User manual

XCSoar User Manual

On the PDA version, the mode buttons are activated by the keys to

the side of the joystick/rocker button.

By convention, buttons labeled with a trailing slash, e.g. NAV/

means that pressing the button will show more items. Buttons

labeled with a leading slash, e.g. /NAV means that pressing

the button will close that menu.

If the user doesn’t interact with the computer for a long time, the

menu will close automatically. This menu timeout is conﬁgurable.

The escape key on PC, or the PWR/ESC button on Altair, can also

be used to close the current menu.

Menu overview

This section describes the default layout of the Altair computer’s

menu system. The functions performed by each button are ex-

plained more fully in following chapters.

The primary menu buttons are activated by each of the vertical

strip of buttons on Altair, from top to bottom:

NAV : Actions for navigation control, primarily cross-country glid-

ing tasks.

DISPLAY : Actions to control the display

CONFIG : Conﬁguration of XCSoar, connected devices, and in-ﬂight

settings

INFO : Activates various informational dialog windows.

For the PC version, the keys 1, 2, 3, and 4 activate the NAV, DIS-

PLAY, CONFIG, and INFO menus.

NAV menu

Task

Calc

Displays the task calculator dialog

Arm

Advance

Arms the automatic task waypoint trigger

Waypoint

Selects the previous waypoint in the task

Waypoint

Selects the next waypoint in the task

Waypoint

Lookup

Displays the waypoint selector dialog