---------------------------------------------------------- Avionics-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 04/04/09: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:35 AM - 400W/420W/430W Power cable () 2. 08:44 AM - Terra TN200 problem (John DeCuir) 3. 10:22 AM - 400W/420W/430W setup mode (Jay Maynard) 4. 11:36 AM - Re: 400W/420W/430W setup mode (Vincent Palermo) 5. 03:25 PM - Re: 400W/420W/430W setup mode (David LLoyd) 6. 03:43 PM - Re: 400W/420W/430W setup mode (Jay Maynard) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:35:50 AM PST US From: Subject: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W Power cable 4/4/2009 Hello Robin, Please tell me more about this demo mode. How does one get into it and use it? I can't find out anything about it in my 430W manual. If you have the Garmin trainer on your computer how does the demo mode compare to the trainer? Thanks. 'OC' Says: "The best investment we can make is the effort to gather and understand knowledge." ============================================ Time: 02:57:59 PM PST US From: Robin Hou Subject: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W Power cable Hi Listers, - I am happy to report back that my $10 D-Sub 78-pin male connector from Mous er works fine for my at-home-power-cable.- I connected pin 19 & 20 to +12 v, and-75, 77 & 78 to negative.- The 420W powered up in demo mode just fine. - Thanks to-all who replied. - Robin ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:44:20 AM PST US From: John DeCuir Subject: Avionics-List: Terra TN200 problem To any Terra wizards out there, here's my setup: Vans RV4, circa 1992. One Terra TN200 (not "D") with GS, TRINAV head with Loran/GPS option and GX50 connected, single dipole antenna mounted below tail, and splitter for GS and VOR/LOC, with RG58 coax. Problem: GS indications intermittently erroneous. I routinely fly the ILS Rwy 30L approach into KSJC and have the opportunity to do so VFR and check GS indications against published GS altitudes at the fixes and the PAPI. Sometimes I won't get any GS indication until inside 5 miles. Sometimes I get GS out at 15 miles, but it shows that I'm low (about 1/3 up the scale) no matter where I am ref the actual slope. I get no flag, the "I" is displayed, as opposed to an "L", and it stays at that 1/3 low position until inside 5 miles final or sometimes closer. And once in a great while I receive correct indications at 15 miles and continuing all the way in. Localizer indications are always correct and responsive, within tolerance. Station ID is clear and correct. I checked at another airport, same results. Questions: Shouldn't I get a flag? Shouldn't the "I" change to an "L"? Is there an RF gain adjustment that needs attention? Where should I look first? Should I upgrade to RG400, as I have with GPS and Comm? Do splitters go bad? John DeCuir N204CP, RV4 KSNS, CA ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:22:17 AM PST US From: Jay Maynard Subject: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W setup mode On a similar subject: How do you get the 430 family into setup mode? I know it's a matter of holding something down as you power it up, but I haven't been able to find out just what. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, AGI http://www.conmicro.com http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!) AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:36:11 AM PST US From: Vincent Palermo Subject: Re: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W setup mode Hold the enter button as you turn the system on. Good luck and write down all your old settings before you change to the new. Vincent Palermo vpalermo@tampabay.rr.com On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Jay Maynard wrote: > > > > On a similar subject: How do you get the 430 family into setup mode? > I know > it's a matter of holding something down as you power it up, but I > haven't > been able to find out just what. > -- > Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, AGI http://www.conmicro.com > http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net > Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!) > AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:25:12 PM PST US From: "David LLoyd" Subject: Re: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W setup mode ....what Vincent is stating is especially true if the 430/530 is coupled to an autopilot of similar boxes. There are a ton of settings internal to the Garmin's that maybe reset accidentally. Get a notebook and scan through the many pages of set-up and note down all the settings..... Been there got the T-shirt with all the catsup on it for not doing this when the unit was upgraded. Even the licensed shop could not get the right settings back properly. I had to go to Garmin, talk to a very savvy engineer, to get the settings back into the 430 so it would talk to my S-Tec A/P correctly.... David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent Palermo" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W setup mode > > > Hold the enter button as you turn the system on. Good luck and write down > all your old settings before you change to the new. > Vincent Palermo > vpalermo@tampabay.rr.com > > > On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Jay Maynard wrote: > >> > >> >> On a similar subject: How do you get the 430 family into setup mode? I >> know >> it's a matter of holding something down as you power it up, but I >> haven't >> been able to find out just what. >> -- >> Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, AGI http://www.conmicro.com >> http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net >> Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!) >> AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml >> >> >> >> > > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:43:48 PM PST US From: Jay Maynard Subject: Re: Avionics-List: 400W/420W/430W setup mode On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 03:22:24PM -0700, David LLoyd wrote: > ....what Vincent is stating is especially true if the 430/530 is coupled to > an autopilot of similar boxes. I don't intend to change any of the settings on mine at the moment. Still, writing them all down seems like a very good idea. I've had a couple of ham radios that I've done that with because they've been known for losing their internal settings should the power spike at engine start or the like. I suspect that, while Garmin may not know how to set up the 430W to talk to my Zodiac's TruTrak Digiflight IIVSG, TruTrak probably does. Still, I'd like to avoid the necessity. There's also an Aspen PFD in my future, though not for a while yet. At some point, though, I plan to add a connection from the 430 to my 496 for flight plan crossfiling, and that will need to be enabled via setup. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, AGI http://www.conmicro.com http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!) 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