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POLE STAR PRO

                  

 

Installation and instruction manual. 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

POLE STAR PRO 

is an automatic chrono and rev counter  

with a LED bar and Shift light which can be set,  

an indispensable instrument for drivers of: 

Go Karts  - Cars - Motorbikes and Scooters.

 

 

Summary of Contents for POLE STAR PRO

Page 1: ...nstallation and instruction manual POLE STAR PRO is an automatic chrono and rev counter with a LED bar and Shift light which can be set an indispensable instrument for drivers of Go Karts Cars Motorbikes and Scooters ...

Page 2: ...ng the infrared receiver Multi page menu Setting of the RPM reading parameters Setting of the LED Bar and of the Shift light Setting the speed reading parameters Setting the temperature alarm Selection of the units of measurement Selection of the initial screen Setting of the chrono functions Analysis of the stored times Max Values sub menu Engine Time sub menu Cancelling of the memory Setting of ...

Page 3: ...TAR is easily installed in the windshield of a Motorbike on the fork plate on the steering wheel of a Go Kart or on the dashboard of a Car Fix POLE STAR with plastic strip fittings or O Rings hooked up to the special hooking points In the case of installation on cars 4 screws positioned at the rounded ends of the hooking up points can be used To protect POLE STAR from vibrations always put the spe...

Page 4: ...in the cylinder head wind the Violet wire with at least three turns round the input wire to one of the coils If rev determination is not correct increase the number of winding turns and check the settings indicated in the paragraph Setting the RPM reading parameters in this manual If there are unexpected flashes of the lap counter or incorrect instantaneous values the violet wire must be checked t...

Page 5: ...le on the support and position it so that the brake disk bolts run at a distance of about 1 mm from the head of the sensor 5 Lock the sensor nuts so as to fix it to the support Attention Do not tighten the nuts too much to prevent ironing out the sensor and damaging it irreparably 6 Fix the cable to the fork with the special clamps so that it is never under tension during use 7 Insert the connecto...

Page 6: ... CM POLE STAR versions use the provided magnetic sensor to recognize the finish line on circuits with magnetic band Yet it s possible to install the Infrared Kit as an accessory for these versions Carry out the following operations to install the magnetic sensor 1 Make 2 holes of 4mm in diameter where the fairing is closest to the ground 2 Fasten the sensor with the proper nuts so that it faces th...

Page 7: ...rness Turning on and off the device To turn POLESTAR ON press the PoleSTAR key on the keypad to turn it OFF keep the same key pressed for 2 seconds Coding the infrared receiver To prevent interference between various different Transmitters even of other makes which would cause detection of incorrect times each Starlane Transmitter is fitted with a personal code Your IR Receiver must therefore be p...

Page 8: ...an be carried out with the IR Receivers installed on several vehicles still keeping the same Transmitter This means that only a single Transmitter has to be positioned on the wall for several motorbikes in the same team Multi page menu Apart from the main screen the multi page menu can be accessed and this is where the operating parameters of POLE STAR are set and the lap times acquired are displa...

Page 9: ...e it 6 Press E to confirm the value The asterisk will disappear 7 Press C twice to return to the main screen Setting the LED Bar and the Shift light The LED Bar lights up from left to right according to the number of engine revs The lighting up speed rate of the LED Bar can be set as desired The final setting coincides with the one of the Shift light coming on which indicates the ideal shifting RP...

Page 10: ...the value An asterisk indicates that the value can be changed using the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys 6 Press DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW to set the value 7 Press E to confirm The asterisk desappears 8 Press C twice to return to the main screen If the LED bar is set according to the Lambda mV value it will light up from left to right when the value is from 50mV to 900mV Yet if the LED bar is set accordi...

Page 11: ...TAR needs two fundamental pieces of information 1 The circumference of the wheel on which the speed is measured 2 Number of pulses for example bolts of the brake disk for each wheel turn Carry out the following operations to set the correct parameters 1 From the main screen keep the ENTER key pressed for 2 seconds 2 Press the DOWN ARROW 7 times to position yourself over the SPEED sub menu 3 Press ...

Page 12: ... to go over THRESHOLD 8 Press E to set the value The asterisk appears 9 Set the value UP ARROW to encrease it or DOWN ARROW to decrease it the values scroll fast if the arrow is kept pressed 10 Press E to confirm the value the asterisk disappears 11 Press C twice to return to the main screen Carry out the following operations to set the Termocouple K alarm 1 From the main screen keep the E key pre...

Page 13: ...sappears 7 Press CANCEL twice to return to the main screen Selection of the initial screen The initial screen can be set to show RPM LAP the display indicates the RPM and in the black sector the number of completed laps Page 11 RPM NTC the display indicates the RPM and in the black sector the cooling liquid temperature RPM SPEED the display indicates the SPEED and in the black sector the speed SPE...

Page 14: ...ss C twice to return to the main screen Setting the chrono functions Selection of how lap times are shown The lap time can either be shown in a simplified way with immediate reading or in a more complete way with the session and delay details The following information relative to timing performance is shown on the detailed screen Instantaneous time at the bottom on the right Current session number...

Page 15: ... Chrono is active and that the time will be indicated on passing over the finish line On the other hand if the CHRONO screen has been set you will see that the chrono starts to run POLE STAR can be set so that the chrono is activated automatically the first time the finish line is passed Carry out the following operations to set the type of activation of the chrono 1 From the main screen keep the ...

Page 16: ...W or DOWN ARROW to increase or decrease the number of markers 6 Press E to confirm the value The asterisk disappears 7 Press C twice to return to the main screen Displaying intermediate times The intermediate times can be highlighted at the time of passing on the relative markers Carry out the following operations to display of the intermediate times 1 From the main screen keep the E key pressed f...

Page 17: ...s E to confirm the value The asterisk disappears 7 Press C twice to return to the main screen Best Lap LED The LED BEST LAP is a very useful indication to immediately give information on an improvement in performance without distracting the driver by making him read the display When the BEST LAP LED is permanently lit it indicates an improvement compared with the previous lap When the BEST LAP LED...

Page 18: ...en keep the E key pressed for 2 seconds 2 Press the DOWN ARROW once to position yourself over the MAX VALUES sub menu 3 Press E to enter the MAX VALUES sub menu 4 Press C twice to return to the main screen Engine Time sub menu POLE STAR also counts the time of activity of the engine Carry out the following operations to see the time counter 1 From the main screen keep key E pressed for 2 seconds 2...

Page 19: ...eturn to the main screen Carry out the following operations to reset the time counter 1 From the main screen keep the E key pressed for 2 seconds 2 Press the DOWN ARROW 3 times to position yourself over the MEMORY sub menu 3 Press E to enter the MEMORY sub menu 4 Press DOWN ARROW to go over RESET ENGINE TIME and keep E pressed for 2 seconds to reset the time 5 Press C twice to return to the main s...

Page 20: ... setting from ON to OFF 7 Press E to confirm the value The asterisk disappears 8 Press CANCEL twice to return to the main screen Setting the LED to low consumption If you want to reduce consumption keeping the LED Bar and the Shift light active lighting of a single LED at a time can be set In this mode the trails of lit LEDs in sequence will not be shown or the Bar but a lit LED which moves toward...

Page 21: ...WER SAVING sub menu 4 Press the DOWN ARROW 3 times to position yourself over the AUTO SHUT DOWN sub menu 5 Press E to change the value of AUTO SHUT DOWN The asterisk appears 6 Press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to change the setting from ON to OFF 7 Press E to confirm the value The asterisk disappears 8 Press C twice to return to the main screen Short keys From the main screen it is possible to 1 Pr...

Page 22: ...Warranty POLE STAR is covered by a 12 month warranty for all manufacturing defects Notes POLE STAR is not approved for road use Page 21 ...

Page 23: ...Starlane s r l Via Carnovali 88 24126 Bergamo Italia Tel 39 035 4243042 Fax 39 035 4247274 e mail support starlane cc http www starlane cc ...

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