BK AV8OR serial port connection
After 6 years of struggling with the serial port connection on the AV8OR (even with proper lead), I have finally figured it out.
Actually, I think someone mentioned this fix before on this forum, but there was not enough detail to understand the exact procedure.
The AV8OR will loose its serial connection settings every time the unit is turned off and has to be reset every time it is turned on. This still occurs with the latest firm/software and a late unit build date (my first two were returned under warranty).
Here's the button-by-button procedure.
Boot up AV8OR in Go-fly mode with the map screen showing. Then press in turn:
MAIN MENU
SETTINGS
DEVICE SETUP (NB not NMEA OUTPUT SETUP)
RESET VALUES
SAVE & EXIT
This turns off any indication of NMEA output and resets the serial port to WEATHER, which now has to be changed back to NMEA. So go back in and press in turn:
WEATHER and set port to NONE
NMEA and set the port to SERIAL
SAVE & EXIT
It then takes half to one minute to think about it and show an output that can be detected by autopilot/other listeners wired in.
Repeat every time the power is interrupted or the unit turned off/on.
Duncan.