Kanardia Nesis III User manual

Nesis III User’s Manual
©Kanardia d.o.o.
April 2022
Release for software version 3.9

Nesis III User’s Manual
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Third Party Licensing
Nesis software is using the Qt Library published by The Qt Company. The
LGPLv3 license version is used. Please refer to the License section on page
131 for more details.
Revision History
The following table shows the revision history of this document.
Date Description
Sep 2018 Complete manual rework to match software version 3.3
Jan 2019 SW 3.4: GNSS Constellation window added, CTR is shown
filled, UL Power, MWFly engine, Trig radio, Eagle Flarm,
AIR Traffic support, GSA added to standard NMEA output,
parameter editor enhancements, bug fixes.
Mar 2020 SW 3.6: New traffic message, various counters in info, remov-
ing unnamed waypoints, engine only logs, improved Rotax iS
support, CAS support, WiFi GDL90 support, bug fixes.
Oct 2020 SW 3.7: New route planning page, wired GDL90 support,
trim positions on all screens, METAR reports interpretation,
bug fixes.
Apr 2022 Updated to SW 3.9. Approach chart capability, many minor
fixes and improvements.
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Contents
1 Introduction 11
1.1 Icons Used Trough the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Warnings .............................. 11
1.3 Cautions............................... 12
2 System Overview 14
2.1 Components in the Nesis System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.1 Required CAN Bus Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.2 Optional CAN Bus Components or Accessories . . . . . 15
2.1.3 Optional CAN Bus Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Display Operation 18
3.1 DisplayOverview.......................... 19
3.1.1 TouchScreen ........................ 20
3.2 TurningON/OFF ......................... 21
3.3 Start-up Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4 StatusBar.............................. 21
3.4.1 GDL90 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.5 Screens ............................... 24
3.6 ClassicScreen............................ 25
3.7 NavigationScreen ......................... 27
3.7.1 Main Elements of the Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . 27
3.7.2 Moving the Map Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.7.3 Open Flightmap Association and Map Details . . . . . . 29
3.8 WeatherOverlay .......................... 31
3.8.1 Approach Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.8.2 Map Layers And Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.8.3 OFMDetails ........................ 33
3.8.4 Airspace Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.9 EngineScreen............................ 35
3.10ModernScreen ........................... 36
3.10.1 Modern Screen with Moving Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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3.10.2 Video ............................ 38
3.11ScreenElements .......................... 38
3.11.1 Airspeed Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.11.2 Small Attitude Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.11.3 Altitude Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.11.4 Tachometer (RPM) and Manifold Pressure Indicator . . 42
3.11.5 Gyroplane Engine RPM, Rotor RPM, Manifold and
Prerotation Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.11.6 Helicopter Rotor and Engine RPM Indicator . . . . . . 45
3.11.7 Mini Engine Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.11.8 Fuel Computer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.11.9 OAT, Flight Time, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.11.10 Direction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.11.11 Special Markings on Engine Parameters . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Flight Time Activities 49
4.1 MainMenu ............................. 49
4.2 QNH................................. 50
4.2.1 QFESetting ........................ 50
4.2.2 Initial QNH Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.3 RadioStandby ........................... 51
4.4 Selecting a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.4.1 Creating a Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4.2 Waypoint Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.5 Route ................................ 54
4.5.1 Activating a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.5.2 Creating a New Route – Nesis Without Touch Screen . 56
4.5.3 Creating a New Route – Nesis With Touch Screen . . . 58
4.5.4 Importing a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.5.5 Deleting a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.5.6 Renaming a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.5.7 Editing a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.5.8 Reversing a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.5.9 Actions on an Active Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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4.6 Adjusting Fuel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.7 Setting Pitch Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5 Flarm and ADS-B Receivers 64
5.1 Directional and Non-Directional Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.1 Flarm Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.2 ADS-B in Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.2 Traffic on the Moving Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.3 Warning............................... 67
5.4 Settings ............................... 69
5.4.1 Info ............................. 70
5.4.2 General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.4.3 ADS-B Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.4.4 Range Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.5 Errors ................................ 73
5.5.1 ’New traffic’ messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6 Engines with ECU 75
6.1 RotaxiS............................... 75
6.1.1 Status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.2 ULPowerEngines.......................... 77
7 Logbook 78
7.1 ShowDetails ............................ 79
7.2 Copy Flight to USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.2.1 TheKmlFile........................ 81
7.2.2 TheTabFile ........................ 81
7.3 Copy Logbook to USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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8 User Options 84
8.0.1 Password .......................... 84
8.1 Logbook............................... 85
8.2 Routes................................ 85
8.3 Settings ............................... 85
8.3.1 User............................. 86
8.3.2 Units ............................ 88
8.3.3 Range&Fuel........................ 89
8.3.4 Screen............................ 90
8.3.5 Map............................. 91
8.3.6 Logger............................ 92
8.3.7 Maintenance ........................ 93
8.3.8 Engine Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
8.3.9 Glide ............................ 95
8.4 Pilots ................................ 96
8.5 Alarms................................ 97
8.5.1 Editing an Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.6 Brightness.............................. 99
8.7 Audio ................................ 99
8.8 Compass...............................100
8.9 ADSB/Flarm ............................100
8.10Waypoints..............................100
8.10.1 New Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.10.2 Import............................101
8.10.3 Transfer...........................102
8.10.4 Deleteall ..........................102
8.10.5 Delete unnamed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.10.6 Waypoint Edit/Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.11Maps.................................102
8.11.1 When Copy Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.12Update ...............................104
8.13Wireless...............................105
8.14Info .................................105
8.15Service................................107
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9 Service Options 108
9.1 Password ..............................108
9.2 Icons.................................108
10 Software Update 110
10.1Versioning..............................110
10.2Downgrading ............................110
10.3 Updating with USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
10.3.1 Downloading Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
10.3.2 Copying Update File to the USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . 113
10.3.3 Performing the Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
10.4 Direct Update Mode (Emergency Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
11 Database Update 114
11.1 Updating with USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
11.1.1 Downloading Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
11.1.2 Copying Update File to the USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . 115
11.1.3 Performing the Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
11.2UpdatewithWiFi .........................116
12 Autopilot 116
12.1IntendedUse ............................117
12.2 Operation Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
12.3 System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
12.4 Autopilot Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
12.5AutopilotSetup...........................119
12.6 Setting User Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
12.7Safety ................................119
12.8Operation..............................119
12.8.1 Track ............................120
12.8.2 Altitude...........................121
12.8.3 Flight Director (HNAV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
12.8.4 Disable ...........................122
12.8.5 Level.............................122
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13 Maps 122
13.1Layers ................................122
13.2VectorMaps ............................124
13.2.1 Installing a Vector Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
13.3RasterMaps ............................126
13.3.1 DFS.............................126
13.3.2 US Sectionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
13.3.3 France – CartaBossy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
13.3.4 UserCharts.........................129
13.3.5 Installing a Raster Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
13.4 Installing Approach Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
14 Third Party Software 130
14.1TheQtLibrary...........................131
14.1.1 Modules and Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
14.1.2 Source Code and Toolchain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
14.1.3 Compiling The Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
14.1.4 Installing Modified Qt Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
14.1.5 Copy of Qt License Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
15 Limited Conditions 134
15.1Warranty ..............................134
15.2TSOInformation..........................136
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