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GNS 530... Any experts?
Hi,
I work for a company that will have a fleet with 430/530 stacks integrated, and we will be flying some very specialized missions with them. I have some specific questions regarding datacards, route planning, nav points and data sharing. If you can help me, please reply to this and I'll either post the questions or email directly. Thank you! Craig |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
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I have some specific questions regarding datacards, route planning, nav points and data sharing. If you can help me, please reply to this and I'll either post the questions or email directly. I have been flying with a GNS430 for the last three years and feel I have become comfortable with just about all features of the unit. Additionally, I burn my own data cards every month. Post away... -- Peter |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
Okay... You asked for it!
We are currently fitting four Westwind 1124 with a GNS430/530 stack for some very specialized missions. I have several questions I hope you can answer - I have emailed Garmin's technical support team on this matter as well. 1. We would like to create a database of our own waypoints that will remain in the memory. We are less experienced 530 users, and are under the impression that updating the data card leads to memory expulsion. 2. What is the usage of the second data card on the 530? Can that be used as a storage facility for our routes and waypoints that will remain unmolested? 3. Are there any programs available for EXTERNAL (via Windows) waypoint creation and route designation? We need a simpler system than just spinning the dials. 4. If there is such a program, can the waypoints/tracks/routes then be shared with other users? All four of our aircraft will have different missions to fly in different areas of the country, and should several of our aircraft need to converge for simultaneous operations we would like to be able to send/receive the latest waypoint and route information from the crew that resides in the target area. 5. To avoid having to also carry a Garmin GPS90 on board to download track data to Windows post-mission, can you recommend a program that will do the same for our 430/530? Analyzing our track data is a very important part of our debrief with the Forces, and we would like to eliminate the redundancy of carrying a THIRD gps unit. Thank you very much for your help, Craig Peter R. wrote: wrote: I have some specific questions regarding datacards, route planning, nav points and data sharing. If you can help me, please reply to this and I'll either post the questions or email directly. I have been flying with a GNS430 for the last three years and feel I have become comfortable with just about all features of the unit. Additionally, I burn my own data cards every month. Post away... -- Peter |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
CaptainCraig wrote:
1. We would like to create a database of our own waypoints that will remain in the memory. We are less experienced 530 users, and are under the impression that updating the data card leads to memory expulsion. User waypoints will remain in the GPS's non-volatile memory across data card updates. However, whenever the unit is sent to Garmin for repair or for software update or is reset to factory defaults you will lose the user waypoints that are stored in the unit. 2. What is the usage of the second data card on the 530? Can that be used as a storage facility for our routes and waypoints that will remain unmolested? I do not know, although the GNS430 too has a slot for an extra card. If I had to speculate, that second card slot is for some type of expanded functionality such as terrain database, etc., that has yet to be utilized/certified? 3. Are there any programs available for EXTERNAL (via Windows) waypoint creation and route designation? We need a simpler system than just spinning the dials. No, there are not and this is by design. My understanding is that the FAA specifically prohibited external flight plan and waypoint creation for the certification under which this IFR GPS is covered. IIRC, the FAA wanted to ensure that the user was given an updated GPS database-based confirmation of every waypoint entered into the flight plan, which is only possible by entering waypoints directly into the unit. The spin dial was probably the most cost effective and practical design for in-bumpy air data entry. As a point of interest I do recall reading that the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit/GPS system is now being installed in some aircraft with a keyboard entry system. Columbia Aircraft's G1000 install comes to mind: http://tinyurl.com/rdcxn 4. If there is such a program, can the waypoints/tracks/routes then be shared with other users? snip See above. 5. To avoid having to also carry a Garmin GPS90 on board to download track data to Windows post-mission, can you recommend a program that will do the same for our 430/530? Analyzing our track data is a very important part of our debrief with the Forces, and we would like to eliminate the redundancy of carrying a THIRD gps unit. Having never had a need, I am uncertain as to whether the GNSx30 is capable of providing data that can be downloaded and stored on an external device. However I suspect it is possible (at least in real time, rather than post-flight) via an output cable feeding GPS data to a laptop or handheld computer. Garmin will hopefully provide you with a more definitive answer. -- Peter |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
The extra slot in the 530 is for the terrain data base. I have had a 530/430
with GDL69, terrain, and stormscope for several years. It is a very self intuitive box to operate. There is serial (RS232 and 429 I think) output from the unit, so it might be possible to link this to a note book computer to log flights and data points. |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
Peter,
If I had to speculate, that second card slot is for some type of expanded functionality such as terrain database, etc., that has yet to be utilized/certified? It is used for the terrain database available as we speak. Has been for some time. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
Thomas Borchert wrote:
It is used for the terrain database available as we speak. Has been for some time. Cool. Thanks, Tom. -- Peter |
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GNS 530... Any experts?
Friend put it in his Barron. Its really cool.
"Peter R." wrote in message ... Thomas Borchert wrote: It is used for the terrain database available as we speak. Has been for some time. Cool. Thanks, Tom. -- Peter |
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