Vertical Power VP-X Integration and Configuration
SkyView System Installation Guide - Revision K 13-3
numerical serial port on each display. This lets you configure each display’s serial ports
identically.
Connect the VP-X serial TX wire from VP-X connector J1, pin 20 to the SkyView serial RX
of your choosing. If you have multiple displays, the VP-X TX wire must be connected to a
serial RX wire on each display.
Connect the VP-X serial RX wire from VP-X connector J1, pin 22 to the SkyView serial TX
of your choosing. If you have multiple displays, the VP-X RX wire must be connected to a
serial TX wire on each display.
Connect VP-X the VP-X ground wire from VP-X connector J1, pin 21 any of the ground
wires on the SkyView D37 connector (any of pins 21-24)
Record the SkyView serial port that you have chosen on each display as you will need to
configure it later for use with the VP-X.
VP-X SkyView Display Settings
Serial Port Setup
Before the VP-X SETUP menu can be accessed, the SkyView system must be licensed to use the
VP-X features, and VP-X should additionally be set up as a serial device on each SkyView display
on the system. To configure your SkyView displays’ serial ports to work with the VP-X:
Go to SETUP MENU > LOCAL DISPLAY SETUP > SERIAL PORT SETUP.
Navigate to the serial port that you physically connected the VP=X module to in the
previous steps.
Select VP-X. Note that other fields are automatically configured and cannot be changed.
Press ACCEPT.
Exit SETUP. Repeat on any other displays on your SkyView system.
VP-X Settings
Most VP-X setup – such as setting circuit breaker limits - is NOT done via SkyView, but instead
via a Windows-based application called VP-X Configurator. See your Vertical Power
documentation for full VP-X installation and setup information
The VP-X settings in the SETUP MENU > VP-X SETUP menu mainly concern how information
from the VP-X is displayed in SkyView:
MAIN BATTERY WARNINGS: Sets the main battery voltage levels at which caution and
warning indications are provided visually on the VP-X page.
AUX BATTERY WARNINGS: Sets the auxiliary battery voltage levels at which caution and
warning indications are provided visually on the VP-X page. If you do not have an
auxiliary aircraft battery (note that this is NOT the SkyView SV-BAT-320) installed, this
setting can be ignored.
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