Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Waypoints

Waypoints
Taking full advantage of the navigation and flight planning features of the Argus FP
software involves a "building block" approach. Activating and following a flight plan,
for instance, requires that you first create a flight plan. Incorporating a "user
waypoint" in the flightplan requires first that you create the user waypoint. The task
of creating or selecting a waypoint, be it in the database, the flightplan, or one you
create yourself, will be repeated many times.
Waypoint Characteristics
Every waypoint displayed on the Argus has a NAME and a TYPE. A waypoint
NAME is one to five characters long. Acceptable characters are the 26 upper case
alphabetic characters,"/", and the digits 0 through 9. (Spaces can be included, but are
removed when the waypoint is stored.) The following waypoint TYPES are
recognized:
AIRPORT (-a)
FANMARKER(-f)
HELIPORT(-h)
NDB(-n)
SEAPLANE BASE(-s)
TACAN(-t)
USER(-u)
VORorVORTAC(-v)
INTERSECTIONS (5 characters, no extension)
A NAME and a TYPE do NOT necessarily uniquely define an object. There are
duplications, especially among those with two-character identifiers. For this reason,
when you are entering a waypoint, you are given an opportunity to verify that the one
you have selected is the one you want. Although database waypoints can have
duplicate names, user waypoints that you enter are prevented from having this
unfortunate characteristic.
July 1999 Argus 5000/7000 Ver. 5.xx Reference Manual Part#141003 71