IFD540/440 Software Release 10.1.0.0

The list of changes that you can see:

·        1. Standby comm monitor (needs associated HW mod)

·        2. Remote transponder control/display - this allows control and display of the upcoming Avidyne AXP322 remote transponder.

·          3.  ARTCC out to 200nm - change in the Freq List and Nearest algorithm to extend the range of ARTCC freqs in the list (think high altitude aircraft flying in the jet airways)

·         4.  Bluetooth & Wifi -  Bluetooth is 2-way comm with a properly paired external Bluetooth keyboard.  WiFi is initially a 1-way, streaming out of the IFD, capability to certain, to-be-named-later, software apps hosted on mobile/tablet devices.  The two-way capability will follow in trail.   This area will require separate STC approval from the FAA - we split that out of the main STC so as to not hold up the Release 10.1.0.0 STC for both the IFD540 and IFD440.

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·         5.  Single row FPL - provides the user with an option to collapse the vertical height of flight plan legs on the FPL to a single row.  This is especially useful in IFD440s where there is less vertical display space.

·         6. All vertical constraints shown and at proper geo spot - expands the current capability by now displaying all vertical contraints visually on the moving map, not just for the next waypoint.  And, if there is a vertical constraint, say, 5 nm prior to the waypoint, the depiction is at that 5nm point, not on the waypoint itself.

·         7.  Option to pull down heading/track box on map - provides moving map setup option to remove that heading box from display.  This frees up (i.e. declutters) the map and might be helpful in IFD440 installations and even dual IFD installations where you have plenty of heading indications as is and may elect to turn it off on one of the displays.

·         8. Airspace aural alerting - adds the user option to turn on aural alerts about impending airspace.

·          9. Rubber band active leg - now permits you to rubber band the active leg in the flight plan.

·         10. ADS-B Wx and traffic - adds support for display of ADS-B In weather and traffic data from a MLB100 (new Avidyne box coming out at approximately the same time).

·         11.  Helo TA and FLTA changes  - improves the altitude and distance triggers for Terrain Awareness and Forward Looking Terrain Alerts in rotary wing aircraft.  No changes to fixed wing, just a more operationally useful set of triggers for rotary wing.

·         12. Other helo optimizations - more helo specific changes such as adding an input from the collective to determine air/ground transitions for transponder state changes, and higher gains in the GPS that are operating underneath a spinning set of rotors, etc.

·         13. FLTA Inhibited/Off message now a blue CAS instead of yellow top strip - moved the FLTA messages off the top strip and into a standard Caution Advisory System message in bottom right corner.

·         14. Volume page is now touch control too - added touch control to the Audio tab on AUX page.

·         15. Headwind component on Air Data calculator - added a specific callout of headwind to that existing calculator page.

·         16. Fuel planner label changes - improved the labeling of the fields on the fuel planning calculator.

·         17. Departure time now takeoff time, not power on time - this applies consistency across all the calculator computations and displays.

·         18. FLTA alert during GPS re-acquisition bug fix - suppresses a Pull-Up, Pull-Up call that could be issued during GPS re-acquisition.

·         19.  Info page realignment - makes some improvements to the map on the FMS INFO tab and to alignment of some of the data windows to be easier to read.

·         20.  TOD when Direct-To IAF - changes the implementation to provide Top-of-Descent capability when proceeding direct to an Initial Approach Fix.

·         21.   Mx Mode entry improvements - automatically jumps to the desired tab in Mx mode (e.g. Download Datalogs wakes up on that tab, Database updates wakes up on that tab, etc).

·         22. GPS software load better status indications - improves the field loadable software efficiency when updating GPS-related parts of the code in the future.

·         23. Obstacles now included in ESA - improved the Emergency Safe Altitude datablock to now also include obstacles in the calculation.

·         24.  Checklists expanded from 30 steps to 50 steps

·         25. Easy way to reset checklists - added easy ways to reset entire checklist.

·         26.   Scrollable datablocks - added the ability to touch scroll the right side datablocks which also means you can add a lot more datablocks than what you can see at any time.

·         27. Don't need baro input for Vertical speed required and wind vector datablocks.

·         28.  5 custom users - added ability to have up to 5 different and uniquely nameable user setup configurations.  This applies to datablocks, map configurations, checklists, etc.

·         29.  Ability to entry in Flight ID and Default VFR code when have a remote transponder - new entries in User Options page

·         30. 500' callout on instrument final - added user option to turn on/off the aural "500" call out on final approach.

·         31. Sinking tabs option - added user option to allow the bottom strip of tabs to sink down out of view after a designated timeout.  This adds more display real estate and may be helpful especially in IFD440s.

·         32. Approach type in Nav Source knob label - added more detail to the Nav Source label in top right corner.  For example, when you are on a GPS-based approach, instead of just the generic "GPS" label, it will tell you the exact approach type the system is flying (e.g. "LPV" or "LNAV/VNAV" or "LNAV+V", etc)

·         33. VLOC nav source label stays yellow until morse code decoded - designed to give you a little more help in knowing if the system has properly Tuned-Identified-Monitored.

·         34. Sharp intercepts inside the FAF allowed - designed to allow one to still grab glideslope, glidepath deviations on a VFR sharp intercept inside the Final Approach Fix.

·         35. Activate approach changes - tries to improve the algorithm for activating approaches - both Vectors-to-Final transitions and entire published approach.

·         36. Activate VTF changes - ditto.

·         37. LP+V capability added - adds both LP+V approach types and allows Advisory Glideslope ("+V") to work even when system has no air data input.

·         38. Enable Missed changes - provides a user option to have the Missed Approach procedure automatically activate when passing the Missed Approach Point.

·         39. Check Navaid Identifier CAS changes - improves the trigger for that CAS message to also prompt you if you don't have proper nav freq in the system.

·         40. Airspace Ahead CAS message reduction - attempt at reducing nuisance alerts 

·         41.  Save/Restore capability added for Checklists, User Settings, Waypoints, Routes - allows you to save all that user setting data on a USB fob for use on other IFDs or later on the same/replaced IFD.

·         42.  Direct To changes - some subtle improvements to Direct To behavior.

·         43.  Nearest top of list behavior changes - changes behavior to Nearest list such that when you've been off the Nearest page for more than a few seconds, the cursor position will pop back up to top of list (i.e. nearest element)

·         44. Right DCK labeling change - adds more intuitive bottom right knob labeling for the 0.4% of you that actually read those labels.

·         45.  Shadin Fuel Flows now all work - fixes a software issue in which some types of Shadin Fuel Flow systems did not properly display on the IFD.

·         46. Cursor centered mode on map - adds a new mode where the moving map will auto pan to be centered on whatever leg in the flight plan your cursor is on.  This allows for nice long route previewing.

·         47.  Track CDI is now factory default - this was a Maintenance Mode setting that was being set wrong on a number of installations by installers in the field. 

·         48.  Full Nav triangle is now factory default - the Map page Nav declutter setting will default (from the factory) to full on.  You can still change the declutter setting yourselves and that user set value will remain across power cycles.

·         49.  Able to take synchro input for heading - adds this new source of heading to the IFD.

·         50. All IFD440 changes supported - a lot of pages were reformatted to be better optimized for the IFD440 display real estate.  The software knows if its hosted on an IFD540 or an IFD440 at startup and reformats automatically.

       There are a number of other under-the-hood changes designed to improve performance.  One of those is a higher gain GPS receiver that should further improve GPS signal strength in the IFD.