Syride SYS'Nav User manual

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SYS’Nav
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Guide d’utilisation : p1
User guide : p28
Manual de usuario : p56
Benutzerhandbuch : p84

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Foreword
Welcome in the community of Syriders! Your SYS'NAV is an extra light instrument with the
most recent technologies, which will able you to improve yourself and guide your improvements. You
will also be able to build a unique and highly detailed online flight book. Your practice of paragliding is
going to take a new dimension with the SYS'NAV!
As a member of the community, you will become to a key pilot in the evolution and
continuous improvement. The range of innovative sensors included in the SYS'NAV allows the
development of future features. We encourage you to share your suggestions for your greater
satisfaction.
Syride whishes you beautiful flights.

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I. Setup the SYS PC Tool ...................................................................31
II. Place the instrument .................................................................... 32
III. Recharging the battery ................................................................. 33
IV. Information about GPS state.........................................................34
V. Menu synoptic ............................................................................. 35
VI. Flight screens ...............................................................................36
VII. Configure your device...................................................................38
VIII. Advanced configuration................................................................40
IX. Customize your screens and vario sound.......................................41
X. Height above ground .................................................................... 42
XI. Locate airspaces ........................................................................... 43
XII. Navigation....................................................................................45
XIII. Display and delete a flight.............................................................47
XIV. Warnings and reset ......................................................................48
XV. Transfer your flights .....................................................................49
XVI. Parameters .................................................................................. 52
XVII. Suggestion of use ......................................................................... 53

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I. Setup the SYS PC Tool
1. Download the lastest version of the
SYS PC Tool by checking the following
webpage :
http://www.syride.com/en/logiciel
2. Follow the instructions to install it on
your computer.
3. Once installed, an icon shows in the
task bar. It detects when your
instrument is connected.
4. The software will automatically start
with your operating system.
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II. Place the instrument
1. Syride suggests to place your
instrument on the risers. 2 velcros
ables you to place it on any existing
riser. Take care not to « lock » your
rope or pulley accelerator.This position
ables you to manipulate the instrument
while flying without releasing the
brakes.
We recommend you to insert a
protection between the velcro and
your riser in order to avoid the
abrasion of it.
2. Velcros also allow placing the
instrument on a cockpit,on thigh, (with
extension) or on the wrist.
3. You can secure your instrument by
using the strap provided for this
purpose.
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III. Recharging the battery
1. Simply connect your instrument with
the USB cable to a computer. A red led
shows the right loading of the device.
2. Your instrument will display
“Charging…” and the percentage of
charge. To complete, a charge it
requires 2 hours.
3. Disconnect USB to stop the charge.
Your instrument has a Li-ion battery,
which has no memory effect.
4. When your instrument will start the
battery icon needs 10 seconds to be
stable.
Charging…
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IV. Information about GPS state
The GPS fix after a long period of inactivity, or after an important change in geographical
position, can take up to 10 minutes. It is recommended to be outdoor to ease the first
GPS adjustment. We suggest you to turn ON your instrument a few minutes before
taking-off.
1. GPS state is shown with the bargraph
on the top center of the screen :
Blinking = GPS not ready
Low level signal
Medium level signal
High level signal
Optimum level signal
A number indicates the number of synchronized satellites 6 .
2. The plane icon on the top left of the screen
indicates that your SYS’NAV is recording your
flight. The vario automatically detects when
you’re flying.
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V. Menu synoptic
1
Flight
screen
2
Flight
screen
3
Flight
screen
4
Flight
screen
5
MAP
screen
6
Backup
screen
7
Navigation
menu
8
Flights
menu
9
Setup
menu
1
Load
route
2
Create
route
3
Delete
route
4
Create
waypoint
5
Delete
waypoint
See « VI. Flight screens »
See « XII. Navigation »
See « XIII.
Display and
delete a
flight »
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Thermal
sniffer
1
Volume
screen
2
Threshold
screen ↑
3
Threshold
screen ↓
5
Backlight
screen
See « VII. Configure your device »
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Goto
0
Info
screen
6
Airspace
screen
7
Altitude
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VI. Flight screens
1. Screens #1 to #4 shows the
informations you previously choosed.
If your device do not receive a GPS
signal strong enough, NO GPS will
appear.
2. Pressing the central button will turn
OFF and ON the sound of the vario.
This is usefull when you need to
concentrate on a transition or when
landing.
3. Press the central button on the screen
#6 in order to save your current GPS
position. The result will show you the
distance, the vertical gain from that
point and a route indication to return to
this saved position.
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4. Screen #5 (MAP screen) displays on the whole LCD area. You can see :
•Your current position and heading on the middle of the screen
•The topography grayscaled (if previously uploaded to the instrument)
•Airspaces (if previously uploaded to the instrument)
•Your GPS trace for the last 10 minutes
•Waypoints and optimized navigation route (if a route is loaded)
Pressing the middle button changes the zoom level.
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VII. Configure your device
1. Push the central button to start your
instrument.
2. Go to screen #9 with left and right
buttons, and confirm by clicking on
central button. The number of the
screen is displayed on the top right of it.
3. The first screen shows some
informations about your instrument. A
long push on the central button will
trigger a manual recording of a new
flight trace.
4. Next screen allows you to set the
sound volume.
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SYS’NAV
Battery : 100%
Memory : 52%
Version : 1.15
S/N : 20142013
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5. The 2 next screens allows you to set
rising and falling threshold of the vario.
6. The next screen enables to activate the “thermal sniffer” function. The instrument
will produce a specific bip when you fly in an area which do not go up (<0.1m/s) or
down (>0.2m/s). This indicates that you fly either in a zone near a thermal or at the
beginning of the thermal cycle.
7. You can turn ON or OFF the backlight
of your instrument on the next screen.
Warning : backlight reduces the
instrument’s autonomy (-30%).
8. The next screen enables to turn ON or OFF the alarm when you enter in a controlled
airspace.
9. The altitude screen enables to select either the altitude given by the GPS (by default) or a
pressure altitude that will be manually settled.
10. Last screen is to go back to main
screen (#1)
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VIII. Advanced configuration
Connect your device to a computer with the SYS PC Tool, you get access to advanced setup.
You can :
•Change the airspace « pre-violation » warnings (HAS for Horizontal distance to
AirSpace, VAS for Vertical distance to AirSpace)
•Change any setup that is changeable inside the instrument,
•Adjust the security alarm based on the G-meter.
An explanation of those functions is explained here: https://www.syride.com/en/support
For this : 1) Turn-on the instrument and connect it to your computer
2) From SYS PC Tool, click on “configure my instrument” icon.
3) Change whatever you want.
4) Click on Send parameters.
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IX. Customize your screens and vario sound
With SYS’NAV, you can fully customize screens 1 to 4, as well your vario sound!
To customize your screen (tutorial video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lfZWiS13M ) :
1) Go to : http://www.syride.com/en/ssctool/Nav
2) Customize your screen by selecting an item with is font size and units, and then drag and
drop it to the screen.
3) Download the config file to your computer.
4) Turn-on your instrument, and connect it to your computer.
5) On SYS PC Tool, click on “Send a file to my Instrument” icon.
6) Select the config file you just downloaded before and disconnect your instrument, done.
The vario sound setup follows the same principle, follow here: https://www.syride.com/en/variosetup

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X. Height above ground
The SYS’NAV is able to tell you how high from the ground you are. Thanks to topography
data recorded by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission realized in 2000 by Endeavour space
shuttle (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Radar_Topography_Mission ).
From the SYS’Nav v3 the worldwide topography is already embedded in the instrument.
For the older versions of the SYS’Nav, here is the process to send the topography data into
your instrument :
1) You must go to our dedicated webpage: https://www.syride.com/en/topography
2) Then move the red rectangle to your selected fly area, and download the data.
3) Turn on and connect your SYS’NAV with the USB cable.
4) Then go in the SYS PC Tool, and click on the “Send a file to my instrument”icon, and
select the file you previously downloaded.
5) Wait until the end ot the file upload and restart your instrument.
Caution, height above the ground has a precision of ±20m, plus
the GPS precision (a few meters).
To display your height above ground, this information must be included in your screen
configuration (see previous chapter) and you need GPS reception.
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XI. Locate airspaces
To avoid an airspace violation, you can upload a database of airspaces with an OpenAir file format to
your instrument.
Here are some tips regarding airspaces :
- Airspaces are regularly modified (about once per month). We recommend you to check the
version of file you are using and keep updated.
- Knowledge of aeronautic rules as well as preparing your flight are essential for your
safety, and for an easy understanding of what your instrument is showing
- Temporary forbidden areas can exist. They are signaled through a NOTAM (Notice To
Airmen) or Sup AIP. They’re usually available on your government website.
- Each country has its own rules, especially for VFRflights. Take note of local rules before
taking-off.
- Even if your instrument is able to handle thousands of airspaces, we highly recommend you
to fine-tune your OpenAir file. Editing the file can be done with any raw text reader software.
Fine-tuning the openair file can increase your instrument’s autonomy, and can ease the
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In order to upload airspaces to your SYS’Nav :
1) Go to the webpage https://www.syride.com/en/airspace
2) Syride's online tool provides airspace databases in Open Air
format by country. Download the file you want to your computer.
3) Turn on and plug your SYS'Nav into the USB port of your
computer.
4) On the SYS PC Tool, click on the icon « send a file to my instrument ».
5) Select the OpenAir file you previously downloaded.
To locate airspaces, you have 2 options :
- The MAP screen will show you the airspace borders
- Indicators are available on the SSCTool, like name, horizontal and vertical distance to the
nearest airspace.
There are 2 visual warnings with a siren that informs you are near an airspace :
Both PRE-VIOLATION and VIOLATION warnings emit a siren during a few seconds. If
you loose the GPS signal, then the siren will run again when getting the GPS fix back.
PRE VIOLATION
PRE VIOLATION blinks on top of
the screen when the distance
(vertical or horizontal) to the
nearest airspace is within the
predefined VAS and HAS values.
VIOLATION
VIOLATION blinks on
top of the screen
when you are inside
an airspace.
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XII. Navigation
To create a navigation route, the easiest way is to use our online « Route maker » tool. Simple, quick
and efficient, it ables you to build a route in a few secondes.
To build a route with the « Route maker » :
1) Go to http://www.syride.com/en/route
2) Build your route in a few clicks, and then
download it to your computer.
3) Turn-on your SYS’Nav and connect it to
your computer
4) On the SYS PC Tool, click the « Send a file
to my instrument » icon
5) Select the route file you’ve downloaded
before
6) To activate the route in your instrument, go on the the Navigation
menu in the SYS’Nav, then « Load a route ».
The route will show on the MAP screen. Think about adding the
indicators you wish to use (e.g. Waypoint information) to your
screen configuration (cf IX. Customize your screens).
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You can build a route from your instrument as well :
1) You first need to have some waypoints in your instrument. Create a waypoint on the
SYS’Nav, with menu “Navigation” (screen 7), then “Create waypoint”. The instrument
will ask for a waypoint name, GPS coordinate, and altitude
(optional).
If you already have a waypoint file, you can upload it to your
instrument with the SYS PC Tool (« Send a file to my instrument»
icon). The SYS PC Tool only accept OziExplorer file format.
2) Then from the SYS’Nav, go to the « Navigation » menu, then « Create route » :
- First, name your route.
- When selecting the first waypoint, you can choose between 3 modes : « Waypoint » (a
simple waypoint), « START IN » and « START OUT » where a start time must be given.
- When selecting the waypoint, you can setup a radius (set to 400m by default, according to
FAI rules), as well as a minimum altitude.
- Add several waypoints if needed
- You can select a « GOAL CYLINDER » or a « GOAL LINE » for the last waypoint.
- Or select « END ROUTE » if you want to end your route with a simple waypoint.
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XIII. Display and delete a flight
1. Go to screen #8 and press the central
button to enter the flights list.
2. You will see here every recorded
flights, with some information about this
flight.
3. To delete a flight, press the central
button and confirm your action when
you’re asked to.
4. Come back to the main flight screens
by pushing on “BACK”
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Vol # 1
Date : 01/02/14
Time : 12h35
Flight time : 01h37
Alt max : 1346m
Vario max : 5.4m/s
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