Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Overview of the Flight Planning Software

Overview of the Flight Planning Software
The Argus FP uses a menu structure to allow you to select the actions you wish to
perform. This type of menu structure is frequently referred to as a "tree," in which the
"root" is the first action, there are various "branches," and each "leaf is the final action
in a particular sequence. If you are a personal computer user, this structure and
terminology will already be familiar to you. If not, you will quickly become
accustomed to it.
You access the FP mode hi the same manner as AMEND, by pressing AUX quickly
three times (or holding it down for 5 seconds). This is the "root" of the menu, and is
always the first step in accessing the FP software. The first time you do this, you will
see at least three selections, one next to the DEP key, one next to ENR, and one next
to AUX. Because Argus 7000 versions have keys along the bottom, small legends
next to each menu item remind you to which key it corresponds. The software for the
Argus 5000 and 7000 is identical, and the correspondence between the keys and menu
items on the 7000 will quickly become instinctive.
Because the keys are redefined with each menu selection, we refer to them as
"softkeys." In the above example, "AMEND" is immediately adjacent to the DEP key
(and the "DEP" legend), "FLIGHT PLANS/WPTS" is adjacent to ENR, and
"MAP/DISPLAY" is adjacent to AUX. Instead of referring to the name of the key and
the menu item that appears next to it, we will henceforth say "press AMEND" or
"press the AMEND softkey." (If you have the remote SELect and INFO switches
installed in your aircraft, SELect corresponds to DEP and INFO corrresponds to
ENR.)
The AMEND softkey "branches" to the AMEND mode of the Argus.
The MAP/DISPLAY softkey "branches," or, in this case, returns to the moving map
display.
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