Garmin G3X Touch Feature Wish List

[SteinAir]

Originally Posted by R.P.Ping

There are two discreet inputs for the GTR 20, but only one seems to be activated. On the GTR 200 you could swap frequencies and also load them from pilot added memory. That would also be nice.

How about some information on the Virb camera installation? I can't seem to get it to work. The 460 bluetooth sees the camera and can control it to some extent but no picture on the screen. I'm using an old ELT cable for the connection with the Garmin adapter cable and other banana connector.

Are you talking about the "phone" type cable or??? If so, most of those are/were crossover type cables where the conductors are swapped end to end. That could be a problem....

Cheers,
Stein

[R.P.Ping]

Originally Posted by SteinAir

Are you talking about the "phone" type cable or??? If so, most of those are/were crossover type cables where the conductors are swapped end to end. That could be a problem....

Cheers,
Stein

No the antenna cable with BNC connectors.

[g3xpert]

Originally Posted by R.P.Ping

There are two discreet inputs for the GTR 20, but only one seems to be activated. On the GTR 200 you could swap frequencies and also load them from pilot added memory. That would also be nice.

How about some information on the Virb camera installation? I can't seem to get it to work. The 460 bluetooth sees the camera and can control it to some extent but no picture on the screen. I'm using an old ELT cable for the connection with the Garmin adapter cable and other banana connector.

Auto Pilot pitch control need some tweaking in the software. Too sensitive and likes to hunt in level flight. Turn gain down and level flight is fine, but will pass through selected altitudes by 100+ feet and slowly oscillates through the altitude and then locks on.

Thanks. This system absolutely Rocks. I have about 10 hours on it so far and has been a very easy learning curve.

Hello Roger,

We are very pleased that your are enjoying your G3X Touch system.

As explained on page 20-61 of the Rev. P G3X Installation Manual, both discretes are indeed present and available on the GTR20 COM radio. You are correct that the choices of how those two discretes may be used are slightly different between the GTR20 remote radio and the GTR200 panel mount radio. With the GTR200 you may assign one of the discretes to toggle through the user defined frequency list. We don't presently support this for the remote mounted GTR20, but will consider this as a future enhancement. The user defined frequency list for the GTR20 is, of course, available from the radio tuning pages on your GDU 460.

It sounds like you might have the correct cabling to connect your VIRB to your GDU 460, so perhaps it is configuration. First, make sure your VIRB camera software is up-to-date. Some of the earlier versions of this software didn't provide all of the external video driving capabilities of the current software. I see my VIRB is using V3.82 which works great with the GDU 460.

When you first power up your VIRB action camera after connecting the audio video cable, it will display "Cable Detected, Output Video?". You should respond YES to this.

Audio Video Cable

Next, the camera will prompt you to choose "VIEWFINDER" or "PLAYBACK", and you should choose VIEWFINDER.

Next, the camera will ask you if you want to "Use External MIC?". Choose yes if you are using the aviation headset adapter and are providing your intercom audio (including music and radio chatter) to the VIRB for recording with the video.

Headset Adapter Cable


If everything is connected, your camera will now leap into action and you will see everything the camera sees on the inset or other window on your GDU 460. The VIRB camera uses the ANT wireless interface built into the GDU 460, so using the VIRB doesn't even tie up one of your available Bluetooth connections for using Connext with phones and tablets.



Your great G3X autopilot will definitely fly your RV-9 better than you describe. Please email us your present autopilot settings and we will work with you to tune it up.

We also have some additional information on VIRB cabling that we can send you.

Thanks,
Steve

[R.P.Ping]

Thanks for your response Steve. I will follow your tutorial on the virb set up. Sounds very familiar with what I have been doing, but all it takes is one wrong selection.
The camera is up to date with the latest software. BTW the video is much more stable that with the other remote camera I was previously using! I used your virb software to put a move together and was quite please with the results.

I will be at the Coolidge Pancake Breakfast just south east of Phoenix next weekend, 02-07-15, if anyone would like to take a look at the system or has any questions.

Thanks again. Great system for a great airplane. Doesn't get much better than that!

[NovaBandit]

Reading some previous posts reminded me of two other things...

• A remote audio panel driven by the G3X. It would be awesome if we could get a non-certified audio panel similar to the GMA35 that could be driven with G3X instead of the GTN750. Bluetooth would be an extra treat!
  
  
• Additional discrete inputs! As I understand it, the GEA24 only have 4 available discrete inputs that can be mapped to custom annunciations. As it stands today, I'm going to have to have build a separate annunciator panel for a few things. Some of the things I'd like to have come up as a caution or warning (or otherwise use a discrete input) on the G3X:
  - Regulated Pitot Signal
  - TOGA
  - Door Warning
  - Fuel Pump ON
  - Cowl Flaps OPEN
  - Backup Battery active warning
  - Gas Vapor Detector warning
  - Stewardess call button (ok. maybe not this one!)

[bkthomps]

i know it sounds cheesy, but i'd like a seatbelt sign button with the added stereotypical annunciation one is familiar with on every commercial flight

gimmicky? yes....hard to do? NOPE

[J Twilbeck]

I second (or third) pushing flight plan data from the G3x to the 650. If you can load a flight plan in a tablet and push it to a certified system then why not from my main nav screen? That would be awesome.

[J Twilbeck]

Originally Posted by NovaBandit

Reading some previous posts reminded me of two other things...

• A remote audio panel driven by the G3X. It would be awesome if we could get a non-certified audio panel similar to the GMA35 that could be driven with G3X instead of the GTN750. Bluetooth would be an extra treat!
  
  
• Additional discrete inputs! As I understand it, the GEA24 only have 4 available discrete inputs that can be mapped to custom annunciations. As it stands today, I'm going to have to have build a separate annunciator panel for a few things. Some of the things I'd like to have come up as a caution or warning (or otherwise use a discrete input) on the G3X:
  - Regulated Pitot Signal
  - TOGA
  - Door Warning
  - Fuel Pump ON
  - Cowl Flaps OPEN
  - Backup Battery active warning
  - Gas Vapor Detector warning
  - Stewardess call button (ok. maybe not this one!)

I second this as well. I would love to have remote audio panel...and I ran out of discrete inputs real quick. I'm having to do the same thing...develop a separate annunciator panel.

[R.P.Ping]

Originally Posted by NovaBandit

Reading some previous posts reminded me of two other things...

• A remote audio panel driven by the G3X. It would be awesome if we could get a non-certified audio panel similar to the GMA35 that could be driven with G3X instead of the GTN750. Bluetooth would be an extra treat!
  
  
• Additional discrete inputs! As I understand it, the GEA24 only have 4 available discrete inputs that can be mapped to custom annunciations. As it stands today, I'm going to have to have build a separate annunciator panel for a few things. Some of the things I'd like to have come up as a caution or warning (or otherwise use a discrete input) on the G3X:
  - Regulated Pitot Signal
  - TOGA
  - Door Warning
  - Fuel Pump ON
  - Cowl Flaps OPEN
  - Backup Battery active warning
  - Gas Vapor Detector warning
  - Stewardess call button (ok. maybe not this one!)

Almost all of these discrete inputs (less call button) can be configured. I added a Fuel Pump On by installing a small relay activated from the fuel pump switch that took the discrete input to ground. In the G3X menu the discretes can be labeled, colored and configured how you want them to either hi or low. All pretty trick.
The back up battery is all configured to be to just about self maintaining and automatic. You can read its voltage as buss # 2.

[NovaBandit]

Originally Posted by R.P.Ping

Almost all of these discrete inputs (less call button) can be configured. I added a Fuel Pump On by installing a small relay activated from the fuel pump switch that took the discrete input to ground. In the G3X menu the discretes can be labeled, colored and configured how you want them to either hi or low. All pretty trick.
The back up battery is all configured to be to just about self maintaining and automatic. You can read its voltage as buss # 2.

Correct, I really like the capabilities of the discrete inputs. My problem is that currently, you can only have 4 hooked up. I'd like them all.