Digifly AIR-BT User manual

DIGIFLY AIR-BT AIR-SE
Rev. 64a English (Firmware 244)
User Manual

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CONGRATULATIONS
Thank you for choosing Digifly!
You have purchased a high technology instrument designed expressly for free flight. The multiple functions
and flight data it provides, effectively make it an on board computer. Learning to use this instrument will
make your flying easier in terms of performance and safety. It will enable you to improve your flying
technique and make piloting decisions more quickly thanks to the comprehensive flight information that is
provided. Another benefit is the ability to download and analyze your flight data afterwards.
The instrument has been designed to allow for future software developments to be easily incorporated via the
Internet.
DIGIFLY INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEE
Dear Customer,
Thank you for purchasing this Digifly product which has been designed and manufactured to the highest
quality standards. Digifly warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for 3
years from the date of purchase.
The Digifly guarantee applies provided the product is handled properly for its intended use, in accordance
with its operating instructions and upon presentation of the original invoice or cash receipt, indicating the
date of purchase, the dealer’s name, the model and the serial number of the instrument.
The customer is however, responsible for any transportation costs. The unit must be securely packaged for
return.
The Digifly guarantee may not apply if:
- The documents have been altered in any way or made illegible.
- Repairs or product modifications and alterations have been executed by unauthorized person or service.
- Damage is caused by accidents including but not limited to lightning, water or fire, misuse or neglect, or
every malfunction not related to manufacturing defects of your instruments.
If your Digifly product is not working correctly or is defective, please contact your Digifly dealer. In order to
avoid unnecessary inconvenience.
Digifly Europe s.r.l.
Bologna
Italy
www.digifly.com
[email protected]

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1INDEX
1INDEX............................................................................................................................................................... 3
2GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................7
2.2 BATTERY ......................................................................................................................................................................7
2.2.1 BATTERY RECHARGE .........................................................................................................................................7
2.2.2 EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY...............................................................................................................................7
2.3 KEYBOARD -NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS ............................................................................................................7
2.4 TURNING ON &OFF.....................................................................................................................................................8
2.5 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT.............................................................................................................................8
2.6 MENU...........................................................................................................................................................................8
2.6.1 STANDARD FIELDS EDITING..............................................................................................................................8
2.6.2 ALPHANUMERICAL FIELDS EDITING.................................................................................................................8
2.7 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP..............................................................................................................................................9
2.8 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS....................................................................................................................................9
2.9 RESET ..........................................................................................................................................................................9
3QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE............................................................................................................................10
3.1 PAGES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.1 MAIN PAGES (MASTER) .................................................................................................................................. 10
3.1.2 CONFIGURABLE PAGES .................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 SYMBOLS.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.3 MASTER PLOTTER PAGE .......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.3.1 VARIOMETER (PLOTTER PAGE) ..................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.2 AIR SPEED / GROUND SPEED (PLOTTER PAGE).......................................................................................... 14
3.3.3 ALTIMETER A1 , CURRENT GLIDE RATIO (PLOTTER PAGE) ....................................................................... 14
3.3.4 NAVIGATION (PLOTTER PAGE)....................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.5 HSI NAVIGATION (PLOTTER PAGE)................................................................................................................ 15
3.3.6 SLIDING COMPASS NAVIGATION (PLOTTER PAGE) .................................................................................... 15
3.4 MASTER COMPASS PAGE ........................................................................................................................................ 16
3.4.1 VARIOMETER (COMPASS PAGE) ................................................................................................................... 17
3.4.2 AIR SPEED / GROUND SPEED (COMPASS PAGE).......................................................................................17
3.4.3 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER A1 , CURRENT GLIDE RATIO (COMPASS PAGE) ..................................................... 17
3.4.4 NAVIGATION (COMPASS PAGE) ..................................................................................................................... 17
3.5 MASTER INFO GPS PAGE ......................................................................................................................................... 18
3.5.1 GPS STATUS INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.2 LATITUDE & LONGITUDE COORDINATES....................................................................................................... 19
3.5.3 LATITUDE & LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS....................................................................................... 19
3.5.4 GPS SIGNAL QUALITY (HDOP) ........................................................................................................................ 19
3.5.5 GPS ALTITUDE ................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.5.6 GPS DIRECTION (TRK).................................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.7 GPS GROUND SPEED...................................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.8 REAL TIME NAVIGATION MANAGER / SKIP WAYPOINT................................................................................ 19
3.5.9 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION (MARK)..................................................... 20
3.5.10 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME (GOTO HOME) ........................................................................................ 20
3.5.11 DEACTIVATING THE CURRENT NAVIGATION (CLEAR NAV) ........................................................................... 20
3.5.12 DATE & TIME.................................................................................................................................................... 20
4MAIN FUNCTIONS..........................................................................................................................................21
4.1 ALTIMETERS ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
4.1.1 ALTIMETERS SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................. 21
4.2 VARIOMETERS.......................................................................................................................................................... 21

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4.2.1 10 SENSORS VARIOMETER WITH SELF-ADAPTIVE SENSITIVITY ................................................................. 21
4.2.2 DIGITAL VARIO................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.2.3 ANALOGICAL VARIO ....................................................................................................................................... 22
4.2.4 INTEGRATED (AVERAGE) VARIO..................................................................................................................... 22
4.2.5 NETTO VARIO (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE) ................................................................................................ 22
4.2.6 INTEGRATED VARIO / NETTO VARIO AUTOMATIC SWITCH ......................................................................... 22
4.2.7 McCREADY (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE).................................................................................................... 23
4.2.8 EQUIVALENT McCREADY (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE) ............................................................................. 23
4.2.9 TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE) ................................................................ 23
4.2.10 ACOUSTIC VARIO ............................................................................................................................................. 24
4.2.11 ACOUSTIC VARIO PRE-THERMAL TONE ........................................................................................................ 24
4.2.12 VARIO SIMULATOR.......................................................................................................................................... 24
4.3 AIR SPEED (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE).............................................................................................................. 25
4.3.1 SPEED TO FLY (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE)............................................................................................... 25
4.3.2 AIR SPEED CALIBRATION (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE) ............................................................................ 26
4.4 POLAR (WITH OPTIONAL PITOT TUBE) ..................................................................................................................... 26
4.5 BAROMETER............................................................................................................................................................. 27
4.6 TIME .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.7 CHRONOGRAPH ....................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.8 PILOT’S NAME &GLIDER’S DATA............................................................................................................................. 27
5ADVANCED FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................................28
5.1 MAGNETIC COMPASS (HEADING)............................................................................................................................ 28
5.2 G-METER................................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.3 INERTIAL PLATFORM (AHRS) ................................................................................................................................... 28
5.3.1 PITCH................................................................................................................................................................ 28
5.3.2 ROLL ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
5.3.3 YAW .................................................................................................................................................................. 28
6GPS FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................................29
6.1 INTEGRATED 99 CHANNELS GPS RECEIVER......................................................................................................... 29
6.2 GPS STATUS INFORMATION.................................................................................................................................... 29
6.3 GPS SIGNAL QUALITY (HDOP) .................................................................................................................................. 29
6.4 LATITUDE &LONGITUDE COORDINATES................................................................................................................. 29
6.5 LATITUDE &LONGITUDE COORDINATES OPTIONS ................................................................................................. 29
6.6 GPS ALTITUDE .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
6.7 GPS GROUND SPEED ............................................................................................................................................. 29
6.8 GPS DIRECTION (TRK).............................................................................................................................................. 29
6.9 GROUND EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) ...................................................................................................................... 29
6.10 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATION USING GPS .................................................................................... 30
6.11 LAST THERMAL DIRECTION, DISTANCE, HEIGHT INFORMATION ........................................................................... 30
6.12 THERMAL TUTOR...................................................................................................................................................... 30
7WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................................31
7.1 DATABASE WAYPOINT COMPETITION AND WAYPOINT USER............................................................................... 31
7.1.1 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT MANUALLY ................................................................................................. 31
7.1.2 CREATING A NEW WAYPOINT USING THE CURRENT POSITION (MARK)............................................. 31
7.1.3 EDIT WAYPOINT .............................................................................................................................................. 32
7.1.4 DELETE WAYPOINT......................................................................................................................................... 32
8NAVIGATE TO A SINGLE WAYPOINT (GOTO)..............................................................................................33
8.1 ACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO AWAYPOINT (GOTO).............................................................................................. 33
8.1.1 NAVIGATION TO WAYPOINT HOME (GOTO HOME) .................................................................................... 33
8.1.2 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST LANDING ZONE (GOTO LANDING).............................................................. 33
8.1.3 NAVIGATION TO THE NEAREST WAYPOINT (GOTO NEAREST)................................................................. 33
8.1.4 NAVIGATION TO A GENERIC WAYPOINT (GOTO)....................................................................................... 34
8.1.5 DEACTIVATING NAVIGATION TO A WAYPOINT (GOTO) ............................................................................. 34

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8.2 NAVIGATION’S FUNCTIONS TO ASINGLE WAYPOINT (GOTO) ................................................................................. 35
8.2.1 DIRECTION, DISTANCE, HEIGHT TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT (GOTO) ..................................................... 35
8.2.2 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT (GOTO)............................................................... 35
8.2.3 ARRIVAL HOUR, ARRIVAL TIME TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT (GOTO) ............................................... 35
8.2.4 HSI GRAPHIC INDICATION TO THE CURRENT WAYPOINT (GOTO)........................................................ 35
9ROUTE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................36
9.1 ROUTES OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 36
9.2 VISUALIZING WAYPONT DATA OF AROUTE ......................................................................................................... 36
9.3 INSERT AWAYPOINT IN AROUTE......................................................................................................................... 36
9.4 SUBSTITUTE AWAYPOINT IN AROUTE ................................................................................................................ 36
9.5 MODIFY AWAYPOINT IN AROUTE (PARAMETER CHANGE) ................................................................................ 37
9.6 DELETE AWAYPOINT IN AROUTE ........................................................................................................................ 38
9.7 DELETING AROUTE ................................................................................................................................................ 38
9.8 NAVIGATION TO CONCENTRIC WAYPOINT ............................................................................................................ 38
10 ROUTE NAVIGATION.......................................................................................................................................39
10.1 ACTIVATING AROUTE.............................................................................................................................................. 39
10.2 DE-ACTIVATING AROUTE........................................................................................................................................ 39
10.3 OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION ......................................................................................................................................... 39
10.4 NAVIGATION TO STANDARD WAYPOINT .................................................................................................................. 40
10.4.1 DIRECTION, DISTANCE AND HEIGHT over CURRENT WAYPOINT................................................................. 40
10.4.2 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO CURRENT WAYPOINT..................................................................................... 41
10.4.3 ARRIVAL TIME, TIME TO CURRENT WAYPOINT ............................................................................................. 41
10.4.4 HSI GRAPHIC NAVIGATION TO CURRENT WAYPOINT ............................................................................... 41
10.4.5 DISTANCE AND HEIGHT over THE GOAL....................................................................................................... 41
10.4.6 NEEDED GLIDE RATIO TO THE GOAL........................................................................................................... 41
10.4.7 ARRIVAL TIME, TIME TO THE GOAL ............................................................................................................... 41
10.5 NAVIGATION TO START PYLON WAYPOINT ........................................................................................................... 42
10.5.1 STARTING TIME (TSTART)............................................................................................................................... 43
10.5.2 REMAINING TIME TO START (CSTART) ......................................................................................................... 43
10.5.3 EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME TO START LINE (ESTART)..................................................................................43
10.5.4 REQUIRED SPEED NEEDED TO START LINE (STS) ......................................................................................43
10.5.5 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH (PLOTTER PAGE)...................................................... 43
10.5.6 START PILON INSTRUMENTS AUTOMATIC SWITCH (COMPASS PAGE) .................................................... 44
10.6 OPERATION CHECKLIST BEFORE ATASK ............................................................................................................. 45
11 FLIGHT RECORDER........................................................................................................................................46
11.1 ACTIVATING /DE-ACTIVATING FLIGHT RECORDER ............................................................................................... 46
11.1.1 AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE “AUT”.................................................................................................... 46
11.1.2 ALWAYS ACTIVE RECORD MODE “ALW” ........................................................................................................ 46
11.1.3 RECORD MODE OFF “OFF” ............................................................................................................................. 46
11.2 RECORD RATE .......................................................................................................................................................... 46
11.3 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT (LOG BOOK )............................................................................................................... 47
12 ADDITIONAL MEMORY CARD ........................................................................................................................48
13 CONNECTIONS & INTERFACES .....................................................................................................................49
13.1 USB CABLE CONNECTION ........................................................................................................................................ 49
13.2 BLUETOOTH CONNECTION (AIR-BT ONLY).............................................................................................................. 51
13.2.1 BLUETOOTH “PAIRING”................................................................................................................................... 51
13.2.2 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OF THE INSTRUMENT......................... 51
13.2.3 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION WITH SOFTWARE DECODING THE DIGIFLY TELEMETRY ........................ 51
14 SOFTWARE.....................................................................................................................................................53
14.1 AIR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE................................................................................................................................ 53
14.1.1 SOFTWARE Digifly AirTools (PC, MAC) .......................................................................................................... 53