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User Manual XC Tracer Maxx

Rev 02 4.6.2020

User Manual XC Tracer Maxx

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Page 1: ...User Manual XC Tracer Maxx Rev 02 4 6 2020 User Manual XC Tracer Maxx ...

Page 2: ...s select change the setting The vario is preset to beep only when flying But you can set this as you wish If you want to download the tracks or change the configuration file then connect XC Tracer Maxx to your computer with the included USB C cable Now switch on the vario and the SD card of XC Tracer Maxx will appear on the computer as a USB hard drive Now you can download tracks change settings i...

Page 3: ...ransferred to a mobile phone tablet or e reader Please check xctracer com to see which apps need to be configured with which BLE strings Mounting XC Tracer Maxx uses data from a 9 DOF IMU 9 Degrees Of Freedom Inertial Measurement Unit from the GPS and from a pressure sensor to compute the real time climb rate and altitude avoiding the undesired time lag that conventional variometers suffer from du...

Page 4: ...ry can be charged via the USB port To do this use the USB C charging cable provided and charge the XC Tracer Maxx overnight Fully charging an empty battery takes about 5 hours WARNING Charge the battery with the USB cable on the PC or on a 5V charger Only a 5V connection charger may be used do not use Fast Charge Quick Charge Super Charge Turbo Power or whatever If a voltage higher than 5V is used...

Page 5: ...ou don t want too much information displayed The analogue vario indicator shows you the climb sink rate in weak thermals with a high resolution but you can also read the climb rate in strong thermals without any problems The digital vario shows the integrated climb rate you can set the integration time The integrated climb rate is also shown in the analogue vario display as a triangle which is not...

Page 6: ... as the current flight duration and or the current time The wind is also displayed If the wind arrow is pointing upwards it means that the code cannot calculate the wind But as soon as the wind can be calculated the wind is displayed i e the arrow shows where the wind is blowing to Even when soaring on a slope XC Tracer Maxx can calculate the wind The calculation of the wind usually works well to ...

Page 7: ...This display can be very helpful to see at a glance whether you have gained or lost altitude A short look at the screen is enough to know immediately what is going on without having to read numbers or remember numbers The thermal assistant displays the last 60 seconds of flight with dots The dots show depending on whether they are filled or not or whether they are large or small how the climb sink...

Page 8: ... and the climb sink rate of your buddies will be displayed so you always know where your buddies are You can also add a buddy at the take off this can be done with a few clicks with the red button You will find more information on the next page If you have more than 4 buddies defined the info for the first 4 buddies will be displayed for 10 seconds then info for buddies 5 8 will be displayed for 1...

Page 9: ...RM devices that are available within a radius of 50m around you Navigate to the ID of your buddy with short clicks and then select this ID with a long click The ID of your buddy is now saved and the radio ID will no longer get displayed Go back by selecting Back and then check under Remove Buddy whether the buddy has been added If you want to remove a buddy you can do this here just select the bud...

Page 10: ... of FLARM FlarmSerialNumber FLATMXCTW 000110 Serial number of FLARM firmwareVersion XC_Tracer_Maxx_R01 Indicates the device s firmware version reset no Setting reset yes resets XC Tracer Maxx to the factory default settings Reset no is the default setting After a reset reset no will automatically be set in the config file supported protocols are None XCTRACER LK8EX1 LXWP0 or LXWPW Select the BLE p...

Page 11: ...he beeping tone so that you know when you re flying in lifting air despite the fact that you re actually sinking gently This can be helpful to find and core thermals in weak conditions ClimbToneOffThreshold 0 1 With this setting the vario will stop beeping when the climb rate is below 0 1m s You can also use negative values here for example 0 51m s when you use a thermal sniffer SinkToneOnThreshol...

Page 12: ...ver nice You can create your own tone settings using the tone simulator on www xctracer com and then copy and paste them to the configuration file or you can simply copy and paste other people s tone settings to the configuration file Add Radio ID and buddy name Buddy1Name Buddy1RadioID Here you can add a name for your buddy and his or her radio ID Or you can go to settings in the vario and add a ...

Page 13: ...g flight tests signals were received from FLARM devices up to 29 km away The FLARM obstacle database can be installed optionally Equipped with the obstacle database XC Tracer Maxx reliably warns against collisions with fixed obstacles such as cables or antennas that are recorded in the database The database and the collision algorithm enable the processing of complex obstacle types comprehensively...

Page 14: ...atabase file will be deleted from the SD card and the vario will turn off The new version is now installed Important The information about the firmware version will only be updated once the device has been started up in normal flight mode Only one update at a time If you want to update 2 files you have to repeat the process It s impossible to install incorrect firmware on the XC Tracer Maxx all th...

Page 15: ... of position and height of Buddies Internal broad band antenna works worldwide Data transmission via BLE to mobile phone tablet E reader IGC and KML Logger approved by the FAI for competitions Many compatible apps for Android iOS Freely configurable sound settings with our tone simulator Accelerometer Compass Gyro Baro GPS BLE FLARM Running time with full battery at least 60h Firmware update via d...

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