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CONNECTIONS & INTERFACES

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It is possible to connect your Digifly AIR-SE and AIR-BT to a PC, Mac, Smartphone, Tablet, PDA, etc. using the
provided USB cable. The Digifly AIR-BT allows also the connection via Bluetooth.

13.1

USB CABLE CONNECTION

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Connecting to an Android Smartphone via USB cable does not require a driver installation; just use a simple
USB-OTG (On-The-Go) adapter.

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Instead, in order to use the USB connection with a PC or MAC, the FTDI driver must be installed.

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USB cable driver automatic installation
Connect the USB cable to the PC/Mac and to the instrument, while connected to the Internet and the operative
system will usually download and install the FTDI driver automatically.

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USB cable driver manual installation

If the automatic installation is not successful, you need to manually install the FTDI driver:

o

Disconnect the USB cable from the PC/Mac and from the instrument

o

Download the proper driver installation program accordingly to the PC/Mac in use from

www.digifly.com

-> download -> FTDI USB Cable Driver.

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Find your computer system on the chart and choose the driver on the far-right column (under comments).

o

Unzip the downloaded files and run the driver installation program.

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Restart your computer and reconnect the USB cable to the computer and to the instrument.

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Verify proper installation of the USB driver:

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Connect the USB cable to the PC/Mac

o

For example, from Windows7, go to Start -> Control
Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Device
Management.

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Click on the “+” sign next to "Ports (COM e LPT)".

o

If the driver is correctly installed, you will see the "USB Serial Port
(COM X)" without any yellow indication of error. Note: The ’X’ is the
number of the COM port assigned to the computer’s USB.

o

The driver type is visible with a right click on your mouse over "USB
Serial Port" then click on “Properties'”; if the driver is installed it will
show “FTDI”.

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How to manually reassign the COM port number:

o

All Digifly software performs the automatic search of the COM port in the range of 1 to 20; a third-party
software in most cases requires that the COM port is in the range from 1 to 9.
If the COM port assigned by the computer has a higher number it is necessary to manually reassign it:

o

Connect the USB cable to the PC/Mac

o

Right click on "USB Serial Port” then click on “Properties'”

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Summary of Contents for AIR-BT

Page 1: ...AIR_Manual_506a_ENG_rev_1 pdf Page 1 96 OWNER s MANUAL DIGIFLY AIR SE AIR BT AIR BT PITOT Ver 506a English Rev 1 ...

Page 2: ...hip 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...

Page 3: ...MAL AND PAGE 6 COMP GOAL GLIDE 15 3 4 CROSS COUNTRY XC PAGES 16 3 4 1 PAGE 7 XC THERMAL 17 3 4 2 PAGE 8 XC GLIDE 18 3 5 PAGE 9 COMPASS 19 3 6 PAGE 10 RELAX 20 3 7 PAGE 11 AHRS 20 3 8 PAGE 12 MAP 21 3 9 PAGE 13 MASTER INFO GPS PAGE 22 3 9 1 GPS STATUS INFORMATION 23 3 9 2 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES 23 3 9 3 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS 23 3 9 4 GPS SIGNAL QUALITY HDOP 23 3 9 5 GPS ALT...

Page 4: ...TEGRATED GPS RECEIVER WITH 99 CHANNELS 36 6 2 GPS STATUS INFORMATION 36 6 3 GPS SIGNAL QUALITY HDOP 36 6 4 EARTH MODEL USED FOR DISTANCE CALCULATION 36 6 5 TOLERANCE USED FOR DISTANCE CALCULATION 36 6 6 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES 36 6 7 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS 36 6 8 GPS ALTITUDE 36 6 9 GPS GROUND SPEED 36 6 10 GPS DIRECTION TRK 37 6 11 GROUND EFFICIENCY GLIDE RATIO 37 6 12 WIND...

Page 5: ...ACTIVATING A ROUTE CLEAR NAV 54 10 3 OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION 54 10 4 NAVIGATION TO A STANDARD WAYPOINT 55 10 4 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT OVER THE CURRENT WAYPOINT 55 10 4 2 COMPASS TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT 56 10 4 3 REQUIRED GLIDE RATIO TO CURRENT WAYPOINT 56 10 4 4 ARRIVAL TIME TIME TO CURRENT WAYPOINT 56 10 4 5 HSI GRAPHIC NAVIGATION TO CURRENT WAYPOINT 56 10 4 6 DISTANCE HEIGHT OVER THE ARRIVAL W...

Page 6: ...T DIGI FLYBOX 76 15 1 1 Digi FLYBOX TELEMETRY DATA TYPE SELECTION 77 15 2 DIGI FLYBOX TELEMETRY TO LK8000 79 15 3 DIGI FLYBOX TELEMETRY TO XCSOAR 81 15 4 DIGI FLYBOX TELEMETRY TO XCTRACK 83 15 5 DIGI FLYBOX TELEMETRY TO TOPHAT 85 15 6 DIGI FLYBOX LIVE TRACK TELEMETRY TO GPSDUMP 87 15 7 DIGI FLYBOX LIVE TRACK TELEMETRY TO TTLIVETRACK24 89 16 APPENDIX 91 16 1 DIGIFLY AIR STANDARD ACCESSORIES 91 16 2...

Page 7: ...and AirUpdater Optional Features o Integrated anemometer Pitot Tube System 2 2 BATTERY The main power is supplied by an internal rechargeable high capacity lithium battery which 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 about six months and works very well at low temperatures A fully charged battery will po...

Page 8: ... the key press has to be considered as a normal key press less than a second 2 4 POWER ON OFF To turn your Digifly AIR on press the key for at least 4 seconds until you hear it beep To turn your Digifly AIR off press the key for at least 4 seconds until you hear it beep If the logger is recording you will be prompted to confirm your choice by pressing the key or to cancel press the key it will aut...

Page 9: ...roll towards the right through all the individual fields until you go back to the first one A LONG PRESS of the key moves back to the left to exit press the key 2 7 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP Help texts are available in the setup menus to guide you through the parameters It is possible to set a language for these texts on the MAIN SETUP menu MAIN SETUP n 2 LANG by selecting the preferred language The cha...

Page 10: ...on available Blinking icon low GPS signal GPS position NOT available Flight recorder on Volume level Direction towards the center of the current Waypoint Direction towards the optimized point of the current WP s cylinder Direction towards the optimized point of the current WP s cylinder Last thermal position Wind direction from where it is coming ...

Page 11: ...ut created and uploaded by the user using the free Digifly program AirPages for more details about software usage refer to chapter 14 1 2 REFERENCE TO NAME AND CONTENT OF CUSTOMIZABLE PAGES PG01 page_1_IntelliComp_flight_thermal OFF STD USR PG02 page_2_IntelliComp_flight_glide OFF STD USR PG03 page_3_IntelliComp_start_thermal OFF STD USR PG04 page_4_IntelliComp_start_glide OFF STD USR PG05 page_5_...

Page 12: ...y straight for a period of time longer than the value set on the VARIOMETER SETUP n 16 CRUT default setting 15 seconds The MAIN SETUP n 38 IFLY parameter sets the mode in which the Intellifly system will work o IFLY OFF automatic page switching is disabled o IFLY CMP automatic page switching is in Competition mode when your current wpt is a standard one it will automatically switch between PG01 an...

Page 13: ...ed glide to reach the optimized point of your current waypoint s cylinder o shortest distance to the current s waypoint cylinder D0 o distance to the optimized point of the current waypoint s cylinder D1 o expected height of arrival to the optimized point of the current waypoint s cylinder H1 o Cross Track error regarding the route connecting the centers of the waypoint cylinders XT When the instr...

Page 14: ...rrent waypoint s cylinder D0 o Distance to the optimized point on the current waypoint s cylinder D1 o Current time RT o Time remaining countdown to the Start Gate opening time CS o Approximate time of arrival to the cylinder line of the Start waypoint l ES When the Digifly recognizes a thermal and you make a turn to fly into it the Digifly will automatically switch to PG03 THERMAL which besides t...

Page 15: ... the cylinder of the route s last waypoint GOAL HA o Distance to the cylinder of the route s last waypoint GOAL DA When the Digifly recognizes a thermal and you make a turn to fly into it the Digifly will automatically switch to PG05 PAGINA 5 COMP GOAL THERMAL which besides the navigation information will also display the instruments for thermal flying Thermal Assist will help you center the therm...

Page 16: ...arrival to the active waypoint s cylinder H1 When the Digifly recognizes a thermal and you make a turn to fly into it the Digifly will automatically switch to PG07XC THERMAL which besides the navigation information will also display the instruments for thermal flying Thermal Assist will help you center the thermal s core better and DT will show you the distance to the thermal s core When you fly o...

Page 17: ...ward Reset A2 Altimeter SKPW fwd A2 Altimeter Analogical anemometer Estimated arrival height to the WP s cylinder GPS signal Height above ground miniUSB socket Charger PC MAC Digital vario Equivalent McCready A1 Altimeter Analogical vario average netto values Thermal Assist Analogical vario Optimized route to the waypoint McCready Compass and navigation Volume level Synchronizes A1 with GPS Power ...

Page 18: ...Menu Return Change Page fwd Reset A2 Altimeter SKPW fwd Distance to WP cylinder Analogical Airspeed Navigation Compass GPS signal Normal key pressure Long key pressure 2 seconds Mini USB connector Batt charger PC Mac Digital Vario McCready equivalent A1 Altimeter Analogical Average Vario Net Vario Current glide ratio Analogical Vario Optimized route to WP McCready WP name Volume level Synch A1 wit...

Page 19: ...peed Clock Digital Airspeed WP name Current glide ratio Menu Return Change Page fwd Reset Altimeter A2 SKWP fwd Compass main points McCready equivalent Digital Vario Analogical A1 Altimeter Digital A1 Altimeter McCready Volume level Analogical vario scale Analogical Average Vario Net Vario Direction to WP icons Synch A1 with GPS Instrument On Off Change Page back Volume level 1 2 Off SKPW back Pos...

Page 20: ...ost important information in very LARGE font size A1 barometric altimeter Variometer A2 barometric altimeter 3 7 PAGE 11 AHRS Page 11 AHRS displays from top to bottom the following parameters Polar data if the Polar is enabled Airspeed G meter Pitch Roll Yaw Magnetic compass Battery level ...

Page 21: ...2 Off Current glide ratio Digital A1 Altimeter Digital A2 Altimeter Compass and navigation Analogical Vario Analogical Vario scale Analogical vario average netto System icons volume tracklog recorder GPS Next Waypoint Current Waypoint GPS Groundspeed Last Waypoint Menu Return Map mode Change Page forward Airspace messages Bluetooth ON Battery level CTR Airspace Optimized route Chronometer Wind spe...

Page 22: ...s format Date and Time GPS signal quality Ground Speed GPS Menu Return MARK function Change Page fwd Clear Nav Goto HOME Battery level GPS signal 3 9 PAGE 13 MASTER INFO GPS PAGE On the MASTER INFO GPS page all values relative to your GPS position and navigation are visible While on this page only you can access the following particular functions take me here GOTO HOME save current position MARK c...

Page 23: ...AYPOINT The central part of the GPS INFO page shows the navigation progress of an active route in real time you see the waypoint list of the active route where the current waypoint is highlighted in reverse white over black In case navigation to a single waypoint is active the central part of GPS INFO page will show only the name of the current waypoint The Skip Waypoint function allows you to cho...

Page 24: ...tivate this function there How to activate the GOTO HOME function from the GPS INFO page with valid GPS position LONG PRESS the key the message Activate Home Wpt is shown press the key to confirm or to cancel Note if navigation has been previously activated it is necessary to deactivate it first from the GPS INFO page LONG PRESS the key the message Clear Nav is shown press the key to confirm or to...

Page 25: ...et to either 1 2 or 3 A detailed description on how to create a map and how to set the map parameters see section 6 17 1 4 1 2 ALTIMETERS SETTINGS Graphic Altimeter digital value of A1 altimeter is integrated with the graphic scrolling altimeter With a friendly scale and numeric indications every 500 mt ft embedded into an angular graphic view making the numbers more readable There is also a simpl...

Page 26: ...e parameter MAIN SETUP n 25 A2AU ON the AIR will automatically set the Altimeter 2 to zero right after launch The A3 Altimeter is automatically reset when you start thermalling The altimeters can be shown in meters mt or feet ft to set up go to MAIN SETUP n 13 U AL 4 1 4 MAXIMUM ALTITUDE ALARM This parameter MAIN SETUP n 40 A1AL will notify you when you reach the set altitude the alarm will be res...

Page 27: ...ARIO Shows instant climbing or descending values in a range of 25 m s in digital format 5 000 fpm 4 2 3 ANALOGICAL VARIO Indicates the instant vario values it is displayed by the analogical bar indicator on the left of the screen that shows the sink or climb rate within a 5 m s range 500 fpm range 4 2 4 INTEGRATED AVERAGE VARIO The right hand bar shows the integrated vario values the average of th...

Page 28: ...econds defined in VARIOMETER SETUP n 16 CRUT default 15 seconds 4 2 7 McCREADY WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE The McCready value is the average lift value of the last nn minutes in thermal To adjust the average lift time ADVANCED SETUP n 20 MCRA default 10min N B In order to be able to use this function you must have the Digifly AIR with Pitot Tube and have the tube installed in your instrument also you...

Page 29: ...locity is ignored allowing you to identify the real thermals To properly set the TOTAL ENERGY compensation values you need the following parameters o Total Energy Compensation Mode VARIOMETER SETUP n 13 TECM OFF T E C off default ON T E C is calculated during glide only FUL T E C is calculated both during glide and in thermals o Total Energy Compensation VARIOMETER SETUP n 14 TEC to set this perce...

Page 30: ...odulation VARIOMETER SETUP n 6 MODH increases the tone frequency values from 1 to 30 o Pitch VARIOMETER SETUP n 7 PITC increases the ascending tones rhythm values from 1 to 4 o Climb VARIOMETER SETUP n 8 UPHZ climb s threshold tone s frequency o Sink VARIOMETER SETUP n 9 DWHZ sink s threshold tone s frequency Auto silence VARIOMETER SETUP n 21 AUTV ON by default it activates the acoustic vario onl...

Page 31: ...shows different values of speed to fly related to different flight conditions The X axis shows horizontal speed the Y axis shows sink rate With headwind or sink conditions the best glide speed increases In order to find the optimum speed to fly value in sink conditions the sink rate of the air is added to the polar of your glider drawing a new polar and a new tangent line from the initial point of...

Page 32: ... to calibrate the Pitot tube sensor offset corresponding to 0 km h a turn the instrument on in a place where you don t have any wind preferably indoors b write down the value of the sensor s number visible on PAGE 11 AHRS beside the km IAS indicator c use this number to set the ADVANCED SETUP n 3 OFSP parameter This parameter can only be modified directly using the menu on the AIR instrument and n...

Page 33: ...urations tab then to Advanced Setup and on the P1 P2 or P3 parameters line next to the factory polar values you will see a small box with two dots o Click on the box to open the Polar Curve Editor Use your polar curve input the speed and sink values o Click on the calculate button to obtain the ka kb and kc values that you will then manually set in your AIR Note that if you want to upload these va...

Page 34: ...t time RTC or RT is automatically synchronized with the GPS data when the instrument is turned on and will continue to synchronize automatically throughout your flight To set the time zone you are in go to MAIN SETUP n 7 UTCO 4 7 CHRONOGRAPH The Chronograph CHRONO CH is automatically reset to zero when the instrument is turned ON It will remain at 00 00 until the flight begins and will stop when y...

Page 35: ...ertial 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 magnetometers and 3 gyroscope sensors Note Keep in mind that the position in which you are holding your instrument as you turn it on will self calibrate the inertial platform 5 3 1 PITCH Points out t...

Page 36: ...3 DTOL Distance Calculation Tolerance allows you to select the tolerance range used in distance calculation It is a percentage ranging from 0 0 to 0 5 default 0 0 6 6 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES The latitude and longitude coordinates are always displayed on the upper part of the INFO GPS page and are referred to the WGS84 map datum 6 7 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS Four different coord...

Page 37: ...e 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 For an accurate calculation at least a 360º turn must be completed This function uses the ADVANCED SETUP n 22 WSEN parameter for the wind calculator sensibility default 5 Wind speed and direct...

Page 38: ...iameter of 128 pixels and 40 as a minimum default 84 pixels This instrument includes the Thermal Assist Zoom Level parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 19 THEA from 1 to 20 default is 5 mt pixel meaning that the first circle has a 100m 330ft radius and the second circle a 200m 660ft radius Keep in mind that the Circular Compass instrument movable on the screen using AirPages includes the Thermal Assist in...

Page 39: ... in meters In thermalling mode o The plotter zooms to the maximum level of enlargement defined by parameter VARIOMETER SETUP n 18 THEZ Thermal Tutor zoom level with a range of 1 to 100 m pixels default value is 1 m pixel corresponding to 25mt per each plotter s square Information displayed during glide without any navigation feature active o The north up symbol N The zoom s value will be fixated a...

Page 40: ...ur Digifly AIR you get FREE world wide digital topographic maps The digital terrain elevation map files are created with the Digifly AirTools free software In order to view the Terrain Layer digital elevation of the terrain you should have previously a created the digital terrain elevation map files with AirTools using the Maps tab o Enter the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees of your desi...

Page 41: ...t shows ALL elevations c set the parameter Elevation base height MAIN SETUP n 20 ELVB It sets the height basis of the Terrain Map s grayscale when ELVM is set to 3 all elevations displayed In this way you get the most out of the of 10 shades of gray color range the map uses each shade is called a step corresponding to 10 elevation contour lines d set the parameter Elevation step MAIN SETUP n 21 EL...

Page 42: ... map is built around the waypoints you still need to tag and your current position plane icon B NAV CURRENT AND NEXT WAYPOINT displays the current waypoint the one you are currently going to the next waypoint after that and your current position the map is built around the current waypoint the next one and your current position plane icon C NAV PHOTO TASK displays the complete route from take off ...

Page 43: ... are valid o or Menu to exit by pressing the button you will go back to the previous screen without any modifications On take off the FAI triangle will be re set and vertex 1 will be automatically memorized using the position of take off The possible FAI Triangle area is drawn if and only if the distance of the base vertex 1 vertex 2 is at least 2km 1 2mi FAI SIZE distance indicator The FAI Triang...

Page 44: ...ult totally disables its display and set to ON enables the display of the CTR layers and the proximity alarms B CTR Distance HORIZONTAL Warning MAIN SETUP n 23 CTRD should be set to the desired horizontal distance at which you want your AIR to let you know that you are getting too close to the CTR Default setting is 400mt 1 312ft CTRM must be set to ON and the airspace file must be in the instrume...

Page 45: ...and each airspace may contain a maximum of 500 polygon points e If applicable deselect the airspaces that you know are not necessary from the box on the right side f Click on Upload to AIR to upload these files to the Digifly AIR s internal flash memory g Close the AirTools program f Set the MAIN SETUP n 22 CTRM parameter CTR mode to ON enable CTR CTRM OFF CTR disabled default ON CTR enabled h Set...

Page 46: ... warning details will be displayed during 6 seconds To see the last pop up warning message LONG press the button while on page 12 in both STD standard and USR user settings the message will be displayed during 6 seconds The popup warning message and alarm will not be displayed again while you stay inside the airspace If you fly out and then fly into it again or if you go into the MENU and back out...

Page 47: ... Airfield Note up to 16 alphanumerical characters field below Name Lat Lon Latitude and longitude Altitude altitude above sea level in meters Radius radius in meters of the waypoint cylinder 7 1 2 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK With GPS coverage you can save the current position in the instrument s memory using the MARK function On the GPS INFO page LONG PRESS the key the ...

Page 48: ...e Clear Nav is shown press the key to confirm or to cancel 8 1 2 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST LANDING ZONE GOTO LANDING With a valid GPS position go to the menu with the key select the sub menu Wpt Near Airfield A list of the recorded landing fields Sym field A from both WP databases USER COMP is displayed This list is sorted by nearest to you using the distance from the current GPS position The curs...

Page 49: ...mpetition User Scroll the list using the arrow keys and set the cursor on the wished Waypoint LONG PRESS the key then confirm activating the navigation to it by pressing the key again or cancel using the key 8 1 5 DEACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT CLEAR NAV From the GPS INFO page LONG PRESS the key the message Clear Nav is shown press again to confirm or to cancel ...

Page 50: ...verage time in seconds use the ADVANCED SETUP n 9 EFFA parameter 8 2 2 COMPASS TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT There are two types of Compass instruments a circular and linear compass and two models of the linear one All of them will show you the direction to the current waypoint displayed with the icon 8 2 3 REQUIRED GLIDE RATIO TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT It is the estimated required glide ratio to reach th...

Page 51: ...with the value in MILES x 1 000 The first value shows the cumulative route s distance depending on which waypoint you are currently highlighting and the second value is the total distance 9 2 VISUALIZING WAYPONT INFO OF A ROUTE Using the arrow keys set the cursor on the desired waypoint s line Press the key to open the drop down menu containing the possible actions then select EDIT VIEW and confir...

Page 52: ... Waypoint s info use the arrow keys to navigate to the field you want to modify and confirm with the key described in chapters 2 6 1 and 2 6 2 The waypoint fields that are generally EDITED in a route are o Altitude altitude above sea level in meters o Radius radius in meters of the turn point cylinder o In Out whether it is an Entry or Exit type waypoint o Type defines the waypoint s functions TO ...

Page 53: ...taining the possible actions then select DELETE The message Delete Wpt is shown confirm to accept the cancellation of the WP pressing the key or cancel the procedure using the key 9 7 DELETING A ROUTE To delete a route from the Routes Menu go into the route to be deleted and LONG PRESS the key The message Delete Route is shown confirm with the key or cancel the procedure using the key ...

Page 54: ... zone summer or winter time o IFLY OFF CMP XC current setting of the automatic page switcher Intellifly o DTOL x x tolerance percentage used by the distance calculator o DCAL FAI Sphere WGS84 mathematical model of the earth used by the distance calculator A route allows to automatically navigate towards the last WP goal passing through all the listed WPs The Real Time Navigation Manager Skip waypo...

Page 55: ... returns to the setup value MAIN SETUP n 6 RECR If the navigation is activated the following functions are visible 10 4 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT OVER THE CURRENT WAYPOINT BRG 1 B1 Shows direction to the current waypoint cylinder along the optimized route It is represented by the icon on the compass and with the follow me icon DST 1 D1 Shows the distance to the current cylinder waypoint along th...

Page 56: ...IM1 E1 shows how much remains until the estimated arrival time 10 4 5 HSI GRAPHIC NAVIGATION TO CURRENT 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 reference to the route and up or down t...

Page 57: ...4 9 CROSS TRACK ERROR XT This instrument displays your lateral deviation regarding the NON optimized route Showing your distance from the line joining the centers of the two waypoints past and current If you are to the right side of the line it will be displayed in black over white if you are to the left side of it it will be displayed in reverse white over black Remember when creating your own pa...

Page 58: ...eep telling the pilot that the gate is open and he can now go through the start waypoint IN or OUT depending on the selected option When you go through the start waypoint before the gate is opened the value of the distance to the cylinder line is shown in reverse mode white on black background so that you know you re on the other side of the circle The instrument guides us constantly towards the b...

Page 59: ...refer to the first start gate time If you decide to take a different start when there are multiple start gates you need to short press the button once on any of the navigation pages it won t work from the INFO GPS page in order for the values to update to the new start gate time Every time you short press the button you will move one clock forward and if you are on the last one you will jump back ...

Page 60: ...peed Section see paragraph 9 5 o Specify whether the waypoint has an Exit or an Entry cylinder around it using the field In Out IN cross the line as you enter the cylinder or OUT cross the line as you exit the cylinder o Insert the start time correctly o For multiple start gates SG insert the SG interval and Number of SG o In the route page verify that the total distance corresponds Tot dst m it i...

Page 61: ...off with an altitude variation of at least 0 5m MAIN SETUP n 4 R DS 0 5 and Ground Speed GPS higher than 6km h 3 7 mph for 3 consecutive seconds MAIN SETUP n 5 R TI 3 PRE RECORDER according to the FAI CIVL Cat 1 regulations When you take off the recorder will include at the beginning of the flight log the 30 trackpoints prior to the take off pre recorder Before taking off you need to make sure the...

Page 62: ...cel the procedure using the key 11 3 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT LOG BOOK To see the recorded flights select the menu LOGBOOK The list of all the recorded flights will be displayed with their date and take off time To see details of each recorded flight select a flight the press the key For every flight the following information is displayed o Take off date and time flight duration and total altitude gain...

Page 63: ... the map instrument With the microSD card containing map files in your AIR when you turn it on and it acquires GPS signal the AIR will automatically search those files and select the ones relevant to the place it finds itself in 12 1 MICRO SD MANAGER The MicroSD Manager enables transferring data from one Digifly AIR to another using a microSD card e g waypoints routes pages and sound profiles On t...

Page 64: ... o Find your computer system on the chart and choose the driver on the far right column under comments o Unzip the downloaded files and run the driver installation program o Restart your computer and reconnect the USB cable to the computer and to the instrument Verify proper installation of the USB driver o Connect the USB cable to the PC Mac o For example from Windows7 go to Start Control Panel S...

Page 65: ...use then click OK Note If the value displayed on the Device Manager window is still the old one refresh the display value by closing and reopening this window o Take note of the COM port number to be used later on to manually set the correct port number of third party software e g GpsDump Please note that all Digifly software has automatic COM port number detection Auto search and therefore it doe...

Page 66: ...AIR BT is also a Telemeter and in Digifly we call this the Integrated Digi FlyBox other companies call this function an Info Box Data Source Sensor Box but none of these will include an anemometer Pitot Tube System like our instrument does 13 2 1 BLUETOOTH PAIRING The communication via Bluetooth between Digifly AIR BT and an external device Smartphone Tablet and E Reader is possible only after pai...

Page 67: ...tes waypoint settings the help language of the SETUP PARAMETERS the complete personalization of the vario s acoustic profile airspaces and creating worldwide digital topographic maps and saving them in your computer to then copy or save them to your microSD card which will go in your AIR Connect the Digifly AIR to the PC Mac with a USB cable and turn both of them on Press MENU function on the inst...

Page 68: ...and turn both of them on Claudio dat Press MENU function on the instrument then select AirTools using the arrows and press the button If the Bluetooth is active only AIR BT it will prompt you to choose a connection mode press the button for USB N B Digifly AirPages program only works via USB cable On your PC Mac run Digifly AirPages It is possible to start creating your own User pages from a blank...

Page 69: ... page is disabled the page will be skipped STD it will show the corresponding layout of the preset page by Digifly pgs 1 12 that come with your AIR USR it will show the corresponding layout of the page USER PAGE 1 to 12 created and uploaded by the User with the FREE Digifly AirPages program REFERENCE TO NAME AND CONTENT OF CUSTOMIZABLE PAGES PG01 page_1_IntelliComp_flight_thermal OFF STD USR PG02 ...

Page 70: ...AIR_Manual_506a_ENG_rev_1 pdf Page 70 96 ...

Page 71: ...s for USB cable o Open your GPSDump and select the COM Port go to the MISC tab then Set COM Port o To download a tracklog from your instrument click on the Digifly Air button on the GPSDump window then select the flight you want to download from the list that pops up o To upload waypoints to your AIR s Competition waypoint bank go to menu File Open wpts open the waypoint file from your computer se...

Page 72: ...e one you want to download and save it in IGC format If applicable you can then send it directly to the XCContest server o To upload waypoints to your AIR click on the WPT tab then read file waypoint and select all the waypoints you want to upload click on write GPS and select Digifly Air from the Select GPS type list finally choose the wpt user or wpt competition bank to store the waypoints o To ...

Page 73: ...From the list click on the flight you want to download and save it in IGC format if applicable you can send it directly to the XCContest server o To upload waypoints to your AIR click on WPT then on read file waypoint select all the waypoints you want to upload then click on write GPS select Bluetooth devices from the Select GPS type list and click on your Digifly AirXXX from the Select BT device ...

Page 74: ...nected with the USB cable to your computer 4 Press and hold the key first and hold it down then simultaneously press and hold the key and wait 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 First release the key and then the key 6 On your PC Mac run the ...

Page 75: ... kind of reset using 3 buttons that will reset the AIR and at the same time bring it to bootloader mode o Press and hold the 3 and keys together o Wait 5 seconds and then release the key the instrument emits a long acoustic beep o First release the key and then the key Now the instrument is turned on and it is in boot loader mode waiting for the firmware upload Note the screen will be totally blan...

Page 76: ... Features Price This information Telemetry can also be used to live track to any server using for example GPSDump see 15 6 or TTLiveTrack24 see 15 7 on an Android Smartphone The most important data sent by the real time telemetry is Barometric Altimeters GPS Altitude GPS Ground Speed IAS TAS Air speed Pitot Tube Variometer assisted by the AHRS Inertial Platform GPS Position etc 15 1 ACTIVATING THE...

Page 77: ... S south Longitude 01120 8056 dddmm mmmm E W indicator E E east or W west Speed Over Ground 0 62 knots Course Over Ground 15 74 degrees True Date 271218 ddmmyy Magnetic Variation degrees degrees not used Magnetic Variation E W E east or W west not used Mode indicator A N data not valid A Autonomous D Differential E Estimated Checksum 53 Nmea checksum CR LF End of message termination GPGGA 112426 0...

Page 78: ...50 m s range 25 00 25 00 Netto Vario 14 dm sec 1 40 m s range 25 00 25 00 Indicated True Air Speed 45 km h 45 km h range 0 140 Ground Efficiency 134 ratio 13 4 1 range 0 0 99 9 Wind Speed 28 km h 28 km h range 0 140 Wind Direction 65 degrees 65 degrees range 0 359 Main Lithium Battery Voltage 382 0 01 volts 3 82 volts range 0 00 4 20 Backup AA Battery Voltage 153 0 01 volts 1 53 volts range 0 00 1...

Page 79: ...sing for example a battery pack No drivers are required to use a USB OTG On The Go cable How to use telemetry communication via Bluetooth o On your AIR do a one time setting of the format in which it will transmit the data ADVANCED SETUP n 25 TELE FL2 o Do a one time setting of the communication type parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 26 BLUT ON o In order to use the LK8000 software you must have already ...

Page 80: ...a_ENG_rev_1 pdf Page 80 96 If everything is correct the Monitor page in LK8000 will display the telemetry data transmitted from the AIR For more info about the LK8000 software please visit their website www lk8000 it ...

Page 81: ...essary only once to enter in the XCSoar FLY mode Menu Config 1 3 Devices Edit Device A Port Digifly Airnnn where nnn are the last three digits of your instrument s serial number Driver Digifly Leonardo Close configuration o The steps to follow each time you want to send the telemetry are 1 On the AIR BT go to MENU Telemetry BT 2 Run the XCSoar software on the external device 3 When the AIR BT rece...

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Page 83: ... USB OTG On The Go cable How to use telemetry communication via Bluetooth o On your AIR do a one time setting of the format in which it will transmit the data ADVANCED SETUP n 25 TELE FL2 o Do a one time setting of the communication type parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 26 BLUT ON o In order to use the XCTrack software you must have already previously done only once the pairing procedure with the extern...

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Page 85: ...ce to enter in the TopHat FLY mode Menu 3 4 Set up TopHat Devices Edit Device A Port Digifly Airnnn where nnn are the last three digits of your instrument s serial number Driver Digifly Leonardo Close configuration o The steps to follow each time you want to send the telemetry are 1 On the AIR BT go to MENU Telemetry BT 2 Run the TopHat software on the external device 3 When the AIR BT receives fr...

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Page 87: ...METRY TO GPSDUMP The free GpsDump software App Android running on an external device e g Smartphone Tablet etc receives the Digi FLYBOX Telemetry Data sent in real time at high speed by the AIR BT via Bluetooth displays and sends them to the Live Track server e g Livetrack24 ...

Page 88: ...Bluetooth Select BT device click Digifly Airnnn where nnn are the last three digits of your instrument s serial number o The steps to follow each time you want to send the telemetry are 1 On the AIR BT go to MENU Telemetry BT 2 Run the GpsDump software on the external device LOG Menu long click START 3 When the AIR BT receives from the confirmation that it is connected the external device it autom...

Page 89: ...TO TTLIVETRACK24 The free TTLiveTrack24 software App Android running on an external device e g Smartphone Tablet etc receives the Digi FLYBOX Telemetry Data sent in real time at high speed by the AIR BT via Bluetooth displays and sends them to the Live Track server e g Livetrack24 ...

Page 90: ...three digits of your instrument s serial number tick the box next to LiveTrack24 Enabled and fill in the requested fields o The steps to follow each time you want to send the telemetry are 1 On the AIR BT go to MENU Telemetry BT 2 Run the TTLiveTrack24 software on the external device click START 3 When the AIR BT receives from the confirmation that it is connected the external device it automatica...

Page 91: ...ltimeter FL Flight Levels Altimeter Above ground altimeter AGL when using the Topographic Maps functions Thermal Tutor with auto zoom and real time thermal plotter with different thickness depending on the lift Thermal Assist with customizable size and scale 11 Sensors Vario barometer 9 sensors inertial platform Pitot sensor with self adaptive sensitivity function Digital vario 25 m s 5000 ft min ...

Page 92: ...psoid WGS84 FAI Sphere Tolerance percentage Real Time Navigation Manager with Skip Waypoint function Automatic FAI cylinder turn point and Start Waypoint validation visual and acoustic Start Waypoint full management with indications of start gate opening time time to opening estimated relative time to the Start cylinder requested speed to arrive to the Start cylinder Automatic Start Waypoint displ...

Page 93: ... to FAT32 Data transfer waypoints routes pages sound profiles between instruments using the microSD card FREE worldwide digital topographic maps 14 Languages for Help texts setup Adjustable units of measure Ready for installation of the optional Live Tracking GSM kit Ready for installation of the optional Pitot tube and sensor kit Input for external power supply Integrated battery charger via mini...

Page 94: ... ELVM elevation mode setting 0 3 0 20 ELVB elevation base height setting 0 4000 0 mt 21 ELVS elevation step setting 10 1000 100 mt 22 CTRM CTR mode setting OFF ON OFF 23 CTRD CTR distance warning horizontally 0 9999 400 mt 24 CTRH CTR vertical separation warning 0 999 400 mt 25 A2AU A2 altimeter automatic reset to 0 OFF ON ON 26 PG01 Page 1 mode OFF STD USR OFF 27 PG02 Page 2 mode OFF STD USR OFF ...

Page 95: ...telemetry output enable OFF CAR FL1 FL7 OFF 26 BLUT bluetooth module enable OFF ON OFF 16 6 VARIOMETER SETUP PARAMETERS n Name Description Range Default Units 1 V UP acoustic vario lift setting 0 2 00 00 10 m s 2 V PT acoustic vario pre thermal setting 0 1 50 00 50 m s 3 V DN acoustic vario sink setting 0 25 00 02 50 m s 4 PROF acoustic vario profiles FAS STD SFT US1 US2 MAN MAN 5 STYL rhythm styl...

Page 96: ...ate Headquarters Digifly Europe Srl Bologna Italy Phone 39 370 1167217 Web www digifly com E mail info digifly com North Central and South American Headquarters Digifly USA St Augustine FL USA Phone 1 240 343 5987 Web www digiflyusa com E mail flydigifly gmail com ...

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