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How to Calibrate an analog OBS on the IFD
The following does not apply to the KI208A or KI209A indicators. If you get continual messages on the IFD to "Set Course To xxx" and your analog CRS is set correctly, it likely means you need to calibrate your OBS input. You will need to boot the IFD into Mx mode, and toggle to the "Config" tab. From here you wi…
Configuring the IFD as a Client to an External WAP
Configuring the IFD as a Client to an External WAP
What is required to get wind vectors on IFD?
Wind Vector datablock operates on pure dynamic data, regardless of what's entered in the Air Data Calculator. The Air Data Calculator items will get populated via the air data source - note the green-colored parameters as the air data sourced items. In the examples below, I set the HDG to 280 in the Air Data Calcu…
IFD540; IFD440 FMS Pages (Flight Plan)
FMS Centric Calculations The FMS presumes there is intent to fly the flight plan as created. All deviation data, most data block data and the times to go and fuel calculations are all based on that assumption. CREATING A NEW FLIGHT PLAN The first time the “Flight Plan” tab of the FMS page is accessed followi…
IFD5xx/4xx displays No TIS-B message (TIS-B (or TRFC) in a circle with a line through it)
Open the Attached PDF for more information on TIS-B "TRFC" or "TIS-B" will be displayed depending on your IFD software version, but the indications have the exact same meaning. The No TIS-B (or TRFC) indicator is not an error message, just an indication that we are not receiving service to the hockey puck s…
ForeFlight Traffic Showing Incorrect Altitude After 10.2.3.1 Update
When connecting to ForeFlight with the IFD and an ADS-B input, ForeFlight will recognize two devices (Avidyne IFD and ADS-B). Users seem to be experiencing altitude / GPS problems because in some cases, ForeFlight will use the ADSB stream as the default GPS position as opposed to the IFD GPS data, which is more accur…
IFD100 SETUP
IFD100 SETUP The IFD100 app is designed to be an extension of the panel mounted IFD5xx/4xx. Almost everything that can be done on the IFDs can be done on the app. 1. After downloading the app it will open to the Jeppessen login page. Enter your Jeppesen login information and select login on the bottom right of …
