Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Creating a User Waypoint

Creating a User Waypoint
Another important feature and task is the ability to create your own waypoints. The
Argus can store over 600 user waypoints. (The memory used to store them is shared
with
flight plans, so you will probably not be able to save the full complement.) In
addition to the obvious usefulness of creating waypoints for procedures you normally
follow and paths you normally fly, the remarkable accuracy of GPS and Loran can
frequently be used to lead you back to the same spot on an airport, or the correct end
of the runway instead of the generic "Airport Reference Point" supplied by most
databases. Here's how to create your own waypoint:
217° BRG
.2 NM
TK
194'
21 KTS
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AT CURRENT POS.
COPY DATABASE WPT
NEW OFFSET WPT
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From the root menu, press FLIGHT PLANS/WPTS,
EDIT FP/WPT, CREATE FP/WPT, CREATE USER
WPT. You are now ready to begin.
The three menu choices are "NEW USER WPT AT
CURRENT POS, COPY DATABASE WPT," and
NEW OFFSET WPT." The first choice is ideal if you
are flying and wish to enter your current position as a
waypoint. When you press this key, your current
position is read from the navigation receiver and entered
as coordinates. If you are following this manual with a
receiver in demo mode (or actually navigating)
connected to the Argus, you will see the coordinates. If
not, the LAT/LON field will be filled with zeros. Press
the "NEW USER WPT ..." key now.
You will see the by-now familiar screen in which you can
select a waypoint name. In addition, there is a latitude
and longitude field, as mentioned above. If the numbers
have been filled in automatically, you can still modify
them manually by moving the cursor to the correct
position with the NEXT key using UP and DOWN. If
they haven't been, you must fill in the LAT and LON.
The COPY DATABASE WPT. menu allows you to pick
an item from the database, modify, and rename it for your own purposes. For instance,
you can make a user waypoint of a particular runway threshold. This is also helpful
in saving memory, and is discussed further under "housekeeping."
July 1999 Argus 5000/7000 Ver. 5.xx Reference Manual Part#141003 75