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 FRONTLINE AVIONICS GLANCE PARAMETRIC FLIGHT RECORDER Pilot’s Guide
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F R O N T L I N E A V I O N I C S Pilot’s Guide Copyright © 2011-­‐2014 Frontline Avionics Frontline Avionics Co., Ltd. Vysokovoltny proezd 1, bld. 49, office 430, Moscow +7 (925) 205-­‐AERO +7 (903) 589-­‐73-­‐13 [email protected] www.flavionics.ru This is a manual for Glance Flight Recorder I, version 1.0. If you use this document with a later version of the device, not all information may be relevant. Contens
Safety warning .......................................................................................................1 Change summary ..................................................................................................2 Abbreviations and Notes ...................................................................................3 Device overview ....................................................................................................4 Device connection and turn-­‐on .......................................................................5 Record file format .................................................................................................5 $GPZDA — Date and Time ........................................................................................ 6 $GPRMC — Minimum Recommended Data Set ............................................... 6 $GPGGA — Coordinates and GPS Signal Information ................................... 7 $GPGLL — Latitude and Longitude ....................................................................... 8 $GPVTG — Ground Speed and Bearing ............................................................... 8 $PGRMH — Altitude .................................................................................................... 9 $PGLAS — Air Speed, Altitude and Rate of Climb ........................................... 9 $PGLPR — Roll and Pitch .......................................................................................... 9 $PGEMS — Engine Information ........................................................................... 10 File import in Google Earth ........................................................................... 10 S A F E T Y W A R N I N G Safety warning Please carefully review this guide and Glance EFIS I installation manual for your aircraft. Thoroughly practice device basic operation prior to actual use in flight. The United States government operates the Global Positioning System and is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. In areas where military or special operations are conducted by the United States Government or by NATO troops, the GPS system operation can be disrupted or suspended. Please keep this in mind when using Glance I devices. The Russian Federation government operates the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. In areas where military or special operations are conducted by the Russian Federation Government or by Russian troops, the GLONASS system operation can be disrupted or suspended. Please keep this in mind when using Glance EFIS I devices. Use only high-­‐quality SD cards of well-­‐known brands for data recording. Using low-­‐quality SD card may cause recording failure or premature damage of the card and the data recorded on it, especially when operating Glance Flight Recorder in aggressive environment. 1
C H A N G E S U M M A R Y Change summary Version
1.0
Date
February, 2015
Change summary
Initial release
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A B B R E V I A T I O N S A N D N O T E S Abbreviations and Notes GPS — Global positioning system
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D E V I C E O V E R V I E W Device overview G Lance Flight Recorder I is intended to record flight parameters and engine unit operation parameters of the aircraft. The device operates in CANaerospace network and receives data from Glance EFIS device, AHRS and EMS units. Glance Flight Recorder records the following data: -­‐
flight date and time; -­‐
latitude and longitude as per GPS; -­‐
orthometric height as per GPS; -­‐
ground speed; -­‐
true and magnetic bearing and predefined magnetic declination; -­‐
air speed; -­‐
barometric pressure altitude and variometer values; -­‐
aircraft roll angle, pitch attitude angle and slideslip angle; -­‐
engine main parameters: fuel level, coolant temperature, cylinder heads temperature, oil pressure and temperature, engine and rotor rpm. 4
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W Device connection and turn-­‐on The device is connected to Glance CANaerospace network with a connector supplied with the device. 3 LEDs show the device readiness. LED
Description
READY
Lights when data recording on SD card is on
progress.
CAN
Flashes when data receiving via CANaerospace
network is on progress.
SDCARD
Lights when SD card is connected and operates
without fail.
Record file format The device performs data recording into files on SD card in NMEA 0183 – format. Each time the system of Glance devices is on, a new file is being created. If your aircraft landed and then took off without switching off the engine, both flights will be recorded into one file. Record file name is created in the following format: 0:YYYY\MM\DD\YYYYMMDD-­‐HHmmss.nmea, where: -­‐
0 – SD card disc; -­‐
YYYY – year; -­‐
MM – month (1 -­‐12); -­‐
DD – day (1 – 31); -­‐
HH – hour (0 – 23); -­‐
mm – minute (0 – 59); -­‐
ss – second (0 – 59). 5
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W NMEA-­‐file is a text file with line-­‐by-­‐line records of a defined format. NMEA-­‐
format is supported by a huge number of geoinformation programs including Google Earth. Further in this paper we describe how to upload a Glance Flight Recorder file in Google Earth (using auto route as an example). The list of NMEA messages recorded by Glance Flight Recorder I is given below. A blank line is recorded after each message block. $GPZDA — Date and Time Format: $GPZDA,hhmmss.ss,dd,MM,YYYY,tzh,tzm*CRC , where: §
hhmmss.ss — UTC time, hours, minutes, seconds and centiseconds (centisecons always equal to 0); §
dd — day of month (1 – 31); §
MM — month (1 – 12); §
YYYY — year; §
tzh — local time zone hours; §
tzm — local time zone minutes. This message is recorded once at the beginning of the file. $GPRMC — Minimum Recommended Data Set Format: $GPRMC,utc,A,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,sp,brg,date,mag,m,D**CRC , where: §
utc — UTC time, hours, minutes, seconds §
A — GPS status (A – GPS data correct, V – no GPS signal); 6
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W §
llll.ll — current latitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
yyyy.yy — current longitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
a — hemisphere (N – Northern, S – Southern, E – Eastern, W – Western); §
sp — ground speed (measured in knots); §
brg — true bearing (measured in degrees); §
date — UTC date (DDMMYY); §
mag — magnetic declination (measured in degrees); §
m — magnetic declination direction (E – East, W – West); §
D — GPS status (A – GPS data correct, V – no GPS signal). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $GPGGA — Coordinates and GPS Signal Information Format: $GPGGA,hhmmss,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,g,sv,,hgt,M,0,M,, *CRC , where: §
hhmmss — UTC time, hours, minutes, seconds; §
llll.ll — current latitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
yyyy.yy — current longitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
a — hemisphere (N – Northern, S – Southern, E – Eastern, W – Western); §
g — GPS system readiness (0 – not ready, 1 – ready); §
sv — number of satellites (in current device version there are always 9 satellites if GPS is ready and 0 if not ready); 7
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W §
hgt — orthometric height (measured in meters). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $GPGLL — Latitude and Longitude Format: $GPGLL,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,hhmmss,V,A*CRC , where: §
hhmmss — UTC time, hours, minutes, seconds; §
llll.ll — current latitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
yyyy.yy — current longitude in the format of DDMM.MMMM (degrees, minutes and centiminutes); §
a — hemisphere (N – Northern, S – Southern, E – Eastern, W – Western); §
V — GPS status (A – GPS data correct, V – no GPS signal); §
A — GPS mode (A – GPS data correct, V – no GPS signal). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $GPVTG — Ground Speed and Bearing Format: $GPVTG,tt,T,mt,M,gsn,N,gsk,K,A*CRC , где: §
tt — true bearing (measured in degrees); §
mt — magnetic bearing (measured in degrees); §
gsn — ground speed (measured in knots); §
gsk — ground speed (measured in km/h). 8
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $PGRMH — Altitude Format: $PGRMH,<1>, , , , ,<6>,<7>,*CRC , where: §
<1> — data accuracy (A – accurate, V – not accurate); §
<6> — barometric pressure altitude (measured in meters); §
<7> — true bearing (measured in degrees). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $PGLAS — Air Speed, Altitude and Rate of Climb Format: $PGLAS,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,*CRC , where: §
<1> — air speed (measured in km/h); §
<2> — barometric pressure altitude (measured in meters); §
<3> — barometric rate of climb (measured in m/s); §
<4> — current pressure (measured in hPa); §
<5> — specified base pressure (measured in hPa); §
<6> — specified pressure reduction (F for QFE, N for QFH). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $PGLPR — Roll and Pitch Format: 9
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W $PGLPR,<1>,<2>,,*CRC , where: §
<1> — pitch attitude angle (measured in degrees); §
<2> — roll angle (measured in degrees). The message is recorded one time in two seconds. $PGEMS — Engine Information Format: $PGEMS,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,*CRC , where: §
<1> — fuel level in tank (measured in percents); §
<2> — coolant temperature (measured in oС; 0 – if not specified); §
<3> — cylinder heads temperature (measured in oС; 0 – if not specified); §
<4> — oil temperature (measured in oС; 0 – if not specified); §
<5> — oil pressure (measured in atm; 0 – if not specified); §
<6> — engine rpm; §
<7> — rotor rpm. The message is recorded one time in two seconds. File import in Google Earth You can view Glance Flight Recorder file on Google Maps using Google Earth program (https://www.google.com/earth/). To do so you need to install and launch this program on your computer. Then you need to select “GPS” item in “Tools” menu. A dialog box of file import will be shown. 10
D E V I C E O V E R V I E W In “Devices” group of items you need to check «Import from file» item and uncheck «Adjust altitudes to ground height» item and then press “Import”. After that you need to select the required file on Glance Flight Recorder I SD card in the dialog box and then press “OK”. The imported route will appear on Google maps. Google Earth operation is described in its documentation (http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/index.html). 11