope), the “Lightning” grouping will also include a “Clear Strikes” key. A WX-500 Lightning sensor test is only available in maintenance mode.
  • Page 136 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  AIRMETs and SIGMETs (US only) – These are areas where the National Weather Service has issued advisories for various types of hazardous weather. They are depicted on the Map page along with an abbreviated description of the hazard, such as “ICE”...

  • Page 137: Tfr

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TFR data is also transmitted via Broadcast Datalink. Two types of TFRs are depicted – active and pending. Active TFRs are depicted as solid red lines and Pending TFRs are depicted as dashed red lines, which become solid when the TFR transition time rolls from pending to active.

  • Page 138: Traffic Display

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IMPORTANT NOTE When connected to an ADS-B Receiver... Winds and temperatures aloft depicted are only displayed as a 6 hour forecast. It is strongly recommended for the pilot to obtain the latest information through other approved sources for their operation.
  • Page 139 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Symbol Definition Traffic Advisory (TA) Traffic which meets the alert criteria for the traffic sensor (solid yellow circle) Proximate Traffic (PA) Traffic which does not meet the alert criteria but is “close” to the aircraft (within 6nm and 1200ft).
  • Page 140 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Symbol Definition ADS-B Traffic Advisory (TA) Traffic which meets the alert criteria for the traffic sensor (solid yellow arrowhead surrounded by a ring). ADS-B Proximate Traffic (PA) Traffic which does not meet the alert criteria but is “close” to the aircraft (within 6nm and 1200ft).
  • Page 141 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Symbol Definition On-ground traffic (directional) Traffic reporting an on-ground state (hollow brown arrowhead). Ground vehicle (directional) Traffic identifying as a ground vehicle (hollow pointed brown rectangle with four wheels) Additional information is displayed adjacent to the traffic symbol to indicate relative altitude, in hundreds of feet, and vertical trend.
  • Page 142 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide lines only show direction, they do not convey any speed information about the sensed traffic’s speed. Non-TA Traffic Range Filter TA and PA traffic is always displayed on the map. However, to avoid display clutter at wide map zoom ranges, “other” and “ground” traffic is defined as a map layer that can be turned off.
  • Page 143 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Most installations will ensure the traffic system is in Standby or Ground mode on the ground and will automatically toggle to one of the enroute altitude modes per the table below. Traffic Altitude Mode Relative Altitude Window -9900’...
  • Page 144 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIS-A Traffic Thumbnail Definition Status TIS traffic communications have "Coasting" ceased for more than 6 seconds but less than 12 seconds TIS-A traffic communications have "Removed" ceased for more than 12 seconds No TIS-A ground station is "Unavailable"...
  • Page 145 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Traffic Thumbnail Definition Status The angular placement of intruders in the traffic thumbnail is not necessarily "Track within 5 degrees of the nose. This Degraded" indication is normal on the ground in aircraft without a heading source. The ownship GPS position accuracy (HFOM, VFOM) is worse than the "Pos...

  • Page 146: Traffic Sensor Control

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Traffic Thumbnail Definition Status Indicates the ground is not providing TIS-B or ADS-R services to your aircraft. The primary causes of this are:  The aircraft is not in range of a ground station  the aircraft is not providing qualifying ADS-B Out information ...
  • Page 147 Sensors, Skywatch, Other ARINC429 traffic sensor. There is no fail-over between traffic sensors and the priority may change in the future. Therefore, Avidyne recommends wiring only one traffic sensor to the IFD. For a dual IFD installation, Avidyne recommends wiring one traffic source to one IFD and the other traffic source to the second IFD.

  • Page 148: Terrain Awareness

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TERRAIN AWARENESS Terrain Awareness is a graphical representation of aircraft height above surrounding terrain and obstacles, shown as colored overlays on the map. It is for general situational awareness purposes and is not intended to be the sole means of terrain or obstacle avoidance. Terrain Awareness is often abbreviated as “TA”, but that is avoided in this document in order to prevent confusion with the same acronym being used for “Traffic Alert”.
  • Page 149 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Terrain Awareness coloring can also be triggered by obstacles as follows: Fixed Wing Installation Helicopter Installation Displayed As Obstacles between Obstacles between Cyan threat 1000 and 2000 feet 500 and 2000 feet bubble over below aircraft altitude below aircraft altitude the obstacle Obstacles between...

  • Page 150: Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (Flta)

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FORWARD LOOKING TERRAIN AVOIDANCE (FLTA) The IFD comes standard with the “F500” option enabled. When that option is enabled, the IFD will perform a Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA) function. FLTA is based on GPS altitude, not baro corrected or radar altitude.
  • Page 151 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide If FLTA is turned off (via the Setup Page, TAWS Page, or external discrete), the IFD will issue a CAS advisory message of “FLTA Off”. FLTA Off Message Should an FLTA alert be generated, there are several courses of action that can be taken and the specific scenario will dictate the optimum avoidance maneuver.

  • Page 152: Altitude Callout

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ALTITUDE CALLOUT When an IFD is configured with the F500 or HTAWS options enabled, an aural alert can be played anytime the aircraft descends through one of several defined AGL altitudes. The AGL altitude is calculated by comparing GPS MSL altitude with elevation of either the destination runway threshold, if applicable, or the terrain directly beneath the aircraft.

  • Page 153: Helicopter Taws (Htaws)

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide HELICOPTER TAWS (HTAWS) When both the TAWS and HELO options are enabled (see page 4- 80), the IFD provides an HTAWS function. HTAWS includes only FLTA and Altitude Callout functions. When an HTAWS warning condition is active, the associated aural alert cannot be muted.

  • Page 154: Htaws Self-Test

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Annunciation Condition position/velocity HTAWS self-test is in progress HTAWS is turned off, aircraft is hovering, aircraft is within an FLTA exclusion area, or aircraft is on ground HTAWS is in reduced protection mode HTAWS SELF-TEST HTAWS self-test is conducted automatically at power up. While the self-test is running, external HTAWS related annunciators are illuminated and the TAWS page will show “TAWS Self-Test In Progress”.

  • Page 155: Synthetic Vision (Svs) / Taws Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SYNTHETIC VISION (SVS) / TAWS TAB The leftmost tab on the MAP page provides a hybrid view of your aircraft and flight plan from a virtual wingman flying above and behind your present position. This is an “exocentric” view. When the TAWS option is enabled, this tab will be titled “TAWS”.

  • Page 156: Flight Plan Display

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide the display or hold the left side of the MAP button. To hide the datablocks, either touch the "DATA" tab, or hold the right side of the MAP button. NOTE SynVis Unavailable During GPS Acquisition SynVis depictions will not be available until the GPS has reached SBAS or FDE state.
  • Page 157 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide depicted in white, and inactive missed approach legs are shown in dashed white. The waypoint is shown displayed as a magenta flag pole. Downpath waypoints are not depicted in order to reduce map clutter. Fly-over waypoints typically depict the flight plan flying right through/over the waypoint whereas fly-by waypoints can turn inside the waypoint.

  • Page 158: Htaws Control

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map SVS – Missed Approach (Not Activated) Map SVS – Close in of Landing Runway Map SVS – Missed Approach Enabled HTAWS CONTROL When HTAWS is enabled and TAWS self-test is not in progress, an LSK is shown on the page in order to control HTAWS capability. 3-46 Map Subsystem...

  • Page 159: Self-Test

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Map TAWS Tab with LSKs The LSK provides three selections:  On – the full HTAWS capability is enabled  RP Mode – the HTAWS function is operating in “reduced protection” mode, where protection limits are reduced to prevent nuisance alerts.

  • Page 161: Aux Subsystem

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 4 Aux Subsystem The Aux subsystem contains several tabs, as shown below, to control various utilities, system setup, and the alert message center. The AUDIO tab provides control and display of all system audio- related features. The UTIL tab provides access to several timers, calculators, and checklists.

  • Page 162: Audio Tab

    ID, or mute (as applicable) push the knob button (a 1-2 second delay is possible). Volume Control (IFD440 Shown) Touch control can also be used to make all those adjustments (e.g. selecting a row by touching, changing a volume level by touch dragging the bar, turning squelch on/off by tapping the correct area on the display, etc).
  • Page 163 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Adjusting Volume Plays Audio Test Aural As the volume bar for the traffic alerts is adjusted, the IFD will play a double chime that represents the new volume level selected. As the volume bar for the other aural alerts is adjusted, the IFD will play an aural that represents the new volume level also.

  • Page 164: Satellite Radio Tuning

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SATELLITE RADIO TUNING When a compatible audio-capable satellite radio system is installed, a “Satellite Radio” LSK is displayed along the left edge of the display. Satellite Radio Selection and Favorites The page is divided into three parts. The left side of the page is a full channel list of all available satellite radio channels.
  • Page 165 (e.g. G500 & IFD), a condition can occur where commands are ignored if they are made on both devices. Avidyne strongly recommends making satellite radio channel selections and volume adjustment on one device and do not mix it up between devices.

  • Page 166: Com Presets

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COM PRESETS † The “Com Preset List” LSK can be used to nominate one of up to 10 selected preset frequencies into the standby frequency, typically using a dedicated switch in the cockpit. Com Presets Page Preset frequencies can only be changed when the page is in edit mode.
  • Page 167 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide two switches, one that will cycle forward and another that will cycle backward through the list. Each actuation of the switch will nominate the next (or previous) frequency in the list to the standby frequency and cause the IFD to briefly display a small dialog box indicating which preset frequency was nominated.

  • Page 168: Util (Utilities) Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide UTIL (UTILITIES) TAB TIMERS For those timers that can expire, a CAS advisory will be displayed and will stay active even across power cycles until the timer is manually reset. Standard Timers Generic Timer The “Generic Timer” can be used for a variety of purposes. Controls exist for count-up and count-down versions of timers (the active selection will be displayed in a blue background) along with a Start/Stop and Reset.
  • Page 169 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide timer will count up while the aircraft remains airborne, but will stop once it transitions to on-ground. If the aircraft once again goes airborne, the timer will reset to zero and start counting again. For the From Pwr-On timer, pressing the “Reset” button will cause the selected timer to reset to zero and continue counting.
  • Page 170 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide To define a timer to expire after a number of flight hours, select “One Time” or “Periodic” and then edit the number of flight hours. As the timer is running, the number of hours remaining until the timer expires is displayed below the time field.

  • Page 171: Calculators

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CALCULATORS Several calculators are included in the system and all can be accessed via the “Calculators” LSK on the UTIL tab of the AUX page. TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Pre-Populated Data Fields Many data fields in the various IFD calculators will be populated automatically with sensor data in green if it is available, or can be manually edited/entered by the pilot.
  • Page 172 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Air Data Calculator The air data calculator includes data fields for altitude, calibrated air speed, heading, total air temperature and barometric setting and will produce a wind computation. Air Data Calculator Fuel Planner The fuel planner includes fields for the type, origin (if type is Point to Point), destination, ground speed, fuel on board, and fuel flow, and will produce a computed fuel at destination value (straight line distance between the two points) and other fuel related data.
  • Page 173 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The weight calculator computes the current aircraft weight using the basic empty weight of the aircraft, the entered weight of all passengers and baggage, and the computed weight of fuel on board from the fuel planning calculator. If the computed current aircraft weight exceeds the maximum takeoff weight, then the value will be displayed in a yellow color.
  • Page 174 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide takeoff) and departure date and will produce values (straight line connecting start/end) for desired track, distance, ETE, ETA, sunrise and sunset, and enroute safe altitude (ESA) - defined as 1000’ above the maximum elevation of displayed terrain (including obstacles) within a rectangular grid that measures 10 miles on each side of the centerline of the active leg or portion of the active leg that is currently displayed on the Map page.
  • Page 175 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Trip Statistics The trip statistics calculator computes an odometer setting, maximum ground speed and average ground speed value, providing options to reset each computation individually or a master reset to reset all. The trip statistics will continue to compute each data field across power cycles and until manually reset.

  • Page 176: Electronic Checklist

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST If enabled in Maintenance Mode, up to 9 custom checklists can be created and stored in the IFD via the “Checklist” LSK of the UTIL tab, each with up 50 steps. Each step can be up to 30 characters long.
  • Page 177 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The second step is to create the checklist content. To create the checklist content, select the checklist title that is to be filled out from the directory list. First put the system back into checklist edit mode by touching the “Edit”...
  • Page 178 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide the step in the desired location. When done with editing the existing checklist, touch/select the “Edit” button again to exit edit mode. Press the “CLR” button on the bezel to return to the checklist directory. Selecting a Checklist From the checklist directory, highlight the desired checklist by either touching it or using the bottom right knob and then either touch the checklist title a second time or push the knob to select...
  • Page 179 TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Backup Your Checklists For a variety of reasons including copying onto other IFDs, restoring post-service events, etc., Avidyne highly recommends backing up and storing electronic checklists by downloading checklists onto USB fobs. Procedures are supplied later in this manual.

  • Page 180: Setup Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SETUP TAB The Setup Tab provides the capability for one or more users to tailor the look and feel of the IFD to best accomplish their mission. Many of the setup options exist simply to adjust the format of data that is presented on the IFD (e.g.

  • Page 181: Item Structure

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide either touch the icon on the left side or push the knob button to expand or condense that category. ITEM STRUCTURE Nominally, items representing a setting are shown with the title on the left and the current value of the setting on the right. For those typical cases, there are several kinds of settings, as follows: ...
  • Page 182 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Editing a textual setting Once selected, editing is initiated by pushing the right knob button, pushing the ENTR button, or touching the selected item. At this point, the selection will change from a cyan background to a black background with cyan text.
  • Page 183 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The CLR key is used during editing as a backspace key. However, if the value being edited is empty, one more press of the CLR key will cancel the edit. At any time during the edit, pressing the Cancel LSK or pressing the virtual keyboard red-X will also cancel the edit.

  • Page 184: Alerts Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ALERTS CATEGORY Items in this category control whether the IFD will issue visual and/or aural alerts for various events. Controlled Airspace Alerts This setting controls whether the IFD will issue an airspace alert when the aircraft is on course to intercept a controlled airspace within the next five minutes.
  • Page 185 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide unless the aircraft has descended more than 500 feet below the transition altitude. If the aircraft is above and then descends to within 250 feet of the transition level, the IFD will issue the “Transition Level” alert. Once issued, the alert will not be eligible to be issued again unless the aircraft has climbed more than 500 feet above the transition level.
  • Page 186 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide shown and the altitude callouts will be inhibited as if the setting was “Off”. 4-26 Aux Subsystem...

  • Page 187: Connectivity Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CONNECTIVITY CATEGORY The items in this category are used to manage the Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities of the IFD. Note that WiFi and Bluetooth are paid options. If those options are not enabled, this category and the related items will not be shown.
  • Page 188 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide allowing the IFD LAN to be configured prior to enabling WiFi connections. Networks subcategory (expanded) IFD Local Area Network (LAN) (a.k.a. IFD Hotspot) The IFD LAN is always shown as the first WiFi network in the category and is identified by “(IFD Hotspot)”...
  • Page 189 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IFD LAN Network Name Item (selected) Entry of a new network name will also be reflected on the IFD LAN item (i.e. the header). IFD LAN Password Item (selected) IMPORTANT NOTE The IFD enforces the industry recommended minimum password length of 8 characters.
  • Page 190 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Connect LSK for IFD LAN As the IFD is initializing the network, an animated gray WiFi icon will appear on the right side of the network header. When the network is ready for use, the WiFi icon will become solid green and clients will be able to connect to the IFD.
  • Page 191 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide External Network (expanded, no password entered) Editing the password for an external network is accomplished using the normal technique for a textual field. If no password has been entered, then the field will show three dashes. While the password is being edited, the characters will be shown.
  • Page 192 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide External network (connected) Devices subcategory The IFD provides the capability to transfer data to and from WiFi enabled devices. Once a device is connected, it is capable of receiving the data being streamed from the IFD. However, for security purposes, a device must be specifically approved by the pilot in order to enable the IFD to accept data transmitted by the device.
  • Page 193 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The IFD will retain the connection policy for the ten most recently recognized devices. However, only five devices may be connected with the IFD simultaneously. When a new device is recognized by the IFD, a device item will appear under this subcategory, its connection policy will be set to “Blocked”, and a “Connect Request”...
  • Page 194 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Device Connection Policy Set and Device Communicating When a device attempts a connection, and the connection policy is either “Once” or “Blocked”, the IFD will present a green informational alert containing the name of the device attempting the connection, as illustrated below: Connect request informational alert ADS-B Over WiFi...

  • Page 195: Datablocks Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DATABLOCKS CATEGORY The IFD defines “datablocks” containing focused data quantities that can be displayed around the edges of the display. Datablocks are meant to be used as full-time displays of desired data that can be accessed with a glance. See the figure in the Page Layouts section (page 1-16) for an illustration of datablocks.
  • Page 196 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock selected slot and block In order to change the datablock selected in a given slot, first turn the outer knob or touch to move the cursor to the desired slot. Then, use the inner knob or touch to select the datablock item to be displayed.
  • Page 197 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Non selectable datablocks (dimmed rows) COOL FEATURE Scroll Your Datablocks Many more datablocks can be selected on the right side than can be viewed at any one time. This can be useful to optimize the displayed datablock groupings by phase of flight and repeating options.
  • Page 198 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Potential datablock selections are listed below. When selected for a slot at the top of the screen, the format of some datablocks will change to fit in the limited space available. Datablock Item Title Content and Image Primary Com/VLOC Defines the position of the top two (Note: This selection is...
  • Page 199 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image To Waypoint To waypoint identifier, desired track to Information* current waypoint along flight plan route, distance to current waypoint along the track , estimated remaining fuel at the current waypoint (if a fuel flow system is connected), and estimated time enroute to the current waypoint.
  • Page 200 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Designated Waypoint Designated waypoint identifier, bearing from present position to the designated waypoint, radial from the designated waypoint to present position, straight line distance from present position to the designated waypoint, and estimated time enroute from present position to the designated waypoint.
  • Page 201 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Destination Direct Info* Destination identifier, bearing to destination from present position and distance to destination from present position. Destination Waypoint Destination identifier. Destination Direct Destination identifier and straight line Distance distance to the destination from present position.
  • Page 202 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image ETA at Destination Estimated time of arrival at the “Destination” waypoint. Estimated time of arrival at the “To” To Waypoint ETA waypoint. Destination ETE Estimated time enroute (along flight planned route) to the “Destination” waypoint.
  • Page 203 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Track Angle Error Track angle error (error in degrees between desired track and actual track) and an arrow indicating direction to fly to correct the error. Desired Track Desired track for active flight plan leg. Cross Track Distance Cross track deviation from current flight plan leg.
  • Page 204 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Active GPS Approach Approach identifier and airport. Decoded VLOC For VORs: Identifier † Navaid identifier, navaid radial currently on, distance to navaid. For ILS/Localizers: Localizer identifier, airport, runway. Nearest Airport Nearest airport identifier, bearing and distance to the airport.
  • Page 205 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image GPS AGL Altitude Computed AGL altitude based on GPS altitude. Min Safe Altitude (defined as 1000’ Minimum Safe Altitude above the highest terrain or obstacle in a 10nm rectangle around the aircraft position).
  • Page 206 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Total Air Temperature Total Air Temperature Note: Requires TAT input from an external device like an EFIS or appropriate fuel flow system. Static Air Temperature Static Air Temperature Note: Requires SAT input from an external device like an EFIS or appropriate fuel flow system.
  • Page 207 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image User Profile Currently selected User Profile. Fuel Amount Total fuel as sent by the aircraft fuel Remaining flow system, if available. Only presented as an option if the IFD is configured to communicate with an external fuel flow system Fuel Time Remaining Estimated fuel time remaining in...
  • Page 208 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datablock Item Title Content and Image Fuel Economy Estimated fuel economy (e.g. nm/gal) based on input from the on-board fuel flow system. Only presented as an option if the IFD is configured to communicate with an external fuel flow system *** Blank *** Single blank line.

  • Page 209: Display Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DISPLAY CATEGORY The items in this category control appearance and behavior of the IFD front panel display. Touch Screen This setting controls whether the IFD touch screen is enabled. Virtually all operations on the IFD can be accomplished without the use of the touch screen.
  • Page 210 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Manual – the brightness is set manually to the selected brightness level. When “Manual” is selected, the Setup Page item expands to reveal a green sliding scale representing the brightness. Move the cursor to surround the sliding scale by using the right knob or the touch screen controls, then select using the right knob button or the touch screen.
  • Page 211 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Hide Page Tabs This setting controls the amount of time that the page tabs at the bottom of the display are shown. When the current page is changed, the tabs are displayed. If this setting is set to “Never”, the tabs will remain displayed at all times.

  • Page 212: Fms Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FMS CATEGORY The items in this category are used to control the appearance and behavior of the FMS. VNAV Settings under this heading are used to define the method for computing the top-of-descent point, which directly affects the angle used by enroute VNAV (see page 5-35).
  • Page 213 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Transition Altitude This setting defines the altitude above which the vertical position of the aircraft is specified by reference to flight levels. Altitudes above this value on the FMS pages will be displayed as flight levels. The value of this setting will also be used to generate the “Transition Altitude”...
  • Page 214 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide only change if the destination airport has a specified transition level. The factory default setting is FL180, in automatic mode. High Altitude Airways This setting controls whether the FMS will present high altitude airways (e.g. jet airways) in the dropdown menus when a flight plan is being entered.
  • Page 215 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Visual Approach Settings A visual approach primarily consists of a single leg along the final approach course, terminating at the runway threshold. All lateral guidance for the visual approach is based on that leg. Advisory vertical guidance on the visual approach is defined by a glideslope setting within this subcategory.
  • Page 216 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Patterns This setting controls whether the FMS will include search and rescue patterns in the dropdown menus when a flight plan is being entered. Support for search and rescue patterns is a paid option. This setting will only be shown on the Setup Page when the option is enabled.

  • Page 217: Map Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide MAP CATEGORY Presentation of the IFD moving map is highly configurable using the settings under this category. Primarily, this category consists of a setup item for each available map layer. Other settings include airport filtering controls and on/off controls for high level features such as the compass rose.
  • Page 218 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The airport filter item consists of four criteria - tower, fuel, runway surface, and runway length. The criteria are arranged in order and worded such that the filter reads like a sentence, in order to provide clarity about what effect the filter will have. Only an airport that meets all of the filter criteria will be displayed on the map.
  • Page 219 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Runway Length Filter The runway length criterion defines whether the filter should accept only airports with a specified minimum runway length or any airport regardless of runway length. The minimum runway length can be specified as one of several options ranging from 2000 feet to 5000 feet.
  • Page 220 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide When the item is expanded and the layer is “On”, the set of conditions for that layer are shown. However, if the layer is off, none of the other conditions are shown. Once the layer is turned “On”, the set of conditions applicable to that layer are revealed.
  • Page 221 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Detail The detail criterion specifies the map detail level at or above which items in the layer will be displayed. The symbol displayed corresponds to the detail level symbol shown on the Nav LSK of the Map page. If the selected nav detail level is at the same level specified in the condition or higher (i.e.

  • Page 222: Radio Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide RADIO CATEGORY † Items in this category are used to control operation of the VHF Nav/Comm radio. If the IFD does not contain a VHF radio (e.g. IFD545), then this category and the related settings will not be shown.

  • Page 223: Terrain Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TERRAIN CATEGORY Settings in this category control the behavior of terrain awareness/avoidance functions within the IFD. If the IFD is configured with an external TAWS, the category and all of the related settings will not be shown. FLTA This setting controls whether Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA) function is enabled.
  • Page 224 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The factory default setting is “Caution Terrain”. Terrain Warning Aural This setting controls the content of the aural message that is generated during FLTA warning conditions, with selections as follows:  Terrain Pull Up – the aural message will say “Terrain, Pull Up;...

  • Page 225: Time Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIME CATEGORY Settings in this category control the presentation of time throughout the system. This item is not actually a setting and the cursor will skip it. It is merely a display of the current UTC time to be used for reference with the other settings.
  • Page 226 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Local Time This item is not actually a setting and the cursor will skip it. It is merely a display of the current local time affected by the selected local time offset and time format settings. 4-66 Aux Subsystem...

  • Page 227: Transponder Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TRANSPONDER CATEGORY When configured to control a remote transponder, the IFD uses the settings in this category to configure and control the transponder. If the IFD is not configured to control a remote transponder, the category and related settings will not be shown. Flight ID This setting defines the ADS-B flight ID to be transmitted by the transponder.

  • Page 228: Units Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide UNITS CATEGORY The settings in this category control the units in which different quantities throughout the system are displayed. Bearing Reference This setting defines whether courses and headings are to be displayed with reference to true north or magnetic north. The factory default setting is magnetic north.
  • Page 229 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Pressure Units This setting defines the units in which atmospheric pressure is displayed. Options are as follows:  InHg – Inches of mercury  Millibars – Millibars  hPa – Hectopascals The factory default setting is “InHg”. Temperature Units This setting defines the units in which temperatures are displayed.
  • Page 230 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  ddd°mm’ss” – degrees, minutes, and seconds  UTM – Universal Transverse Mercator  MGRS – Military Grid Reference System The factory default setting is ddd°mm’ss”. 4-70 Aux Subsystem...

  • Page 231: User Profile Category

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide USER PROFILE CATEGORY Settings in this category define names for each of the several user profiles. The IFD is capable of storing up to ten sets of setup options, each set stored in a separate “user profile”. Each user profile can be named.

  • Page 232: Presets

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide PRESETS Presets provide a means to configure many IFD settings with one operator action. In order to configure the IFD using a preset, press the “Presets” LSK. The Setup Page will then present a list of possible presets to be selected using the same category/item organization as the main page, as illustrated below.
  • Page 233 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide applied, the list of presets will be dismissed and the normal Setup Page contents will again be displayed. To return to normal Setup Page operation without applying a preset, press the “Exit” LSK. IMPORTANT NOTE When a preset is applied, it only affects settings for the currently selected user profile.
  • Page 234 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Custom Settings The “custom settings” preset consists of the complete set of datablock settings that have been most recently modified by the pilot. For instance, say the IFD is factory new and then the pilot changes the upper right datablock. The pilot then applies the “factory settings”...
  • Page 235 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Right Side Datablocks IFD with radio IFD without radio To Waypoint Information Next Waypoint Information Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Destination Direct Info Destination Direct Info Fuel Amount Remaining* Fuel Amount Remaining* Fuel Time Remaining* Fuel Time Remaining* Minimum Safe Altitude Minimum Safe Altitude Groundspeed...
  • Page 236 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Factory Settings Factory settings for map layers are as follows: Layer Visible Labels Range Detail Alt Filter Towered Apts NonTowered Apts Class A/B/C > 0 Class D < 2000 High Obstacles < 1500 Low Obstacles < 1500 Intersections Victor Airways <...
  • Page 237 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Towered Apts High Obstacles Low Obstacles Victor Airways VFR Waypoints Custom Settings The “Custom settings” preset item represents the most recent map settings that have been modified by the pilot. Every time a setting is changed manually, the custom settings are updated. Selecting a different preset does not change the custom settings.

  • Page 238: Sys (System) Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SYS (SYSTEM) TAB The “SYS” (System) tab provides access to various system status pages, a means to enter initial fuel (if configured with a recognized fuel flow system) and a means to access IFD data logs, update IFD software and update IFD databases. FUEL MANAGEMENT The “Fuel Mgmt”...
  • Page 239 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide If the fuel flow system is not capable of reporting the amount of fuel remaining (i.e. does not have a totalizer), then the IFD will present two controls allowing the fuel quantity to be manually adjusted. ...

  • Page 240: System Status

    (see page 6-63 for instructions). The software status page also shows whether IFD options are enabled. Some of the options are standard, but others require a specific enablement. Contact Avidyne sales in order to enable those options.  VID – although shown on the page, this option is unavailable for IFD400 series units.
  • Page 241 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  TAWS – although shown on the page as a standalone option, it is only available when coupled with HELO to provide HTAWS functions.  SVS – although shown on the page, this option is unavailable for IFD400 series units. ...
  • Page 242 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Database Status Page The “Databases” selection on the “Status” LSK of the SYS tab will display the currently loaded version of the Nav data, Obstacles data, and Terrain data and will indicate valid date ranges or if/when a given database is expired.
  • Page 243 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide GPS Status Page The “GPS” selection will provide a number of GPS status parameters, including the GPS navigation state and GPS derived current altitude as well as the active GPS approach (if appropriate), and a graphical depiction of the satellite vehicles (SV) being tracked by the IFD GPS receiver.
  • Page 244 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Global SBAS Support Wide area/regional satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) support provided by the IFD include WAAS (Continental US, Alaska, Canada and most of Central America), EGNOS (most of Europe and North Africa), MSAS (Japan) and GAGNAN (India). These are regional augmentations of the GPS satellite constellation and should not be interpreted as meaning the IFD is compatible with other GNSS...
  • Page 245 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide GPS Navigation State Operational Meaning Fault System has detected an internal fault and does not have a satellite navigation solution. This may require a manual power cycle of the IFD to restore a GPS lock. The graphical bars represent the relative signal strength of each individual SV as well as the SV identification number.
  • Page 246 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Datalink Status Page The “Datalink” selection will be available if the IFD has been properly configured to integrate with a compatible on-board datalink weather system. The upper part of this page shows the weather products supported by the datalink system (and subscription level, if applicable) with their age and receipt status.
  • Page 247 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Status Pages When the IFD is configured to integrate with an ADS-B system that provides FIS-B (weather) service, a series of ADS-B specific pages is presented to allow details of various received products. The ADS-B specific status pages are accessed using the L5 LSK, which is titled "Datalink"...
  • Page 248 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide the right knob or the touchscreen, a cursor can be moved to surround each of the TFRs in the list. Selecting one of the TFRs, either by pressing the right knob button, pressing the ENTR button, or touching the TFR surrounded by the cursor, will cause the ADS-B Product Text page (see page 4-89) to appear, showing the text for the selected TFR.
  • Page 249 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Product Text Page The ADS-B Product Text page shows the detailed report for TFRs, SIGMETs, and AIRMETs. Unless one of those reports has been selected on either the ADS-B TFRs page or the ADS-B AIRMET/SIGMETs page, this page will not be populated, and will instead show "No Text Selected"...
  • Page 250 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADS-B Unavailable Products Page 4-90 Aux Subsystem...

  • Page 251: Alert Tab

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ALERT TAB The ALERT tab keeps a running tally of all active alerts, grouping them by level. If there is an active alert in the system, pressing the AUX button will cause the ALERT tab to be displayed rather than the last tab that was selected in the AUX subsystem.

  • Page 253: Navigation

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 5 Navigation The IFD is an IFR certified GPS that has been specifically designed to support single-pilot IFR operations. When operating under IFR, in all cases, fly your clearance. The IFD's FMS provides features and functions that can make flying your clearance easier, but it is important to remember that doing so is ultimately the pilot's responsibility.
  • Page 254 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Integration Description IFD Functionality Category No external nav There is no form of VFR operations indicator external CDI, HSI, or only. EFIS in the airplane and therefore, no external No way to course input available to externally set the IFD.
  • Page 255 For Example The IFD can send available states. G500/600 commands to set Aspen EFD1000 course (e.g. “auto- Nav source modes Avidyne EXP5000 slew”) on those external Dynon Skyview available: EFIS 40/50 device(s). † VLOC  †...
  • Page 256 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Integration Description IFD Functionality Category “Cooperative” The “cooperative” Course values will electronics system is even more display on the IFD capable than the IFD but are set on the and, therefore, is the external device(s). primary navigation control device.

  • Page 257: Nav Source Knob/Button

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NAV SOURCE KNOB/BUTTON For all models except the IFD410, the knob located in the upper right hand corner of the bezel is the dedicated Navigation (Nav) Source knob. For IFD410, the knob is replaced by a button labeled "OBS".
  • Page 258 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide of the Nav Source knob. The table below describes all possible nav sources: Nav Source Description GPS is active (green), and all external deviation data being transmitted by the IFD is in reference to the active GPS leg. Note that if no GPS leg is active or if no GPS lock, the nav source will be displayed in yellow.
  • Page 259 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Nav Source Description VLOC† VLOC is active (green), and all external deviation data being transmitted by the IFD is in reference to the tuned VHF navaid (e.g. Inbound VOR course, localizer deviation, etc). Note that if no VHF data is being received (e.g. out of range, improperly tuned nav radio, etc), the nav mode will be displayed in yellow.
  • Page 260 Aircraft Integration The nav sources available in your airplane will be dependent on the level of integration with other on- board systems. Avidyne strongly recommends practice operations in VMC conditions before any use in IMC, to understand the level of integration between the IFD and the other on-board systems and, therefore, the nav sources available.

  • Page 261: Obs Mode

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide OBS MODE “PUSH OBS” is the label underneath the knob (or the button label in the case of IFD410) and is active when you can put the system in To/From course setting mode for a waypoint. There is no need for “suspend”...
  • Page 262 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide In OBS TO (defined as when the difference between the selected OBS course and the aircraft course to the fix is less than 90°), the map will display only the magenta leg to be flown to the fix. There is no white leg depiction for the outbound leg because the assumed intent is to fly to the fix and automatically sequence legs as normal from there.
  • Page 263 OBS leg and some may not. For example, in IFD software releases prior to Release 10.1.1.0, the Avidyne EX5000, EX500, and EX600 MFDs would not depict the OBS course line/leg but do depict a 200nm OBS course line/leg in Release 10.1.1.0 and later.

  • Page 264: Vor Course Depiction

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide VOR COURSE DEPICTION † When the IFD is receiving selected course from an external indicator, the Nav Source on the IFD is VLOC, and the IFD is tuned to a VOR station, the IFD will display the inbound and outbound radials for the selected course.

  • Page 265: Armed Vs Engaged/Active Indications

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ARMED VS ENGAGED/ACTIVE INDICATIONS The active IFD nav mode is displayed in the upper right corner of the display. If there is an "armed" IFD nav mode, it will be displayed in cyan, to the right of the active mode, preceded by an arrow.

  • Page 266: Fms Hooks

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FMS HOOKS There are shortcuts to accomplish typical FMS actions on the FPL tab of the FMS page. The bottom LSK will present the most appropriate selection from the table below based on the flight state or scenario at the moment. Pressing the LSK or the soft key label adjacent to the LSK will accomplish the action.
  • Page 267 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide LSK Label Comments Skip Hold Displayed when the aircraft is within 5 nm of the FAF and the next leg is a database procedure hold. Pressing the LSK will sequence the active leg past the hold without entering it when the aircraft reaches the FAF.
  • Page 268 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FMS Philosophy The FMS treats the flight plan as a continuous sequence of legs, regardless of whether they are part of a terminal area procedure or are in the enroute structure. If you had chosen an IAF and the last waypoint before the approach was the same as the IAF, then the flight plan would naturally sequence right into the approach with no further pilot...

  • Page 269: Course Changes And Holds

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COURSE CHANGES AND HOLDS If the course change at a waypoint is more than 120°, the IFD will issue an alert approximately 30 seconds prior to the turn. For course changes less than 120°, the alert will be issued approximately 10 seconds prior to the turn.

  • Page 270: Auto Vloc Tuning

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide AUTO VLOC TUNING † Auto-VLOC tuning is a user option which enables the automatic tuning of the active nav frequency slot to follow the governing navaid in the flight plan. If the active leg is part of a VHF approach, the FMS will auto-tune the navaid that defines the final approach.

  • Page 271: Transition Altitudes/Levels

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TRANSITION ALTITUDES/LEVELS Transition altitude/level alerts can be optionally turned on via the Setup Page. When set to On, an advisory CAS message will be displayed as the transition altitude is being approached from below or when the transition level is approached from above. If the origin airport has a published transition altitude in the nav database and the transition altitude has not been manually set, the system will automatically set the transition altitude.
  • Page 272 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The transition altitude advisory CAS message is displayed when the aircraft climbs to within an altitude 250 feet below the transition altitude. Once issued, the alert will not be eligible to be issued again unless the aircraft has descended more than 500 feet below the transition altitude.

  • Page 273: Navigation Mode/Cdi Scale Changing

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NAVIGATION MODE/CDI SCALE CHANGING Each navigation mode has an associated CDI scaling associated with it per the table below: Navigation Mode CDI Full Scale Value Oceanic 4.0 NM Enroute 2.0 NM Terminal 1.0 NM Approach 0.3 NM or 2°, whichever is less at the FAF In order to prevent abrupt changes to CDI deflection (especially important during autopilot-coupled operation), the mode changes and CDI full scale deflection changes are gradual.

  • Page 274: Approach Procedures

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide APPROACH PROCEDURES Ensure the approach has been entered into the FMS flight plan, and that it is currently active in the IFD. Using the transition dropdown menu in the FMS, an approach can be selected and flown as a full published procedure starting at an IAF or as “Vectors”...

  • Page 275: Automatic Mode Switching

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE FOR THE IFD410 ONLY VHF based Approaches Although the IFD410 has no VHF radio, ILS, LOC and VOR approaches will still be displayed in the dropdown list of available approaches at your destination. Though the unit will allow the user to select those approaches, it will only give GPS overlaid lateral guidance.

  • Page 276: Precision Approaches

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide With the proper inbound course set, including on localizer or ILS approaches where the course pointer is just for reference, the course and glide slope deviation data will be transmitted as appropriate from the IFD for display on compatible cockpit third- party devices such as CDIs, HSIs, EFISs, etc.

  • Page 277: Non-Precision Approaches

    The Nav Mode datablock should display the localizer ID, landing airfield ID and the front course runway ID. When integrated with an EFIS (e.g. Avidyne PFD, Aspen PFD, etc), the front course may need to be manually entered and then “Back Course”...
  • Page 278 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide When GPS has been selected as the nav source, and one of the RNAV/GPS approach types with vertical guidance (LPV, L/VNAV, LNAV+V, LP+V) is selected in the FMS, the IFD will transmit horizontal and vertical deviation for use by any integrated external display device.
  • Page 279 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide LNAV+V (Lateral Navigation with Advisory Vertical Guidance) An LNAV+V approach provides the same lateral navigation as LNAV, but also presents an advisory glideslope deviation for display on the external deviation indicator. Vertical deviations are based on a glidepath angle that is published with the approach.
  • Page 280 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide minimums. The Nav Mode datablock will display “LP” for the approach type. LP+V ( Localizer Performance with Advisory Vertical Guidance An LP+V approach provides the same lateral navigation as LP, but also presents an advisory glideslope deviation for display on the external deviation indicator Vertical deviations are based on a glidepath angle that is published with the approach.

  • Page 281: Visual Approaches

    FAF. In the case where ATC responds with the extended final scenario, Avidyne recommends the pilot select the “Vectors” transition option in the FMS approach dropdown. In the case where ATC responds with...
  • Page 282 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COOL FEATURE If there are no legs in the flight plan after the destination associated with a visual approach, the visual approach will remain active even after passing the runway threshold. Therefore, you can stay in a closed traffic pattern and continue to receive guidance to the final approach course without ever touching the FMS.

  • Page 283: Missed Approach

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide MISSED APPROACH The simplest and safest way to properly fly a missed approach is to ensure it is part of the active flight plan. It can be activated anytime inside the FAF by pressing the "Enable Missed" LSK on the FPL tab.
  • Page 284 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Enabled Missed Approach in Flight Plan Enabled Missed Approach on Map When executing the missed approach, apply go-around power, establish a climb attitude, reconfigure the aircraft as necessary, ensure the aircraft is trimmed properly, and consider using the autopilot to smoothly execute the assigned or published missed approach.

  • Page 285: Retry Approach

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide RETRY APPROACH If you had been flying a Vectors-To-Final (VTF) approach, and the active leg of the flight plan is part of a published missed approach, a ”Retry Approach” LSK will appear. Pressing that LSK will put the same VTF approach in the FMS flight plan and activate the inbound leg to the FAF.
  • Page 286 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE Autopilot Integration Autopilot integration and capability can vary widely. Avidyne strongly recommends flying practice approaches and missed approaches in VMC conditions to understand the level of integration between the IFD and the autopilot before any flight in IMC conditions.

  • Page 287: Enroute Vertical Navigation (Vnav)

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ENROUTE VERTICAL NAVIGATION (VNAV) The IFD is capable of providing vertical navigation during descent operations. Vertical navigation is driven by a “descent path” that is defined by the altitude constraints in the flight plan and a descent angle specified on the Setup page.

  • Page 288: Defining The Descent Path

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide active enroute VNAV altitude target. Note that if the constraint is a window constraint, the lower altitude is used as the target. DEFINING THE DESCENT PATH Enroute VNAV always uses an angle to define the descent path. Using the Setup page, the desired angle can either be set directly or set by specifying a target vertical speed and having the FMS compute the angle.

  • Page 289: Vertical Direct-To

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide When a target vertical speed is specified, the IFD will compute the TOD point using current groundspeed and the desired descent rate. However, when the aircraft reaches the TOD point and enroute VNAV is allowed, the IFD will compute the angle required to reach the desired altitude, then commence with enroute VNAV using that angle.

  • Page 290: Enroute Vnav Indications

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  The leg has an associated altitude constraint that is lower than the aircraft altitude  Lateral deviation from the active leg is less than 2nm  Course deviation from the active leg is less than 45° ...
  • Page 291 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CAUTION It is the pilot’s responsibility to configure the aircraft (e.g. reduce power, set trim) to remain within all airspeed limits during the descent. Navigation 5-39...

  • Page 292: Recommended Icao Equipment Codes

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide RECOMMENDED ICAO EQUIPMENT CODES Avidyne recommends the following set of ICAO codes when filing for aircraft equipped with at least one IFD: B – LPV G - GPS R – PBN Approved S – VHF, VOR, ILS †...

  • Page 293: General

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide 6 General In addition to a comprehensive list of alerts that can be generated by the system, this section contains information relevant to managing the overall operation of the IFD, including:  Handling system failures  Operations at night ...

  • Page 294: Crew Alerting System (Cas) / Alerts

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CREW ALERTING SYSTEM (CAS) / ALERTS See the individual aircraft Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) Supplement for any limitations with respect to IFD operations. A crew alerting system (CAS) has been included in this system. There are four levels of message alerting: ...

  • Page 295: Alert Message Bar

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ALERT MESSAGE BAR Alert messages are shown on the lower right corner of the IFD using a background color corresponding to the level of the alert. If more than one unacknowledged alert is active, the most recent alert with the highest level will be shown.
  • Page 296 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The tables below show the warnings, cautions, advisories, and notices that can be issued. Each entry in the table is organized as illustrated in the example below. Long text Short Text Detailed explanation of the conditions that may cause the ...
  • Page 297 One or more of the internal components has exceeded its maximum design temperature <n> times and reliability cannot be ensured until the unit is tested by the Avidyne Service Center. This message will be present on every subsequent power cycle until reset by the Avidyne Service Center.
  • Page 298 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Warning, Obstacle Warning Obstacle The FLTA algorithm has detected an imminent obstacle collision - Initiate an immediate recovery maneuver. General...
  • Page 299 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CAUTIONS No communication with traffic sensor ADS-B Traffic Sensor Fault The IFD is not receiving messages from the ADS-B traffic sensor. Contact a local dealer for service. This message is local if independent traffic sensors are installed. Traffic sensor has failed ADS-B Traffic Sensor Fault...
  • Page 300 Transmitter Fault, no TX ability COM TX Fault † Transition to a backup VHF com radio (if available) or initiate lost communication procedures. Contact the Avidyne Service Center or a dealer for service. Configuration Error – IFD Requires Configuration Service...
  • Page 301 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Reduced backlight maximum Low Volts Main supply voltage has fallen to approximately 11VDC. Check the aircraft alternators are on and functional. Consider load shedding the bus that is powering the IFD. GPS integrity is insufficient for LP LP Unavailable Approach Use LNAV MDA...
  • Page 302 TAWS Fail The GPS solution is lost or the GPS velocity quality parameters dropped below required accuracy limits. A “bing- bong” chime is played if this condition occurs. Contact the Avidyne Service Center if this persists across power cycles. 6-10 General...
  • Page 303 TAWS System Failure TAWS failed self-test for the <reason> provided and TAWS will be degraded or not available for the duration of this power cycle. Contact the Avidyne Service Center if this persists across power cycles. TIS Traffic Removed Removed TIS traffic communications have ceased for more than 12 seconds.
  • Page 304 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Traffic 2:00 3NM 800FT Traffic High 2:00 3NM The above alert is just an example. After "Traffic" will be either "Low" or "High", then the bearing in clock direction, then the distance in nautical miles. The long text omits Low/High and instead shows target altitude in feet.
  • Page 305 One or more of the internal components has exceeded 80°C. Contact the Avidyne Service Center or a dealer for service – consider adding a source of cooling and/or improving air flow in and around the IFD.
  • Page 306 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide ADVISORIES ADS-B Traffic Sensor lacks GPS position ADS-B GPS Position Invalid The ADS-B sensor is reporting that it does not have a GPS position to support ADS-B Out. If the condition persists, contact a local dealer for service. NGT9000 ADSB input unavailable ADS-B In Unavailable...
  • Page 307 This message is accompanied by an aural TOD chime. IFD Requires Service Checklist Error Contact the Avidyne Service Center for service. Retype checklist(s) to resolve Checklist Load Fail  The IFD was unable to retrieve the checklists. Enter the checklists again.
  • Page 308 Dual IFDs have been installed and configured to share data between the units, but there is no communication between the IFDs. If both units are powered on, contact the Avidyne Service Center or a local dealer for service. 6-16 General...
  • Page 309 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide See Datalink Status Page Datalink Data Overdue One or more datalink weather products were expected but  not received within the timeout period. The Datalink Status Page will show those that are overdue. The tables in the “Datalink Weather Overlays And Operations”...
  • Page 310 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Use bottom LSK on FPL tab before A/P Enable A/P Applicable only when GPS Select is set to “Prompt” in Maintenance Mode. Indicates that the FMS is ready to provide approach guidance for the autopilot. The proper action is to press the “Enable A/P Approach”...
  • Page 311 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide GAD 42 Needs Service GAD 42 Needs Service Contact the Avidyne Service Center for service. Gap In Route Ahead Gap In Route Ahead  The time to an upcoming flight plan discontinuity is 3 minutes. Hold Course xxx°...
  • Page 312 If the problem persists, contact a local dealer for service. An error occurred while loading the nav Nav Database database Invalid Consider cycling power to the IFD or loading a navigation database. If the problem persists, contact the Avidyne Service Center or a local dealer for service. 6-20 General...
  • Page 313 "0 sec". Communication lost <dau> No Comm <dau>  Communication has been lost with the <dau> (e.g. Shadin FADC). Contact the Avidyne Service Center or a local dealer for service. Parallel Entry Parallel Entry  The next leg is a hold with a parallel entry and there are 10 seconds or less until the aircraft reaches the hold fix.
  • Page 314 The on-board battery used for maintaining system time during power-off periods is no longer performing that function. IFD performance, such as datalink and GPS acquisition, will be degraded. Contact the Avidyne Service Center for service. Selected course / DTK mismatch Set course to <x>°...
  • Page 315 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Switch fuel tanks Switch Tanks The user configurable "switch tanks" timer has expired. The  time between advisories is controlled using the Setup page. Teardrop Entry Teardrop Entry  The next leg is a hold with a teardrop entry and there are 30 seconds or less until the aircraft reaches the hold fix.
  • Page 316 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Traffic sensor altitude unavailable Traffic Sensor Fault If the problem persists, contact a local dealer for service.  Trans Alt xxxFT Trans Alt xxxFT  The aircraft is climbing through 250 feet below the transition altitude xxx as defined in the Setup Page. The message is displayed for 5 seconds and then removed.
  • Page 317 IFD database or doesn't match database coordinates. No 429 from input: <ports> 429 Data Not Rcvd ARINC-429 data is not being received on the listed ports. <ports> will contain one or more of “#1”, “#2”, and “VHF”. Contact the Avidyne Service Center for service. General 6-25...
  • Page 318 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Notices WiFi connect Request from <device> Connect Req <device> <device> has attempted to connect to the IFD over WiFi. To  accept the connection, use the Setup Page to set the connection policy to “Once” or “Always” 6-26 General...

  • Page 319: Self Test Output

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SELF TEST OUTPUT For the duration that the notification of legal rights page is displayed during normal power up on the ground, all remote annunciator lamps are lit up and the system generates a specific set of electrical outputs for the purpose of self-test and troubleshooting.

  • Page 320: System Failures

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SYSTEM FAILURES NOTE Good Airmanship In all cases, basic airmanship should be exercised and fundamentals utilized such as: maintain aircraft control, analyze the situation, and take proper action. POWER DISTRIBUTION Each IFD draws a total of 2 amps in nominal operation and up to 4 amps under peak conditions for 28V aircraft.

  • Page 321: Loss Of Display

     Consider cycling power on the affected IFD via the top left power knob/button  After the flight, notify an Avidyne Service Center or Avidyne Customer Support to coordinate for a repair action LOSS OF DISPLAY Failure Indication: The first indication that an IFD has experienced a loss of the display (LCD) is the appearance of a black display but the bezel backlighting is still present.

  • Page 322: Loss Of Bezel Controls

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  After the flight, notify an Avidyne Service Center or Avidyne Customer Support to coordinate for a repair action LOSS OF BEZEL CONTROLS Failure Indication: All knobs and buttons are non-functional and not respondent to use.

  • Page 323: Loss Of Gps (Dead Reckoning)

     Consider cycling power on the affected IFD via the top left power knob  After the flight, notify an Avidyne Service Center or Avidyne Customer Support to coordinate for a repair action LOSS OF GPS (DEAD RECKONING) Failure Indication: A “Dead Reckoning”...

  • Page 324: Other Anomalies

    CAS message. In all of those cases, be cognizant of possible increased workload situations and, if the condition persists across a power cycle, notify an Avidyne Service Center or Avidyne Customer Support to coordinate for a repair action. 6-32 General...

  • Page 325: Subscriptions

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide SUBSCRIPTIONS Nav and Obstacle data are supplied by Jeppesen via JDM subscriptions. Refer to the Jeppesen product website for the various geographic and bundling options available. For those aircraft equipped with external weather and music satellite radio systems, subscriptions are managed via that data provider.

  • Page 326: Night Operations

    Setup page. The choice of which option to use is one of personal preference and/or optimal choice for the specific airplane but Avidyne recommends using the dimming bus control for cockpit lighting consistency. Displays can never be dimmed to be completely off.

  • Page 327: High Temperature Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS Like all similar units, the IFD tends to generate a lot of heat, especially if equipped with a transmitting radio. There is extensive internal temperature monitoring on all of the electrical components, and alerts in the form of CAS messages if the internal temperature gets too high.

  • Page 328: Cold Temperature Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide COLD TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS If the IFD had been exposed to very cold temperatures, responsiveness of the display and to touch or bezel input may take longer than normal until the IFD has warmed up. 6-36 General...

  • Page 329: Low Power Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide LOW POWER OPERATIONS The following actions are taken as input power is reduced to the IFD: Input Voltage IFD Operation Impact 19.9VDC 16W VHF radio output power reduces to 10W.† 18VDC Lose high power (2.1A) USB charging. USB charging reduces to 1A.

  • Page 330: High Power Operations

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide HIGH POWER OPERATIONS The following actions are taken as input power is increased to the IFD: Input Voltage IFD Operation Impact 32.3VDC VHF radio shuts down to protect itself from over-voltage events. Note that input voltage up to 33VDC will not damage the VHF but it will not function above 32.3VDC.†...

  • Page 331: Use Of Gloves

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide USE OF GLOVES Many types of gloves can be used with the IFD touch screen display. The key parameter for the effectiveness of a glove with touch screen is the distance between the finger and the glass and to a lesser extent, the type of material separating the skin from the glass.
  • Page 332 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IFD Glove Qualification Procedure Pilot Name Description of Glove Test Step Circle one Touch the standby frequency window and verify a virtual keyboard is Pass Fail displayed. † Type 121.7, press the "ENTER" button on the virtual keyboard and confirm Pass Fail 121.700 is the displayed frequency in...

  • Page 333: Charging From The Usb

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CHARGING FROM THE USB The USB port on the front of the IFD bezel is a USB v1.1 compatible USB port which can be used as a power source for charging devices. The capacity of the USB port is dependent upon the installation. For 14V installations, the USB port will function as a low power charging port, delivering up to 1 amp.

  • Page 334: Integration With The Ifd100 Mobile App

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide INTEGRATION WITH THE IFD100 MOBILE APP The Avidyne IFD100 mobile application is designed to fully interact with the panel-mount IFDs. That is to say, the IFD100 behaves as if it were another panel-mount IFD and all of the data sharing functionality and rules of two panel mount IFDs are in practice.

  • Page 335: Demo Mode

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DEMO MODE The IFD can be put into demo mode at any time while on the ground for familiarization purposes. Entry into demo mode is accessed by inserting a USB fob with a dummy file called “DEMO”...
  • Page 336 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Altitude Constraints Retained Altitude constraints entered into a flight plan will be retained across power cycles in stored routes for direct legs but changes to altitude constraints in terminal area procedures will not be retained in stored routes.
  • Page 337 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Some Elements Simulated in Demo Mode Some aspects of IFD behavior are completely simulated in demo mode. For example, on models equipped with a VHF radio, the radios can be “tuned” in demo mode which will display the entered frequency and the station identifier but the radio isn’t actually channelized to that entered frequency.

  • Page 338: Data Transfer To/From External Devices

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DATA TRANSFER TO/FROM EXTERNAL DEVICES Data can be transferred to and from the IFD and a number of external devices via several methods (USB, WiFi, Bluetooth). Data that can be transferred is expected to grow over time but the basic functions are summarized in the table below Transmission Data...
  • Page 339 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Transmission Data Transfer Description Method(s) Traffic Traffic data known by the WiFi IFD (TAS sensor, TIS receiver, TIS-B receiver, etc) is streaming out of the IFD for use by third party device/applications. Outbound from IFD only. Weather ADS-B weather information WiFi...
  • Page 340 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Transmission Data Transfer Description Method(s) Fully interactive The panel mount IFD has WiFi complete bi-directional communication with the IFD100 application hosted on a mobile tablet. User Data (User User data can be stored on settings, user a USB fob device and checklists, user imported for later use on...
  • Page 341 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Transmission Data Transfer Description Method(s) Database On-board databases (e.g. Updates nav, chart, obstacle, terrain) can be uploaded to an IFD from a fob device. Inbound to IFD only. Software IFD software updates can Updates be uploaded to an IFD from a fob device.

  • Page 342: Regulatory Compliance Statements

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS RADIO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS† This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC limits for Class B digital devices and Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 343: Déclaration(S) De Conformité Réglementaire

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide DÉCLARATION(S) DE CONFORMITÉ RÉGLEMENTAIRE† Cet appareil est conforme aux limites de l’article 15 de la FCC pour les appareils numériques de classe B et aux normes RSS exemptes-de-licence d'Industrie Canada. Cet équipement génère, utilise et peut émettre une énergie de fréquence radio et, s’il n’est pas installé...

  • Page 344: Fis-B Weather

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide FIS-B WEATHER FIS-B information may be used for pilot planning decisions focused on updating the pilot's awareness of the dynamic flight environment; including avoiding areas of inclement weather that are beyond visual range and pilot near term decisions where poor visibility precludes visual acquisition of inclement weather.

  • Page 345: Maintenance Mode

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide MAINTENANCE MODE During normal operation, when power is applied to the IFD it starts up in "flight mode". However, there is a separate built-in "maintenance mode" that is used for various reasons including changing the configuration of the IFD interfaces, uploading databases, downloading logs, and performing software updates.
  • Page 346 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Download Logs LSK The Download Logs LSK is intended for use when downloading logs. The IFD logs several parameters and events during normal IFD operation. Those logs are often useful for technical support. Press the Status LSK until Software is selected. Then press "Download Logs", which will have appeared by the bottom left LSK.

  • Page 347: Exiting Maintenance Mode

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Update Databases LSK The Update Databases LSK is intended for use when updating databases. Press the Status LSK until Databases is selected. Then press "Update Databases", which will have appeared by the bottom left LSK. At that point, the LSKs will be changed to "Confirm"...

  • Page 348: Database Updates

    It is recommended to use one of the formatted fobs supplied by Avidyne (marked by the Avidyne logo printed on one side). 6-56 General...
  • Page 349 However, most USB drives that can be formatted using FAT32 will be acceptable. Alternatively, replacement fobs can be purchased directly from Avidyne. To perform a data update, ensure the data to be updated is placed onto one of the acceptable USB fobs and then start the IFD in maintenance mode (see Maintenance Mode section on page 6-53).
  • Page 350 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide The Update tab in maintenance mode shows a list in the center of the display containing the files on the USB fob (and some other options for saving that are not discussed here). Turn the right inner or outer knob to scroll the cursor up and down and then press the knob button to select the item surrounded by the cursor.
  • Page 351 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide CAUTION Do Not Power Off the IFD During Data Update Cycling power to the IFD during a database update may result in a corruption of the memory device that stores the databases. If this happens, a service action may be required to restore the data integrity.
  • Page 352 Update tab. If the load was not successful, either try again using the error message as a guide or contact Avidyne technical support. Upload Complete Indications When all loading operations have been completed, press the “Done”...
  • Page 353 (e.g. name, cycle dates). NOTE Report Observed Discrepancies Avidyne requests that any observed database discrepancies get reported. These discrepancies may be in the form of an incorrect procedure, incorrectly identified terrain, obstacles, navigation fixes, or any other displayed item used for navigation or communication in the air or on the ground.

  • Page 354: Software Updates

    USB connections as well. This means the IFD does not need to be returned to the factory for any future software updates. The Avidyne position is that any shop that holds a repair station certificate, an A&P, or an Experimental Aircraft owner with log book signoff authority can perform the update.

  • Page 355: Datalogs Download

    Datalogs Usable But Avidyne Property The contents of the data logs and the storage devices that record and store data remain the property of Avidyne. However, you are free to download and use the data for your own training and safety improvement purposes.
  • Page 356 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide  Configuration Log – This set of .txt files contains various system settings, states, and calibrations at power down. To download logs, start the IFD in maintenance mode (see Maintenance Mode section on page 6-53). Once maintenance mode has started, press the right side of the AUX page key to select the “Logs”...
  • Page 357 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide amount of data, the second option will be a quicker option in almost every case. Once the desired set of logs to download have been selected, press the "Proceed" LSK to start the download process. Download times are highly dependent on the number and types of logs being downloaded and the length of time since the last download.
  • Page 358 Event Log This log contains miscellaneous data such as all alerts, keystrokes, system status and error messages, etc. It is a diagnostics log for Avidyne Service Center technicians. GPS Log This log contains miscellaneous internal GPS state data. It is a diagnostics log for Avidyne Service Center technicians.
  • Page 359 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Dimming Settings (23) Aircraft Tail Number (1) Chart State – validity dates, identifier Datablock selections (32) User Options selections (33) FMS Setup settings (38) Map Setup settings (80) Map Declutter selections (58) System Time Since Power On (1) Frequency List values (80) Com Preset values (16) Com-Nav Audio States (21)

  • Page 360: User Data Backup/Restoration Procedure

    “Save <data type>” option(s) has a checkmark and then press the “Proceed” LSK option. TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Additional Means of Recording Configurations Avidyne highly recommends recording your user preferences and configuration settings (including Maintenance Mode “Config” pages) in an alternate form (e.g. smart phone photographs of the page settings) as an additional precaution.

  • Page 361: Reloading Previously Stored User Data

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide When the download is complete (should take a matter of seconds), store the fob and/or the files on the fob somewhere secure. RELOADING PREVIOUSLY STORED USER DATA Ensure the fob containing the previously stored user data is installed in the IFD.

  • Page 362: Transferring User Waypoints

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TRANSFERRING USER WAYPOINTS User waypoints can be completely edited using the IFD. However, when there are more than just a few of them to manage, it is often easier to manage them offline. Therefore, the IFD provides a mechanism to upload and download the set of user waypoints using a comma separated value (CSV) file.

  • Page 363: Downloading User Waypoints

    IFD400 Series Pilot Guide User waypoints are uploaded to the IFD using the same technique as is used for uploading navigation data. CSV files containing user waypoints will be displayed on the System Updates page just like DSF files are. The description on the first line of the CSV file will be shown in the list, as illustrated below for the sample file above.
  • Page 364 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide IMPORTANT NOTE If the USB fob already contains a file named SAVEDWPTS.CSV when user waypoints are downloaded, the IFD will overwrite the contents of the file. To prevent data loss, consider transferring the file to a personal computer or renaming the file on the USB fob.

  • Page 365: Pairing A Bluetooth Keyboard

    IFD. NOTE Acceptable Bluetooth Keyboards Due to certification constraints, only Avidyne supplied Bluetooth keyboards will be functional. Before attempting to pair a Bluetooth keyboard, ensure the keyboard has adequate charge, then turn it on using the switch on the left side.
  • Page 366 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide a while, the IFD will discover the keyboard and it will appear on the list of devices shown on the screen. At that point, press the "Stop Scan" LSK. After "Stop Scan" has been pressed, turn the right outer knob to move the cursor to the desired device.

  • Page 367: Verification Of Successful Pairing

    If the device is not shown in green or if the device name disappears from the display, restart the pairing process with pressing the button on the back of the keyboard. If repeated attempts to pair are unsuccessful, contact Avidyne Technical Support. After successful pairing, exit maintenance mode by pressing the "Done"...
  • Page 368 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Test that the pairing was successful by any of several methods, including:  Press FMS several times on the Bluetooth keyboard. Verify that the FMS page changes with each key press.  Select the FMS FPL page on the IFD. Repeatedly press the down arrow key on the Bluetooth keyboard until the cursor is at the end of the flight plan (insert cursor).
  • Page 369 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Connect/Disconnect Keyboard Connection Pressing the pair key on an already connected keyboard will disconnect it. If this happens, the keyboard will need to be power cycled to reconnect. A paired keyboard normally tries to connect when it is turned on, but will also retry if any key is pressed.

  • Page 370: Cleaning The Display

    The use of any third-party screen protector, especially those that adhere directly to the IFD display glass, is not endorsed by Avidyne due to the touch-screen nature of the display and may void the warranty for any display related issue.

  • Page 371: Slide-In Replacement Details

    The IFD is designed as a slide-in replacement of the following equipment: Avidyne Garmin Garmin SW Product Product Baseline Comments IFD440 5.03 (Main) 430A 430W 430AW IFD410 5.03 (Main) 400W The following table represents the complete list of unsupported Garmin functionality in the IFD:...
  • Page 372 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide NOTE TAWS/Other Audio Output Wiring to Audio Panel To take full advantage of FLTA and other IFD aural alerting (e.g. TOD chime), ensure the audio output signals are wired to the audio panel. For 500/530 replacement installations, if TAWS audio output was already wired to the audio panel, then no further action will be required.
  • Page 373 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide INDEX Abnormal Procedures · 6-29 Backlight Activate Leg · 2-38 Keyboard · 1-37 ADS-B Night Operations · 6-35 Flight ID · 4-67 Backup/Restore · 6-69 Lightning · 3-21 Before Takeoff · 1-47 Over WiFi · 4-34 Bezel Layout ·...
  • Page 374 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Activating · 2-25 and SVS · 3-44 Approaches · 2-32 Data Transfer · 6-47 Arrivals · 2-32 Database Creating · 2-8 Currency · 4-82 Cursor · 2-6 Currency States · 1-15 Deleting · 2-21 Discrepancies · 6-62 Departures ·...
  • Page 375 METAR · 3-15 IFD100 · 1-46, 6-43 METAR Flag · 2-40, 2-43, 2-55 IFD410 · 1-3 Min Safe Altitude (MSA) · 4-45 IFD440 · 1-2 Missed Approach · 5-31 Multiple Destinations · 2-32 Multi-touch · 1-4 Keyboard Bluetooth · 1-37 Convenience Mode ·...
  • Page 376 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Retry Approach · 5-33 RNAV · 5-25 Route Preview · 2-48 OBS Mode · 5-9 Rubber Banding · 3-12 Obstacles Database · 4-82 Symbology · 3-6 Orbit · 2-23 Ownship · 3-9 Satellite Radio · 4-4 SBAS ·...
  • Page 377 IFD400 Series Pilot Guide Terrain Awareness · 3-36, 4-63 Vectors To Final · 5-14, 5-22, 5-29, TFR · 3-25 5-33 Timers · 4-8 Vertical Direct-To · 5-37 TOD · 2-30 Visual Approach · 2-36, 5-29 Top Of Descent · 2-30 Setup ·...
  • Page 379 SOFTWARE LICENSE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THIS WEB ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.AVIDYNE.COM/LICENSE LIMITATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS: THE USER OF THIS EQUIPMENT AGREES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PUBLISHED BY AVIDYNE AT THIS WEB ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.AVIDYNE.COM//LEGAL-RIGHTS FCC APPROVAL AND CAUTIONS: THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
  • Page 380 AVIDYNE CORPORATION 710 North Drive Melbourne FL 32934 (321) 751-8520 Toll Free 800-AVIDYNE (800 284-3963) www.avidyne.com P/N 600-00304-000 Rev 08...

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