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1. Flights vvavpoints Routes Configuration Audio Helps Model Version Serial number Load from file Start Duration save to file stop Points Interval Download from Air Pilot Glider typ Glider ID Max sats Max bara Max speed Max varia Min sats Min bara AYG Gnd speed Min vario Max LAS AUG Air speed Max GPS Min GPS Copyright Digifly Europe 2015 All Rights Reserved Ha part of this software may be reproduced without author s express consent Developed by Fabrizio Cavadini ves miubyte com m S y o Page 53 14 1 2 SOFTWARE Digifly AirPagesConfigurator PC MAC Digifly software AirPagesConfigurator available for both Windows and MAC freely downlodable on www digifly com web site gives you the chance to create and graphically configure the User Pages so that you can then update them on the 5 pages of AIR instrument AirPagesConfigurator Wer 1 0 5 Vin 32bit Page designer Page uploader Field name AF16 Claudio3 dat D Position X Position Y Reverse color Border Lakel O None None O Squared Left Rounded Q Top Size Normal 45 px F2 pix Save SIN a Copyright Diqiy Europe 2014 All Rights Reserved No part of this software may be reproduced without authors express consent Developed by Fabrizio Cavadini vi miukyte com Altimeters Distance and wind Graphic altimeter Altimeter 1 Altimeter GPS Dist
2. The Digifly guarantee may not apply if he documents have been altered in any way or made illegible Repairs or product modifications and alterations have been executed by unauthorized person or service Damage is caused by accidents including but not limited to lightning water or fire misuse or neglect or every malfunction not related to manufacturing defects of your instruments If your Digifly product is not working correctly or is defective please contact your Digifly dealer In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience Digifly Europe s r l Bologna Italy www digifly com info digifly com DD CE AM 4 W jc NSTUmMEerTs Page 2 1 INDEX 1 INDE dien e 3 2 GETTING STARTED cr Li ARI T CT E ee te 7 2 Driant 7 25 TERRE 7 212 0 EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY cts rccte tert eere aid 7 2 3 KEYBOARD NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS un ccccscsscsecsesecsessescssesscsesscsscsssscsscscsscsesscsucassscsscacsscascassucsesacsscacsneascaeeseasen 7 A AA 8 2 5 DISPLAY CONTRASTADIUS MENT ili aero 8 S REP 8 2 6 1 SANDAR E 9 So SB N CR eee ee ee eee ee ee cee en cee re eRe ene arn 8 2 6 2 AEPHAN UMEBRIGAPIFIEEDS EDI LING cies dai reise tere Em HUM aio 8 c AAA traten totom usto mito tdest anne datu KINO Steaua 9 28 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS tacna died 9 DRE E RR 9 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE raini e esca 10 di PE ee 10 3 1 1 MAIN PAGES MASTER casside esee e
3. 905 1599 833 ka kb kc f 2 L D max eff 34 IAS max eff 1 31 m s max eff 1 26 m s min at 31 IAS 140 IAS 2 2 G METER 74 PITCH 92 ROLL 39 YAW 326 HEAD g 3 842v Q CER nl EE Page 11 3 2 SYMBOLS Battery level Bluetooth activated Normal icon GPS FIX valid GPS position available Blinking icon low GPS signal GPS position NOT available Flight recorder on Volume level Direction toward the center of the current Waypoint Direction toward the current WP accordingly to the optimized route Direction toward the current WP accordingly to the optimized route Last thermal direction Direction from which the wind is coming Page 12 3 3 MASTER PLOTTER PAGE Altimeter A1 Distance to WP cylinder Current glide ratio L Reguired glide ratio to McCready WP cylinder Analogical Vario Analogival Air speed Digifly Bum 1437 00 OL 907 p 253 8350 2 7 20 TAROIO 48 e 2n 35 Digital Vario Optimal speed to fly STF Analogical vario scale Digital Air speed Estimated arrival height over the WP cylinder Ground speed GPS J McCready equivalent WP name Averag Vario NettoVario analogical Battery level Wind direction and Wind spee Volume level 1 4 J A UT J m 1 Y 3 N LA oF te FI a r y i 1 Optimized route to WP GPS signal pa Direction from which the Analogical G meter wind is coming Bluetoot
4. connect the USB cable to the PC MAC right click on USB Serial Port then click on Properties click on Port settings then click on Advanced Page 49 Parit Bit di stop Controllo di flusso In the Advanced Settings window set the COM Port Number with the lowest number from 1 to 9 among the ports that aren t already in use then click OK Numero porta COM Dimensione del trasferimento USB Selezionare la configurazione pi bassa per correggere i problemi a bassa velocit di trasferimento Selezionare la configurazione pi alta per il trasferimento veloce Ricezione Bytes Trasmissione Bytes Note If the value displayed in the Device Manager window is still the old one refresh the display value by closing and reopening this window Take note of the COM port number to be used later to manually set the correct port number of third party software eg GPSDump Please note that all Digifly software have automatic detection of the COM port number and therefore do not need this setting Page 50 13 2 BLUETOOTH CONNECTION AIR BT ONLY 13 2 1 BLUETOOTH PAIRING The communication via Bluetooth between Digifly AIR BT and an external device PC MAC SmartPhone Tablet or PDA is possible only after the coupling pairing between the two devices here is how to proceed 1 Set on the AIR BT the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT ON 2 in the AIR BT enter in the menu Ai
5. lt Posizione axes The new tangent point D meets the polar at the point giving a higher indicatore STF optimum flying speed VD pumum Tying Sp ottimale To fly at the correct Speed to fly you have to adjust your anemometric speed IAS to overlap the triangle symbol with the numeric value of the optimal anemometric speed Page 25 4 3 2 AIR SPEED CALIBRATION WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE It is possible to perform a fine tuning of the air speed using the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 3 KIAS it indicates the air speed correction value 100 no correction 110 increase 90 decrease Warning incorrect adjustment of this parameter will make the air speed reading inaccurate the calibration of the air speed with the Pitot tube should have done at the sea level in standard atmosphere conditions 4 4 POLAR WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE A polar curve shown in bold on the figure is the graph of Horizental your glider s sink rate over its speed range Va Va Vc Speed The black bold curved line represents the polar The glider s stall speed is shown at point S on the left and the glider s max speed at point T on the right of the graph On the graph you can also see three pairs of relative speed readings and sink rates The graph shows at point A the lowest sink rate achieved at the top of the curve Therefore SinkA is the minimum sink rate and VA is the speed at which this is achieved The glide ratio is the ratio betw
6. GPS Altitude Ground speed GPS Waypoint Start In Tracking direction Previous Waypoint Date and Time Current Waypoint GPS signal Next Waypoint 22 11 14 13 42 08 D CER Air M 4 OK Kr Pa bb T P A a Battery level Bluetooth ON Flight recorder ON Volume level e Menu Return e Synch Altim1 with GPS e e MARK function e e Instrument On Off e Change Page e e Clear Nav Goto HOME e Change Page e e Skip Waypoint e Normal key pressure e e Long key pressure 2 seconds Page 18 In the MASTER INFO GPS page are visible all values relative to your GPS position and particular fuctions available only on this layout function take me here GOTO HOME function save current position MARK function cancel current navigation CLEAR NAV and supervision real time function Real Time Navigation Manager of progress active route with the chance to go back and forth through WPT function Skip Waypoint 3 5 1 3 5 2 3 5 3 3 5 4 3 5 5 3 5 6 9 5 f 3 5 8 GPS STATUS INFORMATION The GPS icon signal has different meanings GPS icon on steadily Correct GPS FIX GPS position available ell GPS icon blinking poor signal GPS position NOT AVAILABLE LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES The latitude and longitude coordinates are shown in the top part of INFO GPS page and are referenced as Map datum WGS84 LATITUDE amp L
7. IO REIT E ASTE ANSE ETA RA MID D UE 19 3 5 7 EES KR OUN DS PEE Piae aatto koituvia A ME uM i n M UE 19 3 5 8 REAL TIME NAVIGATION MANAGER SKIP WAYPOINT erret tette 19 3 5 9 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK ertet 20 3 5 10 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME GOTO HOME cvesessessssessesessessesessesscsessssscssssesssssssessssesucssssessessssssreacssesveees 20 3 5 11 DEACTIVATING THE CURRENT NAVIGATION CLEAR NAV cssesecsessesscsessessssesscsessesscsessesscsesscssssssecsssescaesseeees 20 ON MEE ovs REPE EM 20 4 MAIN FUNCTIONS cn M oa 21 ix Neli 21 4 1 1 ALTIMETRS SETTING ro toilet anida dde taloista utc ID cle 21 4 A ONI ES AAE AANTAS AE A eee UM D I M MA E RAE 21 5 6 7 8 4 2 1 10 SENSORS VARIOMETER WITH SELF ADAPTIVE SENSITIVITY eeeeeeeeeeeesssssese nennen nnn nnne 21 4 2 2 DIGITAE VARIO arta AA AA lira 22 4 2 3 ANALOGICAEVARIO illa AA AN 22 4 2 4 INTEGRATED AVERAGE VARO Liliana 22 4 2 5 NETTO VARIO WIT OPHONAL PIVOT TUBE Jirin ou a E a iatmnenas asian 22 4 2 6 INTEGRATED VARIO 7 NETTO VARIO AUTOMATIC SWITCH xii 22 4 2 MCCREADY WITH OPTIONAL PHOT TUBE acacia baila 23 4 2 8 EQUIVALENT MCCREADY WITH OPTIONAL PITOT LUBE acciai 23 4 2 9 TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE 23 4 2 10 PCOS TIC VAR bei Du E ME MM e Ke EE DRE M D DE 24 4 2 11 ACOUSTIC VARJO PRE THERMAE IONE ssa
8. Made with solid state G sensors along the 3 axes 5 3 INERTIAL PLATFORM AHRS The inertial platform AHRS produces data regarding space location pitch roll and yaw Made by a data acquisition system with a complex processing algorithm and 9 solid state sensors 3 accelerometer sensors 3 magnetometer e 3 gyroscope sensors Longitudinal axis Roll 5 3 1 PITCH Points out the angle of rotation compared to lateral axis It s shown in PRESET 5 PAGE layout 5 3 2 ROLL Points out the angle of rotation compared to longitudinal axis It s shown in PRESET 5 PAGE layout 5 3 3 YAW Points out the angle of rotation compared to perpendicular axis It s shown in PRESET 5 PAGE layout Page 28 Perpendicular axis Yaw Center of gravity Lateral axis Pitch 905 1599 833 ka kb kc 7 2 L D max eff 34 IAS max eff 1 31 m s max eff 1 26 m s min at 31 IAS 140 IAS 2 2 G METER 74 PITCH 52 ROLL 39 YAW 326 HEAD 3 842 v GA anii 6 GPS FUNCTIONS 6 1 INTEGRATED 99 CHANNELS GPS RECEIVER Digifly AIR features an extremely sensitive and state of the art 99 channels integrated GPS receiver 6 2 GPS STATUS INFORMATION The GPS status icon has different meanings 1 Fixed GPS icon GPS FIX valid GPS position available iilii 2 Blinking GPS icon insufficient signal GPS position NOT AVAILABLE 6 3 GPS SIGNAL QUALITY HDOP The HDOP value represents the weakning of GPS signal Small values
9. Wide Compass Marrow Compass Q0 TN rr rr nR11l Rb Time and labels Atim distance and status Vario and speeds Nav and compass Miscellaneus Barometer Pressure in ME 0000 Ty Time and labels Atim distance and status Vario and speeds Nav and compass Miscellaneus Page 56 14 1 3 SOFTWARE GpsDump PC MAC ANDROID GPSDump is the most commonly used free software among the free flight organizations to manage competitions it integrates the Digifly v66 protocol GpsDump allows the full management of flights routes and waypoint these operations are also possible via Bluetooth by Smartphone On the AIR enter in the menu AirTools the blinking message LINK is displayed Note if Bluetooth is enabled you are prompted to press the key or the key to choose whether to communicate via USB cable or via Bluetooth with the message Press OK to link USB Press DOWN to link BT or Menu to exit See paragraph 13 2 1 for more details on the use of Bluetooth Following sample images of some features of the program af GpsDump 4 82 COM3 J 1 sf GpsDump 4 82 COM3 File Edit Logs Read Wwpts Write Wpts CTR Misc View Help File Edit Logs Read wpts RANA CTR Misc View Help z Send to Garmin Garmin RS232 Compeo Competino XC Trainer MAP Digifly Air h Save lg Garmin RS232 Compeos sendto Garmin USB a Garmin USB Flytec 5020 5030 MLR types n Flight Data Garmin USB Fiytec 5 Sen
10. are Five 5 configurable pages at each one of them is linked one of the five 5 configurable parameters MAIN SETUP n 18 U1PG n 19 U2PG n 20 U3PG n 21 UAPG n 22 U5PG and fore each page is possible to configure a different layout OFF the layout view of the page is disabled the page will be skipped ON will show the corrisponding layout of the preset page uploaded by Digifly Preset pages 1 2 3 4 5 FULL will show the corrisponding layout of the page User page 1 2 3 4 5 created and uploaded by the user using the free Digifly program AirPageConfigurator Time AHRS Free text Real time clock Count down start apen time Meter YAW Abcd 0 090 0090 000 0000 Aca 00 00 00 00 0000 0000 Altimeters Distance and wind Status Graphic altimeter Altimeter 1 Altimeter GPS Dist near to cur wp Dist to last ther Battery GPS ipis 0000 0000 nero anon C 7 mll Altimeter 2 Att rit WP Dist to current vw inf imeter over curre P Win info EEEE E EE 00 000 0000 Tus 000 000 000 a0 AA gt A Time and labels Akim distance and status varia and speeds Nav and compass Miscellaneus AD1024 Variometer Speed Efficiency Variometer Air speed Instant efficiency DX 0000 0000 000 000 O 0000 000 Time and labels Atim distance and status Vario and speeds Maw and compass Miscellaneus Havigation Graphic navigation Compass GPS Tracking Bear last ther N DIC 0000 0000 as
11. are near a Waypoint the recorder rate is automatically increased to 1 data point per second When the recorder s memory is full the oldest flight is automatically deleted by the newest one The remaining free memory time and percentage are shown for 2 seconds as the instrument is turned on fa single flight fills the whole memory it is no more possible to use the recorder A message MEM FULL appears every time that you try to use it To activate again the flight recorder it is necessary to clear the whole recorder memory To do this from the menu LOGBOOK press the key n long press and confirm the cancellation of ALL THE FLIGHTS pressing the key or cancel the procedure using the key O Page 46 11 3 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT LOG BOOK To see the recorded flights select the menu LOGBOOK It appears the list of all the recorded flights with the date and take off time To see details of each flight recorded after selection of the flight press the key x o For every flight are shown the following information o Take off date and time flight duration and total altitude gain o Max and min values for Altimeter A1 and Variometer O Max values for Ground speed GPS and Indicated Air Speed IAS To delete all the flights of a list from the menu LOGBOOK press the key 9 long press and confirm the cancellation of ALL THE FLIGHTS pressing the key O or cancel the procedure using the key O It is not pos
12. button select the firmware file e g AirBt 240b Gr 16 hex and confirm The com port and the speed are automatically managed so you do not need to setup them If you need to upload the same firmware version right click on the Start button click on Force full firmware update then select the firmware file and confirm 8 The update requires about 10 minutes once finished your computer will provide an acoustic and visible message then the Air instrument will switch off automatically Important if the update fails the instrument s memory could be wiped so it will not work If this happens the instrument may quickly discharge the battery BUT IT IS NOT BROKEN To restore it is necessary to reset it and to recall at the same time the bootloader mode o press and hold pressed together the 3 keys 4 and O o walt 5 seconds then release the key the instrument emits a long acoustic beep o Release first the key t and then the key o Now the instrument is turned on and it is in boot loader mode waiting for the firmware upload Note the screen will be totally blank at this point AlrUpdater ver 1 1 15 vin 32bit o restart from the step 6 Validating Digifly firmware HEX file AirBt 1560 Gr 16 hex Valid HEX file Decoding HEX file Device discovery Connection search Com Abort Copyright Digmy Europe 2014 All Rights Reserved Mo part of this software may be reproduced without authors express consen
13. indicates the Equivalent McCready value this means the McCready value considering the current air speed as the optimal speed The equivalent McCready based on the glider s polar the sink rate and the current airspeed IAS indicates in real time at with which true McCready value we are flying compared to the optimal speed When this value coincides with the one estimated in the thermal this means that the current airspeed IAS coincides with the optimal speed see speed to fly paragraph To set the reaction time of the Equivalent McCready indicator go to ADVANCED SETUP n 20 MCRE TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE To use this function it is necessary to install the optional Pitot tube Generally a variometer works as follows it feels the atmospheric pressure change rate Vario indication without total energy considering it as an altitude change but if Kekonin EN during the flight the pilot slows the glider Vario indication with total energy a real change of pressure so a vario without Pilot hits lift and slows down and even more if he does it quickly there is Pilot gliding in no lift compensation records it as a climb but this variation is caused by a change of speed kinetic energy not a true thermal With the total energy compensation the part of the climb due to the change in velocity is ignored allowing you to identify real thermals To properly set the TOTAL ENERGY compensation
14. installing the Pitot tube sensor module optional The tube will have to be inserted in the specific housing hole located on the instrument s top and the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 1 PITO have to be setted on desired value IAS Indicated Air Speed or TAS True Air Speed It is possible to set the speed s unit of measure to km h or mph using the parameter MAIN SETUP N an n 16 U SP The minimum speed indication is 18 km h SPEED TO FLY WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 9 POLA is set to OFF all information related to McCready McCready Equivalent and Netto Vario are not displayed on the instrument Horizontal VB VD Velocity Original polar position New polar position Speed to Fly STF is the best anemometric speed to obtain the best glide ratio This value depends on performance of your glider as well as vertical and horizontal airflow In calm air the optimum flying speed is the same as the best glide speed point B The diagram shows different values of speed to fly value related to different flight conditions The X axis shows horizontal speed the Y axis shows sink rate With head wind 100 30 speed to fly value in sink conditions add the sink rate of the air to the polarof 80 4 lt Speed to fly or sink conditions the best glide speed increases In order to find the optimum your glider drawing a new polar and a new tangent line from the initial point of
15. integrated vario value the shown value will be the same of the instant vario factory setting It can be used to monitor the proceeding of the climb to see if it is getting better or worse For example if the integrated vario value is higher of the instant vario one means that previously the climb was stronger It can be used therefore to better core the thermal To change the integration time set the parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 14 INTE from O to 60 seconds It is analogically displayed on the right of the instant variometer with a bar showing the climb or sink rate with a range 5 m s NETTO VARIO WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP X n 9 POLA is set to OFF all information related to McCready McCready Equivalent and Netto Vario are not displayed on the instrument It is shown through an analogic scale on the right of the instant variometer that shows the climb or sink rate within a range 5 m s changeable with integrated vario value see section 4 2 6 To use this function it is necessary to set the proper polar of your glider INTEGRATED VARIO NETTO VARIO AUTOMATIC SWITCH You can change vario indicators layout using VARIOMETER SETUP Xn 18 DSEL O default right analog bar shows average vario values while digital indicator always shows instant vario values 1 right analog bar and digital indicator always show average vario values 2 right analog bar and digital ind
16. mean good precision 6 4 LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES The latitude and longitude coordinates are displayed on the upper part of the INFO GPS page and are referred to WGS84 map datum 6 5 LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS Three different kinds of coordinates are available DMS grade minute amp second dd mm ss s default DMM grade amp minute dd mm mmm UTM Universal Transverse Mercator utm x y zone To set the coordinates DMM DMS or UTM use the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 22 CORD The latitude and longitude coordinates are referred to WGS84 map datum 6 6 GPS ALTITUDE The GPS altitude AG is the height above the sea level accordingly to the GPS satellite system 6 GPS GROUND SPEED The GPS ground speeds is the glider speed related to the ground Gs 6 8 GPS DIRECTION TRK The GPS direction TRK is the glider s direction related to the ground 6 9 GROUND EFFICIENCY GLIDE RATIO It shows the efficiency glide ratio related to the ground 1 To set the time over which the average efficiency glide ratio is calculated go to ADVANCED D 3 SETUP Y n 7 EFF N Ifthe ground speed slows below the 2km h or the GPS signal is not valid the indicator shows 0 00 If you are in lift the efficiency indicator is in reverse mode and shows the average efficiency calculated during the last glide go to ADVANCED SETUP n 8 EFFA to set the time to be u
17. near to cur wp Dist to last ther Jon con NE MN i Dist to current vv Altimeter 2 Alt over current YF p mp info COURANT Meee 0000 sell he 2158 4432 342 Altimeter 3 Alt over Goal 0 to 9 E Connect PC MAC to Digifly and then power up both On the instrument press button MENU function choose AirTools on men using the arrow buttons OID and then press button O If Bluetooth is active only AIR BT it will prompt to choose connection type press button for USB cable or press for Bluetooth N B See chapter 13 2 2 for details for Bluetooth connection On your PC MAC run Digifly AirPagesConfigurator software ts possible to start creating your own user page from a blank page or using one of the dat files available in the installation set up click Open and choose a dat file for example Claudio3 dat Drag and release on workspace the desired elements To cancel an element from workspace right click on it and select delete To upload your page in the instrument click on Page uploader click on Set page select the configurable pages of your instrument on wich you want to upload your User page i e Pag 1 click Start and wait untill upload is complete Page 54 In the AIR instrument set value FULL for the corresponding page that has been uploaded in our example Page 1 the parameter is MAIN SETUP n 18 U1PG In AIR instrument there
18. setted it will be synchronized with GPS altitude value To set manually ALT 1 altimeter with GPS altitude value press button 4 Important while the recorder is activated is not possible to synchronize the ALT 1 The A2 altimeter is suitable for general purpose to reset it press the key long pressure The A3 altimeter is automatically reset while entering in a thermal The altimeters can be shown in meters mt or feet ft Parameter MAIN SETUP n 13 U AL 4 2 VARIOMETERS 4 2 1 10 SENSORS VARIOMETER WITH SELF ADAPTIVE SENSITIVITY Its a revolutionary digital system designed by Digifly based on a sophisticated data acquisition system updated 100 times each second that merges 10 sensors the atmospheric pressure sensor data with the 9 sensors inertial platform data 3 accelerometer 3 magnetometer and 3 gyroscopes This system is also equipped with a self adaptive sensitivity that auto modulates the instruments sensitivity according to the airs situations increasing it in weak conditions and decreasing it in strong conditions or turbulences This allows to get a vario with an high sensitivity and instantaneous response yet fluid and immune to the turbulences and very helpful in weak conditions thanks to its pre thermal function Furthermore in contrast to the traditional variometers based on a pressure sensor only it is not affected by false readings due to accelerations Important Notes The mathematical method that mana
19. start validation outgoing waypoint ENTERING START PYLON IN LEAVING START PYLON OUT Start OK Start Waiting di radi side WP start WP start Waiting side Start OK Page 42 10 5 1 STARTING TIME TSTART START Shows start time since gate is been opened 4 3 40 10 5 2 REMAINING TIME TO START CSTART A CSTART CS shows time missing countdown to start opening 1 5 3 D 10 5 3 EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME TO START LINE ESTART ESTART ES Shows estimated arrival time to the border of start pylon based on average 1 2 2 3 speed relatively to coutdown If the instrument indicates 00 10 written in black on white background means that the pilot will get to start line with a delay of 10 seconds if its written in reverse mode white on black background means that the pilot will get to start line 15 seconds ahead time penalty 10 5 4 REQUIRED SPEED NEEDED TO START LINE STS STS SS shows required speed to get to start line on opening gate time D D 10 5 5 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH PLOTTER PAGE n In the plotter page when current waypoint is the start pylon the instrument automatically replaces waypoint name graphical HSI or graphical altimeter with a set of instruments to manage it the name waypoint value if viewed in current layout is automatically replaced with ESTART ES that shows estimated arrival time to the border of start pylon Graphical HSI or graphi
20. CORDER sula 46 11 1 ACTIVATING DE ACTIVATING FLIGHT RECORDER 46 11 1 1 AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE AUT nennen hehehe na ana ana nana aan nana ana ana ana ana sensere serenus 46 11 1 2 ALWAYS ACTIVE RECORD MODE SALW ruekin laicale 46 11 1 3 RECGORDMODE0FFOFFParl lalui bali Lei 46 11 2 RECORD RATE 20000 ai TT M HR 46 11 3 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT LOG BOOR Jirazsussasusansaaoassans ala sde rasi 4T 12 ADDITIONAL MEMORY CARD cc reno 48 13 CONNECTIONS amp INTERFACES occ ness esse eee 49 Tal CUSBOCABBEGCONIVEGTION alicell 49 13 2 BEUETOOTIKEGONNECTION AIR BT ON L s esc m t nea 51 13 2 1 BLUE TOOTIIHEPAIRIN Com E cEE DI 13 2 2 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OF THE INSTRUMENT ST 13 2 3 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH SOFTWARE DECODING THE DIGIFLY TELEMETRY 51 PS A TA 53 14 1 AIR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE iii 53 14 1 1 SOFTWARE DISITIV AIFTOOISAPC MAD dis 53 14 1 2 SOFTWARE Digifly AirPagesConiisurator PC MAC scr 54 14 1 3 SOFTWARE GpsDump PC MAC ANDROID ertet tette tette ttai 57 14 2 SOFTWARE DIGIFLY AIRUPDATER FOR FIRMWARE UPDATE PC MAC ccsscsesscocssesscscssesecsessesecsessesessesscscsseseesesseeces 58 14 2 1 FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE cti toc ei a 58 15 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY HIGH SPEED REAL TIME DATA OUTPUT AIR BT ONLY 1 enne 59 15 1 1 ACTIVATE
21. DE RATIO TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO It is the estimated requested glide ratio to reach the current Waypoint 1 58 8 2 3 ARRIVAL HOUR ARRIVAL TIME TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO tis the expected arrival hour TIM1 T1 and the expected arrival time ETIM1 E1 to the current Waypoint 8 2 4 HSI GRAPHIC INDICATION TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO HSI is a graphical navigation tool made by two dashed lines that intersect each other indicating the current WPT and its real height Flying towards the center of the WPT cylinder the airplane icon moves right or left of the dashed vertical line in case of wrong route and up or down the dashed horizontal line telling us the arrival height with the current gliding ratio Page 35 9 ROUTE MANAGEMENT 9 1 ROUTES OVERVIEW From the main menu enter in the sub menu ROUTES The first visualized route is the Rt 1 to select other routes use the arrow keys O long press or long press tis possible to memorize up to 12 routes from Rt 1 to Rt 12 containing each one up to 20 Waypoints A route allows to automatically navigate toward the last WP going through all the inserted WP On the bottom of the route screen is visualized the route s total distance in km For every route it is possible to insert both Waypoint Competition and Waypoint User in any combination The routes can be created manually or can be uploaded from PC using the software Digifly AirTo
22. DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA OUTPUT csssscsessesscsessesscsessesscsesscsessessessssesscssssesssssssssrsssssesessssreasssesveasens 59 15 1 2 TELEMETRY DATA SELECTION irte ecrire cies ie Freie anta eee kaa valen eee dece Re pere boe RE 59 15 2 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA CONNECTION WITH XCSOAR AIR BT ONLY cette teretes 61 15 3 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA CONNECTION WITH LK8000 AIR BT ONLY certet teen 63 LG APPEND Dodd sk teaa 64 16 1 DIGIFLY AIR STANDARD ACCESSORIES eerte tette ena a aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aseensa 64 102 OP IONAE ACCESSORIE Lirica 64 1633 TECHNICAL FEATURES LN a 64 1634 STANDARD FUNCTIONS eta iaa r E a oe an aa Paaa TE aaaea raa Taa aa aa anan aa a i 64 65 2 lo A 64 05 SIGLA 65 163 CENERAESPEOIRIOATIONS ab bocado 65 16 4 MAIN SET UP MENU PARA METERS testi ia 66 16 5 ADV SETUP PARAMETERS MENU ADVANCED SETUP einer 66 16 6 VARIOMETER SETUP PARAMETERS icesccscsscsssscoccsesscscssesscsesscsessesscsscsssscacssesscsssucascaesscsscasssesseaearescissseaesseaeacsseasenee 67 16 7 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS DEFAULT PARAMETERS eerte tette tette a aa narran 67 42 48 NR 67 Page 6 2 GETTING STARTED 2 1 CONNECTIONS miniUSB connector mieosost Bluetooth The dual purpose mini USB socket allows the Digifly AIR to be recharged via the supplied Digitly 5v charger and additionally connection to a personal compu
23. E rs mk N A 1 7000 AAA AAA p ee AAA I AA AAA ee Sm A gt s I E AAA e i i i AA i N n e O i e BENI Ta PASO Page 59 GPRMC 161229 487 A 3723 2475 N 12158 3416 W 0 13 309 62 120598 A 10 lt CR gt lt LF gt Message ID SGPRMC a RMC protocol header Latitude 3723 2475 ddmm mmmm N S Indicator N N north or S south PA AAA eee l TTI AAA AAA gt AAA ee AAA s 5 1 ma EE LUN NN NN E PDGFTL1 2025 2000 250 14 45 134 28 65 382 153 3D lt CR gt lt LF gt GEN EN uus EIT k IT Tt 1 Its 0 Page 60 15 2 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA CONNECTION WITH XCSOAR AIR BT ONLY The free XCSOAR software running on an external device eg SmartPhone Tablet PDA Car navigator Pocket PC receives decodes and displays Digifly telemetry data sent in real time at high speed by the AIR BT via Bluetooth In order to use the XCSOAR software you must have already previously done only once the pairing procedure with the external device see 13 2 1 It also requires that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT is set to ON Bluetooth enabled and that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 23 TELE is set to FL2 sending Digifly telemetry data enabled The sequence of operations for using this software via Bluetooth is the following 1 in the AIR BT enter in the menu Telemetry BT 2 run the XCSOAR software on the external device 3 when AIR BT receives from t
24. G A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK MARK function when the GPS acquires a valid position it is possible to save it in the instrument s memory From the GPS INFO page press the key 2 long press the message Save Mark is shown press the key to confirm or press the Q key to annul The current position will be saved as a new Waypoint in the User Waypoint list WPT USER with the format nnMaaa aaa altitude GPS in tens of meters 3 5 10 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME GOTO HOME Available only in the GPS INFO page ensures that the instrument guides us back to the point where we activeted this function It s particular useful for example when we go flying in a new site of which we don t have waypoints and we want to get guided to the landing zone In this case is necessary to go to the landing zone and activate this function How activate the GOTO HOME function from the GPS INFO page wait till the GPS position is valid then press the key long press the message Activate Home Wpt is shown press the key to confirm or press the 2 key to annul Note if a navigation has already been previously activated first of all is necessary to deactivate it from the GPS INFO page press the key long press the message Clear Nav is shown press the key to confirm or press the 9 key to annul The GOTO HOME function creates a landing waypoint in the User Waypoint list WPT USER with t
25. ION MARK 31 13 a BY MAL Ae cl OSH amen lecca 32 1 1 4 PERI 32 NAVIGATE TO A SINGLE WAYPOINT GOTO lisina ida 33 8 1 ACTIVATING NAVIGATION TOA WAYPOINE GOTO ritirata dit 33 8 1 1 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME GOTO HOME a uude enses eei edes phe een epe etat echec eerte 33 8 1 2 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST LANDING ZONE GOTO LANDING eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen nnn nnn 33 8 1 3 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST WAYPOINT GOTO NEAREST tecto eren ene iii 99 8 1 4 NAVIGATION TO A GENERIC WAYPOINT GOTO 2111s alicia 34 8 1 5 DEACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT GOTO reisini iisi nesana aak enne nnne 34 Page 4 8 2 NAVIGATION S FUNCTIONS TOA SINGLE WAYPOINT GOTO 5 5 oEeraxis Seco aiar 35 8 2 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO cene nnn 35 8 2 2 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO eene nnn nnne 35 8 2 3 ARRIVAL HOUR ARRIVAL TIME TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO eene 35 8 2 4 HSI GRAPHIC INDICATION TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO eene 35 9 ROUTE MANAGEMENT ess 36 9 1 ROBTES OVERWVIEV leleine a a a a 36 9 2 VISUALIZING WAYPONT DATA OF A ROUT Birt is ictal peter a Li LL 36 9 3 INSERTA WAYPOINT IINA ROUTE oia 36 9 4 SUBSTITUTE A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE 2 la rs e al e Elo do a el le I 36 9 5 MODIFY A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE PARAMETER CHANGE 37 9 6 DELETE A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE Si lille seo 38 9 7 PE EE TING ARO UTE
26. NFO GPS PAGE 3 S 132538 99 a 25 SE N m E 3000 35 58 80 4 013 42 08 4 E HDOP 24 712816 6 28 4 ALT GPS TARO10 E 40 65 EJ o 35 13 35 7 e D56110 CORNIZZOLO 35 Uc B49065 SIN CASCINA STA B17135 M TE CORNI D 5 08 1432 O A01024 SUELLO LAND ci 23 E 2158 500 c A 3 ina 132208 33 N X00 6 e O tti Page 10 3 1 2 CONFIGURABLE PAGES There are Five 5 configurable pages at each one of them is linked one of the five b configurable parameters MAIN SETUP n 18 U1PG n 19 U2PG n 20 U3PG n 21 UAPG n 22 U5PG and fore each page is possible to configure a different layout OFF the layout view of the page is disabled the page will be skipped ON will show the corrisponding layout of the preset page uploaded by Digifly Preset pages 1 2 3 4 5 FULL will show the corrisponding layout of the page User page 1 2 3 4 5 created and uploaded by the user using the free Digifly program AirPageConfigurator for more details about software usage refer to chapter 14 1 2 il PAGE 1 e 114 32 100 25 3 93504 ho El 4 5 SW W Nw m o 3 15 25 38 rem 30 PRESET PAGE 4 0000 0000 0000 b 8 GMES PRESET PAGE 2 PRESET PAGE 3 33 N 390 6 pF Rossa 8 4 35 38 A TAROIO 13 40 15 35 12 23 5 sw W nu 40 35 45 2 15 8 o 35 14 22 1432 4452 E 25 83 284 T 55 482 58 1434 5 342i ko s ni PRESET PAGE 5
27. NT WAYPOINT HSI is a graphical navigation tool made by two dashed lines that intersect each other indicating the current WPT and its real height Flying towards the center of the WPT cylinder the airplane icon moves right or left of the dashed vertical line in case of wrong route and up or down the dashed horizontal line telling us the arrival height with the current gliding ratio 10 4 5 DISTANCE AND HEIGHT over THE GOAL DST A DA Shows distance to arrival Waypoint goal along optimized route ALT HA HA Shows estimated height to arrival Waypoint goal along optimized route 4 45 2 This height is calculated as follows Alti A1 distance to arrival waypoint goal DST A height arrival waypoint goal ALT HA and average efficiency D 8 10 4 6 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO THE GOAL tisthe estimated needed glide ratio to reach the Goal s cylinder along the optimized route c 28 4 10 4 7 ARRIVAL TIME TIME TO THE GOAL Shows estimated arrival time TIM A TA and how much time is missing to estimated arrival time ETIM A EA to get to arrival cylinder waypoint along optimized route Page 41 10 5 NAVIGATION TO START PYLON WAYPOINT The current Waypoint is managed as a Start Pylon only if it s parameter Wpt Type has the value IN Entering Start Pylon or the value OUT Leaving Start Pylon See 9 5 for more details about the Wpt Type setting If current waypoint is the start pylon the instrument automaticall
28. O STANDARD WAYPOINT e 14 32 100 If the current Waypoint is not set as a start pylon the navigation is managed in standard cylinder mode and the Digifly Air will drive you fixed distance to exit jore providing constant info about your posistion distance direction reguired glide ratio and expected arrival height above the current Waypoint cylinder and to the arrival Waypoint cylinder x N X When you arrive near the Waypoint cylinder NE Bp Won ut the flight recorder rate is automatically set to one data point per second The parameter NEAR can be modified from the page Waypoint s edit Cylinder validation entering in a cylinder the Digifly air will alert you with a sound and will appear the message WPOK or the message TASK FINISHED if it is the arrival Waypoint then flight recorder rate returns to the setup value MAIN SETUP n 5 RECR If the navigation is activated the following functions are available Wo 1432 a a e 13 75 38 I 3004 E 25 253 63004 mo sse ei k n Bar 4 taroro 482 pues 35 35 E 10 4 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE AND HEIGHT over CURRENT WAYPOINT BRG 1 B1 Shows direction to current cylinder waypoint along the optimized route Its shown 45 with this icon O on compass and with icon A follow me DST 1 D1 Shows distance to current cylinder waypoint along the optimized route It is possible to set the distance s uni
29. O THE NEAREST WAYPOINT GOTO NEAREST To activate this function wait till the GPS position is valid enter in the menu with the o key select the sub menu Wpt Nearest In it there is a list of all the nearest waypoints obtained from both USER amp COMP database Page 33 8 1 4 8 1 5 The cursor is automatically set on the nearest Waypoint if necessary scroll the list using the arrow keys and To select the required waypointe press the key long press then confirm the choice to activate the navigation to the WP pressing again the 9 key or cancel the procedure using the 2 key NAVIGATION TO A GENERIC WAYPOINT GOTO To activate this function wait till the GPS position is valid enter in the menu with the key O select the database Waypoint Competition or Waypoint User accordingly where is recorded the chosen WP Scroll the list using the arrow keys O and set the cursor on the wished Waypoint to select it press the key long press then confirm the choice to activate the navigation to the WP pressing again the key or cancel the procedure using the I key DEACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT GOTO To deactivate the current navigation from the GPS INFO page press the key long press the message Clear Nav is shown press the key to confirm or press the n key to annul Page 34 8 2 NAVIGATION S FUNCTIONS TO A SINGLE WAYPOINT GOTO The cdi navigation s functions are available
30. ONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS There are available 3 different types of coordinates DMS degrees minutes and seconds dd mm ss s default DMM degrees and minutes dd mm mmm UTM Universal Transverse Mercator utm x y zona To set up the chosen DMM DMS o UTM utilizzare il parametro ADVANCED SETUP n 22 CORD GPS SIGNAL QUALITY HDOP The HDOP value represents the weakning of GPS signal Small values mean good precision GPS ALTITUDE GPS altitude ALT GPS represents the heigth over sea level given by the GPS system GPS DIRECTION TRK GPS direction TRK represents the aircraft direction relatively to ground GPS GROUND SPEED The GPS ground speed is the aircraft speed relatively to ground Gs REAL TIME NAVIGATION MANAGER SKIP WAYPOINT The central part of the GPS INFO page shows in real time navigation progress of active route is shown a waypoint list of active route highlighting in reverse the current one With the Skip Waypoint function is possible to move back and forth from the current waypoint only from GPS INFO page if the navigation to route is active press the button long pressure and a menu will appears press button t to jump to previous Waypoint or press to jump to following Waypoint or press A to cancel In case is active navigation to a singol waypoint the central part of GPS INFO page will show only the name of current waypoint Page 19 3 5 9 CREATIN
31. RECORDER The flight recorder can operate in three different ways AUT Automatic flight recorder ALW Flight recorder always active OFF Flight recorder deactivated 11 1 1 AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE AUT By default setting the flight recorder starts automatically MAIN SETUP n 3 RECM AUT The flight recorder activates automatically only if it is available the GPS position and it is detected a takeoff with an altitude variation of at least 0 5m MAIN SETUP n 4 R DS 0 5 and a Ground Speed GPS higher than 6km h for 3 consecutive seconds MAIN SETUP n 5 R TI 3 The flight recorder is automatically deactivated 60 second after the landing or if the instrument is turned off 11 1 2 ALWAYS ACTIVE RECORD MODE ALW osetthe always active record mode set the parameter MAIN SETUP n 3 RECM ALW The flight recorder is activated once the instrument is turned on and is deactivated when it is turned off 11 1 3 RECORD MODE OFF OFF To deactivate the flight recorder set the parameter MAIN SETUP n 3 RECM OFF no data are recorded 11 2 RECORD RATE The recorder rate can be adjusted from 1 to 60 seconds go to MAIN SETUP n 6 RECR setting 1 data point per second you can record over 30 hours of flight data Setting 1 data point per minute you can record up to 1800 hours of flight data The recorder memory has room for up to 100 000 GPS data point and up to 250 flights When you
32. S wi 7 Air I 4 OK Digital Air speed Digital Vario WP name Averag Vario NettoVario analogical Compass main points Direction to WP icons Ground speed GPS Volume level Distance to WP cylinder Direction to last thermal Required glide ratio to WP cylinder Analogical G meter Estimated arrival height over the WP cylinder k a 31 4 A P i RIS 3 s n L Bluetooth ON System icons Direction from which the Recorder GPS Battery wind is coming Wind speed e Synch Altim1 with GPS e Men Return e e Instrument On Off e Change Page e Change Page A e e Reset Altimeter A2 e e Volume level 1 2 Off e Normal key pressure e e Long key pressure 2 seconds Page 16 3 4 1 VARIOMETER COMPASS PAGE In the area dedicated to the vario information are shown o Digital vario o average vario Netto vario o McCready value o Eguivalent McCready value 3 4 2 AIRSPEED GROUND SPEED COMPASS PAGE Inthe area dedicated to the anemometer information are shown o Scrolling Analog format value Airspeed IAS TAS o Digitalformat value IAS TAS o Ground speed GS o Optimal speed glide ratio Speed to fly STF If your not using the Pitot sensor tube optional only the GS Ground speed will the shown in both analog and digital format 3 4 3 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER A1 CURRENT GLIDE RATIO COMPASS PAGE Beside the digital variometer we find the A1 graphic altimeter and c
33. T Wpt User function Routes Altimeters Toexitandgetbackto the main screen press the Q key ESC Logbook function AirTools Main Setup 2 6 1 STANDARD FIELDS EDITING a di Mp Variometer Setup Telemetry BT To change parameters and settings select the parameter you want to change navigating UP or DOWN using the keys press the key EDIT function to enter in the edit mode To change the value of the selected parameter use the O 6 keys each parameter s change is automatically saved AUTOSAVE function keeping pressed the keys activates quick parameter changing AUTOREPEAT function To exit from the edit function press the key ESC function 2 6 2 ALPHANUMERICAL FIELDS EDITING Changing the alphanumerical fields is different from the normal editing described in the above paragraph because it is possible to modify every single character of the field To modify the field press the ex key EDIT function that activates the edit mode Page 8 Usethe arrow keys o to change the character shown in reverse mode on the display each parameter s change is automatically saved AUTOSAVE function a longer pressure touch of the arrow keys activates quick parameter changing AUTOREPEAT function Pressing the key it is possible to shift to the character on the right and edit it pressing repeatedly the key it is possible to scroll toward right all the fi
34. TK iaia 38 9 8 NAVIGATION TO CONGENTRIG WAYPOINT mot kem nat vec leid sa e Ska ela 38 10 ROUTE NAVIGATION uie ter ertet csi 39 TOS ACTNATNE A ROUTE iii 39 10 2 DE AGTIVATING A ROUTE massassa o oed e Uva ot vean bed bete co savuavaa ati 39 10 3 OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION ivan eite ian NOOO cacas 39 10 4 NAVIGATION TO STANDARD WAYPOINT usina caida iia 40 10 4 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE AND HEIGHT over CURRENT WAYPOINT eene nnne 40 10 4 2 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO CURRENT WAYPO INT 4 eere eere rne nnne nnne na vieni ieri maana 41 10 4 3 ARRIVAL TIME TIME TO CURRENT WAYPOINT situs s e aba rs add 41 10 4 4 HSI GRAPHIC NAVIGATION TO CURRENT WAYPOINT esce nnn nennen rr rrr enis 41 10 4 5 DISTANCE AND AEIGH over THE GOAL aid 41 10 4 6 NEEDED GODE RATIO TO THE GOAL iiio aiuta nt dietro ads 41 10 4 7 ARRIVAE TIME HME TO THE GOAD reitina a outs ieee acer daa senate wad atv ondeetaa as 41 10 5 NAVIGATION TO START PY LONOWAY POINT Licciana 42 10 5 1 STARTING TIMES LARI Glacier 43 10 5 2 REMAINING TIMEXTO START CSTAR T lla 43 10 5 3 EXPECTED ARRIVAE TIME TO START EINE ESTART cca 43 10 5 4 REQUIRED SPEED NEEDED TO START LINE STS min li tea s e adan 43 10 5 5 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH PLOTTER PAGE eere 43 10 5 6 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH COMPASS PAGE eere nnne 44 10 0 OPERATION CHECKLIST BEFORE A TASK ontario 45 id FLIGRTRE
35. TL1 17 76 D 376 3E Disabilitato SPDGFTL1 17 76 i SPDGFTL1 17 76 2 SGPRMC 162438 094V 0 00 0 00 17 1113 M 4E SGPGGA162438 094 0 0 M M 4 jin Connesso Barometro Airspeed Variometro C Disabilitato Disabilitato j nl ee d l ed j CEE Disabilitato 17 76 0 0 377 tarii Moers 17 76 4 0 377 SPDGFTL1 16 77 6 0 PDGFTL1 16 77 8 0 37 PDGFTL1 16 77 10 0 SPDGFTLI 1677 11 SGPAMC 162439 09 4 V x 0 00 0 00 17 1113 N 4F SGPGGA 162439 094 00 M M 4 E SPDGFTLI SPOGFTLI B3 83 BI RI m Tb 0 ms 5 Chiudi eri tar am 17 3 1 Chiudi JE Annulla Disable Riconnetti Download volo Riconett Pausa Modificare Gestisci Monitor Debug N001ABFLUGPUNI 117Sec eletz SN b edi A FIN DIS m 307 ma GPS y Ab dinar e203 1264 1230 4147ft 4055ft 1 6 1639 MANUAL 121Stoelln FIN ETE OLE REPLAY 03 194 16 O F25m gt 22 3 pts Page 62 15 3 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA CONNECTION WITH LK8000 AIR BT ONLY The free LK8000 software running on an external device eg SmartPhone Tablet PDA Car navigator Pocket PC receives decodes and displays Digifly telemetry data sent in real time at high speed by the AIR BT via Bluetooth Distance to Bearing difference to Track heading destination Destination wp name destination line D Local time i Bearing line Compass showin
36. User Manual DIGIFLY AIR BT AIR SE Rev 64a English Firmware 244 CONGRATULATIONS Thank you for choosing Digifly You have purchased a high technology instrument designed expressly for free flight The multiple functions and flight data it provides effectively make it an on board computer Learning to use this instrument will make your flying easier in terms of performance and safety It will enable you to improve your flying technique and make piloting decisions more quickly thanks to the comprehensive flight information that is provided Another benefit is the ability to download and analyze your flight data afterwards The instrument has been designed to allow for future software developments to be easily incorporated via the Internet DIGIFLY INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEE Dear Customer Thank you for purchasing this Digifly product which has been designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards Digifly warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for 3 years from the date of purchase The Digifly guarantee applies provided the product is handled properly for its intended use in accordance with its operating instructions and upon presentation of the original invoice or cash receipt indicating the date of purchase the dealer s name the model and the serial number of the instrument The customer is however responsible for any transportation costs The unit must be securely packaged for return
37. a dalai 24 4 2 12 VARJO SIMULA TOR belle 24 4 3 AIC SPEEDTWETEOPTIONALPLHOT TUBE patita 25 4 9 1 SREED O FEYMIIGROPIHONAERITOFIURBE s cela 25 4 3 2 AIR SPEED CALIBRATION WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE aan 26 4 4 POLAR WITH OPHONALEPITOT TUBE asma ani a aaa 26 4 5 BAROMETER onia a ccc cc c cT 21 4 6 TIME Ltd 21 4 7 CHARONOGRAP Asun 21 4 8 PILOTS NAMES GLIDER S DATA cs o 21 ADVANCED FUNGTIONS tens cut eve Ra US eaa ciu ed tete aud Ra Dei ea duele ca do aa 28 ded MIA SNEMIEEOMPASS HE DING cliccata aa 28 52 METER d AME c 28 53 INERTIAC PL TORMO usais 28 5 3 1 RICH iii liane mas Kan 28 5 9 2 ROLE AAA Eas naan Nop en eas 28 5 3 3 A 28 OPS TUNCTION le P 29 6 1 INTEGRATED SO CHANNELS GPS RECEIVER can 29 6 2 GPS STATUS INFORMATION E 29 6 3 GPS SIGNAL OUALIT YAH DOP Mer 29 6 4 LATITUDE S LONGITUDE COORDINATES cups 29 6 5 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS ia 29 6 6 GPS AL TMU DE CR E 29 6 GPS GROUNDS REED t x 29 6 8 GPS DIRECTION URC csc 29 6 9 GROUND EFFIGIENCY GLIDE RAMO tai a a a a 29 6 10 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATION USING GPS 30 6 11 LAST THERMAL DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT INFORMATION i 30 6 12 THERMAL TUTO sois 30 WAYPOINT MANAGEMEN Leica dla lari 31 1 1 DATABASE WAYPOINT COMPETITION AND WAYPOINT USER 31 Cobol CREATINGCA NEW WAYPOINT MANUAL CY annali aaa 31 AZ CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSIT
38. air speed calibration barometer calibration AHRS calibration AHRS position real time average glide ratio average glide r for HW calc polar selection P1 A P1 B P1 C P2 A P2 B P2 C P3 A P3 B P3 C McCready average time McCready equiv average time wind calculator sensibility GPS coordinates type lat lon telemetry output enable bluetooth module enable Page 66 Units m s sec sec ore ore min days months years Unit mB Sec Sec min Sec Range Default 1 99 36 USR UK ITA ESP DEU FRA CZE HUN PLN GRK TRK OFF ALW AUT AUT 0 1 5 0 5 1 30 3 1 60 3 15 15 2 0 23 0 59 1 31 1 12 O 99 MT FT MT KMH MPH KMH 6 letter ABCDEF 6 letter ABCDEF 6 letter ABCDEF OFF ON FULL ON OFF ON FULL ON OFF ON FULL ON OFF ON FULL ON OFF ON FULL ON Range Default OFF IAS TAS OFF 50 200 100 50 200 100 20 0 0 0 MAN AUT AUT LEFT CENT RIGHT CENT 1 30 3 1 100 15 OFF P1 P2 P3 OFF polar 1 coefficients XXX polar 2 coefficients XXX polar 3 coefficients XXX 0 2 30 10 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 15 5 DMM DMS UTM DMS OFF CAR FL1 FL2 OFF OFF ON OFF 16 6 VARIOMETER SETUP PARAMETERS O CO NOOB WN H 5 N PR p p p p p p po O O 0 Y o 0 s W N E O 16 7 16 8 Name V UP V PT V DN PROF STYL MODH PITC UPHZ DWHZ FLT1 FLT2 FLT3 RVAR INTE CRUT THET TEC DSEL SIMV AUTV Description acoustic vario lift setting acoustic vario pre thermal setting acoustic vario sink setting a
39. allation program accordingly to the PC MAC in use from www digifly com gt download FTDI USB Cable Driver unzip the downloaded files in a new folder and run the driver installation program restart the PC MAC reconnect the USB cable to the PC MAC and to the instrument Verify proper installation of the USB cable driver connect the USB cable to the PC MAC gt JA Mouse e altri dispositivi di puntamento a Y Porte COM e LPT IF USB Serial Port COM gt a Processori from Windows Start menu go to Control Panel gt System and Security gt System gt Device Management click on the sign nearby Ports COM e LPT if the driver is correctly installed it is shown the message USB Serial DEM Update Driver Software Port COMxx without any yellow indication of error Note that x is the Disable number of the COM port assigned to the PC USB Uninstall The driver type is visible with a mouse s right key click on USB Serial Scan for hardware changes Port then click on Properties if the driver is installed it will show Properties FTDI How to manually reassign the COM port number All Digifly software perform the automatic search of the COM port number in the range 1 to 20 a third party software in most cases require that the COM port is in the range from 1 to 9 If the COM port assigned by the computer has a higher number is necessary to manually reassign it this way
40. alue L D max eff o minimum descending rate and corresponding airspeed Page 26 4 5 BAROMETER The barometer displays the atmospheric pressure in millibar n It is possible to adjust the calibration by changing the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 4 KBAR Important while the recorder is activated is not possible to change this parameter Warning incorrect adjustment of this parameter will make the barometric altimeters less accurate 4 6 TIME The current time RTC RT is automatically synchronized with the GPS data at the instrument s power on 5 38 To set the time zone for your country go to MAIN SETUP n 7 UTCO To manually adjust the time and date go to MAIN SETUP n 8 HOUR MAIN SETUP Y n 9 MIN MAIN SETUP Y n 10 DAY MAIN SETUP Y n 11 MONT MAIN SETUP n 12 YEAR 4 7 CHRONOGRAPH The Chronograph CHRONO CH is automatically reset to zero when the recorder starts 3 5 58 4 8 PILOT S NAME amp GLIDER S DATA Tosetthe pilot name the glider type and the glider id go to MAIN SETUP Y n 15 PILO MAIN SETUP Y n 16 GTYP MAIN SETUP n 17 GID Page 27 5 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 5 1 MAGNETIC COMPASS HEADING Magnetic compass HEADING shows directions related to magnetic north Made with solid state sensors along the 3 axes ensures correct functionality even if not fully leveled 5 2 G METER G meter value G METER shows the number of Q at which we are subjected
41. cal altimeter if viewed in current layout is automatically replaced with a group of three instruments CSTART CS time missing countdown to start opening STS SS required speed necessary to get to start line on opening time and direction icon follow me 0 014 32 100 e 114 32 m Bee SRA n 53 80 LKK Ui a 482 io Q mil S wl Ui 500 E zn 500 E 33 N 300 6 33 N 300 6 Page 43 10 5 6 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH COMPASS PAGE In the compass page when current waypoint is the start pylon the instrument automatically replaces waypoint name graphical HSI or graphical altimeter with a set of instruments to manage it the name waypoint is automatically replaced with ESTART ES that shows estimated arrival time to the border of start pylon Graphical HSI or graphical altimeter is automatically replaced with a group of three instruments CSTART CS time missing countdown to start opening STS SS required speed necessary to get to start line on opening time and direction icon follow me A 35 58 2034 IPEA 28 404 mms 40 n 35 o 66 1432 W OPS 215 8 i Page 44 10 6 OPERATION CHECKLIST BEFORE A TASK Be sure that batteries are fully charged Download the waypoints from the competition organization web site Upload them on the Digifly Air with the software AirTools PC MAC or GosDump PC MAC SMARTPHONE Edit the route accordingl
42. choose whether to communicate via USB cable or via Bluetooth with the message Press OK to link USB Press DOWN to link BT or Menu to exit press the key communication via Bluetooth 3 run the software on the external device eg GPSDump for Android Smartphone 4 when the AIR BT starts to receive commands from the external device it displays the blinking message Link BT Incase of problems to exit press the 2 key on the AIR BT 13 2 3 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH SOFTWARE DECODING THE DIGIFLY TELEMETRY Software that can receive decode and display the Digifly telemetry data sent in real time at high speed from the AIR BT via Bluetooth are XCSoar and LK8000 In order to use these software you must have already previously done only once the pairing procedure with the external device see 13 2 1 It also requires that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT is set to ON Bluetooth enabled and that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 23 TELE is set to FL2 sending Digifly Page 51 telemetry data enabled The sequence of operations for using these software via Bluetooth is the following 1 in the AIR BT enter in the menu Telemetry BT 2 run the software on the external device eg XCSoar on Android Smartphone 3 when AIR BT receives from the external device the confirmation of connection it automatically exits from the Telemetry BT menu returns on the current page of instruments turn on the Bluetooth icon and ac
43. coustic vario profiles rythm style tone in lift frequency modulation in lift tone rhythm in lift base frequency in lift base frequency in sink filter 1 filter 2 filter 3 acoustic vario sensitivity integrator vario delay glide detect time threshold thermal detect time threshold total energy compensation vario bargraph mode vario simulator automatic acoustic vario Range O 2 00 O 1 50 O 25 00 FAS STD SFT US1 US2 MAN 0 2 1 30 1 8 500 1400 350 1000 O 100 24 96 O 100 0 48 0 60 1 60 1 30 O 100 0 1 2 3 4 ON OFF FULL OFF ON RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS DEFAULT PARAMETERS To restore the factory settings default parameters and default screen setups turn on the instrument pressing at the same time the 4 and keys until the message FACTORY SET appears Default 00 10 00 50 02 50 MAN 1 100 600 80 2 10 30 OFF ON Units m s m s m s Hz Hz sec sec sec If you want to confirm pressing the key amp the message SETUP RESET will appear Otherwise press the key 2 to cancel the restore RESET Incase of a system crash to reset the instrument press at the same time the arrow key and the power on key for over 5 seconds Page 67
44. d to Compeo Competino Only Name Flight Data Send to Flytec 50xx 60xx Only Name Product Preduci Send to IqBasic Flytec 6015 Only Name Send to MLR Status Status Send to Magellan 9600 Select item s UTM Abort transfer Exit Select item s Send to Top Navigator Send to XC Trainer UTC date UTC time Latitude Longitude H GPS H B G km h UTC date UTC time L Send to Digifly Leonardo Send to Flymaster Only Name Send to Leonardo Pro User wpts Send to Leonardo Pro Comp wpts Send to Digifly Air User wpts Send to Digifly Air Comp wpts Send to Compeo Competino 4 Only ID Send to Compeo Competino ID Name Send to Flytec 50xx 60xx Only ID Send to Flytec 50xx 60xx ID Name Send to IgBasic Flytec 6015 OnlyID Send to IqBasic Flytec 6015 ID Name Send to Flymaster Only ID Send to Flymaster ID Name att GpsDump 4 82 COM3 File Edit Logs Een Rive Write Wpts CTR Misc View Help Tn Read Garmin DMP GpsDump Garmin RS232 Read Garmin USB IP Digifly Air sua Read Compeo Competino Flight Data 3 F tam ESD Read Flytec 50xx 60xx e lkm Read IqBasic Flytec 6015 Read MLR NMEA Status Read MLR Fast HEAD ABO RT MI SC Select item s Read Magellan 9600 Abort transfer Exit Read Top Navigator UTC date Read XC Trainer H GPS H B G km h DIGIFLY AIR BT SN02000 SW240b 016 Read Flymaster i W Read Leonardo Pro User Wpts 7682 by tes read Read Leonardo Pr
45. e it draws the thermal track in the plotter using lines with changing Can 342 thickness narrower when descending and thicker when climbing So it becomes A very intuitive find the core of thermal 3 14 32 m E Switch from gliding mode to thermaling mode when it feels a new thermal for TAROIO 48 40 more than x seconds VARIOMETER SETUP n 16 THET default 2 seconds When this happens plotter cleans up and zoom is rised to maximum capacity 0 Track on the plotter is drawn with a new zoom factor autozoom each time you change kind of flight from thermaling to gliding and vice versa Switch from thermaling mode to gliding mode when it doesn t reveal any more thermal for more than x seconds VARIOMETER SETUP n 15 CRUT default 30 L seconds When this happens plotter cleans up and the zoom is automatically set 33 N 300 6 on the basis of calculated distance between current position and current waypoint so both can be shown on the plotter Page 30 7 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT 7 1 DATABASE WAYPOINT COMPETITION AND WAYPOINT USER Two waypoint databases are available 7 1 1 1 1 2 Competition Waypoints WPT COMP and User Waypoints WPT USER For each database 186 waypoints may be saved To visualize the Waypoint list press the key A MEN function and select the desired WP list The Waypoints can be manually created or can be downloaded from a PC using the AirTools or GpsDump soft
46. e using the 9 key Confirm to accept the cancellation of the WP pressing the key or cancel the procedure using the 1 key 9 7 DELETING A ROUTE To delete a route from the Menu Routes enter into the route to be activated and press the A key long press and confirm with the key or cancel the procedure using the key 9 8 NAVIGATION TO CONCENTRIC WAYPOINT To properly manage a task s route with concentric waypoints it is necessary to insert in the desired position of the route the same waypoint three times accordingly to the task route but with different cylinders radius and to set the outer Waypoint parameter Wpt Type REV reverse type the waypoint WP2 in this example Page 38 10 ROUTE NAVIGATION To have these info available it has to be activated a route s navigation 10 1 ACTIVATING A ROUTE To activate a route from the Menu Routes enter into the route to be activated and press the key long press the message Activate Route Nav is shown press the ex key to confirm or press the key to annul 10 2 DE ACTIVATING A ROUTE To deactivate a route from the GPS INFO page press the key long press the message Clear Nav is shown press the key to confirm or press the 9 key to annul 10 3 OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION The optimized navigation is always activated and calculated in real time it shows to the pilot the shortest path along the task s route Page 39 10 4 NAVIGATION T
47. een the glider s horizontal speed and the sink rate To find the best glide rate on the graph it is necessary to draw a straight line from the origin of the graph point O tangent of the curve The intersection of the tangent with the curve point B shows the speed to fly at to achieve the best glide air related is therefore VB and the glide ratio is VB SinkB On your Digifly AIR you can insert three different polars using the function ADVANCED SETUP n 10 18 Px A B C To choose which polar to use go to ADVANCED SETUP Y n 9 POLA If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 9 POLA is set to OFF all information relating to McCready McCready Equivalent and Netto Vario are not displayed on the instrument On the instrument there are three preloaded polars 2 for hang gliders and 1 for a paraglider Using the Digifly AirToolS software available on the Digifly web site www digifly com it is possible to see the values of the three default polars and to set your own polar We suggest that you insert your own polar curve data which best reflects the actual performance of your glider If one of the 3 polar curves is active in the top part of PRESET 5 PAGE layout will be shown its main features o ka kb kc coefficients 905 1599 833 ka kb kc f 2 L D max eff o airspeed in km h at max efficiency 34 IAS max eff o descending rate at max efficiency m s max eff 1 31 mis max eff 1 26 m s min at 31 IAS o Best efficiency v
48. eld s characters until you get back to the first A longer pressure touch of the key shifts back to the left To exit press the key 2 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP Inthe vario setup menus help messages are available to guide you through the parameters It is possible to set the preferred language for these messages via the MAIN SETUP menu MAIN SETUP n 2 LANG then select the language you prefer and confirm IMPORTANT after every firmware update it is necessary to update also the help file containing the help messages The help file update can be performed from your PC MAC using the Digifly AirTools function upload HELP 2 8 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS To restore the factory settings default values for all parameters turn on the instrument pressing at the same time and holding down the keys t amp until the message FACTORY SET appears To confirm press the key or press the I key to cancel abort 2 9 RESET fa system crash occurs resulting in the instrument freezing it is possible to reset its functions by pressing at the same time the keys and 6 holding them down for more than 5 seconds Page 9 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 3 1 PAGES The Digifly AIR features 13 pages to manually change the pages press the keys forward or backward 3 1 1 MAIN PAGES MASTER There are 3 main pages master that for safety reasons can not be changed or disabled MASTER PLOTTER PAGE MASTER COMPASS PAGE MASTER I
49. es ascending the tones rhythm VARIOMETER SETUP n 7 PITC values from 1 to 4 Climb start tone s frequency VARIOMETER SETUP n 8 UPHZ Sink start tone s frequency VARIOMETER SETUP n 9 DWHZ Autosilence VARIOMETER SETUP n 20 AUTV ON activates the acoustic vario only after the takeoff and stops it 60 seconds after the landing 4 2 11 ACOUSTIC VARIO PRE THERMAL TONE If activated an acoustic signal with a tone and modulation significantly different of the acoustic vario indicates that we are near a thermal the instantaneous sink rate is better of the glider s minimum sink rate therefore indicating an area of slightly climbing air To set the pre thermal sound s start threshold go to VARIOMETER SETUP Y n 2 V PT value from 0 00 to 1 50 m s Suggested value 0 50 m s 4 2 12 VARIO SIMULATOR For a perfect tuning of the acoustic vario without flying it is possible to set the vario simulator mode setting ON the parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 19 SIMV and setting OFF the parameter VARIOMETER SETUP X n 20 AUTV Then exit from menu and use the arrow keys O a to set the preferred vario sound To deactivate the simulator set to OFF the parameter SIMV Note for safety reasons the simulator is automatically deactivated when the instrument power on Page 24 4 3 AIR SPEED WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE 4 3 1 This sensor measures the glider s air speed 100 3 90 2 80 4 This function is available only
50. g current map orientation MacCready Requested Efficiency to destination Arrival Altitude to destination Map Scale BottomBar mode Aircraft icon menu popup Glide Bar Wind indicator BottomBar Indicator or Navboxes LK8000 MAP OVERLAYS Release 1 20 March 2010 n order to use the LK8000 software you must have already previously done only once the pairing procedure with the external device see 13 2 1 It also requires that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT is set to ON Bluetooth enabled and that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 23 TELE is set to FL2 sending Digifly telemetry data enabled The sequence of operations for using this software via Bluetooth is the following 1 in the AIR BT enter in the menu Telemetry BT 2 run the LK8000 software on the external device 3 when AIR BT receives from the external device the confirmation of connection it automatically exits from the Telemetry BT menu returns on the current page of instruments turn on the Bluetooth icon and activate the continuous transmission of real time Digifly telemetry data at high speed Incase of problems to exit press the key on the AIR BT To correctly decode the Digifly telemetry is necessary only once to enter in the LK8000 configuration menu and enable the Device Driver Digifly Leonardo and Port Digifly AIR BT f everything is correct the Monitor page of LK8000 will display the telemetry data transmitted fr
51. ges the variometer as been optimized to obtain an exellent response during fligths for this reason we suggest to try or compare it flying and not on the ground Even though the system is totally automated it s possible to manually force values of some filters only for expert users o Filter 1 parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 10 FLT1 default value 80 suggested range from 70 to 9596 Reducing this value makes the vario very sensitive to variations o Filter 2 parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 11 FLT2 default value 72 suggested range from 48 to 96 reducing this value makes the vario very sensitive to variations o Filter 3 parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 12 FLT3 default value 0 suggested range from 0 to 10 o Filter 4 parameter VARIOMETER SETUP A n 13 RVAR default O Increase this value to reduce reactivity Page 21 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 4 4 2 5 4 2 6 DIGITAL VARIO Shows instant climbing or descending values in a range of 25 m s in digital format ANALOGICAL VARIO Indicates the instant vario values It is displayed by the analogical bar indicator on the left of the screen it shows the sink or climb rate within a 5 m s range INTEGRATED AVERAGE VARIO Shows the integrated vario values This means an average data reading slowed down in the time of the instant vario it can be changed with the value of netto vario see section 4 2 6 Can be set slowed down or immediate Setting to the minimum the
52. h ON Flight recorder ON Thermal Tutor track Navigation Compass e Synch Altim1 with GPS e e Instrument On Off e Menu Return e Change Page e e Reset Altimeter A2 e Change Page e e Volume level 1 2 Off Mini USB connector Batt charge PC MAC Memory card slot micro SD e Normal key pressure e e Long key pressure 2 seconds Page 13 3 3 1 VARIOMETER PLOTTER PAGE Inthe area dedicated to the vario information are shown o Digital vario o average vario Netto vario o McCready value o Eguivalent McCready value 3 3 2 AIR SPEED GROUND SPEED PLOTTER PAGE 281 6 14 3 a In the area dedicated to the anemometer information are shown b D 3 o Scrolling Analog format value Airspeed IAS TAS E o Digital format value IAS TAS 4 TAROIO 48 o Ground speed GS o Optimal speed glide ratio Speed to fly STF If your not using the Pitot sensor tube optional only the GS Ground speed will then shown in both analog and digital format 3 3 3 ALTIMETER A1 CURRENT GLIDE RATIO PLOTTER PAGE The A1 barometric altimeter and the current efficiency are shown in the top left part of the display 3 3 4 NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE Inthe PLOTTER page the navigation is mainly graphical o Representation of the flight track towards the current WPT o Representation of the current WPT cylinder o Optimized route to the current WPT cylinder o Optimized route to the next WPT cylinder o Direction and
53. he current position data HOMaaa aaa GPS altitude in tens of meters and with the icon A airfield and at the same time activates the navigation GOTO to it 3 5 11 DEACTIVATING THE CURRENT NAVIGATION CLEAR NAV Function Clear Nav to disable current navigation press button long pressure Clear Nav will appear confirm with button or press to cancel 3 5 12 DATE amp TIME Date and current time get automatically updated with GPS data when you start the instrument To set your country time zone MAIN SETUP Y n 7 UTCO To manually change date and time MAIN SETUP Y n 8 HOUR MAIN SETUP X n 9 MIN MAIN SETUP n 10 DAY MAIN SETUP A n 11 MONT MAIN SETUP n 12 YEAR Page 20 4 MAIN FUNCTIONS 4 1 ALTIMETERS The Digifly AIR features 6 different altimeters ALT 1 ALT 2 ALT 3 ALT GPS ALT H1 e ALT HA ALT 1 A1 Barometric altimeter ALT 2 A2 Altimeter A2 12916 3000 ALT 3 A3 Last thermal height gain ALT GPS AQ Altimeter GPS ALT GPS ALT H1 H1 Estimated height over the cylinder of the current WP 385 28 6 ALT HA HA Estimated height over the cylinder of the goal ALTIMETERS SETTINGS Goto the ALTIMETERS menu and select which altimeter you want to adjust A1 48 2500 or A2 Important while the recorder is activated is not possible to adjust the altimeter A1 When GPS signal is available and barometric altimeter ALT1 is not been manually
54. he external device the confirmation of connection it automatically exits from the Telemetry BT menu returns on the current page of instruments turn on the Bluetooth icon and activate the continuous transmission of real time Digifly telemetry data at high speed In case of problems to exit press the O key on the AIR BT To correctly decode the Digifly telemetry is necessary only once to enter in the XCSOAR configuration menu and enable the Device Driver Digifly Leonardo and Port Digifly AIR BT If everything is correct the Monitor page of XCSOAR will display the telemetry data transmitted from the instrument AIR BT For more info about the XCSOAR software please visit the web site www xcsoar org Modifica dispositivo Porta Digifly Air Bt pavaj Digifly Leonardo Ignora controllo integrit Sperto 0 5 0 km h Page 61 Dispositivi 13 0 375 38 A GPS integrato amp sensori 14 0 377 3D No dati Jaca 3E B Digifly Leonardo su Bluetooth Digifly Air Bt 17 0 37 Monitor porta Bluetooth Digifly Air Bt 1 SPDGFTLT SPDGFTL1 SPDGFTLI SPDGFTL1 SPDGFTLIT SPDGFTL1 SPDGFTL1 17 19 0 E SGPRMC 1 62437 094 Y 0 00 0 00 17 1113 N 41 KA D Disabilitato PGG 4 1 6243 i 094 0 0 M M 4 Dis abilitato SPDGFTLI1 17 76 26 0 377 3C E Disabilitato PDGFTL1 17 76 26 0 376 3D amp PDGFTL1 17 76 26 0 376 3D SPDGFTL1 17 76 25 0 376 3E F Disabilitato SPDGF
55. icator always show netto vario values 3 Data shown from right analog bar and digital indicator changes depending on effective flyght conditions when you are gliding right analog bar and digital indicator both show netto values when you ar thermaling right analog bar shows average vario values and digital indicator show instant vario values 4 Data shown from right analog bar and digital indicator changes depending on effective flyght conditions when you are gliding right analog bar and digital indicator both show netto values when you ar thermaling right analog bar and digital indicator both show average vario values See setion 6 12 Thermal Tutor for extra details on gliding mode and thermaling mode When netto vario value is shown NET icon will appear in the right bar Page 22 4 2 7 4 2 9 McCREADY WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 9 POLA is set to OFF all information related to McCready McCready Equivalent and Netto Vario are not displayed on Equivalent McCready McCready the instrument The McCready value is the average lift value of the last nn minutes To adjust the average lift time go to ADVANCED SETUP n 19 MCRA EQUIVALENT McCREADY WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP X n 9 POLA is set to OFF all information related to McCready McCready Equivalent and Netto Vario are not displayed on the instrument This value
56. ing time time to opening estimated relative time to the Start cylinder requested speed to arrive to the Start cylinder Automatic Start Pylon display switching function 186 Competition Waypoints 186 User Waypoints 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route Multiflight logger 3D recorder flight data and GPS with Autostart and Autostop 100 000 data points flight recorder from 1800 hours 1 point per minute to 30 hours 1 point per second Up to 250 recordable flights Controlled air spaces CTR management 16 3 4 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Very high resolution gray scale graphic LCD display 320x240 pixel 13 Graphic screens completely configurable by the user with simple drag amp drop using the graphical free sofware Digifly AirPageConfigurator for PC and Mac Free Digifly AirTools vario management software for PC and Mac Compatible with the GpsDump free software for PC Mac and Smartphone Android Compatible with mostly of the competition software programs and with the Online XC Contest USB data communication Bluetooth data communication AIR BT only High Speed real time Digifly Telemetry data output 10 times per second via Bluetooth AIR BT only Telemetry via Bluetooth compatible with the free software XCSoar and LK8000 AIR BT only Free Firmware update via internet 14 Language for help setup Adjustable units of measure Micro SD Memory Card slot Ready for installation of the optional Pitot tube and sensor kit Ready fo
57. o Comp Wpts Read Digifly Air User Wpts Select BT device St 2000 01 01 00 00 00 Read Digifly Air Comp Wpts 2000 01 01 00 00 00 HM1200 ratio 0 00 00 Digifly Air Bt Ain alt 0 al 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 TRK LST WPT Product Page 57 14 2 SOFTWARE Digifly AirUpdater FOR FIRMWARE UPDATE PC MAC The firmware of your Digifly instrument can be updated to new versions using the AirUpdater Digifly software available for Windows PC and MAC This free software can be downloaded from our web site www digifly com and allows you to acquire new functions and improvements to your instrument The firmware update works only with the USB cable Note it is not possible to update the firmware via the Bluetooth connection 14 2 1 FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 1 Ensure that your instrument s battery is fully charged It is important 2 Close all other PC MAC programs that are running included the antivirus amp firewall 3 Ensure that the instrument is turned off and connect the USB cable 4 Press and hold the key A then press also the key QJ walt with the two key presses until the instrument emits a long acoustic beep Now the instrument is turned on and is in boot loader mode waiting for the firmware upload Note the screen will be totally blank at this point 5 Release first the key t and then the key O 6 Run on your PC MAC the Digifly firmware s updating program AirUpdater exe 7 Press the Start
58. o modify Pressthe key to open the drop down menu containing the possible action then select EDIT VIEW and confirm with the key It appears a page with all the Waypoint data use the arrow keys O to navigate the field you want to modify and confirm with the key The function EDIT is described in the chapters 2 6 1 and 2 6 2 The waypoint fields that have generally to be EDITED in a route are o Sym number from O to 9 or the letter A to identify a landing field Airfield o Note alphanumerical 16 characters o Near distance in meters from the cylinder where it is activated the one second oversample of the flight recorder o Radius radius in meters of the turn point cylinder o WptType normal type default REV reverse type IN Start Pylon entering OUT Start Pylon leaving o Start Gate Time time of the first start hours min o Next Gate time to the next start minutes o N Gates total number of Start gate o Aux not used Pressthe O key to go back to the route s page ENTERING START PYLON IN LEAVING START PYLON OUT Start OK Start Waiting di radi side WP start WP start Waiting side Start OK Page 37 9 6 DELETE A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE Using the arrows keys o set the cursor on the waypoint to be deleted Press the key to open the drop down menu containing the possible action then select DELETE confirm with the key or cancel the procedur
59. oint list WPT USER with the format nnMaaa aaa altitude GPS in tens of meters and the barometric altimeter A1 will be synchronized with the value of the GPS altitude Page 31 7 1 3 1 1 4 EDIT WAYPOINT To modify edit an existing Waypoint scroll though the list using the arrow keys Or until the cursor is on the desired one then press the key EDIT function The EDIT function is described in the chapters 2 6 1 and 2 6 2 DELETE WAYPOINT To delete a Waypoint from the list enter in the desired Waypoint as like to edit it Cs key then press the key 9 long press and confirm the delete request pressing the key or cancel the procedure using the 1 key To delete all the Waypoints of a list while you are inside a WP list press the 9 key long press and confirm the delete request of ALL THE WP with the key or cancel the procedure using the key Page 32 8 NAVIGATE TO A SINGLE WAYPOINT GOTO 8 1 ACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT GOTO 8 1 1 8 1 2 8 1 3 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME GOTO HOME Available only in the GPS INFO page ensures that the instrument guides us back to the point where we activated this function It s particular useful for example when we go flying in a new site of which we don t have waypoints and we want to get guided to the landing zone In this case is necessary to go to the landing zone and activate this function How to activate the GOTO HOME f
60. ols Inthe page route is also listed the total distance of the route in km Tot dst km 9 2 VISUALIZING WAYPONT DATA OF A ROUTE Using the arrow keys O set the cursor on the desired waypoint s line Press the key to open the drop down menu containing the possible action then select EDIT VIEW and confirm with the key Pressthe A key to go back the route s page 9 3 INSERT A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE Using the arrows keys set the cursor on the desired waypoint s line where you want to insert another Waypoint Press the key to open the drop down menu containing the possible action then select INSERT WPT xxxxxx and confirm with the key From the Waypoints list select the desired one and confirm with the key 9 4 SUBSTITUTE A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE Using the arrows keys t set the cursor on the desired waypoint s line where you want to substitute an existing Waypoint Press the key to open the drop down menu containing the possible action then select CHANGE WPT xxxxxx and confirm with the key From the Waypoints list select the desired one and confirm with the key Page 36 9 5 MODIFY A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE PARAMETER CHANGE A Waypoint added to a ruote needs to be changed if you want it to become the start pylon WPT Wpt Type IN OUT you need to change even the radius of cylinder validation Radius Press the key O o set the cursor on the desired waypoint s line that you want t
61. om the instrument AIR BT For more info about the LK8000 software please visit the web site www Ik8000 it Page 63 16 APPENDIX 16 1 DIGIFLY AIR STANDARD ACCESSORIES 16 2 The Digifly AIR SE and AIR BT are shipped with the following standard accessories Protective case Internal rechargeable lithium battery Battery charger 5V 1000ma 110 220Vca 50 60H7 USB PC cable to download flights manage other functions and update the firmware directly from Internet OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The following optional accessories are available from Digifly Air Speed Sensor Pitot tube GSM LiveTracking module for mobile sim card Hang gliding vario mount Paragliding protective case 16 3 TECHNICAL FEATURES 16 3 1 STANDARD FUNCTIONS Graphic altimeter Altimeters 9 000 m 29527 ft Auto Altimeter A1 with GPS Altimeter synchro Auto zero thermal altimeter A3 Thermal Tutor with autozoom and real time map of the thermal with different thickness depending on the vario 10 Sensors Vario barometer 9 sensors inertial platform with self adaptive sensitivity function Digital vario 25 m s 5000 ft min Analogue vario 25 m s 5000 ft min Vario integrator adjustable from O to 60 sec Netto Vario with optional Pitot tube McCready and Equivalent McReady function with optional Pitot tube Total energy compensation with optional Pitot tube Acoustic vario with adjustable levels volume tone and vario simulator function Acoustic va
62. only if a SN toward a single waypoiny GOTO is active e 114 32 100 E 114 32 00 e 114 32 100 13 75 39 09 pos 25 3 25 3 EA 300 35 59 904 amp E o Kaman E 158 4 maron TAROIO m a pn 2500 35 Q au is A pa IL gt 3 N 300 6 3 300 5 8 2 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT GOTO BRG1 B1 isthe direction to the current Waypoint Even shown on compass with this icon O and with follow me simbol A 4 D DST1 D1 is the distance to the current Waypoint It is possible to set the distance s unit of measure using the parameter MAIN SETUP n 16 U 1 4 3 SP the same used also for the speed value ALTH1 H1 is the estimated height of arrival above the current Waypoint This height is computed integrating the following info Altimeter A1 distance to the Waypoint 34 DST1 Waypoint altitude and average glide ratio The average glide ratio is continuously update during the glide and stored in the memory during the thermal flight To change the average time seconds use the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 EFFA The Waypoint s altitude have to be included in the Waypoint s name o aaaNNN visible on the bottom of the waypoint s page o aaa 3alphanumeric characters for the Waypoint s name o NNN waypoint altitude above sea level in tens of meters Note if the field NNN doesn t contain three numbers then the navigation uses the Altitude field 8 2 2 NEEDED GLI
63. r installation of the optional GSM LiveTracking module for mobile sim card Input for external power supply Integrated battery charger via mini USB Battery life 3O hours with the integrated rechargeable lithium battery Dimensions H x L x D 154mm x 90mm x 18mm Weight with battery 180g The Digifly AIR instruments are supplied with protective case rechargeable internal lithium battery wall adapter charger 110 220Vca 50 60Hz and USB cable Three years warranty Page 65 16 4 MAIN SET UP MENU PARAMETERS 0 CON OO O1 FP 0 N H D5 N N DN H p p p p p p p p N H O 0 0N o 0 ps W N H O Name CTRS LANG RECM R DS R TI RECR UTCO HOUR MIN DAY MONT YEAR U AL U SP PILO GTYP GID U1PG U2PG U3PG U4PG U5PG Description display contrast language selection recorder mode selection meters variation start autorecorder seconds variation start autorecorder recorder rate time zone difference time setting hours time setting minutes time setting day time setting month time setting year altimeter units speed units pilots name glider type glider ID User Page 1 mode User Page 2 mode User Page 3 mode User Page 4 mode User Page 5 mode 16 5 ADV SETUP PARAMETERS MENU ADVANCED SETUP n Name 1 PITO 2 KMAG 3 KIAS 4 KBAR 5 GCAL 6 GPOS T EFF 8 EFFA 9 POLA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 MCRA 20 MCRE 21 WSEN 22 CORD 23 TELE 24 BLUT Description Pitot tube enable Magnetic compass calibration
64. rTools 3 you are prompted to choose whether to communicate via USB cable or via Bluetooth with the message Press OK to link USB Press DOWN to link BT or Menu to exit press the key communication via Bluetooth 4 AIR BT looks forward to the pairing request from the external device 5 from the control panel of the Bluetooth external device panel press the option Search 6 a list of available devices is created click on Digifly AIR BT 7 when prompted enter the pairing code of the AIR BT which is 0000 and then confirm if the procedure is successful the external device displays a message to confirm that the Digifly AIR BT is paired From now on to communicate with each other these two devices is no longer necessary to repeat the pairing Incase of problems to exit press the 9 key on the AIR BT 13 2 2 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OF THE INSTRUMENT The management software of the AIR BT that over USB cable can also communicate via Bluetooth are Digifly AirTools Digifly AirPageConfigurator and GPSDump In order to use these software you must have already previously done only once the pairing procedure with the external device see 13 2 1 It also requires that the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT is set to ON Bluetooth enabled The sequence of operations for using these software via Bluetooth is the following 1 in the AIR BT enter in the menu AirTools 2 you are prompted to
65. rio with pre thermal function Acoustic vario with autosilence function Air Speed IAS TAS with optional Pitot tube Speed To Fly with optional Pitot tube 3 adjustable polar curves with optional Pitot tube Barometer range 300 to 1200 mB with user calibration Constant battery monitoring Date and time with auto GPS synchro chronometer flight timer 16 3 2 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS Inertial plattorm AHRS with 3 axis gyroscopes 3 accelerometers and 3magnetometers Three axis magnetic compass Three axis Gmeter Pitch Roll Yaw Page 64 16 3 3 GPS FUNCTIONS Integrated high sensitivity GPS receiver 99 channels and 10hz Latitude Longitude Altitude GPS Direction GPS TRK Ground Speed GPS Efficiency Glide Ratio related to the ground with GPS ground speed Wind speed and direction indicator with GPS Direction and distance to the last thermal HSI graphic navigation function Follow Me Navigation function GOTO HOME Navigation function GOTO LANDINGS and GOTO NEAREST Navigation functions Direction distance height efficiency and time to the current Waypoint Direction distance height efficiency and time to the GOAL Optimized navigation management with shortest path indications and Glide calculator Real Time Navigation Manager with skip waypoint function Automatic FAI cylinder turn point and Start Pylon validation visual and acoustic Start Pylon full management with indications of start pilon open
66. sed to calculate the average efficiency glide ratio to be used for the glide calculation to WP he average efficiency value is very important because it is the value used by the glide computer Page 29 6 10 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATION USING GPS The wind speed and its direction are automatically calculated using the GPS info Tracking TRK and the ground speed GS To determine the wind speed and its direction you should make a normal turn which has to be neither too tight nor too wide It is also important to maintain constant airspeed during the turn Foran accurate calculation at least a 360 turn must be completed This function uses the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 21 WSEN for the wind calculator sensibility default 5 31432 v FEJ 53 8300 4 25 114 32 804 h PR 264 1538 482 TAROIO 4 TAROIO 48 40 500 AL 33 N 390 6 33 N 300 6 100 13 25 39 90 JA 3000 35 00 80 4 28168 mass 6 11 LAST THERMAL DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT INFORMATION The data direction BRG T distance DST T and altitude gain A3 are shown on the display when it is detected a thermal Todefine a thermal this function uses the parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n A TAROIO 16 THET to define the lift s minimum duration in seconds N 5 6 12 THERMAL TUTOR e 1 tai I 23 E Thermal tutor is an innovative function capable to help you to center thermals becous
67. sible to delete a single flight Page 47 12 ADDITIONAL MEMORY CARD Inthe vario case aside to the micro USB connector it is possible to insert a Micro SD memory card of 2 GB maximum capacity To insert a memory card place the card with the label toward the instrument s keyboard side and insert the connector card s side inside the instrument to lock the memory card it is necessary to gently press it with your fingernails untill it will be locked in the case To extract the memory card press it in to release it Warning if the card is incorrectly inserted it is possible that the instrument would be damaged Page 48 13 CONNECTIONS amp INTERFACES 13 1 It is possible to connect your Digifly AIR SE and AIR BT to a PC MAC Smartphone Tablet PDA using the provided USB cable The Digifly AIR BT allows also the connection via Bluetooth USB CABLE CONNECTION To use the USB connection the installation of the FTDI USB Cable Driver on your PC MAC is required USB cable driver automatic installation only with internet connection Connect the USB cable to the PC MAC and to the instrument usually the operative system dowmload and install the FTDI driver automatically USB cable driver manual installation if the automatic installation was not successful the manual installation of the FTDI driver is then required disconnect the USB cable from the PC MAC and from the instrument download the proper driver inst
68. speed intensity of the wind Digital format of the following informations o Required glide ratio efficiency to current WPT cylinder and its distance o Expected arrival height to current WPT cylinder o Name of current WPT Page 14 3 3 5 HSI NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE Inthe center part is shown the HSI a graphical navigation tool made by two dashed lines that intersect each other indicating the current WPT and its real height Flying towards the center of the WPT cylinder the airplane icon moves right or left of the dashed vertical line in case of rong route and up or down the dashed horizontal line telling us the arrival height with the current gliding ratio 3 3 6 SLIDING COMPASS NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE n the plotter page is visible a scrolling compass containing navigation informations via icons If GPS signal is good the direction is the TRK of GSP track otherwise is visible the internal magnetic compass Page 15 dl 33 N e 114 32 100 0 514 32 100 kh TAROIO R 3 4 MASTER COMPASS PAGE Analogical Altimeter A1 Clock Digital Altimeter A1 Chronometer Analogical vario scale Current glide ratio McCready Analogival Air speed Digifly McCready equivalent Optimal speed to fly STF LI 24 Analogical Vario RTC 13 25 38 40 2 23000 35 09 80 p 2 7 2816X 68 i taroio 40 2500 35 N ca Q DST 1 E 14 2 SE y 2158 ALT H1 342 CE
69. t Developed bw Fabrizio Cavadini vii miubyte com Page 58 15 DIGIFLY TELEMETRY HIGH SPEED REAL TIME DATA OUTPUT AIR BT ONLY When this feature is activated the instrument AIR BT via Bluetooth send continuously and in real time the Digifly telemetry data at high speed 10 times per second to external devices such as smartphones tablet PDA Navigators for Cars Palm Pocket PCs that have installed software that can receive decode and display the Digifly telemetry data such XCSoar and LK8000 see paragraphs 15 2 and 15 3 15 1 1 ACTIVATE DIGIFLY TELEMETRY DATA OUTPUT To enable the Digifly telemetry output set the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 BLUT ON that enables Bluetooth and set the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 23 TELE with CAR or FL1 or FL2 telemetry type N B The XCSoar and LK8000 both require the FL2 type 15 1 2 TELEMETRY DATA SELECTION Select the telemetry data type with the parameter ADVANCED SETUP A n 23 TELE TELE CAR GPGGA GPRMC sent one time per second TELE FL1 GPGGA GPRMC PDGFTL1 sent one time per second TELE FL2 GPGGA GPRMC sent one time per second PDGFTL1 sent 10 times per second SETTINGS DATA COMMUNICATION 115200 baud no parity 8 data bit 1 stop bit The field Nmea checksum is composed by and 2 hex digits representing the exclusive OR GPGGA 161229 487 3723 2475 N 12158 3416 W 1 07 1 0 9 0 M 0000 18 lt CR gt lt LF gt AS A
70. t of measure using the parameter MAIN SETUP n 16 U SP the same used also for the speed value ALT H1 H1 Shows estimeted arrival height to current cylinder waypoint along the optimized 1 A 3 2 route this height is calculated as follows Alti A1 distance to current cylinder waypoint DST 1 height current Waypoint and average efficiency 34 Average efficiency is updated in real time while gliding and stored while thermaling to change value of refresh in seconds modify parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 EFFA Page 40 Height of waypoint as to be included in its name o aaaNNN visible in the bottom of waypoint page o aaa 3alphanumeric character for waypoint name o NNN height of waypoint over sea level in tens of meters N B if there is no value setted navigation will use height value field BRG O B shows direction to nearest point of current waypoint cylinder Also shown with 3 D icon on compass DST O DO shows distance to nearest point of current waypoint cylinder 14 27 10 4 2 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO CURRENT WAYPOINT It is the estimated needed glide ratio to reach the current Waypoint s cylinder along the 1 D 8 optimized route 10 4 3 ARRIVAL TIME TIME TO CURRENT WAYPOINT Shows estimated arrival time TIM1 T1 and how much time is missing to estimated arrival time ETIM1 E1 to get to current cylinder waypoint along optimized route 10 4 4 HSI GRAPHIC NAVIGATION TO CURRE
71. t re eee eee eth eed noce d ER 10 3 1 2 SONFICURABDE PAGES scent aM M E PAL D janat M MUN E EE mt 11 SM 12 9 MAS TER POTI ERP AGE iene tia 13 3 3 1 VARIOMETER PLOTTER PA akkua n akk arakon nkk anakaa AAA AAAA EALAR AAAA A AA EAE eanan 14 3 3 2 AIR SPEED GROUND SPEED PLOTTER PAGE sessesecsesscsessesscsessessesscsessessssesscssssesucesssesscssssssssasssesvssessesesseen 14 3 3 3 ALTIMETER A1 CURRENT GLIDE RATIO PLOTTER PAGE ccsesscsecssssesscsessessssessessssesscsessesscssssesssasssesssesseees 14 3 3 4 NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE sicilia 14 3 3 5 HSI NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE ects audeas Bet lat ae asd Nut e quin the Lie 9 M te 15 3 3 6 SLIDING COMPASS NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE eerte aa a ana aa ase 15 3A MASTER COMPASS PAGE rilancia 16 3 4 1 VARIOMETER COMPASS PA leida akat 17 3 4 2 AIR SPEED GROUND SPEED COMPASS PAGE ertet a a a a aa a a aa anna 17 3 4 3 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER A1 CURRENT GLIDE RATIO COMPASS PAGE 17 3 4 4 NAVIGATION COMPASS PAC cla 17 35 MASTER INFO GPS PAGE mmmsisseussa msn ivt een iecit bad ue ANAAL AAAA AAAA cebat ue rubei 18 3 5 1 GPS STATUS INFORMATION rt a 19 3 5 2 LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES ocr dis tice al Sin edi selaamaan Stailaa eed I ME 19 3 5 3 LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS ettet a a a aa asennan 19 3 5 4 GPS SIGNAT OUARITV DOP cients tet masa SISIN HESY eta voita t EM MIRI IM EE DE IDEE 19 3 5 5 LO EI omda ms taata a TERN ROERO n ai mk O 19 3 5 6 PSIG HON
72. ter or to a MAC for configuring amp managing flight data Micro SD card slot Bluetooth connection AIR BT only 2 2 BATTERY 2 2 2 The main power is supplied by an internal rechargeable high capacity lithium battery that has no memory effect so it can be partially recharged without affecting the battery s life It also has a very low self discharge rate more than one year and works very well at low temperatures A fully charged battery will power the instrument for over 30 hours When the battery s icon starts to blink there are roughly 4 hours of battery life remaining BATTERY RECHARGE To recharge the instrument insert the charger plug or other mini USB accessory The required time for a full charge is about 8 hours There are no problems if you leave the vario charging for more than 8 hours as the vario automatically switches to a maintain mode which prevents the battery from being overcharged The Digifly AIR s lithium battery has no memory effect so it can be also partially charged EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY The mini USB socket can be used to power the instrument and simultaneously charge the internal battery An external stabilized 5VDC power supply e g a solar panel with a minimum of 150mA is necessary to turn on the instrument Any excess power will be used to charge the internal lithium battery Proper solar panels are suitable to power the instrument 2 3 KEYBOARD NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS The time leng
73. th you keep the keys pressed on your Digifly instrument selects the available functions For a Normal key press press the button for less than a second For a long key press keep the button pressed down for at least 2 seconds When not specified the key press has to be considered as a normal key press less than a second Page 7 2 4 TURNING ON amp OFF To turn on your Digifly instrument press the 4 key at least for 4 seconds To turn off your Digifly instrument press the key at least for 4 seconds After switching off your Digifly instrument you must wait at least 5 seconds before attempting to turn it on again This prevents unwanted operation After turning on your Digifly instrument the first screen briefly shows the vario model pilot name if set logger status vario serial number software version date time and battery voltage 2 5 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT To change the contrast of the display press the key Q to enter in the MAIN SETUP menu select the menu MAIN SETUP n 1 CTRS go to the edit mode pressing the key set the preferred contrast using the keys arrow UP or arrow DOWN O then save the changes pressing the key O 2 6 MENU To navigate the menus of your instrument press the 9 key MENU MENU Denon Wpt Near Airfield To select the sub menus navigate the list UP or DOWN using the SPENCAlcSE Wpt Competition t arrow keys then confirm your choice pressing the key EN
74. tivate the continuous transmission of real time Digifly telemetry data at high speed Incase of problems to exit press the 9 key on the AIR BT Page 52 14 SOFTWARE 14 1 AIR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE Your Digifly Air uses a the Digifly protocol this protocol allows to communicate at high speed with the applications having it embedded in their interface e g Digifly AirTools Digifly AirPagesConfigurator GpsDump Thanks to this protocol it is possible access amp configure your vario remotely Important always run only one program at a time 14 1 1 SOFTWARE Digifly AirTools PC MAC tis an official Digifly software it integrates the protocol Digifly v66 The Digifly AirTools is a free application to be used on PC and MAC it allows the full management of flights routes waypoint the help language of the SETUP parameters and the complete personalization of the vario s acoustic profile Connect the PC MAC to the Digifly AIR and turn on both On the AIR enter in the menu AirTools the blinking message LINK is displayed Note if Bluetooth is enabled you are prompted to press the key or the key to choose whether to communicate via USB cable or via Bluetooth with the message Press OK to link USB Press DOWN to link BT or Menu to exit See paragraph 13 2 1 for more details on the use of Bluetooth On your PC MAC run the Digifly program AirTools Close I VU ools ver 2 0 DRC2 Vin 32bit Set COM
75. unction from the GPS INFO page wait till the GPS position is valid then press the key long press the message Activate Home Wpt is shown press the key to confirm or press the e key to annul Note if a navigation has already been previously activated first of all is necessary to deactivate it from the GPS INFO page press the key long press the message Clear Nav is shown press the ex key to confirm or press the o key to annul The GOTO HOME function creates a landing waypoint in the User Waypoint list WPT USER with the current position data HOMaaa aaa GPS altitude in tens of meters and with the icon A airfield and at the same time activates the navigation GOTO to it NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST LANDING ZONE GOTO LANDING To activate this function wait till the GPS position is valid enter in the menu with the 2 key select the sub menu Wpt Near Airfield In it there is a list of all the landing fields get from both the WP database USER COMP having the symbol A This list is sorted from the nearest landing zone first and the distance from the current GPS position The cursor is automatically set on the nearest landing If necessary scroll the list using the arrow keys and t To select the required zone press the key long press then confirm the choice to activate the navigation to the WP pressing again the key or cancel the procedure using the key NAVIGATION T
76. urrent efficiency Graphic Altimeter digital value of A1 altimeter is integrated with the graphic scrolling altimeter With a friendly scale and numeric indications every 500 meters embeded into an angular graphic view making more readable the numbers in the thousands There is even a simple graduated scale fore meters in the hundreds 3 4 4 NAVIGATION COMPASS PAGE Inthe compass page navigation is shown with a number of concentric rings in witch icons are moving inthe outside ring there are the cardinal points N E S W in the thicker ring there are the direction icons to WP in the inner ring there are the direction icons to the thermal wind direction and speed You can also find the following digital informations gide ratio needed to the current cylider WPT and its distance Expected arrival height to current Cylinder WPT Name of current WPT Page 17 100 13 25 38 90 35 58 55 3000 2500 N oO 14 32 215 8 op Mo 23 E 342 al x m 13 25 38 JA 3000 35 cp D 284 AW TARO010 6 50 9 p So 23 E 3000 35 59 80 4 d aROI0 2m 3 5 MASTER INFO GPS PAGE GPS coordinates type Digifly A Lat Lon ddmmss ss 44 25 51 3 N 013 42 08 4 E HDOP 2 4 Latitude GPS signal quality Longitude ALT GPS My Dx D56110 CORNIZZOLC B49065 SIN CASCINA STA B17135 M TE CORNI D B13030 CESANA BRIA A01024 SUELLO LAND
77. value go to VARIOMETER SETUP n 17 TEC to do it you should fly in calm air conditions and slow down as if you are entering a thermal If the vario shows a change in lift you have to increase the total energy compensation value until the change in velocity isn t recorded as lift A typical value for hang gliders is 65 The default setting of O deactivates the total energy compensation function Page 23 4 2 10 ACOUSTIC VARIO The acoustic vario represents the instantaneous values of the vario with a modulated acoustic tone Pressing the key long pressure the sound s volume changes into three levels HIGH OFF amp LOW The chosen volume is shown by the loudspeaker icon on the center left of the display To set the sound s threshold level to indicate lift go to parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 1 V UP for the sink go to VARIOMETER SETUP n 3 V DN It is possible to set the preferred acoustic profile with the parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 4 PROF Three pre set profile are available FAS STD SFT Two fully customizable profile USR1 USR2 are available via PC MAC using the AirTools software moreover there is a manual MAN mode that allows to directly customize the instrument using the following parameters Style VARIOMETER SETUP n 5 STYL relation among sound pause values from 1 to 3 Modulation VARIOMETER SETUP n 6 MODH increases the tone frequency from 1 to 30 Hz Pitch increas
78. ware On a MAC GpsDump MAC version is available It is also possible to transfer the Waypoints from Digifly AIR to the other via BT CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT MANUALLY To create a new Waypoint in the menu put the cursor on the first database s dotted line and then press the key EDIT function The EDIT function is described in the chapters 2 6 1 and 2 6 2 Name 6 characters format aaaNNN aaa 3 alphanumeric characters NNN waypoint altitude above sea level in tens of meters Note if the field NNN doesn t contain three numbers then the navigation uses the field Altitude Sym numbers from O to 9 or the letter A to identify an official landing zone Airfield Note alphanumerical 16 characters available Lat Lon Latitude and longitude Altitude altitude in meters Note this field is used only if the field NNN of the waypoint s name doesn t contains three numbers Near distance in meters that activates the fast frequency flight recorder one second scan Radius radius in meters of the waypoint s cylinder CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK When the GPS acquires a valid position it is possible to save it in the instrument s memory using the function MARK From the GPS INFO page press the key A long press the message Save Mark is shown press the key to confirm or press the D key to annul The current position will be saved as a new Waypoint in the User Wayp
79. y replaces waypoint name graphical HSI or graphical altimeter with a set of instruments to manage it the name waypoint value if viewed in current layout is automatically replaced with ESTART ES that shows estimeted time arrival to the border of start pylon Graphical HSI or graphical altimeter if viewed in current layout is automatically replaced with a group of three instruments CSTART CS time missing countdown to start opening STS SS required speed necessary to get to start line on opening time and direction icon follow me A When 10 minutes are missing to start time a message appears on monitor 10 MIN TO GO followed by a double beep When time to start is 00 00 a message appears on monitor GATE OPENED followed by a double beep telling the pilot that gate is opened now he can go through start pylon IN or OUT depending on function option chosen n case you go through the start pylon before the gate is opened the value of distance to line start is shown in reverse mode white on black background so that you know you re on the wrong side of the circle The instrument guides us constantly towards the border of start pilon until it doesnt t get crossed on the right side when gate is opened when this happens a message appears WP OK followed by a bitonal sound the chrono is set on time already passed since start and navigator shows next waypoint N start validation entering waypoint OUT
80. y to the task s director instruction o Insert the turn points cylinders radius o Insert correctly the Start Pylon type using the parameter Wpt Type set the value IN Entering Start Pylon or the value OUT Leaving Start Pylon See 9 5 for more details about the Wpt Type settings o Insert correctly the start time o If existing insert also the ulterior gate time how may and when o In the route page verify that the total distance is corresponding Tot dst m calcolata dal centro del primo wpt al centro dell ultimo wpt lungo la rotta non ottimizzata Activate the route Set the barometric altimeter A1 this is important as it is used also by the glide s computer Before takeoff turn on your instrument with sufficient time to allow a correct GPS position to be obtained After the GPS position has been obtained check that the time is correct If necessary change the time zone otherwise the start time will be wrong Parameter MAIN SETUP n 7 UTCO Page 45 11 FLIGHT RECORDER When the Digifly Air starts the flight recorder it shows the message REC ON and the icon rec REC on the bottom of the display starts blinking The following parameters are continuously recorded Date and time latitude longitude number of satellites tracking GPS ground speed GPS altimeter GPS barometric altimeter A1 variometer and anemometer IMPORTANT while in menu no data are recorded 11 1 ACTIVATING DE ACTIVATING FLIGHT

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