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400W / 500W Series
Garmin Optional Displays
Pilot’s Guide Addendum For:
• GDL 69/69A XM Satellite Datalink
• GTX 330/330D TIS
• Garmin TAWS (GPS 500W & GNS 530W)
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Foreward This Pilot’s Guide Addendum is written for: • Garmin GPS 400W, GNC 420W/420AW, and GNS 430W/430AW Main System Software Version 2.00, 3.00, 3.30, or later • Garmin GPS 500W & GNS 530W/530A W Main System Softwar e V ersion 2.00, 3.00, 3.30, or later • GTX 330/330D Main Softwar e V ersion 4.05 • GDL 69/69A Main Softwar e V ersion 3.02 or later Some differences in operation may be observed when comparing the information in this manual to earlier or later software versions.
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Introduction Warnings and Cautions WARNING: Terrain data are obtained from third party sources. Garmin is not able to independently verify the accuracy of this data which should be used only as an aid for situational awareness. Terrain data must not be used as the sole basis for deci- sions or maneuvers to avoid terrain or obstacles. Terrain data must not be used for navigation. CAUTION: Use the 400W/500W Series Units at your own risk. To reduce the risk of unsafe operation, carefully review
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Introduction Table of Contents Section 3: XM AUX Pages .............................................23 Table of Contents XM Information Page .............................................................23 Part One: Traffic Information Service (TIS) Interface 1 XM WX Timestamps ................................................................24 Section 1: TIS Operation and Symbology ....................1 Section 4: XM Audio .....................................................25 TIS Operation .
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology • Y our air craft must be equipped with a Mode S Part One: data link transponder , such as the GTX 330. Traffic Information Service • Y ou must be within range of a Mode S radar (TIS) Interface that provides the TIS service. Not all Mode S ground radars provide TIS service. • The “intruder” air craft must be equipped with Section 1: TIS Operation and a transponder, and that transponder must be Symbology turned on. Aircraft
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology How TIS differs from TCAS of the client aircraft comes between the transponder antenna (usually located on the underside of the air- The main difference between TIS and TCAS is the craft) and the ground-based radar antenna, the signal source of surveillance data. TCAS uses an airborne may be temporarily interrupted. Other limitations and interrogator with a one-second update rate, while TIS anomalies associated with TIS are described in the
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology TIS Symbology and avoid.” Some of the mor e common examples of these errors follow: TIS traffic is displayed on the 400W/500W Series • When client or intruder air craft maneuvers exces- unit according to TCAS symbology, graphically dis- s iv e ly o r a br u pt l y , t he t r ac ki n g a lg o ri t hm m ay played on a dedicated graphical page (Traffic Page; re po r t i n co r rec t h o ri z o n ta l p o si t i on u
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology The TIS audio alert is generated from the Traffic Advisory (TA)—This symbol is generated when traffic GTX 330 whenever the number of Traffic Ad- meets the advisory criteria described in TIS Operational Proce- visories on the 400W/500W display increases dures. from one scan to the next. Limiting Traffic Own Aircraft Advisories only reduces the “nuisance” alerting due to proximate aircraft. For example, when the first Traffic Advisories appears
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display display due to the age of the data being too old Section 2: Control and Display to “coast” (for the time period after 12 seconds TIS Traffic Display Status and Pilot Response from the last receipt of a TIS message). The pilot • STBY — When the 400W/500W displays STBY should be aware that traffic may be present but in the upper right hand corner of the display the not shown. TIS system is in standby mode and cannot display tr
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Traffic Page Traffic Ground Track T raffic gr ound track is indicated in the TIS T raffic data ar e displayed on two 400W/500W 400W/500W display by a “tar get track vector”, a short Series unit pages, the Traffic Page and the Map Page. line displayed in 45° incr ements, extending in the The 500W Series unit can also be configur ed to direction of target movement. display a traffic thumbnail window below the VLOC fr equency wind
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Map Page the Map Page. TIS traffic is displayed on the Map Page in addition Fr om the Map Page you can display traffic in to the Traffic Page. a thumbnail format in any of the top three (400W Series) or four (500W Series) data fields on the right side of the Map Page. The Map Page displaying traffic. Configuring TIS Traffic Data on the Map Page Thumbnail Traffic displayed on the To configure TIS traffic on the Map Page: GNS 430W.
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Highlighting TIS Traffic Using Map Page Panning Another Map Page feature is panning, which allows you to move the map beyond its current limits without adjusting the map scale. When you select the panning function — by pr essing the small right knob — a target pointer will flash on the map display. A window also appears at the top of the map display showing the latitude/longitude position of the pointer, plus the bearing and distance to the
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Part One: Section 3 TIS Operational Procedures is displayed. The “F AILED” message indicates Section 3: TIS Operational Procedures the GTX 330 has failed. The “DA T A F AIL” mes- Introduction sage indicates data are being received from the TIS warns the user with voice and visual traffic GTX 330 but a failur e was detected in the data advisories whenever it predicts an intruder to be a str eam. The “NO DA T A” message indicates that threat (see illustration). Voice and visual data are se
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Part One: Section 3 TIS Operational Procedures Manual Override The user can manually switch between standby (STBY) and operating (OPER) mode of operation to manually override automatic operation. To place the display into operating mode from the standby mode (to display TIS traffic): 1. Turn the cursor on and highlight “STBY”. The ‘NO DATA’ message indicates that data are not being received from the GTX 330. 2. Turn the small right knob to select NOTE: This may be a normal mode of oper
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Part Two: Section 1 XM Radio Introduction be available with the unit. Part Two: XM Radio Follow the GDL 69/69A XM Satellite Radio Activa- tion Instructions (190-00355-04) enclosed with your Section 1: Introduction GDL 69/69A unit to activate the XM pr oducts. Overview XM Radio Pages The GDL 69 is a remote sensor that receives To reach the XM pages: br oadcast weather data fr om a data ser vice of XM Sat- 1. From any page, press and hold CLR to select ellite Radio, Inc. The GDL
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather XM WPT Pages Section 2: XM Weather The XM W eather Function is capable of displaying When a GDL 69 or GDL 69A is installed, two XM- r elated pages ar e added to “airport” pages in the WPT graphical weather information thr ough the XM Satel- page group: lite Radio Ser vice when activated in the optional instal- lation of the GDL 69/69A. Next Generation W eather • Textual METAR Page. The T extual MET AR Radar (NEXRAD), MET ARs symbols
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather Weather Product Age • Winds Aloft (WINDS). The Winds Aloft selection provides the pilot with wind speed The age of the displayed weather pr oduct—or the and direction. The winds at a given altitude ef fective time of W inds Aloft pr edictions—is shown are selected in the Winds Aloft Alt below the in the upper right cor ner of the display . For example, WINDS selection. The selected altitude is if NEXRAD is displayed, “0:05” indicates t
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather To display NEXRAD weather on the XM Weather almost complete coverage of the continental United page: States, Alaska, and Hawaii. The unobstructed range of each NEXRAD is up to 250 nautical miles. 1. With the XM Weather page (the third page of the NAV page group) displayed, look at the When enabled, composite data from all the upper left corner of the page. Under the page NEXRAD radar sites in the United States is shown. title (“XM Weather”) either “NEXR
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather NEXRAD Intensity 4. Turn the large or small knob to scroll through Colors ar e used to identify the dif fer ent NEXRAD the full table. Press CLR to return to the normal echo intensities (reflectivity) measur ed in dBZ (deci- view. bels of Z). “Reflectivity” is the amount of transmitted NEXRAD Abnormalities power returned to the radar r eceiver . Reflectivity There are possible abnormalities regarding dis- (designated by the letter Z) covers a wide range of
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather XM Weather Label and NEXRAD Source NEXRAD Limitations U.S. Certain limitations exist r egar ding the NEXRAD radar displays. Some, but not all, are listed for the user’s awareness: • NEXRAD base r eflectivity does not provide suf- ficient information to determine cloud layers or precipitation characteristics (hail vs. rain, etc). • NEXRAD base r eflectivity is sampled at the minimum antenna elevation angle. An indi- vidual NEXRAD site cannot depict
