EFIS-D10A Firmware Revision Log
Version |
Date Released |
Changes |
4.2 |
7/3/08 |
Fixed: Vulnerability during power down on EFIS and FlightDEK products. |
4.0.4 |
4/9/08 |
New build with EMS-only changes |
4.0 |
10/15/07 |
Added: Support for HS34 HSI Expansion module. Improved: Various HSI page changes to support HS34 and user feedback about legibility of display elements. Improved: Vertical guidance indicator now matches Garmin 396/496 indicator when receiving VNAV information. Improved: Back course flag on HSI page is now yellow. Improved: Manually set OAT (available when an EFIS does not have an OAT probe hooked up) is not considered valid until it is explicitly set by the user. Improved: Serial GPS input compatibility improved with multiple devices. See http://wiki.dynonavionics.com/GPS_Configuration_Settings for current compatibility notes. Improved: DSAB updated to handle all communications between Dynon Avionics products. PC serial ports no longer need to be connected between EFIS and EMS units as previously required. All data and device features, except for setup functions, can now be used from any connected screen. |
3.0 |
7/11/07 |
Added: Auto-set of kollsman window. The current indicated altitude is preserved across a power cycle. If possible, the baro setting is adjusted at power-up so that the new indicated altitude matches the saved value. Added: Manual set of GPS selected course. If the GPS serial stream does not supply the selected course sentence, then the COURSE menu can be used to set the course on the HSI page. Added: Save settings on power-off. In addition to the current logic, units will now save their settings when powered off with the front panel button. Added: Units on airspeed threshold set menu. The current airspeed units are displayed in the threshold set menus. Added: Menu restore after alert acknowledge. If navigating in the menu system and an alarm bar is raised, the current state of the menu is restored after the last alarm is acknowledged or cleared. Added: Magnetic intensity to magnetic calibration. As part of the EDC calibration process the pilot must enter the magnetic intensity of the location where the calibration is taking place. Added: Mechanical style roll indication. Added another style of roll indication that better mimics a mechanical instrument. Added: Hooked pitch lines. Modified the pitch lines to have hooked ends that point toward the horizon. Added: GPS ground track bug. The old triangle style heading bug on the EFIS heading tape was modified to indicate GPS ground track if available. Added: New digital airspeed and altitude indicators. Modified the airspeed and altitude tapes' depiction with scrolling digital numbers aligned with the current indication on the tape. The visible tape range was widened, and the position of tape and corresponding tape numbers was swapped. Added: Airspeed and turn rate trend indicators. Added a 6 second indicated airspeed trend bar. Modified the turn rate indicator to indicate a 6 second trend. Added: Altitude alerter. Toggling the altitude bug on will activate the altitute alerter function with the bug value as the target altitude. While climbing or descending toward the target altitude a level-off alert sounds when passing through 500' from the target altitude. The target altitude is considered captured when altitude is within 150' of the target. Flying more than 200' away from the target will trigger a short audio alert and alternate the bug in red and yellow as a visual alert. The visual climb or descend alert will clear after recapturing the target altitude or 30 seconds. Added: Graphical vertical speed indicator. Added an analog vertical speed indicator. The VSI can be selected for a 1000'/min, 2000'/min or 4000'/min maximum. The indicator bar is scaled to indicate a 6 second altitude trend when in 2000'/min mode, or in 4000'/min mode up to 1000'/min. Added: Course deviation and glide slope indicators to the EFIS display. Added a course deviation / cross track deviation and glide slope / vertical deviation indicator to the EFIS display. The color of the bar indicates the currently selected navigation source. The center mark of the CDI functions as the To/From indication with an upward or downward pointing triangle, or blank. If a conflict between the CDI and the roll scale is detected, then the CDI is removed from the display until the conflict is resolved. Added: Wind indication on EFIS. If available, added a depiction of the wind's relative angle and absolute speed on the EFIS. Added: New altitude and airsped bugs. Modified the altitude and airspeed bugs' look and feel to match the heading bug on the HSI. Added: New AOA display. A new AOA display style was added. This display shows horizantal bars which pull away as AOA increases and turn into downward pointing arrows as AOA approaches stall. A red triangle at the top of the display will flash while AOA audio is active. Added: User configuration of serial ports. An HSI Setup menu was added. This menu makes it possible to override the auto detect feature of the local serial port. Added: AOA audio threshold. To reduced nuisance AOA audio alerts, a threshold was added under which audio is inhibited. AOA audio is inhibited at power-up. Audio will continue to be inhibited until IAS reaches the threshold (20 kts by default). The AOA bar continues to operate as normal. Once above the threshold audio will be uninhibited and will operate as normal until IAS drops below the threshold. However, if IAS drops below the threshold while audio is active (in a stall), audio will remain active as long as IAS stays alive. This does not fix a bad AOA calibration. Added: HSI course setting on EFIS. The current course setting of the selected source on the HSI is displayed as a V on the heading type. The color indicates the currently selected navigation source. Improved: Indeterminate attitude alert message. Modified the ATITUDE INDETERMINATE alert message to be HORIZON RECOVERING... Improved: Turn coordinator bar visibility. The turn coordinator was modified to be more visible in all lighting conditions. Improved: OAT set menu display. The OAT set menu now display the current temperature units. The menu no longer displays a + sign for positive temperature settings. Improved: Indicated airspeed active range. The airspeed indicator now comes alive above 20kts and remains active until going below 15kts. Improved: Digital heading display. Modified the EFIS heading tape to have a digital indicator similar to the HSI. Improved: Airspeed tape visibility. Modified the width of the airspeed tape to give more readability to the airspeed thresholds. Improved: Roll scale tick marks. Modified the roll indicator scale to have tick marks at 10, 20, 30, 45, 60, and 90 to better mimic a mechanical instrument. Improved: Heading bug display. Modified the heading bug on the EFIS heading type to match the bug on the HSI. Improved: Standard rate turn indicator re-scale. The turn rate indicator does not rescale when exceeding a standard rate turn. Improved: Look and feel of the HSI indicators. Improved: VSI responsiveness. Responsiveness of VSI indication improved. Fixed: Magnetic calibration completion. Fixed a glitch which would allow the END button to be pressed at the wrong time during a magnetic calibration. This was causing the calibration to be clobbered. Fixed: Erroneous GPS course display. Fixed a problem which would display a course of 360 and a distance to waypoint of 0 when no waypoint was active in the GPS. Fixed: Lowrance GPS integration. Fixed: EFIS display on right 1/3 at boot. Fixed an initialization problem that caused the wrong palette to be used for a 1/3 EFIS on the right page. Fixed: Serial output of heading. Fixed a problem with the serial output calculation for heading which could cause a momentary wrap around condition. |
2.19 |
10/27/06 |
Added: AOA alarm test button. |
2.17 |
7/10/06 |
Added: DG Display with heading bug and TAS |
2.12 |
12/2/05 |
Added: Support for altitude in meters. |
2.11 |
9/13/05 |
Improved: New checklists and data panels support a broad array of information. |
2.9.1 |
6/13/05 |
Fixed: Problem in setting airspeed bar color thresholds via the menu system |
2.9 |
6/3/05 |
Added: Calibration of both internal (EFIS) and external (EDC) magnetic sensors via the menu system |
2.8 |
3/18/05 |
Fixed: Issue where some units wouldn't power up with less than 12.5V supplied |
2.7 |
- |
Improved: Changes supporting new factory calibration procedures |
2.6 |
- |
Not publicly released |
2.05 |
12/10/04 |
Fixed: Problem causing certain units to reset at higher temperatures |
2.4 |
11/17/04 |
Fixed: Problem which resulted in failure to apply certain settings, including the barometer adjustment |
2.3 |
8/25/04 |
Added: New high-contrast skid ball for better visibility in sunlight. |
2.2 |
7/26/04 |
Initial Release |