Dynon Avionics SkyView Classic - 30 Appendix J: Checklists

SkyView System Installation Guide - Revision AA 30-1
30. Appendix J: Checklists
Checklists are not supported in SkyView SE. Although a checklist file can be loaded
into a SkyView SE system, SkyView SE cannot display a Checklist.
Personalized Checklists can be displayed in SkyView as of Software v14.0: TOOLS > CHECKLIST.
Checklists cannot be displayed with earlier versions of SkyView Software.
Until a Checklist file is loaded into your SkyView system, the CHECKLIST button will
not appear in the TOOLS menu. A default / example Checklist is not installed in
new SkyView displays, nor is a default / example Checklist automatically installed
into a SkyView display as part of updating your SkyView system to Software v14.0.
SkyView Checklists are composed on a computer and then transferred to SkyView with a USB
flash drive. Checklists can be composed with any text editor such as the “Notepad” app
included with Microsoft Windows PCs, or the “TextEdit” app included with Apple Macs,
providing that the text editor can save the Checklist file using “UTF-8-character encoding”. The
“font” that your text editor application displays as you are composing your Checklist will not be
used to display your Checklist on SkyView – your Checklist will be displayed in the standard
“system font” used by SkyView to display text.
SkyView uses the “UTF-8-character encoding” standard to display text on the
screen; thus Checklist files, to properly display on SkyView, must also be “UTF-8
Character Encoding”.
Although Microsoft Word and Microsoft WordPad will also work to compose a Checklist file, the
“character encoding” for a Checklist file must be “UTF-8 Character Encoding” and when saving a
file from Word or WordPad, it is difficult to ensure that the file is saved using “UTF-8 Character
Encoding”. If you do use Word or WordPad, before using your Checklist file on SkyView, open it
in Windows Notepad or Mac OS TextEdit and save it per the instructions below.
The filename of your Checklist file should end in .txt. The filename should be made solely of
alphanumeric characters, with no space in the name. Mixed case in the filename is acceptable.
Examples:
 The filename “checklist.txt” is acceptable.
 The filename “chklst.txt” is acceptable.
 The filename “checklist.text” is not acceptable (extension must be .txt).
 The filename “checklist” is not acceptable (there must be a .txt extension).
 The filename “check list.txt” is not acceptable (note the space between check and list).
 The filename “check%list” is not acceptable.
If you develop multiple Checklist files, it is recommended to begin a Checklist file with the word
CHECKLIST, such as CHECKLIST01.txt, CHECKLIST02.txt, etc. This will allow all of your Checklist