FlyMaster GPS User Manual
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1. 11 4 2 Cadence When a rate of climb is higher than that specified by the Climb threshold the GPS creates a beeping sound The rate cadence of the beeps increases as the climb rate increases This increase in rate is not linear The cadence parameter specifies which cadence curve should be used Current there are 2 possibilities represented in the graph of Figure 31 0 5 Cad0 0 2 0 1 0 05 c3d1 Beep duration seconds S um if 0 0 05 1 0 15 20 25 3 0 35 40 4 5 5 0 5 5 Rate of Climb meters per second Figure 31 Cadence Curves 11 4 3 Dynamic Frequency The GPS beeps at a specified pitch frequency when a certain rate of climb is encountered When dynamic frequency is off the pitch frequency of that beep will remain constant if the rate of climb changes With dynamic frequency on the pitch of the beep may vary if the rate of climb varies during the individual beep 11 4 4 Buzzer Is so called because of the sound it emits which resembles a buzzing sound The buzzer sound is produced when the rate of climb is close to but has not yet reached the specified Climb threshold This value is set between O and 9 with each unit corresponding to be 0 1 m s ie 3 is 0 3m s Subtracting this decimal value from the climb threshold will give us the value at which the GPS will start buzzing For example with the Document version 3 2 Page 39 FLYMASTER GPS default values Climb threshold 0 1m s and Buzzer2. CTR dist Th and CTR alt Th are the minimum horizontal distance and minimum vertical distance respectively that a pilot can be from an airspace without triggering an airspace warning If this threshold is passed a warning is emitted event CTR dist Th 3000m CTR altTh 200m Ref altitude Flight Level Enabled No Grey lines No Figure 36 Airspace settings The Ref Altitude parameter allows the user to define the altitude that is used to evaluate the airspace s proximity The parameter can be set to GPS Altitude Altitude given by the Document version 3 2 Page 45 FLYMASTER GPS Altitude Barometric altitude Flight Level Altitude considered standard pressure value 1013 hPa for the QNH The Enabled parameter allows the user to enable airspace s warnings or disable them by setting the value to YES or NO If this parameter is set to YES when a pilot is inside an airspace as shown in a 2D representation area not necessarily inside the airspace the airspace is drawn in black In this case all other airspaces are drawn in Grey 12 Firmware Flymaster follows a policy of continuous improvement of its products This means that a new version of firmware can be uploaded from our website periodically The update process is simple Before beginning update procedure make sure you download the next files from the download page of GPS product section e USB Drivers according the op
3. and will not override the volume level setting Every time the instrument is turned on if the sound is muted a alarm is generated Document version 3 2 Page 37 FLYMASTER in order to notify the pilot Sink TH 2 0m s Climb TH O 1mis Sink Alarm O 0m s Base 700hz Increments 10hz Volume df Figure 29 Vario Acoustics 11 4 Advanced Features The advanced features settings option can be used to set further the GPS vario acoustics Damper 6 Cadence 1 Dynamic freq On Buzzer 3 Auto Silent On start Speed 1 Figure 30 Advanced Features Using these features the user can tum the vario sound more or less responsive and can also turn on and off the buzzer functionality There are four advanced features 11 4 1 Damper The GPS s vertical speed calculation is based on air pressure variations It is very seldom to have air pressure absolutely stable Turbulence caused by air moving near the sensor is sufficient to cause small variations in pressure For this reason the GPS filters averages the pressure data to prevent constantly detecting tiny pressure variations The value that defines how must the pressure is filtered is the Damper Setting a lower damper value caused the GPS to become more responsive but harsher Inversely a higher value causes the GPS to be less responsive but smoother We have found that an ideal value is 8 and therefore the default value Document version 3 2 Page 38 FLYMASTER
4. depending if you are climbing or sinking In this Element a black bar starts from the middle of the scale and grows at 0 1 m s increments up to 5 m s at the top of the scale When 5 m s value is reached the black bar starts to disappear from O m s middle of the scale until the top of the scale When the bar completely disappears the climbing rate is equal or above 10 m s The same process occurs when descending but from the middle of the scale to the bottom 5 1 6 Navigation Circle The Navigation Element is a mufti information element which shows graphically the bearing and thermal core Additionally if a destination was defined waypoint the navigation element will also indicates the direction to the waypoint center This element cannot be resized but can be re positioned For navigation information to be displayed the GPS must have a valid GPS fix Figure 7 Navigation Element Document version 3 2 Page 14 FLYMASTER Navigation information is shown within the inner most circle The external circle contains the cardinal points The current traveling direction bearing corresponds to the point indicated in the top of the navigation circle For example in the case shown in Figure 7 the bearing is around 200 5 1 6 1 Navigation Arrows When a route is active the direction of next waypoint is pointed by an arrow larger arrow If no route is defined the arrow will start showing the direction to the tak
5. 3 0 3m s the buzzing with start at 0 2m s because 0 1 0 3 0 2 Also at the 0 1m s directly below the Climb threshold the GPS will emit a constant sound varying rapidly in pitch from around 100hz to the set base frequency at which the first beep is emitted Setting the Buzzer value to O will disable the buzzer feature Although the Buzzer will sound very annoying on the ground it becomes an amazing companion in flight allowing the pilot to pick up thermals he would have usually missed Pilot Rate of climb Figure 32 Buzzer illustration A practical example of the advantages of the buzzer feature can is illustrated in Figure 32 In this example both pilots are sinking at 1 0 m s The orange paraglider has a GPS for which the climbing threshold is set to 0 1 m s and the Buzzer parameter is set to 3 0 3 m s The green paraglider has usual vario for which the climbing threshold is set to 0 1 m s As shown in the figure when both pilots enter the thermal nothing is heard The air is rising at 0 1 m s but both pilots are descending at 0 9 m s In the second zone of the thermal the air is rising at 0 8 m s and so pilots are descending at 0 2 m s At this stage the orange pilot starts to hear the Next to Climb brrrrr sound of his GPS which helps him to center the thermal while the green pilot is still unaware of the thermal Finally in the 3 zone the air is rising at 1 2 m s and so both pilots climb at 0 2 m s The GPS
6. Duration of the current flight Flight Level Current altitude in hundreds of feet Fuel Level Fuel level in liters available when connected with Flymaster M1 G R M G Glide ratio made good The actual glide ratio towards the active turn point It is calculated using the integrated vario and the VMG G R Next Glide Ratio to Next Necessary glide ratio to reach the next turn point G K Toff Glide ratio to takeoff Necessary glide ratio to reach the take off GPS Alti Altitude reported by the GPS Heading Heading in degrees returned by GPS Latitude Current position latitude according to the format defined in the settings menu Longitude Current position longitude according to the format defined in the settings menu Max Alti Maximum altitude reached during current flight This is based on barometric altitude Max Climb Once a flight has started it shows the maximum rate of climb encountered during the flight This value uses the integrated vario not the instantaneous rate of climb This provides good indication of the quality of the day s thermals This value is reset when the instrument is switched off Max Sink Once a flight has started shows the maximum sink encountered during the flight Note that these values are using the integrated vario When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero Max Speed Maximum Speed returned by GPS achieved during the flight When the instrument is switched off this value is reset
7. E A EONA ENA 41 Olangua e UDS eeen EE E E E RR 42 IR r Ren N E E AI E A E EEE A A IEE 43 SRP PO DCS ee E E E A A A tsa sere 43 LED RS RO E E E A E E TE A E ia 44 ETICA E ETT 44 AEE cer EA A RR eee 45 Document version 3 2 Page 5 FIYMASTER 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing FLYMASTER GPS If you have any questions or comments regarding the use of our equipment you can visit our website or contact our Support Department support flymaster avionics com This manual covers Firmware versions up to 1 01v If you have a more recent version of firmware some of the features may not be covered 2 Overview HI RESOLUTION DISPLAY Figure 1 GPS Overview Document version 3 2 Page 6 FLYMASTER 3 Getting started Fully charge battery before using FLYMASTER GPS for the first time Figure 2 USB Connector The battery may be charged by either connecting the GPS USB connector to the wall socket charger or USB cable USB connector can be found on the right side of the GPS see Figure 2 3 1 Charging the Battery Flymaster GPS has a completely new battery power management that gives the pilot a more accurate information about the battery state as well as the charging time and battery remaining time To charge the Flymaster GPS battery you can use the wall charger the Usb cable or the car charger Flymaster accessories are recommended in order to avoid damage the power management module Charging o
8. The wind speed value ion Figure 15 Wind Arrow Graph can be also seen in a data field Note that both wind direction and speed are calculated based on the GPS ground speed while the pilot is turning so there is no need of wind speed probe Document version 3 2 Page 19 FLYMASTER 5 2 Data field Elements Data field elements can be used to shown numerical information like speed altitude glide ration amongst others These elements have configurable size and position although the text within has only 3 possible sizes Table 4 explains the available data fields As the GPS firmware evolves this list will likely grow Table 4 Data fields Description Field ID Description Above Toff Altitude above takeoff is the altitude over the flight starting point Abs Absolute atmospheric pressure value in Pascals Pressure Active TP Active turnpoint name Alt Gain Altitude Gain Altitude gained in current thermal see Note 1 Alt to CTR Altitude to CTR shows altitude to controller airspace a negative number indicates we must sink to come out of controlled airspace Altitude Current altitude This altitude is calculated based on the barometric pressure and depends on the QNH value see Note 3 Altitude2 Second Altimeter which can be set independently to the main altimeter Arrival Estimated arrival height above the next waypoint This means that wind day Next quality and glider
9. back to zero Motor Motor Temperature available when connected with Flymaster M1 Temp Page Current layout active page number Number RPM Motor rotation available when connected with Flymaster M1 Speed Indicates ground speed in km h The speed is only available when the GPS receiver Document version 3 2 Page 21 FLYMASTER has a valid signal Time Current Time This value is automatic revised when the device gets a valid Gps Signal see Note 2 Trans G R Glide ratio during transition Average glide ratio during transitions between thermals Vario Numeric value of the instantaneous Vario shown in vario graph VMG Velocity made good is the speed at which the pilot is approaching the active turn point Voltage Current battery level in Volts Wind Dit Wind direction in degrees Wind Speed Calculated wind speed using gps speed Note 1 The GPS considers a thermal has been entered when the integrated vario value is above 0 5m s and considers the thermal as been exited when the integrated vario goes bellow 1 0 m s Once in the thermal the Gain indicator will keep track of the maximum altitude reached in the thermal If the altitude is less than the the max thermal altitude then a negative number will show the difference from the highest point reached If the altitude is equal or higher than the maximum reached then a positive number will show the altitude gained since ent
10. key to S4 Each key has 2 functions depending on whether the device is in flight mode or in menu mode Additionally the MENU key is used to power up the GPS when it is switched off e S sq DE Figure 3 Keys In the flight mode Keys S2 S3 and S4 have user configurable functions F1 F2 and F3 that can allocated in the Menu gt Settings gt FS Keys see section 11 9 In menu mode all keys have fixed functions represent by a symbol on the key 3 3 Using keys Inside Menu Changing parameters on the GPS can be performed through the menu Changing a parameter involves accessing the menu selecting an option and then changing a specific field value Accessing the main menu can be done by pressing the MENU key in flight mode Once in the menu UP and DOWN keys can be used to scroll up and down through the menu Document version 3 2 Page 8 FLYMASTER options list Once the desired option is selected the option is highlighted and the ENTER key should be used to access the option Depending on the menu option either appears a new menu options list or a data fields list appears Going back from a menu can be achieved using the MENU key When accessing data fields the associated menu option becomes grayed and the respective field data item is highlighted Using the UP and DOWN keys changes the value on each field When the correct value appears pushing the ENTER key moves to the next field or in same cas
11. performance are used in the calculations Ave Rot Average rate of turn in degrees per second Ave Speed Average ground speed calculated using a filter to show a smoothed speed eliminating erratic speed changes due to glider pitching etc Ave Vario Average Vario calculated using an integration time constant in order to indicate smoother climbing rates CTR Status Airspace related Status messages This field will show Violating when the pilot is inside the controlled airspace Immenent Alt when closer than the CTR alt Th to entering airspace vertically and Pos Immenent when closer than the CTR dist Th to entering airspace horizontally Cur G R Current glide Ratio calculated using the average vario value and average ground speed Date Current date This value is automatic set when the device gets a valid GPS Signal Dist CIR Distance to controlled airspace When more than one airspace area is in range the Document version 3 2 Page 20 FLYMASTER closest will be shown When inside an airspace area the distance shown is to the closest edge Dist Next Distance to Next Shortest distance to the waypoint center Dist Shortest distance to last thermal core thermal dot Thermal Dist Toff Distance to take off is the distance between the current point and the flight starting point Dur Flight Duration
12. reliable the GPS altitude is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix Values bellow 2 5 are fairly accurate If the GPS is switched on in a location where no satellites are visible indoors for example it will go into wide search mode If this occurs going outdoors again will make GPS take an increased amount of time to pick up satellite signals If this occurs pushing enter on the GPS menu item will reveal the Reset GPS option changing it to yes will make the GPS reset the GPS status and start a new search So if you notice GPS is taking abnormally long to get a fix over 2 minutes a gps reset will probably get it locked quicker 11 Settings menu The settings menu is used to configure GPS s many features The menu is divided into two sections the menu option and the associated configurable fields Document version 3 2 Page 33 FIYMASTER To use the configuration menu select the desired option by using the arrow keys UP and DOWN then push the ENTER key to edit the fields Settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Advanced Features screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes FS Keys Airspace settings QNH 1013 250 Get from GPS No Altimeter 186m Altitude 186m Figure 26 Settings Menu 11 1 Set Altimeter The Set Altimeter page allows the user to adjusts the barometric altimeter A barometric altimeter calculates altitude base
13. the process is finish the application shows a message saying complete Then disconnect the USB cable and the GPS will start to work Eventually a message can appear asking for a Layout If this happens the Designer software should be used to upload a new layout FP Flymaster firmware installer Firmware file D Gips tr s Send hrmware Complete eee Figure 37 Firmware Installer Document version 3 2 Page 47
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15. FLYMASTER GPS User manual Document version 3 2 FIYMASTER 2012 FLYMASTER Avionics Ltd R de Fund es n 151 3700 121 S Jo o da Madeira Portugal Tel 351 256 001 935 Fax 351 256 880 551 All rights reserved Except as expressly provided herein no part of this manual may be reproduced copied transmitted disseminated downloaded or stored in any storage medium for any purpose without the express prior written consent of FLYMASTER Avionics Lda herein FLYMASTER avionics FLYMASTER Avionics hereby grants permission to download a copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print a copy of this manual or of any revision hereto provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited Information in this document is subject to change without notice FLYMASTER Avionics reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements Visit the FLYMASTER Avionics website www flymaster avionics com for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this and other FLYMASTER Avionics products Document version 3 2 Page 2 FLYMASTER Warning It i
16. GPS must be switched off and back on QNH 1013 250 Get from GPS No Altimeter 58m Altitude sm Figure 27 Set Altimeter 11 2 Time The Time page allows the user to set the vario intergration time tracklog parameters and the Universal Coordinated Time UTC offset see Figure 28 Figure 28 Timing Parameters The current firmware version supports two interval related parameters the Vario Integrator and Track Interval 11 2 1 Vario Integrator The Integrated Vario is calculated by integrating the vertical soeed during a period of X seconds defined by this value In the example of Figure 28 the integration period is 10 seconds default value Document version 3 2 Page 35 FLYMASTER 11 2 2 Track interval During flight the GPS stores a track log point every track interval seconds Recording a track automatically starts once a speed of 5km h is exceeded and the GPS has a 3D GPS fix However when a task is active the GPS will store a track log point immediately as it enters a turn point cylinder Goal or Start open Using GPS data the GPS automatically adjust the internal clock according the Universal Coordinated Time UTC The user should adjust the UTC offset so that the time displayed by the GPS matches the local time 11 3 Vario Acoustics The user can change the climbing and sinking rate sound through the respective threshold values These thresholds corres
17. Maximal climbing rate Flight Log 2012 02 27 13 51 53 00 17 11 2012 02 16 11 28 52 00 26 15 2012 02 14 16 31 23 00 11 11 2012 01 17 16 44 11 00 11 55 Max Alt 1744m T off Alti 1320m Above Toff 424m Min Sink 3 1m s Max Climb 2 0m s Figure 23 Flight Log The Flight Log option also allows to delete flights saved on the GPS Pushing the ENTER will delete the selected flight from memory Before deleting the flight a message is displayed asking the user to confirm the action see Figure 24 Document version 3 2 Page 31 FLYMASTER Flight Lo 2011 12 16 17 17 04 01 38 46 Delete flight Are you sure EH Figure 24 Delete flight 10 GPS status In the main menu the GPS provides a detailed view of the GPS status the current position dilution of precision pdop value and the current GPS coordinates of the pilot Document version 3 2 Page 32 FLYMASTER Main Menu Waypoints Route Near Airfields Flight Lo Settings Shutdown 29 N 543286 TTF 29 4526028 poop 3 13 Figure 25 Satellite status Figure 25 illustrates the GPS satellite reception page In this example the GPS shows that 9 satellites are visible and 7 are being used to provide the position fix Each bar shows the signal strength for each individual satellite A filled bar indicates the GPS has a lock on that satellite The position dilution of precision pdop shown gives an indication of how
18. Menu Options Action Description Add WP to Route Adds the selected waypoint to the end of the task Insert New WP Starts a new waypoint entry The current location is automatically used for default waypoint data Edit WP Start editing the selected waypoint Delete WP Delete the selected waypoint If the waypoint is being used in the task this option is disabled Delete all waypoints Deletes all waypoints and task Edit Route Starts editing Route If no waypoints have been added to the route this option is disabled see section 7 2 The option list can be scrolled using UP and DOWN keys 7 2 Edit Route The GPS will only store one route This is done to prevent flying an incorrect one A route can be edited selecting the Edit Route option of the WAM list Selecting the Edit Route option will highlight the the first Route point see Figure 19 In addition the route point parameters are shown in the bottom screen area Warning After the route is edited navigation will be restarted at the beginning of the route In the example of Figure 19 the route has one point B01 defined as Take OFF When a route has only one point it is considered as a Go To type route The GPS will automatically start navigating to that point When the route contains more than one point then the first turn point will automatically be assumed as Take Off The take off is ignored for naviga
19. a bip bip sound is produced for which the cadence and frequency also increase The Base Frq can be set from 500 to 1500 Hz The higher is the frequency value the more high pitched the sound Is In order to change the base frequency value press the ENTER key after the Audio Frequencies menu option is highlighted This action will highlight the Base Erd value so it can be increased using the UP key or decreased using the DOWN key The ENTER key should then be pressed thus confirming the Base Era setting The preset value for Base Era is 700 Hz 11 3 4 Increments The Increments parameter sets the frequency increment for each 0 1 m s climb rate increase The increments can be set from 1 to 99 Hz The preset value for Increments is 10 Hz Considering an Increments value of 10 and Base Frg of 700 Hz the vario frequency at 1 m s is 800 Hz 11 3 5 Volume The final option allows the user to adjust the sound volume The current volume level can be seen using the sound element see chapter 5 1 2 for more details The LIVE has six different sound levels plus no sound Pressing UP or DOWN key will respective increase or decrease the sound level After setting the sound value to confirm and return to Settings menu press the ENTER key Note that sound volume can also be adjusted using one FS key However changing the volume using an FS key is only valid for the current flight
20. aphical representation on the current volume level Table 2 Shows the relationship between what is shown and the sound level This element has fixed dimensions Table 2 Sound Element description Symbol Description Oi Sound Level 6 maximum sound level G Sound Level 5 01T Sound Level 4 dn Sound Level 3 01 Sound Level 2 0 Sound Level 1 Qh Sound is muted no sound 9 1 3 GPS The GPS Element provides graphical indication about the current GPS signal quality Basically the lower the PDOP value position dilution of precision the more accurate calculations are for determining position Values bellow 3 0 are fairly accurate The relation between what is shown and the signal quality can be seen in Table 3 Table 3 GPS related messages Symbol Description wer 3D position with a PDOP bellow 1 5 SEF 3D position with a PDOP between than 1 5 and 2 0 Or 3D position with a PDOP between than 2 0 and 3 0 wee 3D position with a PDOP greater than 3 0 of 2D position no altitude information Document version 3 2 Page 12 FIYMASTER EA No GPS Signal Note that FAI rules require 3D tracklog data which includes GPS altitude Therefore the GPS will only start recording a tracklog when 3D information is available The GPS has an high sensitivity 50 channel GPS receiver which offers unmatched tracking performance in harsh s
21. ause the display to be totally blank With a blank screen it is difficult to readjust since nothing is visible You can use the UP and DOWN keys to move the contrast bar see Figure 33 Move the bar to the right to increase the contrast and to the left to decrease the contrast When in the desired position push the ENTER key to confirm the value Document version 3 2 Page 41 FLYMASTER 11 5 2 Disable Triggers Page event triggers are a important unique feature Disable triggers No Figure 33 Screen Pages can be automatic activated during flight by defining a trigger event for the page In this way the user can have different pages according different flight contexts which can be automatically activated switched if a certain condition is meet One good example is an airspace control page In a airspace control page the user can have the airspaces map as also different airspaces related data fields eg Distance to CTR Additionally the trigger Airspace Warning can be set to this page During flight the user can have any page active for example a thermal page However if an airspace limit is reached the device will automatic change the page to airspaces one Each device has its own trigger events The current available triggers for the live are show on Table 7 Page Triggers Events Event Description Airspace Warning This event occurs when the horizontal or vertical distance to an airspace
22. d on atmospheric pressure Since atmospheric pressure can vary substantially with meteorological conditions it should be calibrated prior to takeoff Calibrating the altimeter can be achieved by entering the know altitude of the location Entering an altitude automatically calculates the QNH Conversely if the QNH is changed then the altitude is adjusted accordingly This method allows calibrating the altimeter by either entering a know altitude at the current location or Known QNH for a particular instant in time at the current location Altitude can also be set from the GPS Below the QNH you will find a Get from GPS field which can be set to Yes No or Auto Adjusting this value to Yes will make the GPS take the altitude from the GPS and adjust the altitude accordingly The Yes is not stored in the setting since it is a one time only operation The Get from GPS can also be set to Auto with this value being stored in the settings When Auto is selected the GPS will automatically set the altimeter to the GPS altitude when the pdop value is lower than the previous one Document version 3 2 Page 34 FLYMASTER Note that position dilution of precision pdop gives you an indication of how reliable the GPS altitude is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix This is only done once every flight To re arm the Auto set feature the
23. de pushing the menu S7 button will go back to flight mode Main Menu aypoints Route Near Airfields Flight Log GPS Settings Shutdown Figure 16 Main Menu Screen To access the different items on the menu you can use the UP S3 and DOWN S4 keys Once a menu item is selected pushing the ENTER S2 executes the selected function The main menu screen can be seen in Figure 16 A short description of each option can be seen in Table 5 Document version 3 2 Page 23 FIYMASTER Table 5 Main Menu Options Menu item Description Way points Route Accesses GPS s waypoints and Route definitions see section 7 Near Airfields Displays airfields page This page constantly shows the glide ratios and distances to the nearest landing fields sorted by easiest glide see section 8 Flight log Accesses the stored flights list see section 9 GPS Displays detailed GPS status and allows GPS module reset see section 10 Settings Accesses the Settings sub menu see section 11 Shutdown Switches off the GPS and displays detailed battery status 7 Waypoints Route The Waypoints Route page allows the user to manage waypoints and define a route As shown in Figure 17 the page is divided into 3 areas namely the waypoint list WL Route RO and selected waypoint data options list DO The DO area can change according to the situation Specifically it can show the selected waypoint data o
24. e and after uploading the layout to the instrument you will see exactly the same thing on the GPS screen There are several elements available for the GPS which are presented in the following section 5 GPS Elements The main objective of an element is to provide information to the user Elements can be Graphical or Data Field type Each element have its own properties which can be changed in order to alter the element behavior and or shape 5 1 Graphical Elements Graphical elements are characterized by providing information in a graphical way Most of the graphical elements have fixed dimensions although their position can be altered As the GPS firmware evolves the list of Graphical Elements will likely grow The current list includes the following graphical elements Table 1 Battery Element description Symbol Description Battery level above 90 Battery level between 70 and 89 Battery level between 50 and 69 Battery level between 30 and 49 Battery level between 15 and 29 JUZEEE Less than 15 battery remaining 5 1 1 Battery The Battery Element provides a graphical indication of the current battery level In Table 1 it is possible to see the relationship between what is shown and the actual battery level in Document version 3 2 Page 11 FLYMASTER percentage This element has fixed dimensions 5 1 2 Sound The Sound Element provides gr
25. each waypoint it is also shown the distance in Km from the current position and necessary glide ratio see Figure 22 are shown Airfields sorted by glide ratio The near airfields page can be accessed directly from the Flight Mode screen by using a short cut function key see section 11 9 In order to define a waypoint as an Airfield the Landing parameter should be set to Yes in the waypoint edit screen see section 7 1 The Near Airfields page can be used to make a Go To by using the UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired waypoint Pushing the ENTER button will immediately activate navigation to the selected waypoint On the example of Figure 22 the closest airfield is 12 48 Km from our present location and the necessary glide ratio to reach it is 9 6 Near Airfields Boos ets BEA B002 15 25 11 8 B004 15 68 12 1 BOO 2a ls 17 8 Figure 22 Near Airfields Document version 3 2 Page 30 FLYMASTER 9 Flight Log The Flight Log option allows the user to access information about previous saved flights In the top of the screen a list of flights is showed Each flight is identified by the take off date time and flight duration Flights can be selected using UP and DOWN keys For each flight the flowing information is displayed Max Altitude Maximum altitude during flight ASL e T off Alti Take off altitude eMin Sink Maximal sinking rate Max Climb
26. eoff after the takeoff is detected i e the average speed exceeds 5km h Small course corrections are sometimes required and these are shown on the live by a fine adjustment indicator in the form of a second small arrow An arrow to the left means the pilot should turn slightly to the left and inversely an arrow to the right indicates a small adjustment to the right is needed In the example of Figure 7 a very small arrow pointing to left indicates that the pilot should turn left slightly When the course is perfect i e less than 1 off the GPS indicates this by showing a large arrow forward see Figure 8 Figure 8 Perfect heading 5 1 6 2 Thermal Core Map Another useful feature of the Navigation Circle Element is the thermal core map This map corresponds to a black dot which is shown inside the inner navigation wheel together with the navigation arrows Document version 3 2 Page 15 FLYMASTER During a thermal climb the GPS keeps track of the strongest climb values point for each 50m layer The point of strongest lift is then graphically represented by the black ball in the inner Navigation Circle showing where the thermal core is relative to the pilot s position The position of the dot thermal core is constantly updated as the pilot moves When the pilot is over 300m from the thermal core the dot will be at the edge of the circle As the pilot moves closer to the thermal core the dot will move towards t
27. erating system Windows windows 7 64bits or MAC OS X e The last version of the firmware LiveFirmware fmf e The firmware updating software according the operating system Flymaster firmware installer The first step of the updating procedure consists in installing the USB drivers In order to do that you should run the drivers installation file and follow the on screen instructions Next you need to install the update application run the Flymaster firmware installer setup and follow the on screen instructions Once the driver and the update tool are correctly installed do the following procedure 1 Double click the firmware file this will start the Flymaster Firmware installer with the firmware path already inserted Alternatively open the Firmware installer and insert the path to the firmware file see Figure 37 2 Click Send Firmware button The message waiting for Flymaster intrument will Document version 3 2 Page 46 FLYMASTER apear 3 Connect the GPS to the PC using the cable supplied If it is the first time the GPS is connected to the PC wait until Windows show the message that new hardware is present and ready to use 4 The update should start automatic and a message appears saying Programing and a progress bar starts to grow If after a few seconds nothing happens reset the GPS click at the same time the Menu and down arrow key for 2 seconds see section 3 5 When
28. ering the thermal The Gain indicator keeps track of how much altitude is being gained in the thermal When a pilot enters a thermal the GPS will reset the Gain indicator to O and will start to track how much altitude the pilot has gained At a certain point in the thermal the lift may become weaker and inconsistent At this point the gain indicator will show altitude loss in this inconsistency Once the pilot climbs in the thermal again the indicator will show the gain since entering the thermal Note 2 All the internal GPS time calculations are based on UTC Coordinated Universal Time This is also the time saved on the track log However the time displayed in the time field is calculated adding an UTC offset to the UTC time obtained from the GPS receiver The UTC offset should be defined in the settings menu see section 11 2 so that the correct local time is displayed Note 3 The altitude field see Figure 6 indicates the absolute height in meters or feet depending on the setting This altitude corresponds to the barometric altitude and thus depends totally on the QNH absolute pressure at a given moment and location in regards to the correspondent pressure at MSL The altimeter cannot be reset but can be set using the corresponding menu option see section 11 1 Document version 3 2 Page 22 FLYMASTER 6 Menu mode When in flight mode pushing the menu S1 button accesses the menu mode When in menu mo
29. es to the next character digit Conversely pushing MENU key moves to the previous field or to the next character digit If the ENTER key is pushed on the last field all the data in the selection section is stored and control returns to the configuration menu Inversely if the MENU key is pushed on the first data field the changed settings are ignored and control is returned to the configuration menu When setting a data field that involves setting several characters e g when defining a waypoint name after defining the desired characters then pushing the ENTER key continually for more than 2 seconds will make the cursor jump to the next data field or return to the configuration menu if no more data field needs to be set 3 4 Switching GPS On and Off To switch on the GPS briefly push the S1 key Menu Key This will display the start up screen with a 10 second countdown Pushing the S2 Enter key before the 10 seconds have elapsed will power up the GPS GPS initiates in flight mode If the S2 key is not pushed within 10 seconds the GPS will go back to sleep To switch off the GPS push the S1 menu key to activate menu mode using the arrow keys S3 or S4 scroll the cursor to the Shutdown item and push the S2 Enter Key 3 5 Resetting the GPS The reset procedure allows the pilot to restart the GPS if it freezes or stop responding To reset the GPS just push S1 Menu key and the S4 Down arrow key keys simultaneous
30. everal pilots are near one of each other The ID corresponds to the last for digits of the serial number of the probe you wish to connect For example consider the M1 with the serial number S N 1034 00024 In this case the M1 ID should be set to 0024 see Figure 35 Note The serial number of the M1 can be found in the back of the module or in the start screen M1 id 0024 Pitot id 0000 Figure 35 RF Probes Document version 3 2 Page 44 FLYMASTER 11 9 FS Keys In Flight Mode keys UP DOWN and ENTER can have an user defined function which provides shortcuts to certain functions This menu allows the user to associate a function with a button The functions in Table 9 can be allocated to the FS keys Table 9 Battery Element description Function Description Sound On Off Allows changing volume settings Switch Page Allows changing the Layout Page Task Navigator Jumps from flight page directly into Task Navigator page Reset A2 Sets altimeter 2 to zero Airfields Jumps from flight page directly into Near Airfields page 11 10 Airspace settings This menu allows the user to define certain parameters related with airspace s Each of the parameters can be changed using UP and DOWN keys Pressing the ENTER key confirms the value and jumps to next parameter Changes can be undone by pressing the MENU key According to Figure 36 there are 5 parameters related to the airspace s The
31. ghts the following field Pushing the MENU key will undo changes Table 8 Language Units Menu Options Function Description Language Allows to define the interface language Alti Units Altitude Units Altitude can be show in Meters or Feets Roc Units Rate of Climb Units ROC can be show in m s or 100xFeets s Dist Units Distance units can be in Km or Miles Speed Units Speed Units can be in Km h Miles h or Knots Coords Coordinates format The most common formats are available Document version 3 2 Page 43 FLYMASTER 11 7 Device Settings This menu option allows the user to reset all parameters to the default factory values Care should be taken because all changes made by the user are lost In order to reset all settings use UP or DOWN key to change the Factory Settings parameter to Yes and then confirm the action with the ENTER key Additionally this menu also allows to make an hardware reset to the instrument The result is the same as the one presented in section 3 5 In order to reset the instrument use UP or DOWN key to change the Reset Now parameter to Yes and then confirm the action with the ENTER key 11 8 RF Probes The RF Probes menu option allows the user to set the ID of the M1 motor instrument and Pitot probe Wind Speed The ID is important to distinguish between different external instruments probes in a scenario were s
32. he center Figure 9 Thermal core map In Figure 9 the thermal core is currently behind the pilot at a distance of approximately 150 meters half of 300 m wheel radius 9 1 7 Airspaces The airspace element provides information to the user relative to specific three dimensional portions of the atmosphere previously loaded to the instrument Each of this portions can be a airspace area Airspace information can loaded to the instrument using the Flymaster Designer software see Designer user manual for more information The Live only accepts data in the Open Air format and it has a limitation of 3000 polygons points See http www gdal org ogr drv_openair html for more information about the open air format Figure 10 Airspace element When the element of Figure 10 is inserted in a layout a 2D map box is shown on the instrument On the bottom left of the map the scale is indicated in Km and on the center of the map is an arrow is draw see Figure 11 This arrow represents the pilots position and bearing The map has always a North Up orientation Document version 3 2 Page 16 FLYMASTER The first time the map is drawn it is centered on the last gps position the Live has in its memory The map is re centered once the flight starts i e when a valid gps signal exists and the start speed See section 11 4 6 is reached Once the flight starts the map is redrawn with an arrow pilot w
33. hich will move around the map indicating the relative position of the pilot to each of the airspace areas If the pilot is outside a visible airspace area then a gray line is used to draw the area whereas if the pilot is inside the airspace then a black line is used instead Note that being inside a airspace area 2D does not mean that the airspace is being violated since the pilot can be above or below the limited 3D shape In order to have more information about possible airspace s violation some data fields should be added to the layout This data fields are Distance to CTR Altitude to CTR and CTR Status see Figure 11 Ld 25 Ukri 149 Violating 99 Figure 11 Airspace Map and Associated Data Fields Document version 3 2 Page 17 FLYMASTER The Dist CTR data field shows the shortest horizontal distance to the nearest airspace line The distance is always positive Similarly the Alt To CTR shows the shortest vertical distance to nearest airspace line Unlike the horizontal distance the vertical distance can be negative A positive vertical distance indicates that you are outside the airspace whereas a negative distance indicates that you are inside the airspace Additionally the CTR status field will indicate if an airspace is being violated by displaying Violating If the pilot is not violating the airspace but it is inside a predefined margin then the messages Altitude Imminent
34. ignal environments 160 dBm sensitivity and very short acquisition times The GPS has a 4 Hz GPS update rate most of others only provide 1Hz which allows the GPS pilot to see very small speed and position changes Furthermore the movement of the direction arrow is smoother and any position change is shown in a quarter of the time of other devices Note that the 4 Hz update rate requires more than 5 satellites in view More information about GPS accuracy and also other GPS related information can be seen in http www kowoma de en gps errors htm 5 1 4 Analog Vario The Analog Vario Element shows information regarding the analogue instantaneous vertical speed This element can be resized and re positioned This Element graphically represents the rate of climb scaled from O m s to 10 m s depending if you are climbing or sinking Figure 5 Analog Vario Element When the GPS detects that the pilot is climbing a black bar starts to grow on the left from the bottom of the scale to the top with 0 1 m s increments The same bar grows on the right from the top of the scale to the bottom if sinking is detected Document version 3 2 Page 13 FLYMASTER 9 1 5 Big Analog Vario The big analog Vario element shows the instantaneous vertical speed This element can be resized and re positioned Figure 6 Analog Big Vario Element This Element graphically represents the rate of climb scaled from O m s to 10 m s
35. is less then the respective thresholds In Thermal This event occurs when the pilot enters in a thermal Transition This event occurs when the pilot enters leaves a thermal and starts a transition Before Start In thermal The same description as Thermal but considering that a task is defined and start is not open Before Start In The same description as Transition but considering that a Trasition task is defined and start is not open Arriving Turnpoint This event occurs when the pilot is arriving a turnpoint less than 1 Km Document version 3 2 Page 42 FLYMASTER Page triggers can be set individually using the designer software see designer user manual for more information on setting page triggers This menu can be used to disable all the page triggers at once In order to disable page triggers the Disable Triggers option should be set to Yes using the UP or DOWN keys and confirmed with the ENTER Key 11 6 Language Units The Language and Units menu option allows the user to change the GPS interface language and units A short description off the available options for this menu are shown in Table 8 Language English AltLUnits Meters Roclnits mis Dist Units Km Speed Units km h Coords UTM Figure 34 Language Units You can use the UP and DOWN keys to change each field option Pushing the ENTER key confirms the current field value and highli
36. ly for at least two seconds Document version 3 2 Page 9 FLYMIASTER 4 Flight Mode The Flymaster GPS has two main working modes namely Flight mode and Menu mode Flight mode is used during flight and this allows the user to see information such as Altitude Speed or Vario The GPS has up to 16 different pages see Figure 4 in memory Each page corresponds to a different screen which can be completely configured by the user A set of 16 pages is called a Layout Once a Layout containing multiple pages has been defined the user can switch page using one of the configurable function keys see section 11 9 in Flight Mode Figure 4 Layout pages examples Screen layout can be configured by the user using a free application called Flymaster Designer which can be downloaded from the Flymaster website www flymaster net This intuitive tool allows the user to create an unlimited number of layouts which can be saved to the computer uploaded to the instrument and even shared with other Flymaster users See the Designer user manual available on the website for more information about the Designer tool Designing a Layout consists of inserting a set of objects called Elements in the desired position and with the desired dimensions in each of the available 16 pages Document version 3 2 Page 10 FIYMASTER The Designer works by what you see is what you get This means that when you insert a element in a pag
37. or Position Imminent will be shown When the page contains an airspace map element the UP and DOWN keys can be used to change the map scale pressing the UP key will decrease the scale and the DOWN key will increase the scale 5 1 8 Altitude graph The Altitude graph element see Figure 12 corresponds to a graph altitude versus time Altitude is shown in the vertical axis graduated in meters with time shown on the horizontal axis graduated in seconds Figure 12 Altitude graph element The range of the horizontal axis is fixed and corresponds to 240 seconds 4 minutes while the range of the vertical axis is automatically adjusted in order to accommodate the gained height In reality the altitude graph element is a plot of the absolute altitude over the last 4 minutes of flight see Figure 13 Document version 3 2 Page 18 FLYMASTER Figure 13 Altitude plot 5 1 9 Wind Arrow L RTT Figure 14 Wind Arrow element The Wind Arrow element see Figure 14 is an re sizable graphical element When used in a layout a type of arrow is draw showing the wind direction relative to the pilot direction wind coming from direction For example if the pilot is facing the wind then the arrow points south bottom of the screen Additionally centered with the arrow a circle is draw and a number shown inside it This number corresponds to the wind speed in Km h see Figure 15
38. pilot starts to hear his vario beep beep sound it is only at this point the green pilot hears the first beep from his instrument Document version 3 2 Page 40 FLYMASTER The green pilot may have missed the thermal completely had he found the inner zone or if he was not watching his friend with the GPS 11 4 5 Auto Silent Setting Auto silent on will keep the GPS s buzzer quiet until a start flight has been detected A start flight is detected when the speed exceeds the value defined in Advanced Features and the GPS has a 3D Fix The audio will then be kept active until the GPS is switched off The default value for the auto silent parameter is On 11 4 6 Start Speed The start speed is used to define the minimum GPS speed in Km h that should be reached in order to initiate the fligth In the example of Figure 30 the speed is set to 1 Km h so once this value is reached the fligth will start Note that the start flight event is important to many other funcitionalities so care should be taken when setting this value For example if auto silent is on the vario will only beep after the flight starts The track date is also only saved when the flight starts 11 5 Screen The screen menu option allows the user to set the Screen contrast and to Enable Disable the pages triggers 11 5 1 Screen Contrast Contrast may be adjusted to the pilot s needs Beware of adjusting a very low value may c
39. pond to the climbing and sinking rates at which the sound activates The user can also define in the Acoustic Thresholds option the sink alarm and the sound volume see Figure 29 11 3 1 Sinking Climbing Threshold The sinking threshold is set to 2 m s by default The value can be changed by pressing the ENTER key when the Acoustic Thresholds option is highlighted on the settings menu This action will highlight the Sink TH threshold which can be changed using UP and DOWN keys respectively to increase and decrease the value Confirmation should be made by pressing the ENTER key which at the same time highlights the Climb TH threshold The same procedure can then be used to adjust the climbing threshold 11 3 2 Sink Alarm The Sink Alarm is highlighted when the confirmation of Climb TH is made The Sink Alarm defines a vertical speed value at which a sound alarm starts to be produced This alarm can be used to identify high vertical soeeds as for example in a spiral dive Set the Sink Alarm to O to disable the alarm Document version 3 2 Page 36 FLYMASTER 11 3 3 Base Frequency Additionally the audio frequencies can be adjusted to match the user s preference by setting the Base Frq and Increments The Base Frqg is the first frequency used to produce the initial sound which corresponds to the climb threshold usually 0 1 m s Later as the climb rate increases
40. r a list with possible actions for the waypoints Entering the page activates the WL area The first waypoint on the list appears highlighted and the corresponding data is shown in the DO area As the cursor is moved to a different waypoint so the data changes If the waypoints list is empty a list of available actions is shown in the DO area Since no waypoint exist only the Insert new Waypoint action is available Document version 3 2 Page 24 FLYMASTER Waypoints Route VUAYPOINT S Wo3 WOS 19 5 LIST WOE W03 ie ROUTE Total 23 8 Name T01 SELECTED Altitude Om ITEM DATA Latitude N 60 30 00 36 Longitude E 009 59 14 76 Figure 17 Waypoints and Task page Pushing the ENTER key when a waypoint is selected activates the waypoint actions menu WAM A list with will the available actions is shown in the DO area see Figure 18 7 1 Waypoint Actions Menu Waypoints Route 101 0 Wo3 VV UG 19 5 VV UG Wo3 4 3 Total 23 8 Add WP to Route Insert New NP Edit WP Delete All Waypoints Go to Point Edit Route Figure 18 Waypoints actions list Document version 3 2 Page 25 FIYMASTER On entering the waypoint actions menu the selected waypoint becomes grayed indicating that waypoint specific actions will be carried out using the selected waypoint Once the WAM is active a list of options appears in the DO area A short description of each option Is show in Table 6 Table 6 Main
41. r battery status information is shown in the Shutdown menu When not being charged the remaining battery level is shown as a percentage In addition the estimated remaining working time TTG is shown Both values are estimated based on the average consumption of the device since the last charge Naturally any change in consumption profile results in an estimation error The Flymaster GPS has 2 charging modes namely Quick Charge and Slow charge The charging mode choice is made automatic Quick charge mode is only choose when the wall charger or the car charger are used while Slow Charge mode is choose when is used a USB cable connected to a Pc Note Charging is not possible when the device is turned on and the device is connected to a PC In order to start charging the device should be turned off Document version 3 2 Page FLYMIASTER Information about the charging process can be seen in the shutdown page or in the center of the display when the device is turned off In both cases information displayed includes the charging mode slow or quick the current battery level in percentage and the remaining charging time in hh mm format Note Charging should be avoided at high temperatures in order to reduce the probability of battery overheating 3 2 GPS Keys Four keys are used to interact with GPS see Figure 3 In this manual we will call MENU key to S1 ENTER key to S2 UP key to S3 and DOWN
42. s the sole responsibility of the pilot to operate the aircraft in a safe manner maintain full surveillance of all flying conditions at all times and not become distracted by the Flymaster GPS Flymaster Avionics is not responsible for any damages resulting from incorrect or no data provided by the Flymaster GPS Flight safety is the sole responsibility of the pilot It is unsafe to operate the Flymaster GPS while in the air Failure by the pilot equipped with a Flymaster GPS to pay full attention to the aircraft and flying conditions while flying could result in accident with property damage and or personal injury Document version 3 2 Page 3 FLYMASTER Table of Contents BrE TTT 6 LOVEE TTT 6 3 Getting started gcnct ot ccacscveanansdvaanssvecaesoveannrancenensecsnenosees abeovenuabaatabauadaaeatananinsentanstncinianowtmmahosenoatesannebesans fi Dl mare Lhe DB e e E E E A E E N 7 ER E e Sor ata a a sessuatcatenecteent 8 Diy CSI Res side M TT 8 EE Wy atte E On ana RE er E E T srgasexiesl 9 23 A E oii od GP Dereser PER DSR RR PER RR 9 A TENG Lea pausas ocaso E 10 DTS Te STAN INS AR RR AR SR E E E 11 R Graphical S lean a sireci inaina nEn EAE ASE ET RNa 1 ly DEUS e ee eee eT ne eae eee mee eee ere er ene 11 Ra EEE O EE P EE A ENE A EE ra 12 e 6 e E E A E ea E RES E E E E O DR RA UR e RR ES 12 R E Re 13 Sud DIO NOS VAO T 13 51 6 Nai canon rolo isso aires a dal ga ir 14 Diol sed INN sle AAT 15 5 1 6 2 Thermal Core Map sese 15
43. tion proposes and is only used for calculating the total route length Document version 3 2 Page 26 FLYMASTER Waypoints Route TOM T01 VV U Total 19 5 Type Waypoints size 000 400km Figure 19 Edit task Each waypoint in the route is defined as having a particular type The GPS only allows three types namely the Take Off Cylinder and Landing Route waypoints can be Moved see section 7 2 1 or Removed see section 7 2 2 The entire route can also be Deleted see section 7 2 3 7 2 1 Move Route Point The order of a waypoint in a route can be easily changed To change the order simply select the waypoint using the UP and DOWN buttons Push the ENTER button to activate the actions menu list Then select the Move Route Point option and push ENTER button A cursor will be shown next to the selected waypoint Using the arrow buttons S3 S4 to move the waypoint within the route Finally push the ENTER button to confirm the moving operation Document version 3 2 Page 27 FLYMASTER 7 2 2 Remove Route Point To remove a waypoint start by selecting it using UP and DOWN buttons and then pushing the ENTER button to activate the actions menu list Push the ENTER button again to activate the actions menu list and select the Remove Route Point option Finally push the ENTER button to confirm the remove operation 7 2 3 Delete Route Delete route will delete the entire route On any
44. waypoint push the ENTER button to activate the actions menu list Select the Delete Route option from the menu and push the ENTER button to confirm The route will be deleted and the WL area activated 7 3 Route Definition Consider the route represented in Figure 20 were T01 is the take off followed by 3 waypoints W06 W03 with a 400m radius TO1 Figure 20 Route Example Document version 3 2 Page 28 FLYMASTER 7 3 1 Setting up the Route Start by deleting any existing route on the GPS see section 7 2 3 Then add to the route in the right order T01 W06 and WO3 The GPS will automatically assume T01 as the takeoff since it is the first waypoint on the list The remaining points are assumed has cylinders Waypoints Route TOT ssa WOS VV UG 19 5 VV UG VV U 4 3 Total 23 6 Name T01 Altitude Om Latitude N 60 30 00 36 Longitude E 009 59 14 76 Figure 21 Route Screen After the above procedure the route is set Going back into the Flight Mode Screen by pressing MENU bottom will automatically activates the route and starts navigation Document version 3 2 Page 29 FLYMASTER 8 Near Airfields It is possible to define waypoints as Landing allowing the pilot to quickly check for landing options The Near Airfield page will show all the waypoints defined as Landings for which the necessary glide ratio is finite Additionally for
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