Avidyne And PS Engineering To Deliver Entegra Release 9
Compatible Audio Panel
Avidyne is partnering up with the folks at PS Engineering to
add an audio control solution for Avidyne's exciting Entegra
Release 9 Integrated Avionics Suite upgrade. The Avidyne version of
PS Engineering's flagship PMA8000B Audio Panel/Intercom/ Marker
Beacon Receiver is designed to add special functionality when
interfaced with Release 9, and is a customer option for the
recently-certified Release 9 retrofit on Cirrus SR20 and SR22
aircraft.
"Avidyne's contribution to the advancement in general aviation
glass cockpits is extraordinary," said PS Engineering's Founder and
CEO, Mark Scheuer, "and we are very pleased to work with them to
apply our experience and capability with audio controls to
integrate fully with their next-generation Entegra Release 9
system."
"PS Engineering is an established leader in general aviation
audio panels, so they were a logical choice to team up with for an
Entegra-specific audio panel that optimizes the interface and
ease-of-use pilot experience of the Release 9 system," said Dan
Schwinn, Avidyne's President and CEO. "With Entegra Release 9,
Avidyne has developed an easy-to-use avionics suite and this audio
interface enhances its capabilities with key features that make
flying simpler."
The Avidyne version of the PMA8000B allows Entegra Release 9
Integrated Flight Displays (IFD) to know what combination of VHF
communications transceivers are selected by the crew, allowing the
IFDs to display plain-English station identifier information about
the radio frequency selected, so at a glance, pilots know exactly
with whom they will be talking when they key their mic.
In addition, the PMA8000B leverages the full four-channel
communications capability of Entegra Release 9's dual-DVX740 VHF
radio modules by adding the ability to simultaneously monitor its
standby frequencies along with the active frequencies. This can be
very valuable during IFR operations such as when you are flying IFR
to an uncontrolled airport and you are in two-way communication
with approach control, listening to ATIS, monitoring the common
traffic advisory frequency for the destination, and monitoring
121.5, the guard frequency.
All of the popular functions of the standard PMA8000B are also
supported, including front panel music and cellular telephone
input, intercom recording and playback, user selectable music and
intercom configurations, and PS Engineering's proprietary
IntelliVox intercom squelch protocol.
The list price of the PMA8000B (P/N 050-890-0402) for Avidyne
Entegra is $1,895.00, and initial deliveries began May 5, 2009.