I almost hesitate to chime in because I am just now starting to
use the Chelton system and also because I am not sure of the information I have
that may be useful, but I was having difficulty entering the programming
functions of Chelton a couple of months ago when I first started programming
the darn things. I could not get the card to bump the system into the program
mode and finally after about an hour of frustration and rereading the
directions, I called the guys at Aerotronics who had installed my panel.
My recollection is that they suggested some sort of magic like pushing two particular
buttons at once to get the software to trip into the correct mode. It’s
possible this came from my onsite wiring guy rather than Aerotronics. So
obviously, I don’t know the secret handshake even now, and am not
entirely sure who taught it to me, but I do know that it worked and I could
then reliably get into the desired mode.
You might try calling up Gary Wirrell at Aerotronics or his smart
guys to see if they can help.
Regards,
John Barrett
From: Craig Gainza
[mailto:cgainza@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:59 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Chelton SmartMedia Card and setting system limits
I bought two of the adapters as described
on the chelton efis pilots web site. Neither one of them worked.
I bought new smart media cards on ebay, smallest I could find was 128 mb and so
far so good.
Craig Gainza
To:
lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:39:45 -0400
From: dballin@gmail.com
Subject: [LML] Re: Chelton SmartMedia Card and setting system limits
The Smart Media cards and Cheltons are notorious for having issues. Try
cleaning the contacts and make sure that the card is in fully, reformat it on a
PC and sprinkle holy water on it. In general it is good to have a few
around. There is a limit on the size so 16 meg is good (forgot what the
limit is). You can still find smart media cards online- ebay and olympus
still sells them, but another option is to get an adapter that uses xD cards
which are more readily available. Look through the Chelton list http://www.cheltonefispilots.com.
There is a lot of information about the smart media issue.
Dan Ballin LEG2 #286