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AIR Pro

Firmware 142 IT

Rev. 53 a UK

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Page 1: ...AIR Pro BT Firmware 142 IT Rev 53 a UK User Manual ...

Page 2: ...igifly 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 numbe...

Page 3: ...ANEMOMETER 13 4 2 3 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER 13 4 2 4 COMPASS SCREEN ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS 13 4 2 5 PLOTTER PAGE ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS 13 4 2 6 NAVIGATION PLOTTER SCREEN 14 4 2 7 HSI NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE 14 4 2 8 BEARING COMPASS 14 COMPASS SCREEN MAIN FIELDS 14 4 2 9 COMPASS SCREEN NAVIGATION TO THE START LINE 14 5 BASIC FUNCTIONS 15 5 1 ALTIMETERS 15 5 1 1 ALTIMETERS SETTINGS 15 5 2 VARIOMETERS 15 5 ...

Page 4: ...REATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK 24 8 1 3 EDIT WAYPOINT 24 8 1 4 DELETE WAYPOINT 24 9 NAVIGATE TO A WAYPOINT GOTO 25 9 1 ACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT GOTO 25 9 1 1 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME GOTO HOME 25 9 1 2 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST LANDING ZONE GOTO LANDING 25 9 1 3 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST WAYPOINT GOTO NEAREST 25 9 1 4 NAVIGATION TO A GENERIC WAYPOINT GOTO 25 9...

Page 5: ...NNECTION 36 14 2 1 DEVICES CONNECTION PAIRING 36 14 2 2 BLUETOOTH DATA TRANSFER ACTIVATION 37 14 3 ADDITIONAL MEMORY 37 15 SOFTWARE 38 15 1 SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY 38 15 2 SOFTWARE DIGIFLY AIRTOOLS 38 15 3 SOFTWARE GPSDUMP PC GPSDUMP MAC 38 15 4 FIRMWARE UPDATE INSTRUMENT S SOFTWARE 39 15 5 FIRMWARE UPDATING PROCEDURE 39 15 6 TELEMETRY DATA OUTPUT 40 15 6 1 TELEMETRY DATA SELECTION 40 15 7 LK8000 4...

Page 6: ...g for more than 8 hours as the vario automatically switches to a maintain mode to prevent the battery s overcharge The Digifly AIR s lithium battery has no memory effect so it can be also partially charged 2 2 2 EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY The mini USB socket can be used to power the instrument and simultaneously charge the internal battery for unlimited time With the instrument turned on it is necessar...

Page 7: ...TUP n 1 CTRS go to the edit mode pressing the key set the preferred contrast using the keys arrow UP or arrow DOWN then save the changes pressing the key 2 6 MENU To navigate the menus of your instrument press the key MENU function To select the sub menus navigate the list UP or DOWN using the arrow keys then confirm your choice pressing the key ENT function To exit and come back to the main scree...

Page 8: ... To exit press the key 2 7 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP In the menus are visible some help messages e g help to set the parameters For these messages it is possible to set the preferred language entering in 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 messages The hel...

Page 9: ...nected Flight recorder on Volume level Direction toward the center of the current Waypoint Direction toward the current WP accordingly to the optimized route Direction to the current WP for optimized route HIS representation Closest START line direction Last thermal direction Wind direction ...

Page 10: ...trast Instrument On Off Contrast Volume level 1 2 Off Bluetooth ON Analogical G meter Analogical vario Memory card slot micro SD Compass Ground speed GPS Height to WP Optimized route to WP Required glide ratio to the next WP Digital anemometer Analogical Anemometer Battery level GPS signal Flight recorder ON Menu Return Change page Reset altimeter A2 Distance to WP Optimal spd to fly STF Direction...

Page 11: ...nt On Off Contrast Volume level 1 2 Off External compass ring direction to WP Bluetooth ON Internal compass ring thermal wind Analogical G meter Analogical Vario Syspem symbols battery GPS recorder GPS ground speed Time to START Optimal spd to fly STF Distance to WP Req glide ratio to next WP Distance to GOAL Analogical Anemometer Clock Digital anemometer START line distance START direction Curren...

Page 12: ...ifly Air features a lot of different main screens page to manually change the pages press the key PLOTTER PAGE COMPASS PAGE INFO GPS PAGE LatLon ddmmss ss 05 43 46 5N 005 43 46 5E 141 Tracking 00 Ground Speed 245 Altitude GPS 03 11 13 16 12 03 ...

Page 13: ...d feature a numeric indication of the 500 and 1000 m altitude s gap in a graphic design that enables at a glance a visual distinction of the height It features also a simple graduated scale for the hundreds meters 4 2 4 COMPASS SCREEN ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS In the COMPASS page the essential flight info are simply shown aligned in a raw Aligned with the digital variometer you can find the altimeter ...

Page 14: ... or below the horizontal dotted line to indicate if with the current glide will arrive above or below the WP Along the horizontal line the symbol represents the optimized direction to the current WP 4 2 8 BEARING COMPASS On the bottom of the PLOTTER page there is a bearing compass showing also all the navigation s info with graphics symbols WP direction wind etc If the GPS signal is valid the dire...

Page 15: ... 15 U AL 5 2 VARIOMETERS 5 2 1SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO The Intellivario is a revolutionary digital system designed by Digifly based on sophisticated integrated circuits combining info coming from the atmospheric pressure sensor joined with the inertial platform data accelerometer magnetometer and gyroscopes This allows to obtain a highly precise and sensible vario exempt from radio interferences All...

Page 16: ...E from 0 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 During the glide the gauge alternates with the NETTOVARIO 5 2 6 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 l...

Page 17: ...nu MAIN SETUP n 16 U SP This function is available only 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 set to ON The minimum speed indication is 18 km h 5 4 ANEMOMETER SETTING WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE It is possible to perform a fine tuning of the an...

Page 18: ...ratio to current Waypoint efrA Needed glide ratio to goal along the route effA Glide ratio referred to air 5 8 TRACKING BEARING BRT Direction bearing to last thermal BR0 Direction bearing to the center of the currrent Waypoint BR1 Direction bearing to the optimized point of current Waypoint TRK Tracking current direction referred to North 5 9 BAROMETER The barometric pressure can be visualized on ...

Page 19: ...nergy 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 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...

Page 20: ... data which best reflects the actual performance of your glider 6 3 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 Speed to Fly STF is the best anemometric speed to obtain the best glide ratio This value depends on performance of your glider as ...

Page 21: ...lider s polar the sink rate and the current anemometric 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 ...

Page 22: ...he battery level Pressing the key long pressure it is possible to memorize a Waypoint MARK function holding pressed the key activates the navigation function HOME 7 4 LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS Three different kinds of coordinates are available DMS grade minute second dd mm ss s default DMM grade minute dd mm mmm UTM Universal Transverse Mercator utm x y zone To set the coordinates DMM...

Page 23: ...ou 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 a 360º turn must be completed The wind direction related to the glider and its speed are visualized in the both main screens COMPASS and PLOTTER This function uses the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 22 WSEN for the wind calculator se...

Page 24: ...ce in meters that activates the fast frequency flight recorder one second scan Radius radius in meters of the waypoint s cylinder 8 1 2 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION MARK When the GPS acquires a valid position UTC sync it is possible to save it in the instrument s memory using the function MARK Press the key long press to enter in the MARK page To save the current position pre...

Page 25: ...nding if necessary scroll the list using the arrow keys to select the wished one 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 9 1 3 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST WAYPOINT GOTO NEAREST To activate this function wait till the GPS position is valid enter in the menu with the key select the sub menu Wpt N...

Page 26: ...ve to be included in the Waypoint s name o aaaNNN visible on the bottom of the waypoint s page o aaa 3 alphanumeric 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 The medium glide ratio is continuously update during the glide and stored in the memory during ...

Page 27: ...ion then select EDIT VIEW and confirm with the key Press the key to go back the route s page 10 1 2 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...

Page 28: ...re o Sym number from 0 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 Start Pilon Type IN entering OUT leaving REV o Start Gate Time time of the first start hours min o Next Gate time...

Page 29: ...edure using the key 10 2 ACTIVATING A ROUTE To activate a route from the Menu Routes enter into the route to be activated and press the key long press and confirm with the key or cancel the procedure using the key 10 3 DE ACTIVATING A ROUTE To de activate a route from the page GPS INFO press the key long press accept the request to de activate the navigation pressing again the key or cancel the pr...

Page 30: ... position After the GPS point acquisition verify that the time is correct in case correct the time zone pay attention to the summer time shift otherwise the start time will be totally wrong 12 NAVIGATION ROUTE To have these info available it has to be activated a route s navigation 12 1 DIRECTION DISTANCE HEIGHT ON THE WAYPOINTS This function indicates the direction distance and the estimated arri...

Page 31: ... it shows 15 this means that he will arrive 15 second early penalty Still in this condition it is disabled the graphic indicator of the HSI When expires the time to the start e g 00 00 it appears the message Gate Opened followed by a long beep advising the pilot that the start gate is opened and it is possible to cross the start line When the start time gate is open Gate Opened it is allowed to cr...

Page 32: ... OK ___________________________________________________________________ ENTERING START PYLON IN ___________________________________________________________________ LEAVING START PYLON OUT The start pylon function with countdown is activated only if it is set one of the two parameters IN or OUT ...

Page 33: ...corder 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 messageo WPOK then flight recorder rate returns to the setup value MAIN SETUP n 5 RECR 12 6 NAVIGATION TO CONCENTRIC WAYPOINT To properly manage a task s route with c...

Page 34: ... TI 3 The flight recorder is automatically de activated 60 second after the landing or if the instrument is turned off 13 1 2 ALWAYS ACTIVE RECORD MODE ALW To set the always active record mode parameter go to MAIN SETUP n 3 RECM ALW The flight recorder is activated once the instrument is turned on and is de activated when it is turned off 13 1 3 RECORD MODE OFF OFF To de activate the flight record...

Page 35: ...B cable 14 1 USB CABLE CONNECTION To use the USB connection it is necessary to install the driver If the computer is connected to internet generally the Window s automatic research finds and installs it otherwise it is possible to download the updated drivers from the web site www digifly com download PC USB Driver DIGIFLYxxxxxx Driver zip To verify the correct driver s installation 1 In Windows 7...

Page 36: ...he Digifly AIR Pro Bt and your device PC MAC smartphone Tablet or PDA proceed as follows Set on the AIR Pro Bt the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 25 BLUT ON For the AIR Pro BT enter in the menu Bluetooth Pairing and wait In your device PC MAC etc start a research for new Bluetooth devices the AIR Pro Bt will be recognized as Digifly AIR BT In your device when requested enter the code for the pairing o...

Page 37: ...procedure On the instrument AIR Pro Bt enter in the menù Bluetooth Pairing and wait for about 15 seconds till the instrument emits a sound to request a confirmation press the key OK then exit from the menu After this procedure in the XCSoar s monitor screen appear the telemetry data transmitted from the Digifly AIR the connection is now active and this is visible also in the text Connected Baromet...

Page 38: ...waypoint the help language of the SETUP parameters and the complete personalization of the vario s acoustic profile Connect the PC to the Digifly AIR and turn on both On the instrument press the key menu and enter with the key ent in the menu AitTools till it appears the blinking message LINK On your PC execute the Digifly program AitTools and click the key CONNECT Verify the confirmation of the c...

Page 39: ... totally empty Release first the key and then the key Run on your PC the Digifly firmware s updating program e g Upgrade_661a_All exe Press the button Start Be sure to run only one session of the update program Upgrade_661a_All exe at a time When the program Upgrade_661a_All exe is running the update progress phases are visible The update requires roughly 5 minutes once finished your computer will...

Page 40: ... or FL2 15 6 1 TELEMETRY DATA SELECTION Select the telemetry data type with the parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 24 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 8 times per second SETTINGS DATA COMMUNICATION 38400 baud no parity 8 data bit 1 stop bit SENTENCES DESCRIPTION The field Nmea...

Page 41: ...ss sss Status A A data valid or V data not valid Latitude 3723 2475 ddmm mmmm N S Indicator N N north or S south Longitude 12158 341 6 dddmm mmmm E W Indicator W E east or W west Speed Over Ground 0 13 knots Course Over Ground 309 62 degrees True Date 120598 ddmmyy Magnetic Variation degrees E east or W west Mode A A Autonomous D DGPS E DR Checksum 10 Nmea checksum CR LF End of message termination...

Page 42: ...ckup AA Battery Voltage 153 0 01 volts 1 53 volts Checksum 3D Nmea checksum CR LF End of message termination 15 7 LK8000 The AIR models can interface directly the free software LK8000 For every info visit www lk8000 it 15 8 XCSOAR The AIR models can interface directly the free software XCSOAR For every info visit www xcsoar org ...

Page 43: ...namic filter IntelliVario Acoustic vario with adjustable levels volume and tone Acoustic vario with pre thermal function Analogue vario 24 m s 4800 ft min Digital vario 25 m s 5000 ft min Vario integrator adjustable from 0 to 60 sec Total energy compensation with optional Pitot tube Ready for installation of the optional Pitot tube and sensor kit Barometer range 300 to 1200 mB with user calibratio...

Page 44: ...tition Waypoints 186 User Waypoints 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route Optimized navigation management with shortest task s way indications Controlled air spaces CTR management prearrangement Optional GSM module for telephone sim Inertial platform with 3 axis gyroscopes accelerometers and magnetometers Three axis Gmeter Three axis magnetic compass 16 3 4 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS High resoluti...

Page 45: ...ILO pilot s name 6 letter ABCDEF 18 GTYP glider type 6 letter ABCDEF 19 GID glider id 6 letter ABCDEF 16 5 VARIOMETER SETUP PARAMETERS n Name Description Range Default Units 1 V UP acoustic vario lift setting 0 2 00 0 10 m s 2 V PT acoustic vario pre thermal setting 0 1 50 0 50 m s 3 V DN acoustic vario sink setting 0 25 00 3 00 m s 4 PROF acoustic vario profiles FAS STD SFT US1 US2 MAN MAN 5 STYL...

Page 46: ...2 B P2 C polar 2 coefficient xxx 16 17 18 P3 A P3 B P3 C polar 3 coefficient xxx 19 MCRA McCready average time 0 2 30 10 0 min 20 MCRE McCready equiv average time 0 1 3 0 4 sec 21 IFLY intelliflight mode ON OFF OFF 22 WSEN wind calculator sensibility 3 15 5 23 CORD GPS coordinates type lat lon DMM DMS UTM DMS 24 TELE telemetry output habilitation OFF CAR FL1 FL2 OFF 25 BLUT bluetooth enable OFF ON...

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