Kanardia Amigo Manuale utente

Amigo — Manual

Kanardia d.o.o.

July 2018

Kanardia d.o.o.

Revision 1.0

Amigo — Manual

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Email: info@kanardia.eu

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Amigo — Manual

Rev. Date Description

1.0 Jane 2018 Initial release

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Amigo — Manual CONTENTS

Contents

1 Introduction 5

1.1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Technical Speciﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.3 Icons Used Trough the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Operation 8

2.1 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2 UserInterface............................ 8

2.3 StatusLine ............................. 9

2.4 Autopilot Lateral Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4.1 Heading Hold Mode (HDG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4.2 Horizontal Navigation (HNAV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.5 Autopilot Vertical Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.5.1 Altitude Hold (ALT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.6 Disengaging The Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.7 UserSettings ............................ 14

2.7.1 Units ............................ 15

2.7.2 Security........................... 15

2.7.3 About............................ 15

3 Installation & Maintenance 17

3.1 Mounting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2 Connections............................. 17

3.3 Maintenance ............................ 18

3.4 Repair................................ 19

4 Limited Conditions 20

4.1 Two Years Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4.2 TSO Information — Limited Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Kanardia 2018

Amigo — Manual 1. Introduction

1 Introduction

First of all, we would like to thank you for purchasing our device. Amigo is an

electronic device, which enhances autopilot functionality. Amigo can not act

alone and it must be combined with some other Kanardia device. Typically

it is connected to Nesis or Aetos. In addition it must be connected with

autopilot servos.

This manual describes the technical description, operation, installation and

tuning.

1.1 General Description

Amigo is an electronical device which is used as a remote unit for Nesis or

Aetos autopilot system. It serves for easy changing of the autopilot parameters

and modes.

Amigo can not work standalone and it must be connected with other Kanardia

devices, to exchange information. You can not use third party devices. The

connection is made with a CAN bus. Typically, Amigo is connected with:

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Nesis or Aetos device. They are used for the autopilot handling and tun-

ing. In addition, they also host an AD-AHRS device internally, which

is essential for proper AP operation. The AD-AHRS device provides

attitude, altitude, airspeed, heading and GPS data.

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Two servomotors, which are connected to the command system in order

to steer an aircraft.

Amigo has a high-brightness IPS LCD display. The panel has two rotary-push

knobs and two simple buttons, which are used to operate Amigo.

On the back side, amigo has four CAN bus connectors, which allow simple

autopilot integration. Two are used for the primary CAN bus. The other two

are bridged and used to connect servo motors (SERU). A RS232 connector is

also provided for possible future extension of Amigo functions.

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Amigo — Manual 1.2 Technical Speciﬁcation

1.2 Technical Speciﬁcation

Table 1 shows some basic technical speciﬁcation of Amigo autopilot controler.

Description Value

Weight 170 g

Size 50 x 102 x 38 mm

Operational voltage 7 to 32 V

Power consumption 2.4 W

Current 200 mA at 12 V

100 mA at 24 V

Operating temperature -30 ◦Cto +85 ◦C

Humidity 30 % to 90 %, non condensing

Communication CAN bus, 29 bit header, 500 kbit,

Kanardia protocol

Table 1: Basic technical speciﬁcations.

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Figure 1: Front and side view of the Amigo with its principal dimensions.

Dimesions are given in mm.

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Amigo — Manual 1.3 Icons Used Trough the Manual

1.3 Icons Used Trough the Manual

A few icons appear on the side of the manual, which have special meanings:

This icon denotes information that needs to be taken with special

attention.

This icon denotes background information about the subject.

This icon denotes an installation tip.

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Amigo — Manual 2. Operation

2 Operation

2.1 General Precautions

The approved Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) always supersedes the in-

formation in this manual.

Refer to the approved Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for emergency pro-

cedures.

2.2 User Interface

Amigo user interface was carefully designed with an ease of operation in mind.

The result is a device with only two rotary knobs and two push-buttons which

provides the pilot easy access to most commonly used autopilot functions.

LCD display is divided in two screens: lateral modes (upper half) and verti-

cal modes (lower half). Each of the screen displays relevant information for

selected lateral/vertical mode.

Figure 2 illustrates knobs, push buttons and LCD screen division.

1. Lateral knob (HDG): Rotating the knob changes the reference value

of the selected lateral mode. Long press on a knob shows the lateral

modes menu.

2. Navigation mode (HNAV): Short press on the button activates Nav-

igation mode1.

3. Vertical knob (ALT): Rotating the knob changes the reference value

of the selected vertical mode. Long press on a knob shows the vertical

modes menu.

4. Option knob (VNAV): Short press on the key selects the optional

parameter for vertical mode.

5. Lateral info: Top half of the LCD display shows lateral mode infor-

mation.

6. Vertical info: Bottom half of the LCD display shows vertical mode

information.

7. Status line: Displays status of the autopilot limiting conditions.

1Only when connected to NESIS or AETOS device.

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Amigo — Manual 2.3 Status Line

Figure 2: Amigo controls and screen division.

2.3 Status Line

Amigo LCD screen always displays status line on the middle. Status line tells

if conditions for the AP operations are met.

Figure 3: Amigo controls and screen division.

1. IAS shows a small slider. If indicated airspeed is within limits for the

AP operation, the slider will be green. When the airspeed is close to

the either limit, but still inside the valid range, the slider will become

yellow (amber) and when it is outside limits, it will be red.

2. V ... stands for vertical speed. Same logic as for IAS applies also here.

If current vertical speed is within limits, the light is green, close to limits

the light becomes yellow (amber) and outside limits the light is red.

Kanardia 2018

Amigo — Manual 2.4 Autopilot Lateral Modes

3. R ... stands for roll angle. Again, green, yellow and red lights are shown.

4. P ... stands for pitch angle. It can be green, yellow or red.

In this case Amigo also refuses to engage any autopilot function. If any of

the four parameters becomes red, the autopilot will automatically disengage

both servo motors.

Please refer to the Autopilot manual for more details on how to set the pa-

rameter limits.

2.4 Autopilot Lateral Modes

Amigo consists of the following lateral modes: heading hold (HDG) and hor-

izontal navigation (HNAV). Default lateral mode is the heading hold mode,

which is displayed every time Amigo powers up. To change the lateral mode

follow the steps bellow:

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Press and hold the HDG knob for at least 1 second (long press). Amigo

will display lateral autopilot modes dialog.

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Rotate the HDG knob until the dialog of desired lateral mode appears.

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Short press on HDG knob to engage the selected lateral autopilot mode.

2.4.1 Heading Hold Mode (HDG)

In short, the Heading Hold mode (HDG) engages roll servo motor to maintain

selected reference heading.

If for any reason any of the limiting parameters is not withing valid limits,

Amigo will automatically disengage servo motors and it will display a warning.

When a HDG mode is inactive the ﬁrst increment/decrement of the HDG

knob sets the current heading value as a reference heading hold value and

automatically engages roll servo motor. Any following rotation of the HDG

knob changes the reference heading value:

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Reference heading value can take values from 0 to 359

with 1

resolu-

tion.

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Rotating the HDG knob clockwise increments reference heading value.

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Rotating the HDG knob counterclockwise decrements the reference head-

ing value.

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