Operating the Pulsar is quick and easy with a single rotary control.
Use the rotary control to step through different display pages and
to adjust the display's brightness.
The Pulsar is configurable by the user. That is you can use your own custom
set of sensors and configure your own page layouts. Plus you can configure red
and yellow alarms. Read further to understand how to configure the display aspects
of the Pulsar 200. However first if you would like to see some samples please view
the
Slide Show!
In the world of analog meters, engine information is displayed on electromechanical gauges.
Using digital technology, the Pulsar's gauges provide far more features and flexibility.
The summary status gauge is a special type of gauge that provides a quick status indicator for up to five monitored parameters.
There are also additional gauges types not shown above.
The Pulsar provides additional safety with configurable alarms available
for each sensor.
Below is an example of an alarm configuration screen from the configuration editor software.
Alarm Item
Setting
Comments
Gauge
Oil pressure
Any gauge can be selected
High limit
90 psi
Can be set to none
Low limit
10 psi
Can be set to none
Audio output
On
Can be set to on or off
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Whenever the value of a monitored engine parameter moves into an alarm range
the pilot receives an immediate warning.
The alarm is shown on the display by flashing the corresponding gauge in red or yellow
depending on alarm limits.
Alarms may also be anounced through an audio output
that is compatible with standard aircraft intercom systems.
The pilot acknowledges an alarm by pressing the rotary control
knob, which stops the gauge from flashing.
As long as the value remains in the alarm range, it will display the gauge in red.
If multiple alarm conditions occur simultaneously each alarm
must be acknowledged individually,
insuring that no alarm condition is missed.
Additionally with the customization of the Pulsar unit the user can easily set conditions for alarms,
for example have the oil pressure alarms disabled until engine is above 100RPMs.
To set up the conditional alarms just click the advance button on the alarm configuration screen above,
this will open a window which will allow you to set the conditional alarms.
Gauges are shown in groups on "display pages."
Each page has six divisions, or blocks, and can be configured to display any combination of gauges.
The Pulsar can store multiple display pages that the pilot flips
through using the rotary control. See the
slide show
for example of changing display pages.
The most critical engine gauges will typically be grouped
onto the first display page and less critical gauges
will be selected for subsequent display pages.
When an alarm occurs, the display imediately switches to the
page selected by user during confgiuration.
Example display pages for a 6-cylinder engine:
Screen shot of configuration editor for laying out gauges.
The Pulsar has built in data logging capabilities.
The Pulsar can be configured to record user selected parameters at as fast as 10 samples per second.
Data is easily download to PC and graphed using a spreadsheet program.
Example data log graph or EGTs:
Notice that one of the EGTs is lower than the rest indicating a problem.
