Dynon SkyView HDX - Appendix H: Checklists; Personalized Checklists

Appendix H: Checklists
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Personalized Checklists can be displayed in SkyView: 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.
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 files to be grouped together and all Checklists easily seen on your USB
flash drive when you are loading the Checklist into your SkyView display.