Garmin 430 and portable GPS integration

[Drumstick]

The aircraft I purchased has a Non-WAAS 430 that was wired for integration with a Garmin 496.  This combination worked very well but the owner kept the 496 for their new aircraft.  Do any other handheld GPS units integrate nicely with the 430 or should I just continue to look for a used 496 on Ebay? 

[rahill]

The Garmin Aera 500 series has the same ability, and I would assume the other Aeras do too.  You will need to change the wired connection to whatever portable you choose, but that's simple.  You're looking for the Garmin Power/Data cable that works for the particular Garmin you want to use.  Once you've done that, and set the data format correctly, the 430 will cross-feed flight plan info and, if you have it, weather and traffic data as well.

I previously had our 430 cross-feeding a Garmin 196.  Now I have the 430W cross-feeding an Aera 510.  The 430W is getting ADS-B data from a GTX345 and it also passes all that data (weather + traffic) to the 510.  FWIW, you can also set up the Aera to accept flight plan data from the 430 and traffic and weather from a GDL 39 at the same time.  

Rich

[Drumstick]

Thanks Rich.  So if I want to do ZERO work I need to find a 496.  If I want an Aera 500 etc I need a new wiring.

[rahill]

4 minutes ago, Drumstick said:

Thanks Rich.  So if I want to do ZERO work I need to find a 496.  If I want an Aera 500 etc I need a new wiring.

The mounts are different, so yes that's pretty much the summary.  

You likely have this installed: http://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/sep/7871

And the Aera uses this: https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/51125