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 highlight will step down once and make the focus on the Origin field for data input (3) :
After the Origin field get its focus (1), turn the FMS inner knob one notch to the right (2), which will bring the “Waypoint information” window :
Here’s the resulting “Waypoint information” window displayed with the first input field active. At this point, we are able to input ICAO by browsing using outer and inner FMS knobs
If we want to use keyboard input, just click on the small icon which looks like to a small keyboard, in order to activate data entry using the keyboard :
The keyboard entry is activated (1) and direct data input using the keyboard is allowed (2) :
Sample of ICAO input made using the keyboard, once done, click again on the small keyboard icon, then click the ENT push button just above the FMS knob
This can be used the same way for Destination or Enroute input fields