GTN Checklist function

[tigers2007]

Does anyone use this? I can't find anything on this except that I can download the Garmin Checklist Editor. No examples of what it looks like on the internet with photos either.

[ilovecornfields]

15 minutes ago, tigers2007 said:

Does anyone use this? I can't find anything on this except that I can download the Garmin Checklist Editor. No examples of what it looks like on the internet with photos either.

I use it. If you download the editor and make a checklist you then save the file on the data card and the GTN 750 should recognize it. I think you have to name it “chklist.ace” otherwise it won’t recognize it. If you email Garmin tech support they will help you out.

[tigers2007]

I have a 650. How do you navigate to the checklist? Do I have to add it to the menu?  I'm surprised that none of this is mentioned in the owners manual nor could I find any screen shots of what it looks like. I would like to try the electronic checklist versus fumble-farting with the ridiculous laminated copy that gets misplaced.

[carusoam]

There is a thread around here somewhere...

Good luck finding it though...

Many people have gone with electronic checklists... and the GTN has the ability...

I was unable to find the pireps....

-a-

[tigers2007]

I'm watching Sporty's online IFR course right now and old-man Collins is barking about checklists. They cut in GTN-750 footage but I wish they actually show the GTN's actual digital checklist function.

[ilovecornfields]

I don’t know if it’s available on the 650. I have the same checklist on my 750 and aera 796. I’ll try to remember to take a picture next week so you can see it. Garmin is actually pretty responsive to emails.

[Bryan]

I have had a GTN 750 for the last 3-4 years and never knew it had a checklist function. I will go re-read the GTN POH; I don’t recall seeing it in there.

[EricJ]

My Avidyne IFD540 has a checklist function as well, and I have a few things in there.   The handiest for me are probably the climbout and cruise checklists, but you can keep anything in there.

 

[ilovecornfields]

Here’s the thread on Beechtalk that discusses it and has pictures of the checklist:

https://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=113953

[toto]

This is covered in the pilot's guide (attached). See sec. 15.9.

 

190-01007-03_Q.pdf

[tigers2007]

Hey thanks guys! I found this photo on beechtalk:



I’m glad I heard old man Collins (RIP) discuss electronic checklists in today’s IFR lesson.


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[Bryan]

I looked today. It appears the pilot guide has been updated since I bought had my 750 installed. Thanks!

[tigers2007]

I’m going to type up a checklist tomorrow and upload it. I need to get the software updated in this thing too as I’m still running 6.21 and have maps last updated in Mar 2017!


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[flyingcheesehead]

7 hours ago, tigers2007 said:

I have a 650. How do you navigate to the checklist? Do I have to add it to the menu?  I'm surprised that none of this is mentioned in the owners manual nor could I find any screen shots of what it looks like. I would like to try the electronic checklist versus fumble-farting with the ridiculous laminated copy that gets misplaced.

Checklists are available on the 650 as long as you're on software version 5.10 or later. It is in the manual, section 14.9, Rev N available here: http://static.garmin.com/pumac/190-01004-03_N.pdf

If "Checklists" doesn't appear on your utilities page, that's probably just because you haven't programmed them and stored them to a card. You'll need the Garmin checklist editor app, available here: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=5075

[flyingcheesehead]

Does anyone happen to have put in their checklist yet that could share the chklist.ace file here (or via PM)?

I'd love to get a running start on this. I haven't had time to key it all in.

[larryb]

Here is mine. You can use the same exact file on the GTN and 796. 

chklist.ace

[tigers2007]

I took my laptop to the hangar today and added it to my 650.

 

I have to navigate from the main menu, to Utilities, and then to Checklists. I have the option of changing my ETE display to have a hot-button to the Checklists but I’d rather preserve the ETE display.

 

 

 

 

 

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[carusoam]

Great pics, Tigers!

best regards,

-a-

[Vlakvark]

46 minutes ago, tigers2007 said:

I took my laptop to the hangar today and added it to my 650.

 

I have to navigate from the main menu, to Utilities, and then to Checklists. I have the option of changing my ETE display to have a hot-button to the Checklists but I’d rather preserve the ETE display.

 

 

 

 

 

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What file on the laptop do you use to install that or what program?

JT

[tigers2007]

Flyingcheesehead mentioned it above. Download the free Garmin Checklist Editor and create your checklist. Save the file to the root directory of the SD card and put it back in the GTN. It will automatically recognize the file.

I’ll upload my version in a moment after I crawl out of bed.


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[tigers2007]

Here is my checklist. Note the name of it. The file has to be named as such for the GTN to recognize what it is. Download the editor, change what you want, and dump that into the root area on the SD card. Note that I did not include any preflight to engine-start checklists as my GTN is unusable until the engine is running.

chklist.ace

[Bob_Belville]

I have a FS510 so I do not use the 750's data SC card. I have an elaborate, multi-checklist ***.ACE file on my laptop with a copy on the SD card in the GTN 696, has anyone tried to upload such from the 696 card to the 750? Sounds like I could load it onto the 750 SD card to then upload to 750...

[tigers2007]

I thought the FS510 card had 32GB of storage. Try putting it in your laptop and dumping the chklist.ace file in the root folder. Wow I forgot that big G wants $1500 for that $79 card. Ridiculous but convenient.

[Bob_Belville]

1 hour ago, tigers2007 said:

I thought the FS510 card had 32GB of storage. Try putting it in your laptop and dumping the chklist.ace file in the root folder. Wow I forgot that big G wants $1500 for that $79 card. Ridiculous but convenient.

I think the FS510 - wifi and bluetooth link was $1000 but I'm pretty sure the value of software is not dependent on the cost of the medium it's stored on. (I once tried to buy a genuine copy of MS PowerPoint in Tiripur India. The local computer expert laughed at me. He had a backpack full of bootleg CDs but assured me there was no a single copy of what I wanted in the city of 1,000,000.)

[Bryan]

2 hours ago, Bob_Belville said:

I have a FS510 so I do not use the 750's data SC card. I have an elaborate, multi-checklist ***.ACE file on my laptop with a copy on the SD card in the GTN 696, has anyone tried to upload such from the 696 card to the 750? Sounds like I could load it onto the 750 SD card to then upload to 750...

Let me know what you come up with.  My guess, like mentioned above, is to remove the card - load the file onto the FS510 and put back into the 750.  I love my FS510 and would not trade it for the usefullness it provides by with databases and streaming.