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Ahh, my VAL Nav 2000 also uses a serial port. The setting I am talking about on the ARCINC-429 is for the Garmin GPS 175 / GNX 375 / GNC 355. The only requirement for this to function as I described is the the Nav receiver on the serial port has to communicate using the SL30 protocol. Don't be...

If I understand your issue, you are talking about shooting an ILS approach on the Trig 56 X at the destination airport which is the last waypoint on a flight plan from the Garmin GNC 355, right? If not, exactly what scenario are you interested in? Remember, you can change the Nav Source for one...

Found the TIE FLIGHT PLAN TO HSI SRC setting. It was set to No. Set it to YES, and everything now works as I expected.

Easy to get them in, getting them out is the problem. 😉

Yes, I'm about to go do that, - Weather permitting, probably tomorrow.

I just installed the Garmin GPS 175 in my panel. I have a Skyview HDX with Dynon Autopilot. Can someone please direct me to where in the users manual or the installation manual I can find the various configuration settings (other than the ARINC-429 settings), necessary to use the flight plans...

Never mind, I think I found it... On page 12-10 of the Skyview Installation manual (Rev AJ), last two-line paragraph, it says: I'm not sure, but I think if this is set to yes, then you would only have to select the GPS 175 as the source for the HSI (which would be used for the Autopilot) and...

Is setting the ALLOW AUTO SWITCH setting to YES (LABEL100) all that is necessary in order to get the GPS 175 to automatically inject flight plans, (and changes to flight plans), including waypoints and specified approach procedures into the Skyview flight plan? ... or is there another setting...

No, Auto-Trim itself is not causing this. Using the A/P panel to control manual trim is causing this. And I did not disconnect the A/P panel completely, I just disconnected the db15 connector from the A/P panel. The db15 connector only connects to the manual trim switches, (normally a hat...

Yes you got it now. I did not remove A/P panel. I just disconnected its Db15 pin (used for auto-trim functionality). Then, to wire up the trim motor myself, I added the relays cause without using the trim functions in the A/P panel, the relays are needed for trim motor to work in both directions.

Sorry, not sure what you mean. You need the relays because the hat switch only has one ground, and one positive output when you push the switch forward for nose down trim, and a second (also positive) output when you pull the switch back (nose up). But the motor only has two wires going into...

One correction, i did not put relays between the A/P panel and the motor. I just took the A/ P panel out of the pitch trim circuit completely. I put the relays between the hat switch on the stick and the motor, eliminating the functions like auto-trim that the A/P panel provides (I needed the...

Christ, that's a good idea. I should have thought of that. And it will not be hard to set up... This is why owning one of these is a humbling experience! As to alien intervention, do you know someone you can recommend?

Marc, You are correct, and my experience with their techs on the phone has at times (infrequently, I would add), not been entirely awe-inspiring. Although I will check the db-15 wiring again, (carefully), before I consider sending the AP panel back again, I do need to keep that option open in...

Marc, I understand your response. Thanks for your input. What I am seeing makes no sense. When I dive into this again, your insistence on the wiring being the issue convinces me to once again recheck all the wiring, including the network wires attached to the A/P head, simply because, as you...

Well, thanks, i appreciate your input, but I had this apart and reassembled about six times, replaced all the cables twice, including the network cables, and never saw any indication of wiring issues, but the weird failure of the A/P panel to be recognized by the Skyview network always reoccurred.

Marc, Well, the panel only exhibited this behavior when I had the Strong pitch system wired through the A/P panel. Everything worked fine before that, and after I disconnected the DB-15 connector. I also checked with the DB-15 connector attached to the A/P panel, but disconnected from the...

Thanks Marc... FWIW, I did check the wiring thouroughly, and the hat switch would work just fine for 2 or 3 secs before it caused the A/P panel to go offline. Take a look at attached video...when i saw this is when i kinda gave up trying to diagnose the issue...Video P.S. I did send the A/P...

This thread has possibly answered a problem I had given up on solving. When I installed my electric pitch Trim ( a Strong pitch trim system), I tried to control it through the Autopilot panel, but it would not work. I did NOT install TRIMAMPs. Each time I attempted to calibrate or configure it...

I found that the buttons on the top of the stick are too easy to activate inadvertently. On my aircraft i have the A/P disengage/CWS wire hooked up to a 3 inch long lever switch mounted vertically on the front of the flight control stick just below where my pinky normally rests. That way, to...