Export Flight Plan to GRT EFIS?
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I do this via the sd1000 bluetooth device that ifly suggested. You need a wire from that device to the GRT EFIS. It works, but requires multiple clicks in the IFLYEFB setup menu each time to make the connection.
I am confused. I read about the SD1000 solution to get NMEA output to drive an autopilot, but how does this get Flight Plan information to the GRT EFIS? As I understand it, NMEA output is just lateral guidance and as I dont understand how that transfers flight plans to the EFIS. Can you be more specific about what input you would use to get it into the GRT EFIS?
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GRT reads serial NMEA output same as an autopilot. I have a legacy model...GRT Horizon HX. Mine doesn't read vertical guidance from an RS323 serial flight plan. I have to separately add vertical info to the EFIS for each altitude change that then gets sent to my autopilot via an ARINC interface. Newer models may be different. And it may be different if using GRT autopilot servos. Ask GRT and Adventure Pilot. I don't think Adventure Pilot EFB supports ARINC interface. I do know that lateral guidance works from EFB to GRT via Bluetooth to the sd1000, then hardwire from there to the EFIS.
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I found this much from GRT :
To import a flight plan (any GPS format)
from flight planning software on a USB
stick:
1. From any MAP page press any
button
2. Press NEXT (more than once may be
required)
3. Press PLAN
4. Press right knob and scroll to select
IMPORT
5. Press button labeled UP or DOWN to
select the desired flight plan
6. Press the button labeled LOAD to
copy it to the GRT Sport
I then found this:
In iFly EFB, after creating a flight plan, click More Options, then Share/Export Flight Plan ...
You then choose either Share to Local Network or Export to Shareable file
GRT wants the plan on a USB stick, so file it is. It creates an xxx to zzz.fpl file.
I'll try this next time I go airport hopping.
To import a flight plan (any GPS format)
from flight planning software on a USB
stick:
1. From any MAP page press any
button
2. Press NEXT (more than once may be
required)
3. Press PLAN
4. Press right knob and scroll to select
IMPORT
5. Press button labeled UP or DOWN to
select the desired flight plan
6. Press the button labeled LOAD to
copy it to the GRT Sport
I then found this:
In iFly EFB, after creating a flight plan, click More Options, then Share/Export Flight Plan ...
You then choose either Share to Local Network or Export to Shareable file
GRT wants the plan on a USB stick, so file it is. It creates an xxx to zzz.fpl file.
I'll try this next time I go airport hopping.
I've found myself with similar trouble. I want to export plans from iFly to Dynon Skyview. (They can talk via wifi, however the Dynon setup doesn't have a wifi adapter, so for now I can only use files.)
For now, I've discovered that SkyVector can export a plan in both .fpl and .gpx formats. I later learned, via the FAQ (but not the manual), that iFly can import .gpx plans in a somewhat roundabout way.
So for now, my setup is: 1) make a flight plan in SkyVector 2) export that plan as a .gpx file 3) use the roundabout way to get that .gpx loaded into iFly as described in the FAQ 4) load the same .gpx file into Dynon Skyview. Altho roundabout, it succeeds at getting the same plan on both my EFBs.
I would be able to avoid the third party tool if I had the Skyview wifi adapter, or else if iFly could export .gpx files on its own. Hopefully the latter is in the "new features" pipeline.
For now, I've discovered that SkyVector can export a plan in both .fpl and .gpx formats. I later learned, via the FAQ (but not the manual), that iFly can import .gpx plans in a somewhat roundabout way.
So for now, my setup is: 1) make a flight plan in SkyVector 2) export that plan as a .gpx file 3) use the roundabout way to get that .gpx loaded into iFly as described in the FAQ 4) load the same .gpx file into Dynon Skyview. Altho roundabout, it succeeds at getting the same plan on both my EFBs.
I would be able to avoid the third party tool if I had the Skyview wifi adapter, or else if iFly could export .gpx files on its own. Hopefully the latter is in the "new features" pipeline.