Table Of Contents - Triadis Engineering Glide Computer and Navigation System Owner's Manual

Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Pilot familiarisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Standard and Pro versions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 Parts list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.4 System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5 Instrument panel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 System functions
2.1 Power switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 External switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Brightness adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4 Data link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.5 Logger and GPS module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.6 Radio/Comms/auxiliary device integration . . . . . 17
2.7 Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.8 Battery and power management . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.9 1-Wire peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Installation and maintenance
3.1 Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2 Instrument panel layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.3 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4 Wiring harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.5 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.6 GPS antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.7 Serial peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.8 Example installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.9 Initial software setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.11 Maintenance and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Software and database transfer
4.1 Use of USB memory sticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.2 Preparation of USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3 Running AltairSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.4 Cleaning old files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.5 Obtaining updated software and databases . . . . . 32
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