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- Page 1 User Manual Software Version 61.1 (05/05/2008) Page 1...
- Page 2 Digifly assumes no responsibility for special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, or loss of use. If your Digifly product is not working correctly or is defective, please contact your Digifly dealer. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience, we advise you to read the operating instructions carefully before contacting your dealer.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2.1.2 INSERTING BATTERIES 2.1.3 BATTERY LIFE 2.1.4 RECHARGING YOUR DIGIFLY VARIO 2.1.5 BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR (Leonardo model) NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS TURNING ON & OFF MENU NAVIGATION SETTING UP YOUR VARIO MULTI LANGUAGE HELP DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS MAIN DISPLAY SCREENS 2.10 AUTOMATIC SCREEN SWITCHING - INTELLIFLIGHT... - Page 4 2.13 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN VARIOMETER DISPLAY SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO 3.1.1 VARIO SENSITIVITY 3.1.2 ANALOGUE VARIO 3.1.3 INTEGRATED (AVERAGED) VARIO 3.1.4 ACOUSTIC VARIO 3.1.5 VARIO SIMULATOR 3.1.6 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER AND THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY ALTIMETER DISPLAYS BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER (A1) 3.3.1 ADDITIONAL ALTIMETERS 3.3.2...
- Page 5 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION POLAR DATA SPEED TO FLY AIR EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) GROUND EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) McCREADY EQUIVALENT McCREADY NETTO VARIO THERMAL SNIFFER 5.10 THERMAL CENTERING FUNCTION 5.11 INTELLIFLIGHT GPS FUNCIONS INTEGRATED 20 CHANNEL GPS RECEIVER GPS STATUS INFORMATION POWER SAVING MODES GPS SIGNAL AND BATTERY LIFE GPS INFORMATION DISPLAY...
- Page 6 6.14 REQUIRED EFFICIENCY TO THE CURRENT/NEXT WAYPOINT AND TO ARRIVAL AT GOAL 42 6.15 DIRECTION TO CURRENT AND NEXT WAYPOINT 6.16 SAFE LANDING GLIDE CONE INDICATION 6.17 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT MANUALLY CREATE A NEW WAYPOINT 6.17.1 CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION (MARK) 6.17.2 EDIT WAYPOINT 6.17.3...
- Page 7 UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS 10.2.1 DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT 10.2.2 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS 10.2.3 10.3 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE 10.4 FIRMWARE UPGRADE UPGRADE PROCESS 10.4.1 10.5 PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC 10.6 ACOUSTIC HEADPHONE OUTPUT 10.7 EXTERNAL GPS CONNECTION TO CARTESIO2 11 DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES 11.1 DIGIFLY CARTESIO2 STANDARD ACCESSORIES...
- Page 8 12.1 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES 12.2 STANDARD FUNCTIONS 12.3 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 12.4 GPS FUNCTIONS 12.5 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 12.6 MAIN SETUP PARAMETERS 12.7 ADV-SETUP (ADVANCED SETUP) PARAMETERS 12.8 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS Page 8...
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Page 9: Quick Reference Guides
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES 1.1 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN - Graphic altimeter / thermal centering - Altimeter 1 Equivalent McCready - Customisable data field McCready - Customisable data field Analogue - Integrated vario vario - Customisable data field - Customisable data field - Customisable data field 1.2 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Customisable data field... -
Page 10: Glide Plotter Display Screen
1.3 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Equivalent McCready Customisable data field McCready Customisable data field Analogue vario Customisable data field Information bar Customisable data field North direction Course predictor Current waypoint direction Fai cylinder Next waypoint direction HSI Bearing to current wp Wind direction HSI Height over current wp Plotter scale 10 pixels/km... -
Page 11: Getting Started
2.1.3 BATTERY LIFE With the supplied Digifly 1.2V AA Ni-Mh rechargeable battery, the Digifly Leonardo can achieve 20 hours use under optimal conditions. The supplied battery will reach maximum capacity after 3 or 4 cycles of being fully charged/fully discharged (this is typical for all rechargeable batteries). -
Page 12: Recharging Your Digifly Vario
The self-discharge function of all rechargeable Ni-Mh batteries mean that the batteries will become fully discharged in about 3 weeks. To achieve the best performance, make sure you fully charge your Digifly Leonardo before you fly. 2.1.5 BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR (Leonardo model) The battery life indicator icon shows “full”... -
Page 13: Normal Or Long Key Press
To turn off your Digifly Leonardo, press the key at least for 4 seconds. After switching off your Digifly Leonardo, you must wait at least 5 seconds before you can turn it on again. This prevents unwanted operation e.g. during transit in your glider bag. -
Page 14: Menu Navigation
(function “SAV”) or you can also leave without saving your edit with the key (function “ESC”). SETTING UP YOUR VARIO To setup your Digifly Leonardo and adjust the parameters mentioned in the following sections, go to the MENU page by pressing the key (function “men”). -
Page 15: Multi Language Help
Digifly Vltools software on your PC. DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT The contrast of the Digifly Leonardo LCD display can be adjusted to suit ambient light conditions. To change the contrast of the display, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 1 CTRS), press the (function “EDIT”) to go to the edit mode and then press the arrow keys... -
Page 16: Automatic Screen Switching - Intelliflight
Glide Plotter Display screens. To enable this function go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 1 IFLY) and set it to “ON”. The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a thermal are met. -
Page 17: Sub Screens
SUB SCREENS 2.11 On each of the main display screens; Thermal Display screen, Glide Compass Display screen and Glide Plotter Display screens there are 3 fully customizable sub-pages, a total of 9 sub-pages are already setup and configured with information related to: The current Waypoint The next Waypoint Goal... - Page 18 To change the data shown in this field, press the keys to highlight the field you wish to adjust. As you scroll up or down, the fields that you can customize are highlighted (inverted) and for approximately 3 seconds a description of the data currently being displayed is shown. To change the data you wish to display, press the keys.
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Page 19: Data Fields Shown In Sequence
2.13 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS : SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS (temp): "TEMPERATURE" (effA): "IST AIR EFF" (mB): "PRESSURE" (brt): "BRG TO LST TH" (ieff as): "AIR SPEED" (br1): "BEARING TO WP" (ieff gs): "GROUND SPEED" (br2): "BEARITO NEXT" ( ) : "BLANK"... -
Page 20: Thermal Display Screen
VARIOMETER DISPLAY 3.1.1 SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO The Intellivario is a revolutionary system designed by Digifly which is based on the use of sophisticated digital filters. This results in a very sensitive vario and is immune to radio interference. All the variometric functions are subject to these filters. -
Page 21: Integrated (Averaged) Vario
“speaker” graphic at the bottom of the screen. You can set the threshold level for the Digifly Leonardo to indicate lift, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 2 V.UP) and sink, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 3 V.DN). -
Page 22: Graphic Altimeter And Thermal Centering Display
(long pressure). GRAPHIC ALTIMETER DISPLAY THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY ALTIMETER DISPLAYS The Digifly Leonardo has 7 different altimeters: A1, A2, AG, A3, H1, H2 and HA. A1: Barometric altimeter. A2: Altimeter A2. AG: GPS altimeter. A3: Last thermal height gain. -
Page 23: Barometric Altimeter (A1)
H2: Estimated height over next WP. HA: Estimate height over goal. 3.3.1 BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER (A1) On the Thermal Display page the A1 altimeter (barometric altimeter) is the first altimeter shown (highlighted here in red). In order to synchronize the A1 altimeter (barometric altimeter) with the GPS altitude, the GPS unit must be turned “ON”... -
Page 24: Adjusting Altimeters A1 And A2
The A3 altimeter is automatically zeroed when a thermal is found. There are 2 parameters that can be adjusted to allow the Digifly Leonardo to identify a thermal; the change in height and the time over which the change in height occurs. -
Page 25: Time/Chronograph Display
To manually adjust the time and date, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 16 HOUR), (MAIN SETUP \ n. 17 MIN), (MAIN SETUP \ n. 18 DAY), (MAIN SETUP \ n. 19 MONT), (MAIN SETUP \ n. 20 YEAR). TEMPERATURE DISPLAY The temperature can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo. Page 25... -
Page 26: Pressure Display
It is possible to adjust the temperature units, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 31 KTMP). PRESSURE DISPLAY The pressure can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo. The pressure data can be shown in any of the 5 customizable display fields on the Thermal Display screen (highlighted here in red). -
Page 27: Air Speed Recalibration
(MAIN SETUP \ n. 11 KIAS). An adjustment (in %) of the air speed reading can be made, (100%=no adjustment, 110%=increase, 90%=decrease). Incorrect recalibration will makes the air speed readings on the Digifly Leonardo less accurate. -
Page 28: Preset Screens
PRESET SCREENS On each of the main display screens (the Thermal Display screen, Glide Compass Display screen and Glide Plotter Display screens) there are 3 fully customizable sub pages, a total of 9 sub-pages already setup and configured with information related to: The current Waypoint. -
Page 29: Displaying Additional Information Relating To Waypoint And Routes
DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WAYPOINT AND ROUTES For these functions to be active, Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly Leonardo, a Route activated, the GPS switched “ON”, a GPS “FIX” made,”. The additional data relating to Waypoints and routes can be shown in any of the... -
Page 30: Distance Informaton
Estimated time to Goal. rt: UTC Time. ch: Chronograph. DISTANCE INFORMATON The Digifly Leonardo can display distance information related to Waypoints and Routes: dstT: Distance to last thermal. dst1: Distance to current Waypoint. dst2: Distance to next Waypoint. dstA: Distance to Goal. -
Page 31: Advanced Functions
ADVANCED FUNCTIONS TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION Total energy compensation is the rate of change of atmospheric pressure and displays this as a vertical speed. If you slow down in flight, your glider will climb using the excessive kinetic energy. A “non-compensated” vario would interpret this as lift. -
Page 32: Speed To Fly
There are three polars preloaded, (2 for hang gliders and 1 for a paraglider). To see the three default polar curves and to calculate your own, use the Digifly Excel software available from the Digifly web site (www.digifly.com). -
Page 33: Air Efficiency (Glide Ratio)
The speed to fly value is the optimum flying speed to obtain the best glide ratio. This value depends on performance of your glider as well as vertical and horizontal airflow. In calm air, the optimum flying speed is the same as the best glide speed (point B on the figure below). -
Page 34: Ground Efficiency (Glide Ratio)
If your Air speed drops lower than 5km/h, the display is blank. To adjust the time over which efficiency is averaged, go to (ADV. SETUP \ n. 4 EFF). To show “instant Air Efficiency” information in any of these customizable fields, press the keys to highlight &... -
Page 35: Equivalent Mccready
The McCready value is the average lift value from last 10 minutes. The average time can be adjusted, go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 17 MCRA). EQUIVALENT McCREADY To utilize the McCready functions, you must have an air Equivalent speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should McCready be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. -
Page 36: Thermal Sniffer
To use this function, you also need to set up the polar curve of your glider. THERMAL SNIFFER To utilize the thermal sniffer function, you must have an air speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. If this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. -
Page 37: Intelliflight
THERMAL DISPLAY GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY To enable this function go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 1 IFLY) and set it to “ON”. The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a “THERMAL” are met. -
Page 38: Gps Funcions
“ECO”: The GPS is activated every 2 seconds, except when near Waypoints or in a turn when the GPS is activated every 1 second. In the “ECO” mode the Leonardo battery life is increased by 60% compared to having the no power saving feature enabled... -
Page 39: Gps Signal And Battery Life
“EC2”: The GPS is activated every 2 second except when near Waypoints, when the GPS is activated every 1 second. In the “EC2” mode the Leonardo battery life is increased by 80% compared to having no power saving feature enabled. Note that the “EC2” mode reduces the navigation reactivity a little when the pilot is turning. -
Page 40: Ground Speed Gps
The wind speed and direction are automatically calculated, displayed and stored at different altitude ranges using GPS. During flight the Digifly Leonardo recognizes if you are flying rectilinear or turning using the GPS Direction (“TRK”) and the GPS ground speed (“Gs”) values. -
Page 41: Hsi Graphics Indication
The flag icon blinks if you are turning and the Digifly Leonardo is acquiring the information that will be used to calculate the wind speed and direction. HSI GRAPHICS INDICATION 6.11 A new instrument on the Glide Plotter Display screen for a fast and intuitive navigation. -
Page 42: Required Efficiency To The Current/Next Waypoint And To Arrival At Goal
NNN = altitude above sea level in tens of meters. e.g. MIL157 indicates that the Waypoint MIL has the altitude of 1570 m above sea level. The Average Glide Ratio is continuously calculated during a glide and stored as soon as a lift is reached. -
Page 43: Waypoint Management
Competition Waypoints can be used only in the Competition Route (Rt 1 Comp) and User Waypoints can be used only in User Routes (Rt 2 User - Rt 12 User). Waypoints can be managed manually through the Digifly Leonardo or with an external Windows program running on a PC. -
Page 44: Create New Waypoint With Current Position (Mark)
and Minutes (dd° mm.mmm’) or UTM Universal Transverse Mercator (utm x, y, zone). 6.17.2 CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION (MARK) When the GPS has acquired a valid position (UTC sync) is possible to capture your current GPS position using the “MARK” function. Press the key (long press) to go to “MARK”... -
Page 45: Navigate To A Waypoint (Goto)
ROUTE MANAGEMENT 6.18 The Digifly Leonardo can store up to 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route. A Route allows you to automatically navigate to all Waypoints stored in it. The first Route shown is the “Rt 1 Comp” (Competition) Route. To scroll through & view the other routes (“Rt 2 User”... -
Page 46: Insert Waypoints In An Empty Route
Routes on the Digifly Leonardo can be managed manually or with an external Windows program running on a PC. 6.18.1 INSERT WAYPOINTS IN AN EMPTY ROUTE To insert Waypoints in an empty Route, press the key (function “EDIT”). The first... -
Page 47: Delete Waypoints In A Route
keys and confirm with “YES”. The first Waypoint on the Waypoint list a appears, scroll through the Waypoint list using the arrow keys and then press the key (function “SAVE”). 6.18.5 DELETE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE To delete a Waypoint in a Route, scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys then press the key (function “EDIT”). -
Page 48: Competition Route
6.19 The Digifly Leonardo automatically manages Waypoint navigation for competitions. For competitions use, the Digifly Leonardo has a special Route (Rt 1 Comp) with options dedicated to competition rules. The 2 images below show the same Route on the Digifly Leonardo and COMPEGPS Air 6.19.1 SETUP THE COMPETITION ROUTE (Rt 1 Comp) - Page 49 Select the correct Start Pylon icon for the start Pylon Waypoint (any Waypoint can be selected): = start pylon validation entering into the circle. = start pylon validation exiting from the circle. The Start pylon function is only activated if one of these two start pylon icons is selected.
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Page 50: Start Pylon Navigation
- “effr to gol” - The efficiency required to arrive at goal. - “Tot dst km” - Total distance of the Route. Confirm on the Competition Route page (Rt 1 Comp) that all information has been correctly entered and then press the key to activate the Route. -
Page 51: Fai Cylinder Navigation
When your distance on the wrong side of the Start Pylon becomes greater than 500mt a popup message “Wrong Side” appears. 6.19.3 FAI CYLINDER NAVIGATION If the current Waypoint is a FAI Cylinder Turnpoint, the Digifly Leonardo will guide you to the Waypoint giving you continuous information about your position, the distance and direction to Waypoint. -
Page 52: Change Waypoint Icon On Competition Route
radius with the arrow keys. To save your changes, with the press the key. 6.19.4 CHANGE WAYPOINT ICON ON COMPETITION ROUTE From the Competition Route, scroll to the Waypoint you wish to edit with the arrow keys . Press the key (function “EDIT”) to edit and press the key to select the icon column. -
Page 53: Flight Recorder
“3D” mode and the record icon is at the bottom of the screen. In order to respect the FAI rules access to the “MAIN SETUP” menu on the Digifly Leonardo is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated. -
Page 54: Recorded Altimeter
You can adjust the change of height in meters (MAIN SETUP \ R.DS n. 23) and required for the instrument to automatically start recording a flight. In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly Leonardo is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated. -
Page 55: Record Mode Off
7.2.3 RECORD MODE OFF In the record mode “OFF” (MAIN SETUP \ n. 21 AUTR), no data is recorded. LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT To view saved flight data go to press the key (function “ENT”) and select “LOGBOOK”. A list of all recorded flights with take off date and time is shown. - Page 56 - Press the arrow keys to move the graphic cursor to the left or to the right. - Press the key (function “Tim”) to change the time display to chronograph display. Page 56...
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Page 57: Glide Compass Display Screen
Display screen and the Thermal Display screen. To enable this function, go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 1 IFLY) and set it to “ON”. The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a “thermal” are met. -
Page 58: Air Speed Display
(if available) by pressing the key (long press). AIR SPEED DISPLAY The airspeed can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo and Cartesio 2. To display your air speed, you must have an air speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. -
Page 59: Glide Plotter Display Screen
Thermal Display screen. To enable this function, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 29 IFLY) and set it to “ON”. The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a “thermal” are met. -
Page 60: Plot Scale
PLOT SCALE To zoom in or out of the live plot of your flight, press the arrow keys The plot scale is shown on the left of the screen according to the following values: ZOOM VALUE Km/screen m/pixel 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.25 0.08... -
Page 61: Pc Connection And Interface
Digifly Leonardo. COMPETITION SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY 10.1 The Digifly Leonardo / Cartesio2 instruments can communicate via a direct cable connection with some of the commonly used competition software packages e.g. CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC. With these programs is possible to upload competitions Waypoints, download flight tracks with competition validation and to add automatically the digital signature required for the On Line Contest (OLC). -
Page 62: Download A Single Flight
The download can be stopped pressing the “ESC” key on the your Digifly Leonardo/Cartesio2. 10.2.3 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS To download all flights from your Digifly Leonardo/Cartesio2 to your to the PC, go to the “LOGBOOK” menu (without entering in it ). From the PC software (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC) select “download flight track”... -
Page 63: Upgrade Process
10.4.1 UPGRADE PROCESS Make sure the battery on your Digifly Leonardo is fully charged. Turn off your Digifly Leonardo and plug the Digifly PC serial or USB cable in to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly Leonardo. -
Page 64: Problems Connecting To Your Pc
When you restart your Digifly Leonardo the version number of the new software you have just installed is briefly shown on the start up screen. It is suggested that you upload the new “help setup” file in order to obtain information on any of the new parameters that have been installed with the upgrade. -
Page 65: Acoustic Headphone Output
ACOUSTIC HEADPHONE OUTPUT 10.6 An external headphone/piezo buzzer can be connected to the “GPS” socket on the base of the Digifly Leonardo. To enable headphone output, go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 6 PHON) and set it to “ON”. Page 65... -
Page 66: External Gps Connection To Cartesio2
An external GPS receiver can be connected to the Digifly Cartestio2. Connect to the “GPS” socket on the base of the Digifly Cartesio2. To enable the external GPS receiver to send data output to the Digifly Cartesio2, setup the external GPS receiver data output to: - Data Output Protocol = NMEA 183 2.0 or higher. -
Page 67: Digifly Accessories
- Digifly PC serial cable to download flight data and upload new firmware directly from the Internet. - Digifly PC USB cable to download flight data and upload new firmware directly from the Internet. - Air speed probe for hang glider. -
Page 68: Appendix
12 APPENDIX DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES 12.1 STANDARD FUNCTIONS 12.2 Graphic altimeter. Altimeters 9,000 m (29527 ft). Super fast vario with dynamic filter ‘IntelliVario . Acoustic vario with adjustable levels, volume and tone. Analogue vario +/- 24 m/s (2400 ft/min). Digital vario +/- 25 m/s (5000 ft/min). -
Page 69: Gps Functions
Dimensions (H x L x D) 144mm x 72mm x 25mm. Weight (with battery) 165g. The Digifly Leonardo is supplied with leg strap, protective case and AA 1.5V NiMh rechargeable battery and wall recharger . The Digifly Cartesio2 is supplied with leg strap, protective case and AA battery. -
Page 70: Main Setup Parameters
MAIN SETUP PARAMETERS 12.6 The following is a list of parameters that can be adjusted. For each parameter you can see the range of values, the factory setting (default) and the unit of measure. Name Description Range Default Units CTRS display contrast 40 - 60 V.UP... -
Page 71: Adv-Setup (Advanced Setup) Parameters
1 - 30 instant efficiency average 1-30 EFFA instant efficiency for HW 1-100 PHON headphone output ON/OFF ---- POWE gps mode (Leonardo only) STD/ECO/EC2 ---- POLA active polar OFF/P1/P2/P3 ---- 9-11 P1-A P1-B P1-C polar 1 coeff. ---- --- 12-14 P2-A P2-B P2-C polar 2 coeff.
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