D10 to D10A upgrade

[John Kerr(Guest)]

It has been suggested that a possible solution to the problems encountered in calibrating the EMC would be to update to a D10A. If I were to do so, would it require a different cable for connection to the EMC and Xponder? It seems that I remember a discussion about different cable requirements.

John Kerr

 

[dynonsupport]

Two of the pins at the EDC (External Compass) will need to change position, but the number of wires is the same. You will also need to upgrade your EDC-D10 to an EDC-D10A.

The transponder connection for a D10A is serial instead of the parallel found on the D10. This works with some newer transponders like a Garmin 327/330, but not with older designs. If you are using the EFIS as an alititude encoder and need parallel (grey code) than you would need to buy a serial to parallel converter from us.

Note that the EFIS-D10A's magnetic calibration procedures and algorithms are the same as on the EFIS-D10. However, the EFIS-D10A does not require the laptop to perform the calibration. It is all done on the EFIS itself. Since you seem to be having trouble with the connection between the EFIS-D10 and the PC during calibration, you may find the EFIS-D10A easier to calibrate with.

 

[John Kerr(Guest)]

So that I know what I am looking at:
D10 to D10A $350
EDC10 to EDC10A $50
What is the cost of the parallel to serial converter?

John Kerr

 

[dynonsupport]

It costs $80. You may not need it though if your transponder can take serial altitude input. The Garmin GTX327 and the GTX330 are the two most common transponders that can use the serial interface.

 

[John Kerr(Guest)]

I have the KT 76A currently installed.

 

[dynonsupport]

The KT-76A does not support serial data, so you'll need our encoder converter or another alititude encoder.