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The EagleEyes Telemetry Function (Vector)
The EagleEyes, when coupled with the Vector software, provides live telemetry display of many of the Vector’s data readouts. In addition to
displaying the telemetry, the software can save the telemetry to a file for later use, graph the telemetry data in real time or postflight, and show the
GPS telemetry data in Google Earth
TM
. An example of the telemetry software screen is shown below.
To utilize the telemetry function, just follow these steps:
Connect a USB mini-B cable (not included) between your PC,
notebook, or netbook, and the EagleEyes.
Make sure telemetry is being received by the EagleEyes – the
“Telemetry” LED should be flashing.
Run the Vector software (select Offline Mode if the Vector is
not connected to USB), navigate to the “EagleEyes and Data
Logging” tab, and click the “Show Advanced Telemetry”
checkbox. The screen shown at right should appear each time
you start the software, as long as that checkbox remains
checked.
Click the “Live Mode” button.
Now, live telemetry data should be shown on the Advanced
Telemetry screen.
NOTE: make sure that you have connected the EagleEyes to USB
before powering the EagleEyes with the barrel power connector, for
proper USB operation. Also, note that it is not necessary to power
the EagleEyes via the barrel connector when it is connected to USB,
unless you are using the antenna tracker function.
Note that in some cases the data displayed in the PC software could be different than the data displayed on the Vector or OSD Pro:
The “Home” point is set as the first GPS fix received by the software after Live Mode is started. So, it’s important to start Live Mode after
the Vector has established its home position, but before the model is moved. Otherwise, the “Distance to Pilot” parameter readout in the
software will be different from the Distance readout displayed on the Vector.
The software only displays ground distance, and does not take into account the altitude. But, the Vector lets you choose whether to
calculate “line of sight” distance using altitude and ground distance.
GPS Altitude displayed in the software is NOT zero referenced. In other words, if the GPS is reporting the MSL altitude at your home
location as 300 feet, the Vector will display “0” since it zero references the GPS altitude, but the software will display “300”.
The units in the software are either English or depending on the Vector’s system units setting. But, altitudes, distances and speeds shown
in the telemetry software do not honor the individual units settings available in the Vector’s OSD.
Happy Flying!
