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AIRCREW OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE
INDIGO ONE SATELLITE TRACKING AND COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM
Display Firmware Version: 01R1‐2‐9
Mainboard Firmware Version: 01R1‐2‐9
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................ 1‐2
DOCUMENT STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................................... 1‐2
EFFECTIVE PAGES ........................................................................................................................................................... 1‐2
QUICK REFERENCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 2‐2
OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3‐1
GENERAL NAVIGATION .......................................................................................................................................... 3‐2
ALERT FUNCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 4‐2
INDIGO ONE BASIC FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 5‐1
NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 5‐1
POWER ON DIAGNOSTICS ..................................................................................................................................... 5‐1
PILOT IDENTIFICATION ......................................................................................................................................... 5‐1
INFORMATION DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................... 6‐1
NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 6‐2
FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 6‐2
MESSAGING ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7‐1
NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 7‐1
FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 7‐1
NEW MESSAGE ........................................................................................................................................................... 7‐1
CUSTOMIZING A MESSAGE ................................................................................................................................... 7‐1
INBOX .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7‐1
OUTBOX ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7‐1
SENT ITEMS ................................................................................................................................................................. 7‐1
CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 8‐1
NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 8‐1
FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 8‐1
UPGRADING THE INDIGO ONE ................................................................................................................................... 9‐1
LOCAL UPGRADE ....................................................................................................................................................... 9‐1
REMOTE UPGRADE................................................................................................................................................... 9‐2
STANDARD INDIGO ONE MESSAGES ..................................................................................................................... 10‐1
OPERATIONAL .......................................................................................................................................................... 10‐1
AIRCRAFT ................................................................................................................................................................... 10‐1
CREW/PASSENGER ................................................................................................................................................ 10‐1
MEDICAL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10‐1
GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10‐2
Backklit Display
All iinformation will be disp played on th he blue backlit LCD screeen of the Ind digo One.
Function Button ns
The four functio on buttons aare used to aaccess the In ndigo One fu unction men nu, and perfform
variious actions. Their functtion is mosttly dependen nt on the coontext of thee backlit disp play,
but the followin ng are the sttandard funcctions:
MNU: Jump to th he top of th
he menu, an nd use the selector knnob to navigate
between the “OPER RATION”, “CONFIGUR RATION” and “SYST TEM
INFORMATION” menuss
PLT: Shortcut to the “Pilot PIN” function n
MSG: Shortcut to the “Send M Message” function (thiss shortcut do oes not worrk in
the Configu uration menu u)
SND: No standard d function
Seleector Knob
The selector kn nob is the principle to
ool of naviggation and selection
s fo
or the functtions
avaiilable in thee Indigo Onee. It rotates both left an nd right, andd clicks in too “select” wh here
applicable.
USBB Port
The USB Port iss used to dow wnload the recorded in nformation in the Indigo o One, as weell as
to upgrade
u the configuratiion and firmmware of the unit from time to tim
me (Please note,
n
MODEM VER
M R MODEEM VER showws the unit’ss modem veersion
USB VER USB V
VER shows th
he unit’s USBB version
AIRCRAFT AIRCR
RAFT shows the aircraftt registration
n
DMR ISN DMR IISN shows th
he serial num
mber of the Internal Mo
odem
SER
RIAL NUMBE
ER SERIA
AL NUMBER shows the sserial numbeer of the Ind
digo One Unit
SUP
PPLY VOLTA
AGE Showss the current voltage of the avionicss and aircrafft battery
K
KEEP ALIVE inputss
GPS TIME
Showss the current UTC date aand time as reported byy GPS
GPS DATE
FLIGHT INFO
O
Showss the current GPS speed
d, altitude an
nd track of th
he aircraft.
G
GND TRACK K
TE
EXT MESSAGE A blaank messagee
O
OPERATIONA
AL A listt of typical m
messages asssociated with operation
ns
AIRCRAFT A listt of typical m
messages asssociated with the aircraaft itself
A listt of typical m
messages asssociated with the crew or passengeers
CRE
EW/PASSEN
NGER
of th
he aircraft
A listt of typical m
messages asssociated with medical cconditions o
on
MEDICAL
boarrd
GENERAL A gen
neral list of messages n
not categorizzed into the above
A cusstom list of messages seet up by the owner/opeerator of thee
CUSTOM
aircrraft
Oncce you havee selected th he type of message
m yo
ou would lik
ke to send by rotatingg the
Seleector Knob, click the Selector
S Kno ob to proceeed. With th
he exception of the “T TEXT
MESSSAGE” optiion, you can n now rotatte through the list of messages
m available, wiithin
each h sub‐menu. When you have locateed the messaage you wan nt to send, cllick the Seleector
Kno ob again to sselect it. Sho ould you wiish to add aadditional teext to this m message, usee the
Seleector Knob tto scroll thro ough the cy ycle of charaacters to the required on ne, then clicck to
acceept the letteer and movee on to the n next space. OOnce you haave completted your cusstom
messsage, press the SND bu utton to traansmit the message.
m Thhe “TEXT ME ESSAGE” op ption
will skip this, an nd navigate directly to tthe messagee customizattion.
digo One is listed in Seection 10 of this
A lisst of the staandard messages loadeed in the Ind
man nual, as welll as on the Q Quick Reference card pro ovided.