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.
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 - adds support for display of ADS-B In weather
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.
51.Issues regarding CDI display indications that caused
the Emergency AD are resolved
52.GPS tracking and algorithm enhancements
Many more "under the hood" changes and
enhancements as well.