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LapRF Personal Timing System

Preliminary Operator's Manual

Rev 0.99 - May 2017

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Summary of Contents for LapRF Personal Edition

Page 1: ...LapRF Personal Timing System Preliminary Operator s Manual Rev 0 99 May 2017 ...

Page 2: ...speed Mechanical Dimensions L 100mm W 100mm H 25mm Weight 121g Battery Cell 18650 2600mAh 3 7V nominal Consumption 300mA 3 7V Bluetooth Standard BLE Bluetooth Smart Antenna Internal CE compliant or external dipole for extra range up to 50m App Support Platforms iOS and Android Software Interface Ports Bluetooth Wireless and USB Wired Protocol LapRF Comms Protocol available upon request for develop...

Page 3: ...art finish gate Different from other offerings on the market the LapRF uses custom timing receivers with specially designed antennas to ensure that only quads which pass through the beam are timed and other sources of interference are ignored All that is required to use the LapRF in a race is to program the band and channel that each pilot will use place the timer in the start finish gate and go f...

Page 4: ... Connecting to the LapRF iOS Open the Race Setup page of the LapRF app and select your timer s ID shown on the label on the bottom of the timer from the list shown The Start Race icon on the Race page should go green to indicate a good connection Configuring the Bands Channels Once the LapRF is connected click on the LapRF Setup icon and configure your bands and channels The switch on the left ena...

Page 5: ... may be charged by simply connecting the puck to a USB power source using a standard micro B cable The maximum charge current is approx 800mA which results in a charge time of a little more than 3 hours For extended use the 18650 may be easily swapped out and replaced with a fully charged pack WARNING 18650 batteries can be extremely dangerous if mishandled Keeping unprotected batteries in your po...

Page 6: ...in green are the best lap times for each pilot Note When a timing system is not connected touching the large pilot number on the left side of the screen will create a manual time and can be used to evaluate the app The color if the Start Race button currently indicates a valid connection to the lapRF Red for no connection Green for a good connection 6 ...

Page 7: ... has a single timing module which scans each of the active channels When a single pilot is enabled the RF signal is sampled at the maximum rate and supports quads flying through the start finish gate at over 160km h When a second pilot is enabled the timing module has to toggle between the two channels reducing the accuracy of each channel and decreasing maximum gate speed In practice for 250 size...

Page 8: ...is positioned after the Start Finish gate or from First to Gate where the start grid is positioned before it With the latter lap times are for full laps including the first lap Race Type For races with a fixed number of laps select Lap Count and set the number of laps to be raced For races which are fixed time select Fixed Time and be sure to enter the Race time For Practice events select Practice...

Page 9: ...lly be required but can be a useful tool during debugging The RSSI level of each configured pilot slot is shown Power on video transmitters and walk them through the gate to ensure correct configuration of the lapRF and the video transmitter itself 9 ...

Page 10: ...732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917 RaceBand E 5705 5685 5665 5645 5885 5905 5925 5945 Band E B 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866 Band B A 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725 Band A Note The band that we refer to as Low Band is not legal in most countries worldwide without an appropriate license In many countries a special event license may be obtained for official races in areas where interfer...

Page 11: ...astic blanking plate may be removed to open up the hole through which to secure the SMA connector For the antenna the FatShark 2 4GHz dipole works well http www getfpv com 2 4 ghz 2 5 dbi antenna tested html And for the required cable U FL to SMA https www digikey com product detail en amphenol rf division 336313 12 0150 ARF2362 ND 5417988 Note ImmersionRC will be supplying a kit with the required...

Page 12: ...at these certificates only apply when the internal antenna is used Firmware Update Install a fully charged battery Press and hold the Bind button while pressing the Power button Run the ImmersionRC Vortex Configurator application Press the Flash Firmware button and point to the firmware file downloaded from the ImmersionRC website product page for the LapRF 12 ...

Page 13: ...Troubleshooting Problem LEDs are white on power up Solution Indicates an issue with the programming of the unique device ID please contact support 13 ...

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