C510 flightplan input by keyboard or ipad, please

[Ben542535]

Great flying, but I find inputting my flightplan very difficult: keys in the pedestal, difficult to see MFD and pedestal in one screen. Inner and outer knob with a mouse is always a hassle, not only in the C510. Is there a possibility to connect to e.g. an ipad or a keyboard for flightplan input?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Ben

[HeapstheBrave]

C510 is using g1000nxi so you can type with keyboard. There is icon for this.

[HeapstheBrave]

Here is tutorial

[HOW TO] G1000 NXi Keyboard Entry - Quick Tip

I will not describe the whole NXi usage, as there’s already plenty of existing references here Just a quick tip for those that come for the first time, as myself, to the Flight Plan creation while a flight is already loaded and want to use keyboard entry in the available fields Ref: as Matt re explained, the data entry is allowed only on fields with continuous underscore chars (underline) After having pressed push button (1), turn the FMS outer knob one notch to the right (2), then the highl…

[Ben542535]

Thank you, understand now how it works…

[AlexOnAir6095]

you can also use the left g1000 screen to type in the flightplan