Creating pilot entered (personalized) waypoints, Changing pilot entered (personalized) waypoints, System operation 3-128 – Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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System Operation

3-128

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0

Oct/96

The CDU has non-volatile storage for up to 999 waypoints which are
retained in memory ONLY if the waypoints are entered on a Stored
Flight Plan. The ICAO identifiers stored in the database can not be
used for personalized waypoints.

Attempting to enter more than 999 pilot entered waypoints in memory
causes MEM FULL to be displayed on the FLIGHT PLAN Page.
The message light will flash and WPT MEM FULL will be displayed
on the SYSTEM MESSAGES Page.

Select the desired Flight Plan and position the cursor over the
desired field. If necessary, refer to the procedure for Creating a Flight
Plan or Modifying a Flight Plan.

Creating Pilot Entered (Personalized) Waypoints:

1.

Personalized IDENT- INSERT.

2.

ENT Key- DEPRESS.
(Figure 3-203)

3.

Latitude- INSERT (N or S
first, then degrees, min-
utes, and hundredths).

4.

ENT Key - DEPRESS.

5.

Longitude- INSERT (E
or W first, degrees, then
minutes, and hun-
dredths).

6.

ENT

Key- DEPRESS. The display will change to the appropriate

FLIGHT PLAN or DIRECT Page.

Changing Pilot Entered (Personalized) Waypoints:

1.

Personalized IDENT- INSERT.

2.

ENT Key- DEPRESS. PILOT ENTED WPT Page will appear.

3.

Line Select Key - DEPRESS to position the cursor over POS field.

4.

Repeat Steps 4 - 6 above.

NOTE: If an offset waypoint from a pilot entered waypoint is pro-
grammed, the RAD and DIS can be changed, but the coordinates
cannot be manually inserted.

WAYPOINT

GLOBAL

POS

--------

--------

944 WPTS AVAIL

PILOT ENTERED WPT

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Figure 3-203

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