LX Navigation Colibri X User manual

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Colibri X
User’s manual
(version 1.0)
Refers to Colibri X FW version 1.0
For a new world experience.
Tkalska ulica 10
SI 3000 Celje
Tel.: [phone]
Fax.: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.lxnavigation.com

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CONTENTS
PART ONE –INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................3
1.1 Preamble............................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Overview............................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Technical specification.......................................................................................................................7
Hardware.......................................................................................................................................7
Physical specification .....................................................................................................................7
1.4 Basic use & gestures ..........................................................................................................................8
PART TWO –INTERFACE...................................................................................................................................11
2Main pages overview...........................................................................................................................11
2.1 Vario page........................................................................................................................................13
2.2 TP page ............................................................................................................................................14
2.3 APT page..........................................................................................................................................15
2.4 TSK page ..........................................................................................................................................16
2.5 NRST page........................................................................................................................................18
2.6 GPS page..........................................................................................................................................19
2.7 Flight statistics page.........................................................................................................................19
2.8 Setup page.......................................................................................................................................20
Pilot..............................................................................................................................................20
Gliders..........................................................................................................................................21
Vario ............................................................................................................................................22
units.............................................................................................................................................22
Logger..........................................................................................................................................23
Warnings......................................................................................................................................23
Passwords....................................................................................................................................24
Transfer........................................................................................................................................24
Logbook .......................................................................................................................................26
Graphics...................................................................................................................................27
Info...........................................................................................................................................29
PART THREE –FLYING WITH COLIBRI X............................................................................................................. 30
PART FOUR –CONNECTIVITY............................................................................................................................ 32
4.1 SD card ...............................................................................................................................................32
4.2 Bluetooth and WiFi.............................................................................................................................32
4.3 Micro USB...........................................................................................................................................32
TIPS, TRICKS & TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................33

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PART ONE – INTRODUCTION
1.1 Author’s note
You are one of the first, who have received a Colibri X. We would like to congratulate you on being a part of
this club and wish you many safe flights.
This document is a working title of the Colibri X manual. With each new version, new features will be
unlocked and explained in a manual published on our webpage
(http://www.lxnavigation.com/support/manuals/).
1.2 Preamble
Why LX Navigation?
LX Navigation is one of the oldest glider navigation brands. Its founders started experimenting with glider
computers way back in the 70's and the Company has been working on improving your flight performance
ever since.
Throughout the last 40 years or so it has been working on instruments that most pilots will have used at
some time. In fact, our equipment can be found in almost any gliding club!
Our equipment has always been ground-breaking.
Our motto?
Be the first. Be the best. Be different.
Why Colibri X?
Because Colibri X represents the cutting edge of portable IGC loggers. The 3.5’’ transflective LCD display will
show you the way when flying tasks, cross-country flights, or just plain airfield soaring.
With the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module inside, you are stepping into the age of connectivity.
The dedicated vario page will help you turn those tight lifts and improve your feel for the thermal with our
thermal assistant. Always know your position and heading, with clearly visible lift or sink, thanks to our
gradient digital needle.
The Colibri X is a miniature package that includes everything a glider pilot needs from his logger. From vario
information, navigation, statistics, up to the very root of this device –IGC certified logger.
Devices
We offer a wide range of instruments suitable for both club and competition soaring.
Our systems combine two components:

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First, a glider computer (LX Zeus) which is used for calculating and displaying all of the key information used
by pilots. This glider computer is the brain of the operation.
The second part of the system is a variometer (Era, Helios, and Era). Its job is to gather the information
which the Zeus uses. The vario has pressure connections as well as the GPS antenna connection which is
required for IGC logs.
There is a wide variety of choice for varios and for LX Zeus display sizes.
All our varios are standalone devices which can be used without a glider computer for displaying flight
parameters such as final glide information, Speed Command (SC) as well as basic navigation. Our varios also
have an internal battery which means that your IGC logs do not depend on your glider`s batteries.
System extensions (second seat unit, remote control (LX Joy), NavBox, MOP, Flap sensor, AHRS ...) are also
possible. Everything is connected using a CAN bus (single cable for power and data). All connections are plug
and play, which means no specialist is required to install the system.
With the Colibri X we introduce something completely new that is a technology ahead of any other device in
its class on the market.

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1.3 Overview
The Colibri X is an IGC certified standalone logger with a bright, transflective technology display, which offers
the pilot multiple navigation and vario pages. It is a flight recorder, final glide calculator and navigation system
with an internal battery, audio warnings, vario beeps and voice messages.
The unit is capable of providing APT (airport), TP (turnpoint), and TSK (task) and NRST (nearest landable)
navigation on four dedicated navigational pages. Navigation pages feature Navboxes, which can be
personalised by the pilot to his requirements. Airspace, airports and turnpoint information is shown
graphically.
The Colibri X is designed to sit comfortably in your hand or be mounted with one of our mounts into a space
in your cockpit.
The Colibri has a dedicated pressure sensor for determining your altitude, providing a more accurate altitude
reading in comparison with GPS-altitude based systems. A minimum sampling rate of 100 Hz is applied to all
sensors.
As an integral part, it has a 3.5” sunshine readable transflective LCD display to show all user-defined data
during flight.
For accessing all system options, innovative gestures are used, much like the ones you are used to from your
current phone touchscreen devices. A voice module is also built-in for audio warnings.
We use a high-end capacitive-type touch panel for our device, allowing us the benefits of multi-touch and
giving that high-quality feel of a modern touch-handheld device.
An integral IGC approved flight recorder with ENL level detector will record flights to internal solid-state
memory (16GB). All flights can be copied to an external SD card after the flight.
Colibri X features are:
- 3.5˝ 640x480 transflective technology sunlight readable display
- Capacitive touchscreen technology
- 50ch GPS receiver as an integral part of the system
- Completely new design using latest pressure transducers technology
- Fast vario data acquisition technology
- Internal memory space for flight recorder, enough for a lifetime of flights
- ENL (Environment Noise Level) sensor
- Internal speaker (for vario sounds, voice warnings & Flarm warnings)
- micro USB port with serial communication (19200 bauderate)
- Built-in Bluetooth interface
- Built-in WiFi interface
- Voice module as an integrated part of the system
- External SD Card interface, for firmware updates, flight downloads, and TP/TSK/APT/Airspace
transfers
- The built-in rechargeable battery which provides 15 hours of autonomy
- Internal battery (can be charged from the instrument power supply)
- Pre-loaded polar database

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Functions:
- Variometer
- World maps
- 4 independent navigational pages –TP (turnpoint), APT (airport), TSK (task) and NRST (nearest
landable turnpoint or airfield)
- Final glide calculator based on GPS data (for TP, APT, TSK and NRST)
- Complete TP/APT/TSK/NRST navigation with airspace information and warnings
- Highest level IGC approved flight recorder
- Flarm radar screen
- Thermal assistant screen
- Logbook
- Flight information with Barograph
- Multi glider support (polar databases)
- Accurate wind calculation in straight flight and circling
- Voice alerts
- User warnings
The unit has the capability to be updated to any later FW version free of charge. (see:
www.lxnavigation.com)
Please refer to Setup/Transfer/Update to learn how to update the system.

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1.4 Technical specification
Hardware
- 3.5” 640 x 480 capacitive touchscreen transflective display
- LX One Chip
- 16 GB of internal solid state memory
- Built-in GPS receiver and antenna
- Built-in battery with charger (5V via USB)
- Pressure altitude sensor measuring up to 16000 metres
- USB interface (mass storage device)
- IGC flight recorder with Engine noise level sensor
- WiFi & Bluetooth
- micro USB port
- Built-in speaker
Physical specification
Dimensions: 102 x 71 x 14 [mm]
Mass: 145g

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1.5 Basic use & gestures
Gestures
The Colibri X user interface consists of two input tools.
First is the physical button on the left side of the unit, which has the following functions:
- Short press (>1 second), when turned off, turns the unit on.
- Short press (>1 second), when turned on, offers the power off option.
- Short press (<1 second), when turned on, turns the backlight off, leaving the unit turned on. This
saves the battery while allowing the device to log the flight.
- Long press (5 seconds), when the device is turned on, turns the device off on a hardware level (‘hard
reset’). Using this option should be avoided unless no other possibility is working.
The second input method is the unit’s touchscreen.
Most gestures needed, in order to handle the device, are mimicked from gestures we use on our modern
mobile phones:
- Swiping left slides to the left menu
- Swiping right slides to the right menu
- Swiping down, from the top edge, will bring us the ‘Drop-down’ menu.
- Pinching in will zoom in on maps
- Pinching out will zoom out on maps
- Double tapping will give us the maximum zoom available. Double tapping again will revert us to our
previous zoom level.
- On navigation pages (TP, TSK, APT and NRST), swiping from the bottom edge upwards, opens
additional options for the said page –pull up menu.

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Numeric input
Press and hold anywhere on the roll bar and starting turning right (clockwise) for higher values or left
(counter clockwise) for lower values.
Alphanumeric input
The keyboard is a standard QWERTY type keyboard with two layouts. The first one is an alphabetic keyboard
and the second one is punctonumeric, consisting of punctuation marks and numbers.
To switch from alphabetic to punctonumeric, press the ‘123’ button in the bottom left corner.
To switch from punctonumeric to alphabetic, press the ‘ABC’ button in the bottom left corner.