Nielsen-Kellerman ClearNav GPS Receiver User Manual


 
NKClearNavManualVersion0.5July3,2008
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Youcanthencopythefilesfromyourcomputer’sharddriveontotheUSBFlashDrive.Waypointfiles
shouldbecopiedintothe“MapData/Waypoints”directoryontheUSBFlashDrive.Airspacefiles
shouldbecopiedintothe“MapData/SUAs”directoryontheUSBFlashDrive.Thefilesneedtobein
thosedirectoriesfortheClearNavtoaccessthem.
5.2.2 TransferringWaypointandAirspaceFilesfromtheUSBFlashDrivetotheClearNav
TransferringthewaypointandairspacefilesfromtheUSBFlashDrivetotheClearNavisveryeasy.
1. PlugtheUSBFlashDriveintotheClearNav’spanelmountedUSBconnector
2. PoweruptheClearNav.TheClearNavautomaticallytransfersthefilesfromtheUSBFlashDrive
totheClearNav’sinternalmemory.
5.3 UpgradingtheFirmwareandSoftwareintheClearNav
ThetermFirmwareisusedtodescribethesoftwarethatrunstheoperatingsystemandhardware
driversintheClearNav.Thetermsoftwarewillbeusedinthismanualwhenreferringtotheactual
ClearNavapplication.Thetermfirmwarewascreate dtoclarifythatthesoftwareispreinstalledbythe
manufacturer.Adecadeor2agofirmwarewasusuallyprogrammedintoamemorychipatthe
factory.Buttodayfirmwareandsoftwarecanoftenbedownloadedfromtheinternetandtransferred
toadevicetogiveitnewfunctionality.Thatisanadvantageforthoseofususingtheproducts
becausewecanupgradetheminafewminuteswithouttheneedtosendtheunitbacktothefactory
foranupgrade.Youdonotneedtoworryaboutwhichfilesarefirmwareandwhicharesoftware.You
onlyneedtodownloadnewfilestotheUSBFlashDriveandtheClearNavwillautomaticallypullinthe
filesitneeds.Toupgradethefirmwareand/orsoftwareintheClearNavyouneedonlyaUSBFlash
Drive.
5.3.1 DownloadingtheFirmwareandSoftwareUpgradeFilestoyourComputer
ClearNavfirmwareandsoftwareupgradefileswillbeavailableontheNKwebsite.Downloadthefiles
toyourcomputer.TheywillprobablybesavedinaZipfile.Unzipthefilesdirectlyintotheroot
directoryonthe
USBFlashDrive.Therootdirectoryisthehighestleveldirectory.
5.3.2 TransferringFirmwareandSoftwareFilesfromthePCtotheUSBFlashDrive
Unzipthefilesdirectlyintotherootdirectoryonthe USBFlashDrive.Therootdirectoryisthehighest
leveldirectory.Tounzipthefiles
clickonthezipfile.Selectallthefilesinthelistandclickthe
“Extract”button.Awindowwillappearforyoutoselectthedestinationfortheextractedfiles.Select
therootdirectoryoftheUSBFlashDriveasshownbelowandpressthe“Extract”button.