Garmin 396 satisfaction/questions/In-flight XM wx photo

[dan]

Originally Posted by L.Adamson

Since I was curious, I found the answer.


DME information (estimated time en route, ground speed, and distance) provided by either a remote DME box or GPS receiver can also be displayed on the SL30.

Sorta...but that's what the GX60 provides the SL30. When you hook the GX60 and SL30 together (bi-directional serial), the SL30 feeds the currently tuned-in NAV freq to the GX60. The GX60 has a nav page which shows the identifier and some basic distance/time info about that VOR/LOC.

Then there's the data that the GX60 sends back to the SL30. For the tuned-in NAV freq in the SL30, the GX60 provides DST (distance/speed/time) data, which the SL30 can optionally display (hit NAV, SEL, counter-clockwise, ENT). It's like having a DME built into the SL30.

The GX60 also feeds the SL30 relevant frequency info, both COM and NAV. It feeds COM freqs for the waypoints on the flight plan, and it feeds the nearest NAV facility freqs.

Part of the serial testing I've been doing with Garmin is testing the new mode on the 396 where it sits between the GX60 and SL30. The 396 receives serial data from the GX60, and it will "slave" off the GX60's flight plan. The 396 then sends the relevant COM and NAV frequencies to the SL30.

If you just have a 396 and an SL30 (or SL40 presumably?) then the 396 will send relevant freqs to the SL30...but NOT DST (distance/speed/time) data...because the 396 isn't aware of what NAV freq the SL30 is tuned to.

)_( Dan
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[N395V]

If I did this right below are simultaneous in flight photos of weather on a recent flight from a 396 (WxWrks), MX 20(FIS), on board radar, and stormscope on a recent flight from PNS to MCB. Quality is not great they were taken with a cell phone. the front was not moving very fast and the difference between nexrad and radar was about 15 NM


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