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Old 04-12-2012, 03:31 PM
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Way to go Bill, congratulations,Don and Kyle Lewis
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Old 04-12-2012, 04:06 PM
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Van's told me that this is the 156th RV-12 flying according to their records.
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Old 04-13-2012, 06:55 PM
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Great job, Bill!!! I'm really happy for you!
Just did 0.5 hr on the stick of Denny's RV-12 myself. What a great airplane!
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Old 04-15-2012, 02:36 PM
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I added a fuel pump switch near the the fuel valve handle.
From the switch I pulled an extra wire to the EMS 37D-SUB and made a button on the Skyview screen. Fuel pump off gives a red light with the text "OFF", fuel pump on gives a black dot without text (like the spar pin and stall warning).
The only thing is I accidentally "configured" the battery sensor while I planned to configure the fuel pump sensor.
Is there anybody willing to write down the voltage values for the battery indication? (EMS sensor settings)
The fuel pressure sensor was wrongly mapped. Had to change it to the 0-30PSI sensor, so the red cross is gone.

Thanks in advance, Joeri.





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Old 04-16-2012, 09:41 AM
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That's a great idea, Joeri! Which pin did you hook the extra wire up to on the EMS 37D-SUB? I'll look it up myself but it's good to know what to look for before diving into that diagram...
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Old 04-16-2012, 11:02 AM
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I only had a single pole switch. So you will have 12V or 0V. The EMS can only measure values with a maximum of 5V. If the pin sees no input the value is also 5V. Because of this the standard pins are not working (like the spar pin and stall warning), or you'll have to work with a pull down resistor.
I put the wire at pin 2. With this pin you can measure voltage. Two ranges (15-7, 7-0) makes the button work.
To make it easy just order a double pole switch. Then you can use any free pin mentioned in the Skyview sensor mapping setup like the stall warning and spar pin circuit.
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Old 04-16-2012, 12:13 PM
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So with the dual-pole switch you just connect the sensor circuit to ground? If the switch is open, the EMS sees 5V as the circuit is undefined, and then sees 0V when the switch is flipped and connects it to ground? I guess that should work. I want to keep the better ports that can measure voltages open for future use.
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Old 04-16-2012, 12:20 PM
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Correct, I also gonna order a double-pole switch. Pin 2 for example can be used to check the voltage of the back-up battery.
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Old 04-16-2012, 12:45 PM
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Does anybody have a table of all the sensor settings as required for the 12. ?

I have completed the Skyview installation and all seems to work well after some corrective work.
I ran the Rotax without problems and all readings seem to be what expected.
VAN's advised to verify all the sensor configurations and level settings but they say they have no table of the settings. Unusual when they supply the settings file.
To sort these all out with the rotax manuals and sensor data thats quite a time consuming job and I wonder if its worth while..
Bill, did you check all these ?
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Old 04-16-2012, 04:06 PM
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Skyview software 3.3.2 is released and you NEED to install it! It corrects a "frozen screen" problem - pretty serious! The page where you download it is here:
http://dynonavionics.com/docs/suppor...e_SkyView.html
and there are full instructions. EXCEPT...

Here is a tip - after Skyview installs the 3.3.2 update it "appears" to reboot itself. Then it wakes up with big red "X"s on the main PFD and MAP screen. So you think, "Lets look at the network" and you will see all your modules there, but showing "in red" and "Offline." So you think "OK, I just have to tell it to scan its network again." Wrong! That won't work. TURN IT OFF (hold down the #1 button), then back on (ditto) and it will wake up and complete the update.

Jack - regarding your specific question, the Van's initial implementation of all the settings follows the standard Skyview recommendations in the installation manual. I did check them by looking at the various Skyview config pages and - as you are doing - verifying readings when the engine is running. But I haven't checked absolutely everything - I mean - CHT 1 & 2 might be swapped, for example. Some things I am trusting.

I am currently working an issue with Dynon about displaying "% Power" of the Rotax. Dynon has a very good support forum where questions are monitored and answered by factory personnel.

Bill H - Have flown 2.5 hours now!
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