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OGN CUBE3 Installation & User’s Manual

Last update 2020-03-10, work in progress

https://ogn.ibisek.com/

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing our OGN tracking unit CUBE3! We have devoted a lot of effort and
craftsmanship so it would serve you well and stay reliable for many years to come. We have also
included some extra functionality the other trackers do not sport which make this little the box at
your hands pretty well the greatest one on the planet Earth :)

The third generation of OGN CUBE is a superb smart box purposely designed to not only track
location and flight route of gliders, ultralights, tow planes and other flying objects but also to record
their utilisation and overal usage. Therefore a microSD card and a three-axes accelerometer were
integrated into the unit. The tracker can be interconnected with the other on-board systems via
wired serial line (TTL) or wirelessly using bluetooth. As the usecases may vary for each particular
owner, two variants were developed – denoted as Model A and Model B.

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Summary of Contents for CUBE3

Page 1: ...etty well the greatest one on the planet Earth The third generation of OGN CUBE is a superb smart box purposely designed to not only track location and flight route of gliders ultralights tow planes a...

Page 2: ...cking for happy glider UL and GA owners dimensions enclosure 70 x 20 x 50mm width x height x depth antenna 50mm weight 50g power source micro USB or RJ 45 socket 5V 14V current draw 50mA transmitted p...

Page 3: ...ully is charged using a common phone micro USB charger in just below 5 hours dimensions enclosure 70 x 25 x 50mm width x height x depth antenna 50mm weight 84g power source micro USB 5V current draw 5...

Page 4: ...a could be facing the sky as much as possible In case the sticker gets lost you can determine the correct location without opening the box very easily place the box flat so the SMA radio connector wou...

Page 5: ...serial lines bluetooth GPS radio unit barometric sensor SD card if inserted and system services 3 14 s two medium short flashes per second awaiting GPS fix 4 very short flashes radio traffic regularl...

Page 6: ...ID printed on the sticker on the rear side 3 choose your Aircraft type 4 fill in airplane registration as on the fuselage and bottom of the wing 5 fill in Competition number on the rudder 6 and confi...

Page 7: ...or 1234 pin depends on the master device After successful result of the pairing process the the CUBE s port can be set up in the LK8000 or XCSoar configuration to receive notifications about the surro...

Page 8: ...Logbook maintenance work in progress flight tracking work not started yet tracker configuration planned It is available from the PLAY store on this address https play google com store apps details id...

Page 9: ...the TTL serial line is determined by the external power input on pins 7 8 In case the power voltage is 5V you can connect your PDA with 5V TTL I O directly For RS232 connection you need a level conve...

Page 10: ...e you can get a replacement battery almost everywhere for a reasonable price Illustration 6 Internal 1020mAh Nokia battery The battery is connected to the board using two pin JST connector as show in...

Page 11: ...Please be aware the plastic shield around the pads could be easily molten when applying to much heat or solder Additionally these batteries may suffer thermal damage when overheating the soldering pa...

Page 12: ...regular basis or at least after 10 hours of operation When shelving the unit for longer periods of time e g over winter we recommend to double check the power switch is in OFF left position Also check...

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