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Type: User Guide
Author: Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Document version: 1
Printed on: 2016-11-10
Contact
Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Lido/Navigation
Lido/Navigation
65479 Raunheim
Germany
Contact: Lido/Navigation
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Email:
Internet: http://www.lhsystems.com
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the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any
loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document.
Application will detect and inform you about any new data available on the server. The
updates can be downloaded easily.
The functionality and the handling of the Lido/mPilot are explained in this document.
http://support.apple.com/manuals/
2.1.1 Tap
A tap is performed by a short touch of an on screen element.
2.1.2 Drag
A drag is performed by tapping and holding an on screen element and moving it to a new
location.
2.1.4 Pinch
A pinch is performed by placing two fingers on the screen and moving them closer or
further from one another. This is often used to perform a zoom function.
The "Sleep/Wake" button performs several functions; powering the iPad on/off and locking
/unlocking the iPad.
To turn on the iPad hold the "Sleep/Wake" button for several seconds until the
Apple logo appears.
To turn off the iPad hold the "Sleep/Wake" button for several seconds until the
"slide to power off" screen appears, then slide the on-screen power button to the
right.
When the iPad screen is on press the "Sleep/Wake" button to lock the iPad.
When the iPad screen is off press the "Sleep/Wake" button or the "Home" button to
turn the screen on. Then slide to unlock the screen. You may be required to enter a
code to proceed to the "Home" screen.
The "Home" screen displays all of the applications installed on the iPad. Swipe left
and right on the screen to view additional "Home" screens.
Tap on an application icon to launch the application.
Press the "Home" button at any time to return to the "Home" screen.
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First step is to register Lido/mPilot with your airline. Without registration there will be no
data available for download.
Tap Settings button from the bottom tool bar of the Status Screen.
Enter the "Operator Code" provided to you by your airline, your first and last name as well
as your email address. Depending on your airline, additional information may be required
to grant the registration. Tap the "REGISTER" button.
Please check your spam folder if you do not receive the email in your Inbox.
After receiving registration confirmation from the opened link or from your airline, return to
the Lido/mPilot application and tap "Check" button.
The status in the "Lido/mPilot Registration" window will change from "Submitted" to
"Registered". You can download the data now.
1. Top Bar
2. Flight Folder
3. Content View
4. Bottom Bar
Tap the Revision Activation Offset button to open the offset time popover.
The offset time "0000Z" is set by default. Scroll +/- wheel to set positive/negative offset
time. Scroll the hours wheel to set hours for offset time. Scroll the min wheel to set
minutes for offset time.
The button "Done" becomes active after the desired offset time is set. The information
underneath the time wheels is correspondingly updated.
Select the button "Cancel" on the left to discard the selected offset time .
You can access the table of content by selecting hamburger button in the upper left corner
of Lido/mPilot User Guide window.
Tapping the sun will toggle the button to display a moon symbol, which will dim the Lido
/mPilot brightness by 75% of the system setting. All other applications are not affected by
the brightness control toggle.
Additionally, to regulate the brightness further you can apply the "iOS Brightness
Controller" for further adjustments.
If set to “Auto-Lock" disabled, the iPad will not auto lock. The screen will remain visible.
Airports
Charts Area
Flight Route 1
Documents
Buttons to save, clear and load a flight are placed on the top of the "Flight Folder".
1. Status View 1
2. Terminal Chart View 1
3. Enroute Map View 1
4. Document View 1
1. Top bar
2. Flight Area
3. Route
When tapped, a popover window will be displayed asking you to provide a name for the
flight.
By default flight name will be proposed as ICAO codes of respectively departure and
destination airports separated by dash.
In case a flight with identical city pair has been saved previously, default name will be
proposed with added dash and a number of the flight saved.
To replace saved flight with new changes from the current "Flight Folder" click "Save
Flight" button and provide the name of existing saved flight.
Tap "Overwrite" button to replace the content of existing flight or "Cancel" to dismiss the
window.
Flight name is case sensitive. EDDF-LSZH flight will not be replaced with EDDF-
lszh.
Tap "Clear Flight" to confirm. This will remove all airports, charts and route elements from
the "Flight Folder".
Initially "Load Flight" window has no content. It consists of two separate tabs: "SELECT
SAVED FLIGHT" and "ENTER ROUTE".
Select the flight you want to load by tapping its entry on the list. List will be replaced with
the routing of selected flight.
If you want to remove a saved flight from your device then slide flight's entry to the left.
"DELETE" button will be shown next to selected flight.
If you tap "Delete" the flight will be permanently removed from your device.
"ENTER ROUTE" allows you to manually enter the route or to paste it from any other
source, like an email or message. There are two ways to paste the route:
you can long tap the scratchpad until "Paste" button appears;
you can select "Paste" button from the iOS on screen keyboard.
Button "LOAD" becomes active as soon as the route can be loaded. Tap it to load the
route to the "Flight Folder".
Confirmation message will be shown. In case the route to be loaded contains invalid
elements, you will be warned about it but you will still have a possibility to load it to the
"Flight Folder".
The route will be loaded as well in case the DEP/DEST airport is not included in the
terminal library,
In case the airport to be loaded is neither in a Terminal Charts library nor in the Enroute
data, it will not be loaded to the "Flight Folder".
You can fix the route in the "LOAD ROUTE" scratchpad, similarly like in a text editor.
Purpose of "IMPORT FLIGHT" tab is to allow user to import the content of "Flight Folder"
from another iPad using the UTAS/TIMTM interface.
In case connection between two iPads is not established a guide text will be shown in the
window.
Tap "LOAD" button to import the flight from other device. Confirmation popup will be
shown.
In case data cycles do not match on both iPads, the import will not be possible.
5.2 Airports
By tapping one of the options "Departure Airport", "Destination Airport" or "Alternate
Airport" you will access the "Airports" list.
All airports available within your airline's library are listed. By default ICAO sorting is
applied.
5.2.1.1 Navigate
You can navigate the list of airports by selecting a letter from the ABC index on the right
hand side of the airport list. It will move you directly to airports starting with selected letter,
according to the active category.
5.2.1.2 Sort
You can sort all airports according to following criteria:
ICAO
IATA
CITY
To do so, simply tap one of the options available above the list of airports.
5.2.1.3 Search
Enter the IATA, ICAO or city name in the search field. The list will decrease until only the
wanted airport is left. The search is performed across all category options (IATA, ICAO
and City).
The list becomes empty in case searched airport is not in your airline library.
The tab "DETAILS" is preselected. Basic airport information such as name, location,
longest runway, elevation and coordinates are displayed.
"VIEW AFC" button is placed in the lower left corner of the popover. Tap "VIEW AFC" to
open the AFC chart of the selected airport .
"SHOW IN ENROUTE" button is located in the lower right corner of the "Airport Info"
popover. Tap "SHOW IN ENROUTE" to view the airport on the "Enroute Map".
If you want to remove several airports, you can also clear the entire flight.
The application returns to the "Flight Folder" and the airport slot selected previously,
remains empty.
Besides airport details and airport annotations "Note", the window contains "Clipboard"
and "All Charts" folders. The quick search box is accessible by swiping down the list.
You can view all charts belonging to the group by clicking on its label on the list. The list is
expanded showing all available charts.
Search allows to add a chart to the "Clipboard". If you want to open selected
chart, click star button next to it and then open it from the "Clipboard" level.
5.3.2 Clipboard
Airport content can be added to the "CLIPBOARD" from the "ALL CHARTS" folder.
Tap the star button on the right hand side of the list to add selected item to the
"CLIPBOARD". You can add whole chart category or a particular chart only.
Star button next to the chart/category indicates if the item is included in the
"CLIPBOARD":
Charts in the "CLIPBOARD" are not grouped and they are sorted according to the order in
which they were added.
Another way to remove the chart from the clipboard is to swipe chart tile left. Remove
button will appear on the right hand side of the chart's tile. Tap it to remove chart from the
"CLIPBOARD". Afterwards you can add chart again as described above.
Here you can provide any note that is relevant for the currently opened airport.
Then tap "Route" within "Flight Folder" to navigate to the "Route" folder. The "Enroute
Map" view displays the route by drawing a line between departure and destination airport.
All airports are color-coded according to the buttons used in the "Flight Folder". On the left
hand side within the "Route" folder you can see all entered airports.
By default the "Route Entry" executes the search throughout the "ALL" sorting option. To
narrow down the search you can tap the sorting option Waypoint ("WPT"), Navaid ("NAV")
or Airway ("AWY").
Tap a fix or airway to select it. The selection is highlighted. The search field is placed
below the selected fix or airway. Enter another fix or airway to place it below the selected
one.
When a fix is selected in the route list, the pop over search results will include
airways connected to the fix and further all fixes worldwide.
5.4.3.1 Format 1
[NS]99-99/[EW]199-99 or [NS]9999/[EW]19999
The first letter defines the latitude (N for North, S for South). The second letter defines the
longitude (E for East, W for West). Degrees are shown in the first two or three figures: the
longitude is divided into east and west from 0° - 180°, while the latitude is 0° - 90°.
5.4.3.2 Format 2
[NS]99[EW]199 or [NS]9959[EW]19959 or [NS]9959.9(9)[EW]19959.9(9) (consistency
with accepted formats for ATC FPL, second decimal digit is optional)
1. Positions in the northern hemisphere use the letters N and E, the southern
hemisphere uses the letters S and W.
2. Latitude will always precede Longitude.
3. Both will use numerics for latitude and longitude as follows:
a. Latitude - use values provided by source.
b. Longitude - use only the last two digits of the three digit longitude.
Placement of the longitude value in reference to the identifier character (of
N, S, W or E, see below) will provide the information as to whether the
longitude digit dropped was 0 or 1. That character will follow the longitude
digits if the longitude is less than 100 degrees and precede the longitude
digits if the longitude is equal to or greater than 100.
c. Use of a single character to provide both latitude and longitude information:
N = North Latitude and West Longitude
E = North Latitude and East Longitude
S = South Latitude and East Longitude
W = South Latitude and West Longitude
1. Positions in the northern hemisphere use the letters N and E, the southern
hemisphere uses the letters S and W.
2. Latitude will always precede Longitude.
3. Both will use numerics for latitude and longitude as follows:
a. Latitude - use the full degree values provided by source. Placement of the
latitude value in reference to the identifier character (of N, S, W or E, see
below) will provide the information as to whether the latitude is full degree or
half degree.
b. Longitude - use only the last two digits of the three digit longitude.
Placement of the longitude value in reference to the identifier character (of
N, S, W or E, see below) will provide the information as to whether the
longitude digit dropped was 0 or 1. That character will follow the longitude
digits if the longitude is less than 100 degrees and precede the longitude
digits if the longitude is equal to or greater than 100.
c. Use of a single character to provide both latitude and longitude information:
N = North Latitude and West Longitude
E = North Latitude and East Longitude
S = South Latitude and East Longitude
W = South Latitude and West Longitude
To view this information in the Lido/mPilot app tap the link "Need help on random fix
input?" which is placed below the list of fixes or airways within the popover.
b. If an airway is available in the route plan then along the airway which
connects one fix to another fix.
The application returns to the "Flight Folder". The departure, destination and alternate
airports of the entered route are still loaded and the "Route" field displays the route
distance in nautical miles "NM".
5.5 Documents
Documents module can be accessed by selecting "Documents" label in the "Flight Folder"
or using the quick switch button located in the bottom right corner of the application.
Select "GEN Part" from the list area to open the document in the content viewer.
Button Description
Status View 1
Terminal Chart View 1
Enroute Map View 1
Document View 1
All data for the current revision has been downloaded to the iPad and there are greater than 7 days before the data
expires.
and/or
Each of those buttons may come with the ball note indicating the amount of elements that
are on the list of pending downloads summed up with the amount of unread messages.
In case no revision offset is set, the validity period will expire based on UTC
time.
1. Pending
2. Received
Terminal Revision Lists airports that are available on the server and have changed in comparison to the airport data available on
Charts YYWW the device.
Chart Displays Chart NOTAMs that is available on the server and have changed in comparison to the Chart NOTAMs
NOTAMs available on the device.
Chart NOTAMs will be automatically downloaded independent of the auto-download settings of your airline.
Documents General Displays General Part that is available on the server and has changed in comparison to the GeneralPart data
Part YYWW available on the device.
Documents Displays number of company documents available on the server and have changed in comparison to the
company documents available on the device.
Enroute Cycle Displays Enroute cycle available on the server and has changed in comparison to the Enroute data available on
Map YYWW the device.
Chart Displays Enroute Chart NOTAM that is available on the server and have changed in comparison to the Chart
NOTAM NOTAM available on the device. Chart NOTAM will be automatically downloaded independent of the auto-
download settings of your airline.
The underlined text indicates the selected section. In this case it is PENDING.
In case your Flight Folder contains airports during data update, these will be
updated first. Airports in Flight Folder will be displayed within your pending list.
You can deselect individual data packages for update by tapping on the check boxes.
Terminal Revision YYWW Lists airports data including time and date airports were downloaded to the device for the respective
Charts revision package.
Chart NOTAMs Displays Chart NOTAMs as well as time and date Chart NOTAMs were downloaded to the device.
Documents General Part Displays General Part revision package as well as time and date General Part was downloaded to the
YYWW device.
Documents Displays number of company documents as well as time and date of the download.
Enroute Map Cycle YYWW Displays Enroute cycle as well as time and date Enroute cycle was downloaded to the device.
Chart NOTAM Displays Enroute Chart NOTAMs as well as time and date Chart NOTAMs were downloaded to the
device.
Command Description
1. Update
2. Settings
3. Quick Switch buttons
6.1.3.1 Update
The "Update" button starts the update of each data package that has a check mark in the
"PENDING" list. By default all data is selected for download. In case the automatic
download is configured for your airline, the download will start immediately once new data
is available on the server.
Following actions will trigger application to check if new updates are available:
During the update process the display is prevented from locking regardless of
the system settings. This is to ensure that the iPad remains connected to the
internet and the data download continues.
6.1.3.2 Settings
Settings button is available in the bottom toolbar.
This feature is only for debugging purposes and should only be used when
requested by Lufthansa Systems.
Application log files are used for tracing purposes. In case of application failure a
description of the steps leading to the problem is required. Describe the steps, conducted
before the problem occurred, within the text field. Tapping "Send Logs" button will start
transmission of the log files and the failure description. As soon as the upload is
completed a pop up window will appear.
6.1.3.2.3 Reset
Tapping on the "RESET" button will open the "Reset" window.
6.1.3.2.4 About
Tapping "About" label will open let you access the
Disclaimer
Application Version Number
Legal Terms
Tapping selected button will allow you to switch the view to following:
Depending on the module purchased by your company, you will have the
respective "Quick Switch" button enabled or disabled.
Example:
When viewing charts effective on a date other than the current one, the chart title
is displayed in warning color and "Confirm Chart Date" warning is displayed in
the middle of the chart.
The chart can be rotated by placing two fingers on the screen and rotating them in the
desired direction.
You can move between previous and next chart within one category using two fingers
swipe. Otherwise you can use flipping buttons on the left hand side of bottom toolbar.
In case there is more than one chart loaded within the clipboard or there is more than one
chart within "Chart Group", the buttons are indicating that there is a next chart available.
By tapping on the "Flipping Buttons" the application will navigate to the next/previous
available chart.
You can also switch between charts by sliding two fingers from right to left (next
chart) or left to right (previous chart) on the screen.
A popover is displayed providing the option to "Print without annotations", "Print with
annotations" and "Annotation Summary".
At the bottom of the "Print" popover there are the options to cancel the print or to enter the
print options. Tap "Print" in the upper right corner to open the "Printer Options" popover.
This color change indicates that you are in the edit mode. The "Annotation Tool Bar"
opens on the right of the screen.
The "Note" button allows to add a text note for a specific chart.
To edit note text, tap the note symbol within chart and start typing.
To edit the note symbol or color, tap the note symbol within the chart and
select "Edit" in the top left corner.
To remove an annotation, tap the note symbol within chart and select in
the top right corner. Tap the confirmation box "Delete Note" to permanently
remove the annotation from the chart.
The "Ink" button allows free drawing function.
The "Marker" button allows free style highlighting.
The "Color Chooser" enables you to change the color, fill color, opacity and
thickness of the ink for the drawing and mark functions
By default "DETAILS" tab is open, presenting most relevant information about the airport.
"CHART NOTAM" tab provides an access to the NOTAMS valid for the active airport.You
can zoom and pan the content of the "CHART NOTAM" using standard iOS gestures.
The "SIDPT" button is only available when displaying "SID Chart Type".
By tapping a "SIDPT" from the list a window appears displaying selected "SIDPT".
You can move this SIDPT popover to a desired position on the screen as well as use all
available gestures to zoom, move and rotate opened SIDPT.
If more than one SIDPT is listed within the "Select SIDPT" popover you can only
access the next SIDPT once the SIDPT window is closed and you tap the
"SIDPT" button again.
You can zoom in/out the map using the ping gesture or navigate to a different area with a
swipe.
When viewing outdated data, the cycle information and route name are
displayed in a warning color.
To search for an APT/WPT/NAV/AWAY start typing the respective name within the search
field. The list will adjust until the wanted search result is displayed within popover.
You can search for a random fix. Simply insert coordinates in one of supported formats
into the "Search Enroute" field. Tap search result to navigate to the point on the "Enroute
Map".
You can access a description of the supported formats by clicking "Need help on random
fix input?" label.
To zoom in and out: pinch in or out on the "Enroute Map" view. Depending on the
zoom level selected, different information layers will be shown.
To move to a different position, swipe the "Enroute Map" with your finger.
Content depends on the zoom level of the "Enroute Map" and on the layers that
are enabled on the selected zoom level. For example if you have disabled the
"Airways" layer, no information about the airways in the area will be included.
Select an entry from the list. Relevant area will be highlighted on the map.
Select an entry from the list to see coverage area highlighted on the map.
Number in the bottom indicated the amount of available AFC charts for this airport.
6.3.2.3 Location
"Location" button ( ) allows to center the "Enroute Map" at the current position.
In case current location can not be determined, a warning message will be displayed at
the bottom of the "Enroute Map"
"Layers" button will be inactive in the "World View", which is presented on the lowest
zoom level available.
Airports
Airspaces
Airways
Control
Geographical
Navigation aids
Waypoints
Different zoom levels provide an access to different information layers. Filters availability
depend on the active information layers.
Even with all available layers disabled, the route and its elements will remain highlighted
on the map.
After a successful login, you will need to download the documents provided by your
company. To view which documents are available on the server tap the Refresh button
within "Status" page. To update your iPad library tap the "Update" button in the "Bottom
Bar" of the "Status" page.
You can see the list of downloaded documents in the "Company Documents" section of
"RECEIVED" list.
Downloaded documents will be listed within the "All Documents" section. On the right side
within "Status" page the "Message Board" is activated displaying all current messages.
Tags may be nested (e.g. the tag "Lido/mPilot" may contain sub-tags "Form", "User
Guide" and "Release Notes"). You can scroll through the list of documents or open a sub-
group to find the document you are looking for. The name of the open tag is shown on top
of the document library.
Tap on one of the tags (e.g. "A380"). This shows the list of sub-tags assigned to it.
If you are in a sub-tag, tap the arrow button to go back to a higher level of the document
group.
1. Documents
2. Messages
3.
6.4.1.1 Documents
Documents are divided into two groups, these can be accessed within the "All
Documents" section of the "Flight Folder".
Native are all pdf and HTML documents, which are opened within Lido/mPilot App.
Non-Native documents are identified by formats such as: xls/xlsx, doc/docx, mov,
mp4, ppt, txt, rtf, jpeg, png, zip and xml. Those can be opened in a third party app
installed on your iPad.
Open the document in the viewer. The "Sign" button will be visible on the right hand side
of the bottom tool bar.
Tap the "Sign" button. A popover window will appear asking for confirmation that the
document has been read.
Search will be executed and the list of available documents will be present all documents
containing searched term. The number in a blue box will indicate how many times
searched term appears in the document.
Selecting one of the results from the search list will open selected page of the document.
Searched term will be highlighted yellow on the page.
You can now enter the term you want to look for. Tap search button from the keyboard
and the list of pages containing searched term will be shown.
"Search" and "Search Document" functions will work only for pdf documents.
They are not available for HTML or "Non-Native" documents.
Tap "DONE" to close the message and return to the "Status View".
6.4.1.3 Forms
Forms can be accessed within the "All Documents" section of the "Flight Folder". The
purpose of a form is to retrieve information from the user. Once a form is submitted, the
form data is transferred to the administrative server.
In the document library the validation is displayed below the document title.
On the screenshot above you can see that following documents are available:
In case a future revision is available on your iPad it will be marked on the list with a
warning color. Additionally, when opened, a warning message will be shown in the
"Document View" area.
Switch between pages by swiping your finger from right to left (page forward) or left to
right (page backward).
To zoom in and out, touch on the screen with two fingers. Pinch your fingers apart (to
zoom in) or together (to zoom out) while continuing to touch the screen. Remove your
fingers from the screen once you have reached the desired zoom level.
In case you are viewing a document that is not valid in the present, the title of
displayed document will be shown in a warning color.
Every document type has a different set of options associated with it.
1. "Swap" button, which allows you to switch between two most recent documents
2. "Open In" button
3. "Quick Switch" buttons
4. "Sign" button
"Open in" function allows you to open the form in a third party software installed on your
iPad.
You can tap on the "Open In" button to access a menu listing all available applications or
actions that can be used for the active document.
6.4.2.2.2.2 Print
Tap on the print button to open the "Print" window.
You have the option to print the current page or all pages. You can also decide if you want
to print the document only, the document including annotations or an annotation
summary. The menu item "Range" allows choosing all pages or a page range.
Select your printer. You can change the number of copies to print. Make your selection
and tap the button "Print" to start the printing.
6.4.2.2.2.3 Open In
By tapping onto "Open In" button, depending on the document type, a popover will appear
showing all available apps on this iPad which can open the respective document type.
"Open In" function for the PDF documents works identically as for "non-native" document
types.
6.4.2.3 Annotations
Annotation toolbar can be accessed by tapping the "Annotations" button on the bottom
toolbar.
A toolbar will open on the right hand side of the "Document Viewer". It will contain all
available annotation options.
Active option is highlighted on the "Edit Toolbar". Following options are available:
Note button. Allows you to add a note to the page you are currently viewing.
Free highlighting button. Allows you to highlight manually selected part of the opened page.
Color button. Allows to adjust color, opacity or width of currently active tool.
Undo/Redo button.