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ARGUS® Moving Map Displays
The Argus series of moving map displays is designed to give the pilot
situational awareness unavailable with normal cockpit instruments. Traditional
instruments with pointers and dials implicitly define your location with respect
to navigational aids. The Argus shows you, explicitly, on a graphics CRT
display, where YOU are, and where the airports, special use airspace, and
navaids are. We make three monochrome and two color models. The Argus 3000
is a low cost unit designed to interface with almost any GPS or LORAN and
provide a track-oriented display. The Argus 5000 and Argus 7000
are IFR certifiable and interface and display heading and ADF information as
well as the navigation source. The Argus 5000CE and 7000CE add
color displays and other advanced features.
Stormscope and Moving Map...with Argus you can have both
With an Eventide Avionics Weather Display Adapter, your Argus Moving Map can
display weather information from BF Goodrich FlightSystems' Stormscopes®. A
single, high resolution display gives you the benefits of Stormscope plus all
the advantages of the Argus Moving Map:
- selectable screen ranges that show airports to exact scale
- graphic screen with over 11,000 airports, all NAVAIDS, TCAs, ARSAs,
Airspace Fixes, etc.
- real time situational awareness
- text information at your fingertips about every on-screen facility
The Eventide WDA 5005 and 7005 are compatible with WX-10, WX-10A and
WX-11 Series Stormscopes. By replacing the Stormscope display with an Argus
and interfacing the WDA to the Stormscope processor, the Argus screen can now
display information from these units in the Argus' own separate "WD
Mode." The Stormscope display is not superimposed on the moving map
screen, but the top and bottom navigation fields are present in both modes. (ADF
and/or RMI pointers are only shown in the map modes.) All Stormscope
functions are executed through the Argus function keys, essentially allowing for
two instruments in one panel space - great news for pilots with little room to
spare.
- Argus 5000 and 7000, when receiving input from a heading source, provide a
heading-stabilized weather display
- full-time navigational data on Argus' weather display
Eventide's WDA 5007-05 and 7007-05 adapters interface with the WX-1000E
Weather Mapping System Stormscope (with 429 EFIS option) and emulate Stormscope
functions on the Argus display. Weather mapping information can be shown either
on both the Argus and the Stormscope displays (for viewing by both the pilot and
co-pilot) or solely on the Argus screen, if panel space is a problem.
- stabilization capability provided by Stormscope processor for the Argus
3000 (in WD Mode only)
- "WX WRN" message while in map mode to alert pilot of impending
thunderstorms (available with Argus version 04.XX software only)
- full-time navigational data on Argus' weather display
WX500 Stormscope Compatibility
If your Argus has version 5.x software, an upgrade (to version 5.1x) is
available optionally to use it as a display for the WX500. Since
the WX500 was originally designed for remote displays, no adapter is
necessary, reducing the cost of the installation. Note that due to FAA
regulations and TSO approval, the Argus software update must be performed at the
factory.
WX500 Stormscope "screen dumps" on the Argus CE models
WX MODE:
360 degree view 25 mile range |
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120 degree view 25 mile range |
| Storms on Argus map, ENRoute
30 mile range, CELL mode display |
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Storms on Argus map, ENRoute
30 mile range, STRIKE mode display |
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Ryan’s 9900BX +
Argus
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9900BX gives you the profile view of traffic.
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The Ultimate Collision Alerting Display
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The Argus 5000 gives you a full-screen plan view of traffic.
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Combine the traffic alerting capabilities of Ryan's 9900BX TAS with
Eventide's Argus 5000 or 7000 color moving map display and you have the
most comprehensive view of traffic any collision alerting/avoidance
system offers today - even the most sophisticated TCAS.
The 9900BX compact 1/2 3 ATI display gives you a profile view of
traffic with emphasis on altitude separation. Ryan offers the
Audible Position Alerting, "Traffic, 1:00 o'clock, Low, 2
Miles!" and Patented Top & Bottom directional antennas for 360
degrees coverage.
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Touch another button and the display changes to a
"thumbnail" view of traffic.
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The Argus 5000 or 7000 provides a "plan view" of traffic in
an easy-to-interpret color display. At the touch of a button, data
blocks appear beside each of the three color-coded threats (red, the
most imminent), displaying altitude separation and trend. And the 9900B+
interfaces with any enhanced monochrome or color Argus 5000 or 7000
Moving Map Display.
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Argus
Graphics
Graphics display of screens available with the Argus 3000, 5000, and 7000
models of Eventide's Moving Map Displays
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Before you take off, punch up the Bearing-up
Plan View of "JFK" in to see the layout of the runways with
right-hand traffic arrows for runways 13 L and 13 R. Plan View allows
you to see the layout of many airports in ARGUS 5000 and 7000's
user-replaceable database. |
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At takeoff, switch to DEParture mode. This
screen shows your position at JFK airport (Note the helicopter symbol:
An optional database provides Public, Private and Military Heliports,
including Hospitals for EMS missions.) The upper window shows a compass
rose and numerical heading display, plus bearing, distance and
groundspeed. The lower window shows a waypoint identifier, a digital or
analog CDI, track error, or digital ADF. Minimum Safe Altitude (derived
from VFR Sectionals) is also shown, as is the ARGUS mode, the range and
actual time of arrival at your waypoint or destination. |
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In this screen you're positioned near "JFK's"
Runway 4 R. (ARGUS accuracy depends on your LORAN C, GPS, or other
long-range navigation source, of course.) In this DEParture mode screen,
"JFK" has been selected to display the bearing and distance
from your aircraft to the airport. Pressing SELect shows the bearing (or
radial from VOR-type facilities) and distance to any facility on the
screen. The nearest facility is SELected first, then the next nearest,
etc. |
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Tight on panel space? No problem. As shown
here, the ARGUS 5000 and 7000 can connect with most ADF receivers to
produce an ADF RMI
display if integrated with a compatible D.G. or slaved compass system. |
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The ADF bearing pointer can also be overlayed
with map graphics as in this screen (this mode isn't approved for IFR
NDB approaches, however). Upon selecting a facility such as "LORRS,"
ARGUS shows a digital bearing and distance readout that corresponds to
the direction of the bearing pointer to the received NDB. Note the TCA
boundaries with ceiling and floor annotations. More features that make
navigating easier. |
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ENRoute mode is shown in this screen. Note
that courseline and the ARSA on the right with its ceiling and floor
annotations. The Bridgeport (BDR) VOR, which has been selected, is one
of more than 6,500 NAVAIDs in the Argus database. Information about any
selected facility can be obtained at the touch of a button. |
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Note the details on BDR in this screen,
including the ARTCC communications frequencies. |
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ARRival mode resembles a variable scale
"approach plate" with a moving aircraft and stationary map.
During visual and instrument approaches, ARGUS can show you how the
runway will appear when you break out at minimums. This and the
following two screens show the AUTOmatic ARRival feature adjusting
screen ranges as you get closer to Logan Airport. The dashed line is the
ADF "bearing line" which emanates from the moving aircraft. |
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Like the Argus 5000, the Argus 3000 is more than just a Moving Map Display.
SELect provides a digital on-screen readout of bearing or radial and distance -
information about any facility can be obtained as well.
The following screens are taken from an Argus 3000. Note that the Argus 5000
and Argus 7000 contain all the features of the Argus 3000.
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INFOrmation screen for Los Angeles' Whiteman airport,
"WHP," shows the location, airport elevation, communications
frequencies, fuel available, runway length, width, lighting and traffic
pattern direction. |
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This is a Plan View of the airport runway. The Argus 3000
puts all this data and more at your fingertips.
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This is a track-up view of your aircraft departing WHP.
(ARGUS 3000 orients to LORAN or GPS track only, since it cannot
interface with a D.G. or slaved compass like the ARGUS 5000.) Note the
airport with its identifier and runway headings. As the range is
changed, ARGUS adjusts the length and width of each runway to scale. The
NDB "PAI" has been selected and the lower window displays a
bearing and distance readout to it. |
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Information about "PAI" is shown here. Note the
Morse code identifier, NDB frequency, and continuously updated bearing
and distance.
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"BUR" (Burbank Airport) appears here. Your
position is within the Burbank ARSA. When you fly with ARGUS, you always
know your relationship to SUAs - without bothersome alert annunciators.
The real-time Moving Map Display makes penetrating and circumnavigating
SUAs safe and easy. |
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This screen shows your position at the perimeter of the
Los Angeles TCA enroute to your destination at San Diego's Lindbergh
Field. "SLI" VORTAC has been selected and ARGUS 3000 shows a
radial and distance readout from it. ARGUS 3000's ENRoute screens range
from 2 to 240 nautical miles. |
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Observe the Restricted Area in this screen. It is one of
the many SUAs which ARGUS depicts. Prohibited, Alert, Warning, Military
Operating Areas, and ADIZ boundaries are included as well as ARSAs and
TCAs with their associated ceilings and floors. All SUAs except
Prohibited can be eliminated from every normal mode of operation at your
discretion. |
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The arrival mode shows your position as a moving aircraft
symbol on a North-up stationary map, just like on the ARGUS 5000. Your
destination airport or other terminal facility is defined by the next
waypoint or destination you entered into the LORAN C or GPS. |
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If you prefer, just select DEParture or ENRoute for a
moving map display, as shown here. The same on-screen graphics and
information are available.
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This screen shows the one ARGUS mode we hope you'll never
have to use - the EMERgency function. Bearing and distance to the
nearest airport, appropriate communications frequencies, and distance
and radial from the nearest VOR facility replace the navigation
information previously displayed in the upper and lower windows. You
select suitable airports from the ARGUS database by specifying minimum
runway length and surface type, lighting and whether or not you need a
precision approach. The ARGUS displays only airports with those
specifications - this includes both Private and Military airports, even
if you have deselected them from the normal ARGUS modes. Selectable
ranges are from 102 to 1 nautical mile. |
Larger ARGUS 7000
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For pilots who want all of ARGUS 5000's navigation display
and information management technology with a larger screen, Eventide has
developed the ARGUS 7000. The latest generation ARGUS 7000 fits in a 3
1/8" x 4 3/4" clamp tray, similar to the ARGUS 5000 and 3000
tray. Yet its taller profile holds 1.7 times the screen area of
standard-size ARGUS models. ARGUS 7000 database can be updated without
removing the instrument from the panel - an important convenience
"extra" if you fly IFR and update your database by
subscription every 56 days. |
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