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Flarm-Nav
Flarm-Nav
Price: $549
Note: Australian customers are subject to a 10% surcharge for GST.

Details

OUT OF STOCK until October.- Call for info

Flarm-NAV is an exciting new addition to our OzFlarm range, and for that matter any Flarm system. Designed as a 57mm instrument, Flarm-NAV has a full graphics display, 7 operation buttons , USB port for USB memory stick, Bi coloured LED for status warnings, external speaker for audio and 2 rear RJ45 sockets for connection to a Ozflarm, MiniOZ, Flarm , LX redbox devices. Basically there are 3 page displays, the first is a Flarm-RADAR display which centrally locates the glider and shows other flarm targets around it with distance bands to show distance, each target is graphically shown with direction and altitude difference for instant, accurate viewing. In the case of an Alarm ONLY the alarmed target is shown with a track line drawn as well as a RED flashing LED to catch your attention and 2 tone siren alert.

A second page can be displayed showing NAV data and Flarm Radar. The Flarm-NAV can have a turnpoint database loaded via the USB port and provide goto navigation as well as set task. This makes this a versitile instrument as if you have an Ozflarm mounted on the dash you can set the Flarm-NAV to display navigation, howver if you want to you can set the device to display NAV screen and when an aircraft comes in range of flarm it will switch to the Flarm radar display.

A third page shows Flarm traffic and Winds aloft.

USB Support. Download Ozflarm, MiniOz IGC files to a USB memory stick - no more handing in your devices or bringing a P.C to the cockpit. Far more robust than those tiny SD cards. Upload turnpoint files, upload firmware updates for Flarm-NAV, future uploads of Ozflarm software. 

Comps flyers, no more mucking around with plugging in loggers at lineups for the comp downloading computer or dragging laptops to the cockpit, simply plug in your USB stick and use the USB download page to download your Flarm IGC or future supported loggers, this alone saves you time and the scorer will love you.

Flarm-NAV can be cascaded to have 2 displays, ideal for two seaters. Also you can connect Flarm-NAV to Ozflarm or other flarm compatable units and then use the second port to connect to Altair or other glide computers, PDA's etc. Robust Polycarbonate material offers good sunlight and heat protection, colour is black.

NOTE: Flarm-NAV does not have an internal flarm receiver so unit is supplied without a flarm device.

Flarm-NAV (shown with MiniOz, not supplied with Flarm-NAV, see MiniOz for pricing)

Downloads

Flarm-NAV Installation and User Manual

Latest Flarm-Nav Firmware -WITH WIND!! download this to your desktop, then unzip to your USB stick............then follow the instructions below

Firmware update instructions

****Warning***** The following procedure relates to program updates – NOT WAYPOINT FILE UPDATES OR LOGGER DOWNLOADS!!!!!

 

 

 

The FLARM-NAV firmware can be updated via USB stick.

 

 

1. Copy the supplied FLARM-NAV image file to the USB stick. The file name must be `flarmnav.bin’.

2. Ensure battery is fully charged.

3. Disconnect power to the FLARM-NAV

4. Insert the USB stick into the FLARM-NAV slot

5. Hold down the [OK] button for at least 2 seconds while turning on the device

6. The LED will turn red and then flash (after about 5 seconds) approximately once per second for a few minutes.

7. Once the system has completed the upload the LED will go out.

8. The system will then reboot. If the system fails to start, or if the update process was interrupted, repeat the process again from step 3. If after this try the system does not reboot, contact support.

9. Check the configuration settings are correct. Some firmware updates may require the device to be re-configured and turnpoint files to be re loaded.

 

 

 

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