Spidertracks Spider 6 Manuale utente
Version 2.0.1!
24 October 2017
Spider 6 Instruction Manual
Applicable for the Spider 6.
Appends:
•Minor Modification Summary Report
•Structure Test Procedure
•Electromagnetic Compatibility Test Procedure
•RTCA DO-160 Test Reports
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Table of Contents
Record of Revision and Approvals 3
1. Installing your Spider 6 4
1.1. Positioning the Spider 6 4
1.2. Power 5
2. Installation 6
2.1. Start Up 6
2.2. GPS Signal 6
2.3. Iridium Connectivity 6
3. Operation 7
3.1. System Attributes 7
3.1.1. Tracking Modes 7
3.1.2. Emergency Management Framework 8
3.2. Watch Button 8
3.3. Mark Button 8
3.4. SOS Function 8
3.5. Adjusting the LED Brightness 9
3.6. Spidertxt 2.0 9
3.7.Rate of altitude change events 9
4. Troubleshooting 10
4.1. Discontinuous Tracks 10
4.2. Lost GPS 10
4.3. Lost Iridium Connectivity 10
Appendix 11
(A)Spider 6 Minor Modification Summary Report 12
(A)1.Description 12
(A)2.Modification Approval Basis 12
(A)3.Configuration Control Data 12
(A)4.Post Installation Testing 12
(A)5.Operation and Limitations 12
(A)6.Weight and Balance 12
(A)7.Electrical Load 13
(A)8.Continuing Airworthiness 13
(B)Spider 6 Structure Test Procedure 14
(B)1.Test Definition 14
(B)2.Special Tools and Equipment 14
(B)3.Test Conditions 14
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(B)5.Test Procedure 14
(B)6.Pass/Fail Criteria 15
(B)7.Test Record 15
(C)Spider 6 Electromagnetic Compatibility Test Procedure 16
(C)1.Test Definition 16
(C)2.Special Tools and Equipment 16
(C)3.Test Conditions 16
(C)4.Test Procedure 16
(C)5.Pass/Fail Criteria 17
(C)6.Test Record 18
(D)Wiring Diagram - Power Lead 23
(E) RTCA DO-160 Test Reports 24
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Record of Revision and Approvals
RECORD OF REVISIONS AND APPROVALS
Rev
Date
Description
Pages
Affected
Released by
Approved by
IR
24. Nov. 2015
Initial release
All
S. Ridder
D. Blackwell
1.0.1
30. May 2016
Rephrasing of chapter
3.3
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S. Ridder
L. McCarthy
2.0.0
03. Feb. 2017
Revised and broadened
scope
All
S. Ridder
D. Blackwell
2.0.1
24 Oct 2017
Fix error in 3.4 SOS
description
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L. McCarthy
C. Bond
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1. Installing your Spider 6
1.1. Positioning the Spider 6
Correct positioning of the Spider’s antenna is critical in achieving effective performance
from the Spidertracks system as a whole. When installing any Spider product that has the
antenna integrated within the device, particular attention is required. In this case the Spider
should be mounted up on top of the instrument panel in the aircraft, as far forward under the
glare shield as possible to maximise visibility with the sky, and free from any obstructions.
In order to function nominally, the Spider is required to receive GPS signal and then transmit
that information, along with other flight data, to the Iridium satellite network. The GPS
antenna is able to receive GPS information at any angle, as long as it is not obstructed by
metallic material, such as the centre windshield pillar, however, the Iridium antenna must
have an unobstructed, horizon-horizon view of the sky in all directions to function nominally
(Figure1). Obstructions consist of any metallic or carbon composite object, but also
electrically heated windshield filaments that act as an RF shield whether they are turned on
or not (Faraday Cage effect). The Spider is able to transmit through glass, fibre glass, or
plastic. Please see installation examples on our support website.
NB: If you are attempting to fit a Spider with integrated antennae into an aircraft with
electrically heated windshields please stop and contact your distributor for advice.
Figure 1: Visibility of the sky requirements for an Iridium transmitting product
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The Spider is not subject to Specific Absorption Rate testing, however, it is recommended to
have separation of at least 200mm between the device and a person.
Secure the Spider to the airframe using the bracket supplied. Please allow 12 hours for the
VHB tape to cure.
1.2. Power
The Spider can be powered using the supplied power lead - just plug into your aircraft’s 10
to 28 volt DC (cigarette lighter) power supply. The power supply must be capable of
delivering up to 1.5 A peak current. An alternative option to using the cigarette lighter, would
be to hard-wire the power supply in your vehicle. Hardwiring the power lead and keeping
the Spider portable would normally be done as a minor modification by a Licensed Aircraft
Maintenance Engineer or technician.
Power supply must be stable in the range of 10-28 VDC and capable of delivering at least
1.5 A peak current. The Spider must be fuse protected, in which case we recommend using
a 3A in-line fuse.
The power lead supplied has three wires. Brown is positive, black is earth, and blue is not
required (see Appendix (D) Wiring Diagram - Power Lead).
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2. Installation
Figure 2 provides a visual reference for content discussed within Sections 2 and 3 of this
document.
2.1. Start Up
When the Spider is first powered the LEDs will cycle through a start-up sequence (that
indicates firmware version) and should then display a solid Power LED indicator only.
2.2. GPS Signal
In order to acquire a GPS lock, the aircraft will need to be outside and in full view of the sky
(refer to 1.1) with the power on. Once a GPS lock is attained the Signal LED indicator
(bottom right) will turn orange. A GPS lock should be acquired within 60s in the general
case.
2.3. Iridium Connectivity
Once a GPS lock has been attained the Spider will immediately attempt to send the first
position report to the Iridium satellites. Once a connection has been made with the Iridium
network the Signal LED indicator will turn from orange to green and should remain green
throughout the duration of the flight.
Under normal operating conditions the time taken from startup through GPS lock and
connection with the Iridium network should be less than 2 minutes.
Figure 2: Spider 6 Keypad
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3. Operation
Tracking, communication and other flight data transmitted via the Spider can be viewed on
the Spidertracks website and mobile application, however, this will first need to be
configured at go.spidertracks.com. For setting up your account, please refer to the User
Guide for the Spidertracks website.
Reporting parameters are configured within the website and not on the Spider itself. When
such parameters are initialised, or changed, the Spidertracks system queues a
configuration message for delivery to the Spider. This sits on the gateway until the next
subsequent ‘session’ that the Spider establishes, at which point the message is delivered
and the Spider’s operating system is updated accordingly. Configuration updates can be
made in real time while the aircraft is in flight.
When powered and in full view of the sky, the Spider will begin to send position reports
consistent with how it has been configured without any interaction required by the pilot. The
purpose of the keypad is to provide visual indication on the state of the Spider as well as
additional functionality but is not required for the Spider to report aircraft position.
3.1. System Attributes
There are many features of the Spidertracks system that are delivered through software
services and are not specific to any of the Spider product variants. The full range of these
are beyond the scope of this document, however, the following two sub-sections summarise
cornerstone attributes and provides context for Spider functions discussed in this section.
3.1.1. Tracking Modes
Spidertracks provides both passive and active tracking capabilities (referred to as
normal and watch modes respectively).
Under normal tracking conditions, the Spider will report positional information and flight
events in real time, however, if the aircraft were to encounter an emergency situation in
flight, ground personnel would not be alerted to this unless there was a conscious SOS
button press by the crew.
In watch mode, the Spidertracks system is actively monitoring the status of the flight. If
communication with the aircraft is lost for a period of ten minutes a tier one alert will be
pushed through to the emergency management framework.
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Watch mode can be activated either manually or automatically (by speed trigger). In
either case, the watch button must be pressed to disable the watch system - there is no
auto-off.
3.1.2. Emergency Management Framework
The Spidertracks system comes with a two tiered emergency management framework,
which are aligned with the ICAO definitions of uncertainty and alert. Recipients of these
alert notifications are fully customisable within the Organisational Settings of the website.
3.2. Watch Button
The Watch button has two purposes:
1. To manually activate/deactivate the watch system at any stage of flight when operating
in normal reporting mode; or,
2. To turn the Watch system off when operating under automated watch mode. Note that
the aircraft must be below the configured speed threshold in order to disable the watch
system when operating in automated watch mode.
The watch button will toggle on/off - do not press and hold the button. When disabling the
system the LED indicator will begin to flash once toggled. The Spider has now sent a watch-
off message. Until the message has been sent successfully the Spider’s Watch LED will
continue to flash. It is normal operation for this to take up to 60 seconds. While this is in
process the aircraft must remain in full view of the sky. If the Spider is powered off before
sending the watch-off message, a tier one alert will be raised.
3.3. Mark Button
Up to four pre-programmed macro messages can be delivered by way of toggling the Mark
button the corresponding number of times, i.e. a single toggle will trigger Mark 1 message
to be sent, toggling twice will trigger Mark 2 message to be sent. Each message is geo-
stamped and includes all other parameters of a standard position report.
Configuration of macro messages, recipients and delivery mechanism are configured within
the Organisational Settings of the website.
3.4. SOS Function
A tier-one alert can be initiated immediately by pressing the SOS button. When the SOS
function has been toggled all LEDs across the top of the keypad will flash simultaneously
and the Spider will default to a rapid reporting state (8-10s intervals in the general case).
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NB: The SOS state can not be disabled any other way than to power-cycle the Spider.
3.5. Adjusting the LED Brightness
You can adjust the LED brightness on the keypad by pressing and holding the Mark button.
The LED will cycle through the levels of brightness. Release the Mark button when your
desired brightness is reached.
3.6. Spidertxt 2.0
The Spider 6 is equipped with Low Energy Bluetooth (BLE) technology and is compatible
with Spidertxt 2.0. This enables two-way freeform messaging to/from the cockpit using a
mobile device connected to the Spider.
For more information on Spidertxt 2.0 please refer to STL Manual Spidertxt.pdf or contact
Spidertracks support.
3.7.Rate of altitude change events
You can send position reports automatically when the Spider exceeds a rate of climb or rate
of descent that you define. These rate of climb or rate of descent position reports can be
sent to anyone that you would like as notification text or email messages. The rate of climb
or rate of decent are managed within the organisation settings. Via selecting an aircraft from
the dropdown the aircraft settings page is loaded. At the bottom of the settings page you
will see rate of climb and rate of descent settings.
Altitude events must be turned on for both rates or off for both rates, however, if you require
one to be on but not the other, we recommend setting the rate high so that it is unlikely to be
triggered. On clicking save the rate of climb or descent configuration message will be sent
to the Spider. It may take a few minutes of the Spider being turned on and in clear view of
the sky, for the message to be updated.
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