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allowsforaverticaltiltcompens/-60°anda
horizontaltiltcompens/-45°.
Measuring distance or height using the tilt
angle
Atthesametime,thetiltsensorcanbeusedtomeasure
theinclinationangleindegrees.Thiscanbeusedto
calculatetheapproximatedistancetoremoteobjectsor
theapproximateheightofanobjectbyusingtheruleof
threecalculation.Somefactorsmustbeknowntouse
thefollowingcalculationswhichareoftenindicatedon
navigationalmapsorcanbedeterminedusingother
devicesorsourcesofinformation.
Determining distance
Theheightofanobjectmustfirstbeknown:
objectheight(m)x100
= distance(m)
inclinationangle
Determining height
Thedistancetotheobjectmustfirstbeknown:
distance(m)xinclinationangle
= height(m)
100
Setting the brightness of the LED display
Whileintiltmode(TLT),pushtheOn/Offbutton(10)
once.Youwillnowsee„SETLED“inthedisplay.There
are5levelsofbrightnessofwhichlevel1(1mA)isthe
darkestandlevel5(60mA)thebrightest.Bypushing
thenavigationbuttion(3)upordown,youcanchoose
yourdesiredlevelofbrightness.PushingtheOn/Off
button(10)oncewillsaveyoursettingandbringyou
backtothetiltmode.Turningthemodedialtotheright
willtakeyoutothedigitalbarometer.
Digital barometer with record function (BAR)
YourMINOXBN7x50DCisequippedwithadigital
barometerwitharecordingfunction.Thisincludesthe
presentairpressurereadingaswellasthereadings
withintheprevious8hours.Weatherchangescanthus
bedetectedearlyandpredictionsmadeaccordingly.
Themeasuringunitsofyourdigitalbarometercanbe
displayedeitherinhPa(Hectopascal=Millibar),inHg
(inchofmercury)orinmmHg(Torr).
Fig.8