VSpeak VSpeak for JR PROPO User manual

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JR PROPO
Manual Version 1.4
Introduction
The speech module "VSpeak for JR PROPO" has been developed especially for telemetry
capable JR radios.
The JR radio has no connector for connecting the speech module VSpeak . The three wires of
the servo counter cable, supplied with, must soldered on carefully as described in this manual.
Attention: The necessary modifications of the radio will void your warranty !
With proper implementation of soldering, there is no influence of the transmitting / receiving
system by VSpeak components.
The operation of the speech module is provided through a switch which is designed as a non-
latching switch.
The choice of the announcement of the measured values, alarm thresholds, the setting of the
interval time, volume, etc should be done before the start, in order to focus exclusively on the
flight model.

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Content
1Installation....................................................................................................................3
1.1 Communication..............................................................................................................4
2Speech output...............................................................................................................4
2.1 Announcement of the sensor values ..............................................................................4
2.1.1 Altitude Announcement.................................................................................................. 4
2.1.2 Speed Announcement ..................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Announcements of the alarms........................................................................................4
2.2.1 Alarm pause................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Announcement of the settings (Setup)...........................................................................5
3Operation of the speech module .................................................................................5
3.0 "long key stroke"............................................................................................................5
3.1 "single click"..................................................................................................................5
3.2 "double click".................................................................................................................5
3.3 "triple click"...................................................................................................................5
3.4 Notes on useful settings and operation ..........................................................................9
4Vario sound.................................................................................................................10
5wav files.......................................................................................................................10
6Update.........................................................................................................................11
7Accessories..................................................................................................................11
8Technical data ............................................................................................................11
9EG Declaration of Conformity .................................................................................12
10 Instructions for disposal............................................................................................12
11 Version history...........................................................................................................12
12 Contact........................................................................................................................12
Appendix:XG6 - Connection and Installation Example
XG8 / XG14 - Connection and Installation Example
XG11 - Connection and Installation Example
XG14E - Connection and Installation Example
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1Installation
The electrical connection to the voice module will be achieved in the JR transmitters with the
servo counter cable, whose negative (brown wire) and positive (red wire) are to be soldered to
the appropriate solder points (connection and installation examples see Appendix).
The signal leading wire (orange), as shown in the following pictures, has to be soldering directly
on the respective GHz transmitter module.
It can be assumed, that there is to use the same point of connection of the signal wire at not
mentioned transmitters, as the modules are very similar and always the same pin of 14-pin
connector is occupied by the telemetry signal.
XG6
XG8
XG14
XG14E
For safety's sake the transmitter battery should be unplugged before soldering. Use a soldering
iron with a small tip. Make sure that you do not short circuit any pins !.
If the connections are made, the VSpeak module can be plugged in and you can switch on the
transmitter.
With receiver switched off, the blue LED should now
show with a flashing sequence every second the
error-free operation of the voice module.
With receiver switched on, the blue LED
shows with fast blinking the receiving of the Telemetry
data.
The speech module can be screwed into the radio housing
over the male threads of the 3.5 mm stereo jack.
The switch should be placed on an easily reachable
position (The key button of the VSpeak module can also
be replaced by an existing, unused, momentary toggle
switch).
Too thick wall thickness you can “reduce” with cone or 9 mm twist drill rotated by hand!!

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1.1 Communication
If properly installed, the speech module does not affect the functionality of the transmission
system.
The speech module does NOT interfere with the data exchange, i.e. there is no signal output to
the transmission system. In a way, the speech module "listens" to the HF module, interprets the
data and transfers that as speech as described in the following sections.
2Speech output
There are 3 types of the speech output:
2.1 Announcement of the sensor values
The start of the announcement of the sensor values is made either by key operation - or timed.
Furthermore the announcements of capacity and altitude can be triggered if an adjustable
difference is exceeded. The corresponding settings are described in section 3.
It is possible to select the announced sensor values individually. Also ALL announcements can
be switched ON / OFF, whereby it can be selected with ON between MIN / current and MAX
- thus the since the last announcement occured MIN / MAX values or at the time of the
announcement actual readings are announced.
Values of non-connected sensors are not announced, even if the setup the relevant
announcement on "ON" position.
The values are announced according to the order in the table in section 3.3.
2.1.1 Altitude Announcement
The data for the announcement of the altitude can come from the altimeter- or GPS sensor. If
you use both, GPS and Altimeter ("or all in one", such as sm-GPS-Logger), the altimeter
altitude data are announced.
2.1.2 Speed Announcement
The announcement of the speed data can come from the speed sensor or the GPS. If you use
both GPS and speed sensor, speed sensor data is announced
2.2 Announcements of the alarms
The generation of the alarms is exclusively realised in the "Vspeak module". Therefore it is
possible to stagger alarms by setting different values in the radio and in the "Vspeak module".
For the following values can be set alarm thresholds:
Receiver voltage
Altitude
Cell voltage
Capacity
Voltage power supply
2.2.1 Alarm pause
To prevent a "permanent" active alarm (e.g. receiver voltage < alarm threshold), blocking the
announcement, can the alarm be paused. For this time the alarm message for this sensor value
is suppressed - only after the expiry and then - still / or again - pending alarm would this be
announced again.

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2.3 Announcement of the settings (Setup)
A variety of settings on the speech module can be made with the keys (see section 3.3), those
will be announced.
3Operation of the speech module
The speech module VSpeak is operated with the switch (non-latching switch). To check the
function of the key a blue LED is lit for the duration of the operation.
The key can be pressed in four different ways:
3.0 "long key stroke"
If the key is pressed and held (> 2sec) the timed announcement is switched OFF or ON. The
setting is announced, either:
"Timed announcement is OFF" - or - "timed announcement is ON"
Thus, only the cyclically recurring announcements of the reading is switched OFF / ON.
Using "single-click" the announcement can be started anytime. Also, the announcement of the
alarms is done regardless of the setting made here.
The setting is saved.
3.1 "single click"
Using "single-click" (Button 1 x pressed briefly) the "regular announcement" is started
(see section 2.1).
Is the speech module in mode "settings" (see section 3.3), then, by pressing the key, the reading-
switching or changing takes place. In addition, the setting menu can also be stopped.
3.2 "double click"
By "double-clicking" (key 2 x pressed in quick succession) the vario tone is turned OFF or ON.
The setting is announced, either:
"Vario sound is OFF" - or - "Vario sound is ON"
The setting you make is NOT saved.
3.3 "triple click"
Using "triple-click" (key 3 x pressed in quick succession) you get into the mode "settings" of
the speech module. You can configure 3 different parameter-sets, which can be changed
quickly. During the announcement is the key on 'confirmed' always asked in the times that are
stored in the table below "yellow", i.e. in the "value" AND "waiting time".
All settings are saved - except for the setting parameter No. 5, "wav test".
During the announcement of the "setting parameters" ("gray" background) the setup can be
cancelled by pressing the key. The changes made until the abortion will be saved.

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Table settings
No
Setting parameter
Value
waiting
time
1
"VSpeak: settings"
"1" "2" "3"
2
"language"
< selection language >
3
"voice of"
< selection voice >
4
"volume"
< value >
5
"wav test"
"ON" / "OFF"
6
"stop timed announcements"
< value > "seconds"
7
"break alarm"
< value > "seconds"
8
"announcement receiver voltage in V"
"min" / "actual" / "OFF"
9
"alarm receiver voltage 1V"
"2" "3"…."9"
10
"alarm receiver voltage point V"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
11
"announcement temperature in . . . "
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
12
"announcement rotation speed in rpm"
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
13
"divider 10 rotation speed"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
14
"divider 1rotation speed"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
15
"announcement altitude in . . . "
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
"5"/"10"/"20"/"25"/"50" "…"
16
"alarm altitude 1000 . . . "
"0" "1"
17
"alarm altitude 100 . . . "
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
18
"alarm altitude 10 . . . "
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
19
"announcement rising or falling in m/s"
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
20
"vario sound rising is"
"ON" / "OFF"
21
"vario sound falling is"
"ON" / "OFF"
22
"vario sensitivity"
"0,1" / "0,2" / "0,3" "m/s"
23
"vario sound volume"
< value >
24
"announcement cell voltage in V"
"min" / "OFF"
25
"alarm cell voltage 1V"
"2" "3" "4"
26
"alarm cell voltage point V"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
27
"announcement speed in . . .“
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
28
"announcement current in A"
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
29
"announce. current consumption in mAh"
"ON" / "OFF"
"100"/"200"/"500"/"1000" "mAh"
30
"alarm current consumption 10.000 mAh"
"0" "1" "2"
31
"alarm current consumption 1.000 mAh"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
32
"alarm current consumption 100 mAh"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"

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Table settings
No
Setting parameter
Value
waiting
time
33
"alarm current consumption 10 mAh"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
34
"announcement voltage in V"
"min" / "actual" / "OFF"
35
"alarm voltage 10 V"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
36
"alarm voltage 1V"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
37
"alarm voltage point V"
"0" "1" "2" "3"…."9"
38
"announcement power in W"
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
39
"announcement distance in . . .“
"min" / "actual" / "max" / "OFF"
40
"announcement acceleration X-axis in g"
"actual" / "max" / "OFF"
41
"announcement acceleration Y-axis in g"
"actual" / "max" / "OFF"
42
"announcement acceleration Z-axis in g"
"actual" / "max" / "OFF"
43
"temperature in"
"°C" / "°F"
44
"altitude in"
"m" / "ft"
45
" distance in"
"m" / "ft"
46
"speed in"
"km/h" / "mph"
47
"end of settings"
48
"changes have been saved"
To 1: < VSpeak: settings >
There are 3 sets of different parameters available. You can change the parameter sets
here easily.
To 2: < selection language >
german, english, french, spanish, czech, Russian, portuguese, italian, dutch and
hungarian
To 3: < selection voice >
(see section 5 "wav files") The voices are in each "Voice directory" in the directory
"voice" saved. The directory "XYZ" (available in each "language directory") can be
used for self-recorded wav files.
To 4: "volume"
The volume of the announcements can be adjusted in 16 steps.
To 5: "wav test"
Is "wav Test ON" selected it is immediately jumped to no. 47. Following this all wav
files are played to the selected voice. This is an endless loop which can be stopped by
pressing a key.
The wav-test serves "creative" users to test their self-recorded wav files.
The setting is not saved.
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To 6: "stop timed announcements" < value > "seconds"
The following values can be set for the interval time (in seconds):
5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60
To 7: "break alarm" < value > "seconds"
The following values can be set for the interval time (in seconds):
20 30 40 50 60
To 9/10: "alarm receiver voltage"
You can select here the digits (1 and 0.1) for the receiver voltage alarm (8).
The alarm will be triggered if the voltage <= alarm threshold.
To 13/14: "divider rotation speed"
You can adjust the divider for the RPM sensor here in order to get a correct RPM
announcement (12), you can adjust the two digits independently.
When using brushless motors the divider should be half the pole count multiplikated
with gear ratio.
To 15: "announcement altitude in . . . "
… "Meter" / "Feet" according to setting 44.
If you set the value to 5,10,20,25 or 50, you will get the current altitude if you press the
button or if you have timed announcements. Additionally you get an announcement if
the altitude changes by the set value.
To 16/17/18: "alarm altitude"
You can adjust the alarm altitude in 1000, 100 and 10 m/ft
The alarm announcement will be triggered when the altitude => alarm threshold
alarm threshold 0000 m (/ ft) -> no alarm
To 23: "vario sound volume"
The vario sound can be adjusted in 16 steps in its volume. While setting a tone is
generated, which corresponds to the "least falling".
Zu 25/26: „alarm cell voltage“
You can select here the digits (1 and 0.1) for the receiver voltage alarm (24).
The alarm will be triggered if the min single cell voltage <= alarm threshold.
To 27: "announcement speed in . . . "
… "km/h" / "mph" according to setting 46.
To 29: "announcement current consumption in mAh"
If you set the value to 100,200,500 or 1000 mAh, you will get the current consumption
if you press the button or if you have timed announcements. Additionally you will get
an announcement if the consumption changes by the set value.
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
15
14
13
12
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To 30/31/32/33: "alarm current consumption"
You can set an alarm for consumed capacity (29), you can set the 10.000, 1.000 and
100 and 10 mAh values.
The alarm is triggered when consumed capacity >= alarm threshold
alarm threshold 00000 mAh -> no alarm
To 35/36/37: "alarm voltage"
You can select here the digits (10, 1 and 0.1) for the voltage alarm (34).
The alarm will be triggered if the voltage <= alarm threshold.
alarm threshold 00.0V -> no alarm
To 39: "announcement distance in . . . "
… "Meter" / "Feet" according to setting 45.
To 40/41/42: "announcement acceleration X/Y/Z axis in g"
When setting to max, you get the maximum acceleration of the selected axis since the
last announcement.
To 43: "temperature in"
Select the unit of temperature (°C, °F).
To 44: "altitude in"
Select the unit of altitude (m, ft).
To 45: "distance in"
Select the unit of altitude (m, ft).
To 46: "speed in"
Selct the unit of speed (kph, mph).
To 47: "changes have been saved"
If settings were made under the previous points they are only saved now at this point
- if no changes were made - this announcement is not applicable.
Accidental - or - incorrect entries can thus be discarded by switching off the radio before
reaching this announcement.
3.4 Notes on useful settings and operation
As described above, a number of settings can be made for the speech module VSpeak.
If the sensor values are present and not turned to the "OFF" position, the sensor values are all
announced at once (without a break ....), according to the order of the table in section 4.3. The
start of the announcements can be either timed (at the end of time "stop timed announcements")
or requested ("single-click").
Furthermore you can enable the announcement of altitude and current consumption on a set
difference (and no other announcement is happening at this moment).
In order to focus on the model you should only activate a few necessary alarms for
automatic/single announcement.
If you have sensors for voltage or current/capacity, it is suggested to only activate the alarm.
The alarmmessage will be repeated as long as the alarm condition is present.
Alarms will be announced always if activated, regardless of the setting of the "normal"
announcement!

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4Vario sound
If the receiver is transmitting a “Vario” value, a vario sound, in the frequency proportional vario
sound for rising/falling can be generated from the speech module during the speech pause. In
order to better distinguish between rising and falling, the tone for the rising is also interrupted.
The interruption duration decreases with increasing climbing. The zero slide, neither rising nor
falling, is soundless.
When connecting the JR TLS1-ALT (altitude sensor) a "pseudo"- Variotone from the transfered
altitude value is generated.
For the vario sound a number of settings can be made in the settings (see section 3.3)::
Vario sound rising: ON/OFF
Vario sound falling: ON/OFF
Vario sensitivity: 0,1 …0,2 … 0,3 m/s
Vario sound volume: 1, 2, 3, ….. 15, 16, 15, 14, ……3, 2
For a long climb passages, e.g. E-gliders, F-trail, or just during "gymnastics" can the Vario-
sound be switched OFF and the ON again by double-clicking (2x short activation).
5wav files
The wav files (audio files of the announcements) are arranged in
accordance with the adjacent picture in directories according to the
country code (e.g. DE for German) and voices: (e.g., Robbi, Rolf,
Silvia ...).
The directory "XYZ" is available in any language. The available wav
files can be replaced by "diligent" users of the Vspeak module by
own recordings, i.e. can be overwritten.
To create your own wav files there's useful information on the
website: www.VSpeak-modell.de under downloads.
The self-generated wav files can be easily tested in VSpeak (see
section 3.3):
1. Settings choose <language> and <voice>
2. settings "wav test ON"
(the wav files are played in an infinite loop)
"Creative self-generated voices" can be mailed for review and
inclusion in the selection of voices by VSpeak at the address
mentioned in section 12.

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6Update
The processor on the speech module contains a SD bootloader with a version counter.
If firmware updates are available they will be sent via mail. The information in the mail files
are copied on the Micro SD card (formatted FAT or FAT16), this is inserted into the speech
module and power turned on. The boot loader will recognize the new software version, boots
(blue LED "flickers") and is now up to date.
Everytime with the first turning on the current version number is announced.
7Accessories
V-cable and earphones are not included as these are often already present.
Suggestions for receiver / speaker / BT devices:
1. Wired earphones www.conrad.com article no.: 386308.
(in our opinion the best price-performance ratio)
2. Hama mini-speaker www.conrad.com article no.: 343151.
3. Wireless via Bluetooth transmitter "B-SPEECH TX2" from www.reichelt.de
The BT transmitter functions with just about every BT headsets except those devices
specified in the manual (mobile phone accessories).
Note: In order to enable the B-SPEECH TX2 in pairing mode, hold down the On
button until the red AND the blue LED flashes (about 7s). At this point, the
manual is a bit "thin".
Position BSpeech module and active speaker at a sufficient distance to 2.4 GHz radio antenna!
8Technical data
Power supply
3.5 … max. 16V
Power usage
ca. 18 .. 30 mA
Dimensions
27 x 16 x 15 mm
Weight
7 g
Connections
3.5 mm stereo jack, short-circuit-proof output for earphone
UNI / JR servo plug input

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9EG Declaration of Conformity
Manufacturer
VSpeak-Modellbau (Volker Weigt)
Priestewitz
We hereby declare that the product
Speech module VSpeak
complies with the following European directives:
2004/108/EC EMC Directive
2006/95/EC Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
2011/65/EC Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
The presumption of conformity is taken by applying the following harmonized standards:
EN60065 Audio-, video- and similar electronic aparatus - Safety requirements
EN60332 Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions
EN60950 Information technology equipment - Safety
EN61000-6-1 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
EN61000-6-3
EN55022 Information technology equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics
Priestewitz, 2014/06/01 .................................................
Signature
Volker Weigt
Managing Director
10 Instructions for disposal
Equipment marked with the symbol should not be disposed of within household
waste.
11 Version history
Vers.-No
Date
Comment
1.0
06.2014
first retail version
1.1
01.2015
Altitude and capacity difference triggered announcement is possible
Support for 3 different parameter sets
1.2
03.2015
Correction announcement RX voltage
1.3
06.2016
Correction announcement speed and RPM
Adjustable divider for rotational speed (RPM)
1.4
09.2016
Adjustment announcement RPM
12 Contact
Volker Weigt
www.VSpeak-modell.de
mail: [email protected]

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XG6
9
mm
9
mm
10
mm
ø 7 mm
10
mm
ø 6 mm

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XG8
XG14
XG8 and XG14 are almost identical in
both, the housing dimensions and the
plug assembly on the PCB, so the
representations are (here using the
example of a XG8) valid for the XG14
too
.
10
mm
ø 6 mm
29
mm
70
mm
8
mm
ø 7
mm

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XG14E
The
reinforced inside edge
of the hole has
to reduced carefully by hand-rotating 9mm
twist drill.
Due to the installation height of the VSpeak module and the arrangement of the housing locking
the VSpeak module can only be fitted in the bottom row of the switches of the transmitter panel.
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