Velocitek SC-1 User manual

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SC‐1ReferenceManual
FirmwareVersion2.3B(BasicFunctionality)
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Contents
INTRODUCTION1
SC‐1FEATURES1
MANUALORGANIZATION1
ONTHEWATER2
DEVICEOVERVIEW2
DISPLAYS2
BUTTONS3
BATTERYLIFEINDICATOR4
GETTINGSTARTED5
INSERTINGBATTERIES5
SIGNALACQUISITION6
OPERATINGMODES7
TURNINGPOWERON8
TURNINGPOWEROFF9
AUTOPOWER‐OFF10
BUTTONLOCKING10
RECALLINGMAXIMUMSPEEDS10
RESETTINGMAXIMUMSPEEDS11
WHENYOUGETHOME12
SOFTWAREINSTALLATIONREQUIREDTODOWNLOADGPSDATAFROMYOURDEVICE12
INSTALLINGVELOCITEKCONTROLCENTER12
INSTALLINGDRIVERSFORYOURVELOCITEKDEVICE26
USINGVELOCITEKCONTROLCENTER30
SC‐1GPSDATASTORAGE30
DOWNLOADINGGPSDATA31
SAVINGGPSDATA35
CLEARINGGPSDATA43
UPDATINGUSERINFORMATION44
UPDATINGDEVICESETTINGS45
UPDATINGFIRMWARE46
LAUNCHINGGPSACTIONREPLAYFROMVELOCITEKCONTROLCENTER48

MAINTENANCE49
CONTACT50
INDEX51

SC-1 Features 1
Introduction
SC1Features
TheSC‐1Basicfirmwareisaneasytouse,strippeddownversionofthemorepowerfulbutcomplicated
SC‐1Fullfirmware.TheBasicfirmwareversiongivestheSC‐1thefollowingfeatures:
•Speedandcompassupdatedat2timesasecond
•Maximumandbest10secondaveragespeedrecall
•Over35hoursofGPSdatastorageatrecordrateofevery2seconds
•DatadownloadingthroughUSBlink
•UserconfigurabledevicesettingsallowcustomizationofselectSC1functionalities
•Upto25hoursofbatterylife
•Internetupdatablefirmwareallowsyoutobenefitfromongoingproductimprovementsand
featureadditions
TosuccessfullyusetheSC‐1withthebasicfirmware,theonlyprocedurethatabsolutelymustbelearned
ishowtoturnthedeviceon.Usethebasicfirmwareifyoudon'tlikereadinginstructionmanualsand
youonlyneedaspeedometerandcompass.
Also,becausethebasicfirmwaredoesnothavemultiplemodesthatitcanswitchbetween,itisnot
affectedbywatersplashingonitsbuttons.Usethebasicfirmwareifyouarehavingproblemswith
splashingwaterunlockingyourSC‐1'sbuttonsandinadvertentlychangingthedisplaymode.
ManualOrganization
Thismanualisdividedintotwomainsections.Thefirstsection,OntheWaterdescribeshowtousethe
SC‐1toobtainreal‐timefeedbackwhileyouaresailing.Thesecondsection,WhenYouGetHome
describeshowtodownloadandviewGPSdatafromyourSC‐1usingaPC.

Device Overview 2
OntheWater
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheSC‐1toobtainreal‐timefeedbackwhileyouaresailing
DeviceOverview
Displays
ThefollowingdiagramshowstheSC‐1'stwomaindisplayareas:
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Speedandheadingaredisplayedinthelowerandupperdisplaysrespectively.Theinformationshown
oneachdisplayismadeclearbyamodeindicatorimmediatelytotheleftofthenumericaldisplayarea.
Thefirstdecimalpointontheupperdisplayisusedasanunlockindicatorifanyofthelockfeaturesare
enabled.Theindicatorisnotdisplayedifalllockfeaturesaredisabled.

Device Overview 3
Buttons
TheSC‐1iscontrolledbyfourdifferentcapacitivetouchsensors.Thesetouchsensorsdetectthe
presenceofyourthumbswhentheyareplacedontopoftheregionsshowninthefollowingdiagram:
Thecaptionsontheabovediagramindicatehowthedifferenttouchsensorswillbereferredtointhe
restofthismanual.

Device Overview 4
BatteryLifeIndicator
ThebatterylifeindicatorislocatedinthetopleftcorneroftheSC‐1.Astheenergyinthedevice's
batteriesisconsumed,thebatterylifeindicatorwillundergothefollowingprogressiontoshowyouhow
muchruntimeyouhaveleft:
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1 Whentheindicatorisfullyilluminatedyouhaveapproximately25hoursofbatteryliferemaining.
2 Whentheindicatoristwothirdsilluminatedyouhavelessthan18hoursofbatteryliferemaining.
3 Whentheindicatorisonethirdilluminatedyouhavelessthan12hoursofbatteryliferemaining.
4 Whentheindicatorisnotilluminatedyouhavelessthan6hoursofbatteryliferemaining.
WhenthebatteriesaretoolowtoproperlypowertheGPSchipsetthewholedisplaywillgoblankand
flash"LO"inthelowerdisplay.
Note:Theaboveappliesforrechargeablenickelmetalhydride(NiMH)batteries.Disposablealkaline
batterieswillprovideapproximatelyhalfthelifeofNiMHbatteries.Alsowithdisposablebatteries,
therewillbeatendencyforthelifeindicatortoremainfullyilluminatedformostofthebatterylifeand
onlydropdowntothelowerlevelswhenthebatteriesarenearlyexhausted.
TheSC‐1willslowlydepletebatteriesevenwhenitisturnedoff.Fullychargedbatterieswillbe
exhaustedinabout100dayswhenthedeviceisleftturnedoff.Forlongtermstorage,removeanyone
ofthethreebatteriesfromthedevicetopreventthisslowdrain.

Getting Started 5
GettingStarted
ThissectiondescribeseverythingyouneedtoknowbeforehittingthewaterwithyourSC‐1.
InsertingBatteries
Openthewaterproofcaseandinsert3AAbatteriesintothemetalclipsonthecircuitboard.Becareful
toorientthebatteriesaccordingtothepolaritymarkingsonthecircuitboard.Thesemarkingsarecircled
inredonthefollowingphotograph:
TheSC‐1willworkwithrechargeablenickelmetalhydride(NiMH)batteriesorstandarddisposableAA
batteries.Disposablebatterieswillprovideapproximately12hoursoflifewhilerechargeableNiMH
batterieswilllastfor25hoursorlonger.TheremainingbatterylifeindicatorontheSC‐1iscalibrated
toworkwithrechargeableNiMHbatteries.

Getting Started 6
SignalAcquisition
TheoperationoftheVelocitekSC‐1reliesonlow‐powerradiosignalsfromGPSsatellitesthatorbitthe
earthatanaltitudeofapproximately20,000km.Asaresult,theSC‐1mustbeoutdoorswithaclear
viewoftheskytofunctionproperly.
WhentheSC‐1isfirstturnedon,itmustdownloadinformationfromGPSsatellitesbeforeitcanacquire
aGPSsolution.Thedatadownloadprocessnormallytakes1‐2minutesorupto5minutesiffresh
batterieshavejustbeeninstalled.
ThefollowingillustrationdepictstheGPSsignalacquisitionprocess:
1 WhentheSC‐1isfirstturnedon,boththeupperandlowerdisplaywillshow"‐‐‐".Thelower
displaywillalsoblinkonandoff.
2 OncethedevicehasacquiredaGPSsolutionandiscapableofprovidinginformation,bothupper
andlowerdisplayswillshowsolidnumbers.
PleaseNote:TheSC‐1cannotobtainaGPSsolutionindoors.

Getting Started 7
OperatingModes
Thedevicedisplayscurrentspeedonthelowerdisplayandheadingindegreesontheupperdisplay.In
BasicfirmwaretheSC1modescannotbechangedforeitherdisplay.Modescanbeeditedandmore
modes,VMG,tacticalcompass,timerandstartline,areavailableintheFullfirmware.RefertotheFull
firmwaremanualformoreinformation.Thefirmwareonthedevicecanbeupdatedbyconnectingthe
SC‐1tothePC.
Thebelowfiguresshowsspeedof16.9knotsandcompassheadingof69degrees:
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SpeedometerMode
InSpeedometermodethedisplaywillshowyourcurrentspeedupdatedat2Hz(twiceasecond).The
speedcanbedisplayedinknots,miles/hour,kilometers/hourormeter/secondbyeditingthedevice
settings.Thedefaultistodisplayspeedinknots.
CompassMode
Incompassmode,thedevicedisplayseithertrueormagneticheadingatanupdaterateof2Hz(twicea
second).Trueheadingisthedirectionyouaremovingreferencedtotruenorth.Magneticheadingis
thedegreesyouareheadinginreferencetothelocalmagneticnorth.Whenusingamagneticcompass
inconjunctionwiththeSC‐1,settingthecompassdeclinationtothelocaldeclinationisusefulsinceboth
instrumentswillbereferencedtomagneticnorth.Bydefaultthecompassdisplaystrueheading,to
displaymagneticheadingthelocalmagneticdeclinationmustbedefinedindevicesettings.
TheSC‐1displaysheadingonlywhenyourspeedisgreaterthan1knot,otherwiseitwillshowaheading
of0degreesregardlessofwhichdirectionyouareactuallymoving.
ThedifferenceoftheSC‐1toaconventionalmagneticcompassisthattheSC‐1measuresthedirection
thedeviceismovinginratherthanthedirectionitispointedin.
AmajorbenefitoftheSC‐1overaconventionalmagneticcompassisthatitwillgiveyouaccurate
headinginformation,regardlessoftheorientationinwhichitismountedonyourboat.SC‐1'scompass
readingdependsonlyonthedirectionyouaremoving,notthedirectionthedeviceispointing.