<...  that flight at the very least.  Cockpit unit would scroll and accept a new
parameter list from the PC and that's about all ...>

<... That is quite possible. It is probably easier than trying to program the display
processor to allow it to order the list. The RS232 GPS port could be used to download
...>

Jim Sower wrote:

Right.  If the processor is parameter driven, and you set up all the parameters at home,
you eliminate the need for 'programming' the unit which I understand is the biggest
headache.  One might code all manner of over/under limit alarms, etc. and also the grouping
of output and other customizing so long as the setup was taken care of outside the unit.

Another idea might be just two horizontal lines with a series of 'spikes' growing from the
lower to the upper.  The lower line would represent the lower limit for each item being
measured, the upper line the upper limit, halfway between defined as 'normal'.  When a
'spike' grew past the upper line or drooped below the lower one, a label and a value would
be displayed next to the 'spike' and an alarm would go off.  No scrolling, just a couple of
dozen tic marks between a couple of lines.  No scan, no reading.  Just a glance, and
labels/values only when you need them.

The Aircraft Rotary Engine Newsletter.              Powered by Linux.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            http://www.linux.org