Sensors / External devices#
Sensors#
The sensors menu shows the different devices that can communicate with Air Navigation Pro. There are four types of sensors, or sources:
Location Sources: Used to display your current location and altitude (GPS-based).
Attitude Sources: Used for the Synthetic View.
Pressure Sources: Used as source for barometric altitude.
Traffic Sources: Used to display nearby aircrafts.
Location Sources#
Flight Simulators - Air Navigation Pro can connect to flight simulator like Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and X-Plane, using them as sources for location data to display simulated flight information.
External devices - Connect Air Navigation Pro to external sensors that transmit location data e.g., Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/ICfly and FLARM / AirAvionics AirConnect.
System Integration - Air Navigation Pro can connect to avionics system such as Dynon SkyView and Avidyne IFD to retrieve your position. It also supports route exchange between Air Navigation Pro and connected avionics systems.
iOS Location Services - to be able to receive GPS signals (either internal or external).
Note
Other External GPS receivers like the ones from the Bad-Elf, Garmin or Dual will use this sensor.
Note
On Android, you will need an application to mock the GPS location from the Bluetooth receiver. See instructions here.
Attitude Sources#
Flight Simulators - Air Navigation Pro can connect to flight simulator like Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and X-Plane, using them as sources for attitude data.
External Devices - Connect Air Navigation Pro to external sensors that transmit attitude data e.g., Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/ICfly.
System Integration - Air Navigation Pro also connect to avionics system as source for attitude data.
Internal IMU - To connect with the internal gyroscopes of your device.
iOS Compass Sensor - An internal compass sensor used to determine heading, exclusively available on iOS devices.
Pressure Sources#
Flight Simulators - Air Navigation Pro can connect to flight simulator like Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and X-Plane, using them as sources for pressure data.
External Devices - Connect Air Navigation Pro to external sensors that transmit pressure data e.g., Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/ICfly.
System Integration - Like the location and attitude sources, Air Navigation Pro also retreives pressure data when connected to avionics system such as Dynon SkyView and Avidyne IFD.
iOS Internal barometer - Starting with the iPhone 6 and Ipad Air 2, the devices are equipped with a barometer. Air Navigation Pro leverages this barometer to better understand the location of the aircraft and show even more accurate data.
Note
If you are flying on a pressurised cabin, the sensor will show the cabin altitude and not the flight altitude. In order to correct this, you just have to disable the iPhone/iPad’s barometric sensor and enable the GPS one.
The altitude display on the navigation bar indicates in brackets the source of data it’s using: (Baro) for pressure altitude, (GPS) for GPS altitude.
Traffic Sources#
FLARM / AirAvionics AirConnect - FLARMS receivers are only compatible with Air Navigation Pro when using Air Connect from Air Avionics.
Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/ICfly - Uses the ADS-B information and displays it on the moving map.
GDL90 Protocol - Connects to the application installed in your device that transmit traffic information in GDL90 format e.g. Safesky, AvTraffic or Flying Neurons.
Air Navigation Traffic Service - Collaborative traffic sharing. This service will push your current position together with the traffic received by your ADS-B or FLARM device to our server. You will be provided with information sent by other Air Navigation users.
Note
Other ADS-B receivers like PilotAware have also been proven compatible with Air Navigation. The connection to Air Navigation Pro has to be made via WiFi for these devices to work. We do not deliver a full list of compatible devices. We have done testing with the above mentioned devices, we can not guarantee that other devices will work as well.
Hint
When activating a sensor that provides multiple sources such as Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/ICfly for location, it will automatically activate sensor sources for attitude, pressure, and traffic, not just for the location.
External devices#
External GPS antennas#
No matter if it is wired or Bluetooth, the procedure to make sure the device is working is the following:
Create a connection between the iPad/iPhone and the external GPS device.
Make sure to have Air Navigation Pro activated under Location Services in the Settings > Privacy of the device.
Location Services is on when using the Air Navigation Pro
Location Service GPS sensor is on in the Air Navigation Pro
Levil Products#
AHRS#
Air Navigation Pro is prepared to work with the external device known as AHRS from Levil technology. It’s compatible with its two versions:
AHRS G Mini - Attitude, Pressure, Airspeed, UDP connection, AHRS, Traffic (ADS-B, etc..)
iLevil - Attitude, GPS, Pressure, Airspeed, UDP connection, AHRS, Traffic (ADS-B, etc..)
BOM AHRS - Attitude, GPS, Pressure, Airspeed, UDP connection, AHRS, Traffic (ADS-B, etc..)
The AHRS will provide accurate data for altitude, bank and rudder. Besides it shares pressure, altitude and airspeed information with Air Navigation if the sensors are active.
How to connect the iLevil#
On the toolbar, tap Tools (For phone: Tap Config.) > Sensors > Levil BOM/G Mini/iLevil/lCfly
Enable the Levil sensor
Switch on the iLevil device, wait calibration, then connect the iPad/iPhone to the device wifi network.