Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX 190-01255-01 Rev. A 511
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
8.9 POSITION REPORTING
NOTE : An account must be established with Garmin Connext
™
to make full use of the Position Reporting
feature.
ThePositionReportingfeatureallowsthesystemtosendpositionreportinginformationtoaprovider,suchas
FlightAware.com.
The position reports can be activated or deactivated by the pilot.  While active, the position reports are
transmittedovertheIridiumShortBurstDatalinkperiodicallyatapilotspeciedintervalorbypressingtheSEND
RPTSoftkey.Theminimumautomatictransmissionperiodbetweenreportsistwominuteswithmorefrequent
transmissionspossibleviamanuallysendingreportswiththeSEND RPTSoftkey.Duringvoicecommunications
anddatatransferstheIridiumdatalinkisoccupiedandpositionreportswillnotbesent.Duringthisperiodthe
reportswillbufferandbesentasapackageassoonasthelinkisavailable.Thepositionreportsarereceivedby
GarminConnextandforwardedtoselectighttrackingprovider(s).
Toreduceexcessusage,positionreportsareonlytransmittedwhiletheaircraftisintheair.
The following are position reports contents:
•TailNumber
•Time
•Latitude/Longitude
•GroundSpeed
•GroundTrack
•Heading
•BarometricAltitude
•TrueAirspeed
•OutsideAirTemperature
•Destination
•EstimatedTimeEnroute(ETE)
•AirborneStatus
TheAirborneStatuseldistheindicationthattheaircraftisonthegroundorintheairatthetimetheposition
reportwasgenerated.TheavionicsgenerateapositionreportwhentheAirborneStatuseldchangesstate.
•PassengerOnboard
PassengerOnboardindicatespassengersareontheaircraftatthetimethepositionreportwasgenerated.A
positionreportisgeneratedwhenthePassengerOnboardeldchangesstate.