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Panel planning question?

skidmk

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Hi all,,,

will the small dynon display the cdi for the GNS430? Ils? GP? If not, which EFIS out there does that?

thanks

Mike
 
The Dynon D10A will display the CDI from the GPS side of the 430. It can display this on a full HSI page, or on top of the EFIS display.

In a few months we'll be releasing the HS34 which will allow any of our EFIS products (D10A, D100, or D180) to display all of the info from the 430, both NAV and GPS sides. You can find more info about this on our website:
http://dynonavionics.com/docs/HS34_intro.html

The issue is that the 430 only outputs the GPS over the serial line. The NAV data comes out via analog connections or via ARINC-429. Most EFIS units only support serial, so an external converter needs to be made, which is what the HS34 does.
 
GRT does it!

Since you asked if any other units will display the data...yes, the GRT Horizon 1 EFIS displays everything that the GNS 30 puts out - CDI, VOR/LOC/GS. And you can slave the Highway in the Sky to the ILS as well. Very slick.

Paul
 
Paul is right as usual.....

Right now, the only EFIS's I'm aware of the work well with those boxes are the GRT, Chelton, OP & Avidyne.

GRT is unique in that it can accept both the analog and ARINC inputs simultaneously (one to each screen), or via serial from a radio like the SL-30...or all three at once, along with multiple GPS inputs. At the moment, GRT / OP are the only ones I know of with this many inputs. Earlier this year we did an RV-10 panel that had a GNS-480 with the serial GPS, ARINC NAV & Analog NAV, along with an SL-30 (both Comm & Nav interlink), and an external GPS along with the GRT internal GPS...ALL hooked into the GRT...with TWO AHRS boxes. That means this guy had THREE GPS inputs, THREE NAV inputs (from 2 radios) and one comm interlink, EIS & OAT inputs along with the XM weather and two AHRS boxes all running into the GRT and plumbed out to a TruTrak AP. (we had to use three GRT screens because we just wouldn't have had enough inputs using only 2 screens. Luckly the software behind the GRT stuff is really powerful, so you can do that).

Setup/programming was kind of a nightmare (because we used up EVERY SINGLE port that GRT had available across all 3 screens), but once done it's a mighty powerful tool.

Anyway, to get much use with the EFIS and a Garmin box, right now GRT is ahead of the pack....but me thinks that AFS, Dynon and others are not far behind.

Cheers,
Stein.
 
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