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A successful connection is confirmed by a message with the serial number of your
instrument.
Click the “Download Last Flight” or the “Download All Flights” button.
At the end of the download *.XLS and *.IGC files will be created in the VLTOOLS
directory.
The “Download Last Flight” button will save last flight in two different file format flight.igc
and flight.xls .
The “Download All Flights” button will save each flight in two different formats (*.igc and
*.xls) with file name 01, 02, 03 etc.
Note: these files will be always
overwritten so it's very important that you
rename them after the download.
Files *.igc can be viewed on your PC with
most IGC compatible software packages
e.g. CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump,
Seeyou, Oziexplorer, etc.
Files *.xls can be read & edited by Excel
program.
For more info read the Digifly Vltools user
manual.
8.2
CONNECTING WITH COMPETITION SOFTWARE
The Digifly Archimede Plus instrument can communicate and downloads flights with
some of the commonly used competition software packages e.g. CompeGPS,
MaxPunkte, GpsDump.
To communicate with a PC connect the optional PC serial cable or USB cable in to the
left socket on the bottom of the vario, marked GPS.
8.2.1
DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT TO COMPETITION SOFTWARE
To download single flights from your Digifly Archimede plus to your PC Competition
software , enter the “LOGBOOK” menu on your instrument.
With up and down arrows, highlight the desired flight (without entering in it).
From the PC Competition software (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump) select “download
flight track” using the protocol MLR 38400 baud.
The download can be stopped pressing the “ESC” key on the your Digifly Archimede plus.
