Hello,
I've been back and forth with Mid-Continent and Garmin about my TruTrak Gemini (Bendix King xCruze 110) autopilot. It worked fine with only a single RS-232 wire from a Garmin 496...before my ongoing upgrade.
Now, with a Garmin GPS175 feeding it both ARINC427 (directly or through a GAD29) and RS232 directly, the Gemini appears to be happy with the GPSS solution it gets, but never "finds itself".
The GPS status of the autopilot DG never changes from red , no matter how I set the GPS out signal. I've also tried to give it an RS232 GPS signal from a GPS 20A, also to no avail. The manual says this indicates the unit isn't receiving a valid GPS signal.
The consensus with Garmin and BK (Mid Cont) is that this autopilot MUST have a 9600 baud RS232 signal and that the newer generation GPSs don't communicate this slowly.
What's the brain trust say? Thanks in advance!
Chris
2010 RV-7
I've been back and forth with Mid-Continent and Garmin about my TruTrak Gemini (Bendix King xCruze 110) autopilot. It worked fine with only a single RS-232 wire from a Garmin 496...before my ongoing upgrade.
Now, with a Garmin GPS175 feeding it both ARINC427 (directly or through a GAD29) and RS232 directly, the Gemini appears to be happy with the GPSS solution it gets, but never "finds itself".
The GPS status of the autopilot DG never changes from red , no matter how I set the GPS out signal. I've also tried to give it an RS232 GPS signal from a GPS 20A, also to no avail. The manual says this indicates the unit isn't receiving a valid GPS signal.
The consensus with Garmin and BK (Mid Cont) is that this autopilot MUST have a 9600 baud RS232 signal and that the newer generation GPSs don't communicate this slowly.
What's the brain trust say? Thanks in advance!
Chris
2010 RV-7