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Using the dots ...

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Topic: Using the dots ...

Posted By: chflyer
Subject: Using the dots ...
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 4:58am

In the Social Flight webinar this week with Dan Schwinn, Dan mentioned the ability to enter a flight plan in one go using dots between waypoints. At least that's how I understood it. I have never heard of and Jeff Simon hadn't either.

Anyone know what this means exactly and how it works? I understand this is an alternative to entering route/FPL one wpt at a time using the KB and Enter or knob after each. Entering a wpt via the KB (either on-screen or the separate KB) complains as soon as a dot is entered, so this must be something else.

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Vince

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Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 12:45pm

Could he have been referring to the upcoming PFD, or something.

* Orest

Posted By: rpostmo
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 11:26pm

Could he have been referring to ForeFlight?

I don't use it, but in my preferred program, IFly

you can enter a flight plan all in one string with just a space between identifiers.

Bob

Posted By: chflyer
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2023 at 4:41pm

I don't believe so. The discussion at the time was about the various ways the IFD supports FPL data entry, including the external KB. I don't recall mention of any EFB product. Transferring a FPL entered on an EFB to the IFD was not mentioned AFAIR.

Here is the video. The relevant exchange was just after minute 27.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZkSUFh4ZU

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Vince

Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2023 at 5:33pm

That was implemented way back when for R9, which had a dedicated keyboard. The capability still exists for IFDs. You can exercise it using the bluetooth keyboard. It's good for entering a long sequence of directs.

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering

Posted By: chflyer
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2023 at 9:29am

It works!

Tried it in the aircraft today with the dedicated keyboard. The "." works like an "Enter". Since on the dedicated keyboard one can just start typing a waypoint without the need to bring up the keyboard on the IFD, typing a waypoint, dot, waypoint, dot, etc enters each waypoint in sequence on the IFD FPL page.

One learns something new about the IFD every day! I'm sure many knew this already, but it's new to me.

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Vince

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2023 at 5:21pm

Wow!

Power user tip, or what??!!

* Orest

Posted By: ricardo
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2023 at 6:53pm

i think i might start using the keyboard now