[retasker]

I have a BMA EFIS/One G3 gold box. My plane is to the point where I have started checking out the avionics interconnections. I have the EFIS connected to my SL30 and to my Trutrak autopilot. The Trutrak was not communicating so I opened the EFIS/One up to take a look. I discovered that the additional serial ports, one of which is connected to the Trutrak and which I assumed were a standard part of the EFIS/One, are not there. Contacting "alumni" from BMA indicates that the serial ports were an option - which I didn't request since I didn't know they were optional.

In any case, the ports were on a standard PC104 quad serial port board which I could easily add to my system if I only knew what board it was and what settings on the board.

So far no one with any involvement with BMA has been able to help me identify the board.

So my questions are:

Is there any one who has an EFIS/One G3 with the serial port option that could open their box and either take a picture of each side of the top (approx 3.5"x3.5") board or let me know of any manufacturing numbers on the board?

Or, is there anyone with this EFIS that has the serial ports, is not using the extra serial ports (ports 2-5) and would be interested in selling me the serial port board? Or, if the price is right, the entire G3.

And for those of you who are not aware, there is someone on the BMA forums that is currently working to get regular chart updates going again (with Greg's blessing). The plan is for them to be even cheaper than when BMA was supplying them since the charts will be generated directly from the feds database, rather than through Jeppeson as a middleman. Not that the difference in cost is really a big deal if charts are available again!

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Dick Tasker

 

[Dynon]

Since we have taken quite a few BMA's on trade in, I happened to have one on my desk. It did have the expansion board in it.

The PN is Kontron FP104/232/EXT. It appears to be a standard quad serial port ISA device, 16C554

Rev G board, copyright 2000.

Only other number on the PN sticker besides Kontron's address is "115213"

 

[retasker]

Wow! Thanks for the info! Since you have these "in stock" any chance of getting one of the serial boards from you guys?

If not I will buy one commercially.

I sure wish you had had your new products a few years ago. I have a D10A and it is great, but that is the best you had at the time I purchased the BMA EFIS/One.

Thanks for your rapid and helpful response.

Dick Tasker

 

[Geico266]

There is a reason Dynon is number #1.

Thanks for helping out the BMA owners, that is very nice of you.