AIR³ buttons and interface (outside XCTrack)

AIR³ buttons with XCTrack

To open XCTrack menu, simply swipe down on the screen with your finger (or with touchscreen gloves), or long press the Back button.

To zoom in or out, you can either click (short press) on the screen on the + or – widget with your finger (naked or with touchscreen gloves) or click (short press) on the + or – volume button. Read more details about the Map zoom button in the Action buttons subsection of the XCTrack Pro widgets manual.

To switch pages, you can either swipe left or right on the screen with your finger (naked or with touchscreen gloves) or  click (long press) on the + or – volume button. Read more details about how to link buttons with specific actions in the Key bindings section of Menu/Preferences/Key bindings.

To change waypoints (previous or next one in your route/task), you can either click (long press) on the screen on the ← or → widget with your finger (naked or with touchscreen gloves) or  click (long press) on the F1 or F2 button.

Read more details on how to configure the Navigation button in the “Action buttons” subsection of the XCTrack Pro widget manual

To increase or decrease the brightness, you can click (short press) on the screen on the brightness widgets + or – with your finger (naked or with touchscreen gloves) or click (short press) on the F1 or F2 button.

Increasing the brightness provides you with better readability, decreasing the brightness provides you with more autonomy (a brightness of 50% gives you almost twice the autonomy). Look at the comparison made here and the video that shows the same.

Having the screen perpendicular to your look greatly increases readability and greatly reduces the need for brightness. If your cockpit cannot be tilted, we recommend using the AIR³ Fabric Base to tilt the instrument right in front of your eyes. If you are not using an AIR³, you can also use the Fabric Base.

Thanks to the brightness widgets and buttons, you can easily adjust the brightness need according to the flight conditions. Read more details about the Display brightness widgets in the Action buttons subsection of the XCTrack Pro widgets manual 

To make a call, you can click (long press) on a pre-configured phone call widget with your finger (naked or with touchscreen gloves).

As soon as the call is made, you can take your brakes back in hand to control your wing. The built in speaker and microphone will let you communicate without losing control of your wing.

Check the quick video how to configure a Phone call widget here . Read more details on how to configure the Phone button in the  “Action buttons”  subsection of the XCTrack Pro widgets manual

To access the contextual menu,

1) swipe up on the widget map ( see more details about XC Map or Task Map widgets in the XCTrack Pro widgets manual) to enter a special edit/panning mode,

2) long click on the map at the exact location  you want to apply one of these actions:

Navigate to a point on the map. See the Navigation page for more details

Create a new waypoint. See the Navigation page for more details

Select an Airspace zone to review the details or change the status. See more details in the Airspace section of the Preferences page of the XCTrack Pro Manual. Once you enter this Edit/panning mode, all the airspace zones that are set on Automatic or Active will be displayed (even the one not virtually active but set on automatic), so that you are able to change the status.

To enable Fanet and Flarm Tx (7.3+), you can use either XCTrack or XC Guide.

With XCTrack, go to XCTrack Menu/Preferences/Connection & Sensors. In FANET/FLARM section, enable “Use internal FANET module”.

Check the FANET+ logo in the status line:

For more details regarding the Fanet and Flarm module, read this FAQ…

With XC Guide, just launch XC Guide and it will detect automatically the internal Fanet and Flarm Module and activate it automatically. More details about the specificities of XC Guide for AIR³ here.

To quit XCTrack, swipe down on the screen with your finger or with touchscreen gloves to get the menu, then click on the quit button.