IFD550 and Garmin 796
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Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
Forum Description: Topics on Avidyne's IFD 5 Series and IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
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Topic: IFD550 and Garmin 796
Posted By: Capt.Caveman
Subject: IFD550 and Garmin 796
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2019 at 11:01am
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What if any info can be shared between the New IFD550 that i just installed and a 796 that i have in the plane already |
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Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2019 at 1:45pm
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I'm not familiar enough with a 796 to answer. There are several others on the forum that have similar products, so hopefully they will chime in. ------------- Steve Lindsley Avidyne Engineering |
Posted By: forkauto
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2019 at 2:44pm
| I have a 550 and a Garmin 696, I have flight plan transfer automatically. That is about it |
Posted By: Capt.Caveman
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:55pm
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Forkauto...which way and how is it accomplished? hardwire? bluetooth? wifi? |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 1:39pm
Easy to set up the IFD -> 696/796 flight plan transfer. It uses an RS232 link, and works very well. * Orest
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Capt.Caveman wrote:Posted By: forkauto
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 2:17pm
Yes Garmin sells a harness to wire an RS232 from the GNS430/530 to the 696/796. The Avidyne units use the same wiring.
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Posted By: FlyingCOham
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 7:06pm
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We put a 4-pin connector in the panel below and left of the yoke. The pins are +12, Data+, Data-, & Ground. Put the mating connector on the Garmin harness/cable mentioned above and you've got an a/c powered 696 and automatic flight plan transfer to the 696. We added a switch to disconnect the Data+ & Data- lines allowing quick separation for those few times we don't want the flight plan to transfer to the 696. easy. ------------- Jim Patton |
Posted By: rolfe_tessem
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 2:36pm
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As others have said, flight plan and magenta line will transfer (one way). You will not see approach stuff depicted on the map but you will see the waypoints. It works very well. Rolfe |