GPS error message???

Jeanie

Jeanie

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It says: ARINC 429 Data Fail
No RS 232 Data

Anybody know what that's about before I call Bendix/King - it's on a KLN 90
 
RS232/Arinc429 is a data protocol used for getting data in and out of the GPS. It may be anything from a baro encoder to a GPSS unit.

I will occasionally get that kind of message on my Garmin 430 if my fuel-flow totalizer is turned off (it's configured through the same switch as some other avionics). But the same can happen with an encoder.

Possibly a loose connector, or possibly as simple as some other electronics turned off/fuse blown.
 
Well, I don't think that it is sync'd with any other instruments in the panel so perhaps it's noticing that there is a missing connection that it would normally expect.
I'll look up "error msgs" in the How To book and see what I can figure out. It doesn't seem to make any difference in how it works so that's the important part right now.
Thanks.
 
Jeanie said:
Well, I don't think that it is sync'd with any other instruments in the panel so perhaps it's noticing that there is a missing connection that it would normally expect.
I'll look up "error msgs" in the How To book and see what I can figure out. It doesn't seem to make any difference in how it works so that's the important part right now.
Thanks.
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Is it IFR approved? If so, it's probably tied into an altitude encoder. A problem in that connection is enough....
 
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