Introduction

Thank you for purchasing EGView by EGTrends Inc. We sincerely hope that using this application will be a pleasant experience and will lead to a better understanding of how your engine monitor data represents your engine’s health and operation.

This help file contains descriptions of all features in EGView. Whenever you see text that is blue and underlined, this means that you can click on it and be taken to a help topic with more information about that item (similar to hyperlinks in web pages)

EGView is a Microsoft Windows based application that uses a relational database to store all application information. The database allows EGView to store information in a structured well-organized manner. The heart of EGView’s organization is the Aircraft Profile. The Aircraft Profile stores all information concerning the Aircraft, the Aircraft Engine(s) and the Engine monitor installed in the aircraft.

An important definition: In EGView and all of our documentation, we refer to a ‘Data Channel’. A Data Channel corresponds to a specific engine monitor probe or information item such as EGT1, EGT2…CHT1, CHT2…TIT, EGTDIF, OAT etc.

The engine monitor as well as the options that are installed in that engine monitor controls the information that can be viewed within the program. This cannot be stressed enough. For example, if your engine and engine monitor has the ability to track Outside Air Temperature (OAT), then the engine monitor must have the OAT option selected in the Aircraft Profile under the Engine Monitor section. If OAT is not selected in the Aircraft Profile, the OAT option will be disabled in the View options dialog box and you will not be able to view this data. You can, however change the selected options at any time by editing the Aircraft Profile in the Edit Aircraft Profile dialog box.

In order to view your engine monitor data you have to perform the following tasks and sub-task.

Create an Aircraft Profile

Enter Aircraft Information
Enter Engine Information
Enter Engine Monitor Information

Import Engine Monitor Data Files

Select the correct Profile
Select the correct data file(s)
Import the data files.

View the Flights

Select the correct Profile
Select the correct flight.
View the flight.

Because you can create multiple aircraft profiles and each profile may have a different engine monitor, it is important to select the correct aircraft profile for the engine monitor data file that you are attempting to import. For example, lets say you have a Single Engine Cessna 206 with an EDM-800 engine monitor, and you also have a twin engine 58P Baron with a GEM 1200 engine monitor. If you attempt to import the GEM 1200 engine data while you have the Cessna 206 aircraft profile selected, EGView will report this as an error and you will be unable to import the file until you select the aircraft profile for the 58P Baron.

90% of all issues related to viewing and importing engine monitor data will be resolved by ensuring that the correct engine monitor and aircraft profile have been selected.

The EGView application and database developed by:

EGTrends Incorporated

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Redmond, WA 98053

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