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Old 12-10-2011, 10:08 PM
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I'm just getting started with the wiring on my -9A. A big box of goodies is now waiting for me to install them on the aircraft. I'm doing Skyview and VP-X. Simple VFR panel. Minimal systems and switches.

I have spent countless hours reading the Dynon and Vertical Power installation manuals and I think I have a good idea now of how everything connects. The VP-X installation guide is an excellent tutorial, along with the online configurator. I made a separate wiring run spreadsheet and broke up the sections by component and detailed every single wire from source to destination. Well over 200 individual wires to worry about, and I haven't even thought about the COMM system yet.

Just take it system by system and don't over think it. Most of the wires only have a single destination (engine sensor, flap motor, light, etc.)
I was prepared to have to buy a bunch of bare wire, but the VP-X harness kit provides plenty, and along with the EMS and Skyview harnesses, there is only a minor bit of extra wire that I have had to buy (coax and shielded strobe wire).

The decision making is the slow part. Once you have all of the equipment and supplies in hand it is just a matter of running one wire at a time.

Have fun with it!
It has been said that the VPX system requires alot of programming. Has that been your experience. thanx
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Old 12-11-2011, 12:41 AM
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I also went with the VPX pro. It indeed is as simple as they advertise. Not only the simplicity of installation, but also the easy of altering settings like flap settings, fuse values, trim speed and configuration of your landing lights. And it interfaces superbly with the AFS 4500 screens.
To make it even more simple, I used the Approach Fast Stack cables, which also worked out of the box.
Now that the PH-OBO has been flying for her first ten hours, I can say the wiring is absolutely trouble free, and the initial investment has paid itself back.
However, I did read the Aerolectric Connection a few times for background information, as I didn't have any electronic skills before.
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Old 12-11-2011, 10:33 AM
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It has been said that the VPX system requires alot of programming. Has that been your experience. thanx
I have not completed the installation yet, nor have I even powered it on yet.
The Vertical Power Online Planner recently got updated to that you can directly export your settings to a laptop, then you can import those to the VP-X.

There isn't much to "program". Just pick your functions (switched or always ON), amperages for the circuit breakers and a few other customizations like wig-wag and flap speeds.
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