Garmin Apollo SL40 User manual

Model SL40 vHF

coMM

Transceiver

lnstallation

Manual

June

2008

560-0956-03

RevC GARMIN*

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Revision Date Descrintion

t2il8t96 lnitialrelease.

00A v30t97 Modified

selectivitv

value

to7kHz.

-01 3il4t97 Chance

recommendedcoaxfromRG-58

toRG-142B

-02 6126t98 New

softwareversion

-02a 9t22t99 Addednew

connector

pins

andcrimpins

tools

-03 t0nt02 Updated

shipkit informationandchangedII Morrow

toGarmrn

AT.

-03a 9/lst03 Comnanvnamechange

-03

B 4/12t40 Added

licenserequirementconrment

and

removedApollo.

-03

c6il9t08 Added

BTSOinformationancJ

updatedloso.

IrrponrANT

NorE

"The conditions

andtests

required

fbr TSOiETSOapprovalof thisarticlcareminimum

performance

standards.It is thcresponsibility

of thosedesiringto installthis

articlcon or

withinaspecifictypeor

classof aircraft

todetcnnine

thatthe

aircraftoperating

conditionsare

withirr

TSO/ETSO

standards.

Thearticle

maybc installcdonly if further

evaluatiorr

by the

user/installerdocumetrts

anacccptablc

installation

andis

approvedbythe

Adrninistrator."

Source:1'-AA

T,\O-C37d.

TSO-C38d.and TSO-C

128arul

EASA

ETSO-2C37e,

ETSO-2C38a,

untlE7'SO-2CI28.

ORUpRING

INFoRMATIoN

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# 560-0956-03RevC,,

SL40

VHF

COMM Instal

lationManual.

NorBs

Tahleof Contents

TnnIN OFCONTENTS

SECTTON

I - INTRODUCTION ........................

Asour THrsMaNUAL............. ..............

Apor-lo

SL40DpscRrprroN ..................

FEaruREs ..........I

RnculeroRv

CovplrANCE......... ..........2

UNpacruNc

rHeEeurpHaENT........... ........................

Pacracp

CoNrpNrs ...........

OrHsn

REeurnpoMRrpRre1s................ .................4

Spscral

Tools Ruqurnno. ....................4

LrceNsE

RrqurneveNTs........... ............4

SECTION

2- INSTALLATION ........5

PRe-lNsralLATroN

lNtoRtr,rarroN............. ..............

INsrRllarroNOvsRvrEw........... ..........

INsrallarton CoNsroERATroNS.. .........

EeurpvENr

MouNrrNc .......5

ELpcrRrcRr-CoNnscrroNs.......... .........7

ANrlNNn

INsrallarroNAND

CoNNrrclroNS............. ..............

Posr

INsraLLATroNCHrrcrcour ..........l2

SECT|ON

3- SPECTFTCATIONS............... .....

ELecrRrce1................ ......

PHysrcal.. .......

l-5

ENvrRoNvtrNTAL....... ........

REcsrvER

PERponvaNCts........... .........16

TRaNsvrrruRPsnnoRMANCrl .............

INrEncov

PeRronnaRNCE........... ........l7

CoNrRor

lNpurs ...............l7

ANTSNNR

ReeurnenasNrs........... ........

SeRral

INrEnracE .............17

REanCoNNpcroRPrNour ..................

SECTION

4- LIMITATIONS.. .......

INsraLLRrroN

........... ........

OpEnatrctNAL............. ....,..

APPENDIXA-TROUBLESHOOTING.............. ..............2r

CoNracrtNG

THEFacroRv

roR

AssrsrANCts........

SL40

Instal

lationManual

Tableof Contents

APPENDIXB - PERIODIC MAINTENANCE ..................23

EqutllalNr

Cat-rsRanoN............. .......23

ClEaNrNc

rHEFRoNTPansl....... ........23

APPENDIXC - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS.. .............25

APPENDIXE - SERIAL INTERI.'ACE

SPECIFICATIONS............... ...............,27

RS-232lNpurs ...........27

RS-232Ourpurs ...............29

Lrsr oFTABLES

TaBr-EI Pncrncu

CclNreNts ...............3

TRSLE

2 CoNNt'c'roR

PtNor,r'r'

............... ................

TaslE3 TnouBr-ESHoorrNG

Guroe....... ...............21

LTsToF ILLUSTRATIoNS

Frcuns

I SL40

FRorrPRNgI ...............2

FrcuRt'2 MouN'rrNcFRanasAssgn,tBr.y .................6

FrcuRs3 CnULERourrNc... ..................6

FtcuRr'4 Coax

CoNNr'c.roRAssEnrBr-y.............. ..........-..........9

FrcuRr,5SL40SraNoRloNr'WrRrNc;Drncnav .......

...........10

Ftcune6 SL40

Typrc'nr-

AuoroPnNel

CoNNrrcrrr)NS............ .................I

FrcuRt,7 Unrr

DrHat:NsroNS

................ .................

SL40InstallationManual

Introduction

SncuoN

I -IxrnoDUCTroN

Asour TrtrsMl.Nu.q.r

Thismanual

describestheinstallation

of theSL40

Comm.

It is intended

for useby persons

certifiedby the

FederalAviationAdministration

(FAA) to install

aircraftnavigationdevices.

It includesinstallation

andcheckoutprocedures

for theSL40unit to standardsdescribedin

FAA advisorycircular

AC 20-618.

Provides

introduction

totheSL40unit.TSO

certificationinformationis

also

included

inthis

section.

|SectilZ Includes

installation

and

checkout

procedures.

F."tt"e Includes

completespecifications.

|Sectt"rr4l Includes

limitations

fbr

thc

equipmentand

installation.

Epp.trdtJl Includestroubleshooting

infortnation

lAppendix

Bl Includes

periodic

maintcnancercquiremcnts.

lAppendix

I lncludes

theenvironmental

qualification

form.

Epp.ndtTl Includesserial

dataspecifications.

SL4O

DNSCRTpTIoN

TheSL40isa 760chanr.relVHF Cornm

transceiver.lt isonemember

of the

slimline

series,

which

includes

the

SL40Comm,

the

SL50GPS,and

the

SL60

GPS/Comm.

Fn,q,ruRns

Thefbatures

of the

SL40Comminclude:

o 760channels

o Frequencyrange

of 118.000

to 136.975MH2

o Active

and

standby

frequency

display

o l6 characterhigh-intensity

alphanumeric

LED display

o Automatic

display

intensity

o Back-lit

buttons

o Transmit

statusindicator

. Frequency

memoryandrecall

functions

SL40InstallationManual

Introduction

fiorn remote

source

eight

lastr:sed

eightuserstored

Weather

channels

Frequencymonitorfunction

Built-ininlcrconrfunction

Stucknrictime-out

Twomicrophorrcinputs

Irrternal

non-volatile

mcmory

- no

battery

required

Full

rangeinput

supply

voltage

l2 wattaudioanrplif-ier

Transmit Standby

Annunciator Symbol Standby Large,

Outer Small,Inner

Frequency Knob Knob

Active

Frequency

Photocell l|4ONRCL ||llE|l|l

Power/Volume/Squelch Store

Memory

Flip/Flop Emergency Frequency

Frequency Channel Monitor

Figure1 SL40

FrontPanel

RnculnroRY Conn

PLTANCE

Thc SL40isdesisncdand

testcdto f( ETSOs

The

SL40complieswiththe

FCC

requirements

specified

in:

CFR

47,Part

87,

Aviation

Services.

SubpartD,Technical

Requirelnents

CFR47,

Part

15,RadioFrequency

Devices,

Subpart

B,UnintentionalRadiators

The

SL40softwareisdesigned

andtested

toRTCA/DO-I

78B/ED128,levelC.

-.4 . t.t L ! J

=. IC. Iu.-ll:].l

TS II umecr Ine Ioltowtn a

Description TSO ETSO

Transmit TSO-C37d ETSO-2C37e

Receive TSO-C38d ETSO-2C38e

Unintentional

Transmission

(stuck

mic) TSO-Cr28 ETSO-2CI28

SL40

InstallationManual

Introduction

The SL40 meetsthe additionalstandardsas detailed

in the Declaration

of Conformity

includedon

page

31.

Note: Unauthorized

changesor modificationsto the SL40 may void the compliance

required

regulatoryagenciesand

authorizationforcontinued

equipmentusage.

UN{pncKrNG

THEEqurnnrENT

Carefully

unpacktheequipment.Visuallyinspect

thepackage

contents

for anyevidenceof

shipping

damage.Retainall shipping

containers

and

packaging

materialin casereshipment

necessary.

Pncx,q.cE

CoNTENTS

As shipped

fiom theGarmin

AT, Inc. factory,the SL40 package

includesmostnecessary

items

for installationotherthansupplies

normally

availableattheinstallationshop,such

wire andcableties,

andrequiredinput

andoutpnt

equipment.

The itcmsincluded

in the

package

are

listed

inTablel.

Table

I Package

Contents

ParI

#Description Qtv

Cornrn

unit

430-6040-2xx SL40

Cornrrr'l-ransceiver I

SL40

InstallrrtionKit. I'art# 424-2006-2xx

162-0100

162-1515 |

dsubconnector

shell

I62-

I008 Right anf.Ile

coax Dlr,rs

202-000I Cable

tie 2

204-2t00 Shoulderbushins 2

22t-0400 4-40x l/4 SS

nanhcadI'hillios

rnachincscrewwith lock

washer ,1

224-0404 4-10x ll4 SSflatheadPhillinsmachinescrew b

245-0022 or'

245-0021 Crirnpcontactfirr

dsub,

20Io24

awg

wire l-5

3r0-5181-01 Mounlinsfi'anrc

310-51u7-01 Connectorrnountins

olate

998-0048 3/32hexdriver

204-0031 EdgeRromrlet 6"

SL40

Manr.ralKit,Part# >64-0064-2xx

560-0954-xx SL.l0

User's

rnanual

560-0956-xx SL40

lnstallation

manual

SL40Instal

lationManual

Introduction

OrnEn RnqurnED

MATERTALS

The SL40 is intended

fbr usewith standard

aviationaccessories.

The followins itemsare

requiredfor

the

installation:

. commantenna

withcables

o amicrophonc

. aspeakerorheadphone

Theseitcmsmaybe installed

dedicated

to theSL40cornm

or by connections

to anaudio

panel.

SpEcrnl

Toor-s

REqlrInrn

Crimp Tool

A crimptoolmcetingMIL spccification

M2252011-01

anda positioncr/locater

arerequiredto

ensurcconsistcnt,

rcliablc

crimpcontact

connectiorrs

fbrthereard-subconncctors.Thesc

tools

arcavailablefrom:

For

pirrpln

245-0022

Astro'['ool

Corp.

21615SWl'V Ilighway

Beavcrton,OR

97006

Crimp

tool:

Positioncr:

Phonc

(503)

642-9853

Fax (503)

591-7766

Astro

Toolpart

5701t

AstroT'ool

part

#616356

For

pinpln245-0027

ITTClannon Phonc

14\261

-5300

Iu5I E.DeereAvc. Fax (7

|4\575-8324

SantaAna,CA 92705-6500

Irrsertion

tool: ITT

part

# 274-7006-000

(Dcsc.

CItsT-20HD)

Regularcluty

Crimptool: lT'l'part

#995-0001-5ti5

(Desc.

M22520/l-01

)

Rcgular

dutyLocatortool: ITTpart

#995-000l-244

(Dcsc.

TH25)

HeavydutyCrimp

tool: ITTpart

#995-0001-5t34

(Desc.

M2252012-01)

HeavydutyLocator

tool: ITTpart

#995-000l-604

(De

sc.

M2252012-08)

LtcExspRn,eurnEMENTS

An aircraftradiostationlicense

isrequired

fbroperationof thetransmitter

onceinstalledin

theaircrati.An applicationnrust

besubnrittcd

on FCCFonn404,which

maybeobtained

fromthe

FCCin Washington,DC, or any

of itsficld ofl-iccs.Procedures

for applicationsare

inCFR

47,Part

87,Aviation

Seruices,

SubpartB,Applications

andLicenses.For

aircraftnot

registeredinthe

UnitedStates,

please

yourlocal

procedures.

SL40 Instal

lation Manttal

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