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TOPigeon iPigeon V8 User Manual
The Next Generation Timer
Oct. 2015

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  • Page 1 TOPigeon iPigeon V8 User Manual The Next Generation Timer Oct. 2015...
  • Page 2 This Manual was updated based on firmware version V8.78 V 8.0 which was released in May 2015 Before you read this manual, please check your TOPigeon iPigeon clock firmware version. The manual content will be different if your clock firmware version is different.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content Content ..............................3 Getting Start ............................. 5 iPigeon Timer ........................... 6 Loft Antenna ............................. 8 Accessories ............................. 10 iPigeon Functional Description ......................14 Main Menu ............................. 14 Home Page ............................. 16 Summary Information: ......................16 Latest Pigeon Information ...................... 17 Race Information ........................
  • Page 4 Phone Number ........................29 Communication testing ......................29 Club Management ..........................30 Authentication Key ......................... 31 Set Time ............................32 Manual Adjust the Club antenna master time................. 32 Manual synchronize to iPigeon clock..................32 Connect to PC ..........................33 Ring Assignment ..........................

  • Page 5: Getting Start

    Getting Start The TOPigeon iPigeon Timer is developed by Avance Technology for modern pigeon racing. Combining the most advanced technologies, we hope to provide a complete solution for pigeon fanciers and pigeon associations around the world. We hope these new technologies will bring the pigeon racing game more fun and enhance the game to the next level! Thanks for purchasing TOPigeon V8 iPigeon electronic timer.

  • Page 6: Ipigeon Timer

    Lower left side has an embedded RFID reader inside. The RFID reader can be the backup solution if your loft antenna malfunctions. The RFID reader also can read TOPigeon chip ring’s UID if your pigeon club support UID regulation. The reader can also test chip rings and help fanciers to identify the specific birds in your loft easily.
  • Page 7 In the left side, a big display button can turn on and off the display to save power. Standard power plug is compatible with all TOPigeon power adopter as well as the mobile power bank. Audio out can connect to the external speaker if you need audio assistance. DIN connection is to connect loft antenna.

  • Page 8: Loft Antenna

    Loft Antenna 4 Channel Loft Antenna The loft antenna shelling is made of super strong material which provides the protection like clocking timer does. Inside the antenna, all the printed circuit board is painted by waterproof plastic glue. The antenna is modularized designed which is easy for maintenance works. For example, should cable ever break, fanciers can just replace the cable replace the cable instead of getting rid of the whole antenna.
  • Page 9 The cable termination plug also provides a cover for waterproof protection to the cable. iPigeon and loft antenna connection...

  • Page 10: Accessories

    Accessories Other accessories are available by your request. Please contact your local TOPigeon agent for support. TOPigeon Timer Bag Pack Thermal Printer...
  • Page 11 Mobile Power Bank Wall Mount Case...
  • Page 12 RS-232 9-9 (femal-femal) and USB-COM These 2 cables have to be used together for PC and Club antenna connection. Please note that the USB-COM cable needs specific driver. VCP (Virtual COM Port) cable Virtual COM port (VCP) cable is for the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC.
  • Page 13 This website provides the automatic installation program. After you install the driver, the plug and play (PNP) will help to finish the installation. You can check the readiness of COM port by going to Device Manager in the Control Panel. Go to the Ports (COM&LPT) and you should see the USB Serial Port.

  • Page 14: Ipigeon Functional Description

    iPigeon Functional Description Main Menu The iPigeon display will always show 2 Bars on top and bottom of the screen: Main Status Bar and Navigation Bar for fanciers to monitor their clock major functions status. Main Status Bar Navigation Bar Main Status Bar:...
  • Page 15 If any major function of the clock fails, these icons will show a red cross as below. Any cross showing indicate you might need to take the clock to your agent or TOPigeon for repair. Navigation Bar: On the bottom side, is the navigation bar that provides the shortcut to go back to upper layer , or return to main menu.

  • Page 16: Home Page

    Home Page The home page provides overall loft status in the clocking system which consists of 3 parts of information. Summary Information: The first part is loft summary information, including Loft No (ID), Fancier name, Landing board connected (indicate normal or abnormal) , Total number of birds in this clocking system (including coupling and uncoupling birds) and GPS Coordinates.

  • Page 17: Latest Pigeon Information

    Latest Pigeon Information The second part of the Home Page is the latest arrival pigeon information, such as the bird’s Association number, Type: race or training, Arrival time and detail race information. A shortcut button “Go Training” which will lead directly to find the detail training information.

  • Page 19: Member Data

    The fancier information shows all detail information of the fancier who owns this clock. All the information is created by your local agent or club. Please note that, the club code will be your identifier when you check on TOPigeon cloud database online for your training or race information online. Pigeon Information The pigeon information shows all pigeons assigned with chip-rings for this fancier in a scrollable window.

  • Page 20: Pigeon Status

    Pigeon Status The pigeon status column will display every detail of the pigeon current status including, Mark, Race (if race started), Back (Pigeon arrived), UpLd (the arrival data uploaded), Stop (Race Stopped), and Train. Fancier can easily manage their pigeons in the loft by this function.

  • Page 21: Pigeon Manager

    Pigeon Manager All pigeons in your loft will be showing in this page, including assigned and unassigned birds. Fancier can also Add and Search all birds here. Add Pigeons The Fanciers can add their own pigeon by click on the Add button, a new Add Pigeon window will popup.

  • Page 22: Training Data

    Training Data The training data is much more straightforward for arrival and non-arrival information. All your birds which are not marked for the races will be in the Training Data. The fancier can also print out the training results to keep the training record by clicking on the top right side print button.

  • Page 23: Speed Calculation

    Speed Calculation When you press the training restart, there is a speed calculation will popup. If you don’t like to calculate the speed you can just press the start key. The system will default the training by 10 Kilometer and Lib time is one hour after current time. There is a Lib Site of the distance where you can input the distance of the training liberation and Lib time for the training liberation time for speed calculation.

  • Page 24: Communication

    This information can be easily accessed from the timer’s main menu. To utilize this data, fanciers can join TOPigeon free member program and use TOPigeon online system to keep their training and racing data online. Pigeon breeding and training...

  • Page 25: Disable The Sim Pin

    Disable the SIM PIN Most of the wireless operator will enable SIM PIN when you buy the new SIM card (by default is 0000). Please make sure to disable the SIM PIN by using your mobile phone first. The following is the disable steps on iPhone. There is a similar procedure for Android phone as well.

  • Page 26: Insert Your Sim To Ipigeon

    Insert your SIM to iPigeon Open the SIM card slot on the back of iPigeon. Get your SIM card from the operator in standard size and insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot on the back of iPigeon. Please note the SIM card direction by following the slot picture and align with the edge.

  • Page 27: Communication Menu

    Communication Menu All powerful iPigeon communication capability is configured in this function. Please read it carefully. There are Save and Device Reset at bottom. For all the communication configured parameters you need to save and reset the clock to activate. SMS Notify SMS notify is to set iPigeon sending the race or training information of your bird via SMS.

  • Page 28: Read Association Number

    TOPigeon server. Once enable this feature the iPigeon will send back loft information every two minutes back to TOPigeon cloud database. The club can retrieve such information to monitor their member’s loft status. The loft information, including the clock coordination, clock landing pad connection status, clock time and etc.

  • Page 29: Host

    Host This is the TOPigeon Cloud database server domain name (IP address). Again, the host configuration will be loaded during clock initialization which fancier cannot edit it. Phone Number You can have five phone numbers for the SMS Notify function mentioned above. You can enter the number by in-display keyboard.

  • Page 30: Club Management

    Club Management All club operations requirements are in this function. Before you tap this icon, first please make sure that you have connected iPigeon clock to the club antenna by the Mini DIN cable. Secondly, you need the Authentication key. There are 6 major functions when you connect to club antenna and use the authentication key correctly: Set Time;...

  • Page 31: Authentication Key

    Authentication Key The authentication key represents the club operation authority. Please keep the authentication key safely at all time. The club manager will be activated when you present the authentication key on the club antenna. Please also note that, once you leave the club manager or completed an club operation you will need the authentication key again for follow up actions.

  • Page 32: Set Time

    Set Time Please note before using this Set Time function, please go the System Info and double check if the time zone setting is correct: There are two major functions in this item: Manual Adjust the Club antenna master time. The upper site box indicates the current club antenna master time.

  • Page 33: Connect To Pc

    The club manager software is for large pigeon club organizations to manage their members pigeon race activates. The operation of club manager software is not contained in this manual. Please refer to the iPigeon V8 Club Manager User Guide for detailed information.

  • Page 34: Ring Assignment

    Ring Assignment The Ring Assignment screen is similar to the Pigeon Manager where you can Add and Search the specific bird that you want assigned. By selecting on the specific pigeon that you want to assign the chip ring and the Assignment button will be activated. Press the assignment button, a window will bring up “Scanning…...
  • Page 35 It is strictly forbidden to connect to your computer during this operation. You may connect to the computer after marking/basketing to upload the marking information to club management system. When you select the Race Marking, you will get to the race list table to select the specific race you want to mark.
  • Page 36 After printing the Basketing/Marking report, a Pigeon button will be activated to green color where you can check your birds that have been marked. A search window can help you to find the bird if you have too many birds in this marking. Sample of marking report...

  • Page 37: Unmark Birds

    Unmark Birds During the club operation, there might be some incident which happened after the birds habe been swiped in club antenna in the basketing/marking process. Such as the club staff found a disqualified bird or unhealthy bird, the club has to unmark such birds. You can simply click on the bird that you wish to unmark and press Unmark button.

  • Page 38: Race Manager

    Race Manager The race manger can handle all the race operation in the club. Firstly you will go to a Race List where you can find all the active races. You can also Add Race manually in here. Add Race Note: This function is for manual operation only, if you are NOT using iPigeon Club Manager System.

  • Page 39: Arrival Operation

    Arrival Operation After your birds return to the loft, you can bring the iPigeon to the club anytime you want, even if the birds have not all returned. When the iPigeon is connect to the club antenna with authorization key, the race information will show the Arrive button. Click on this button will to display arrival mode.
  • Page 40 Print: This is to print the race result and can print as many copy as you want. However, you have at least to print once before you can delete this race. Please also note that if you are using club manager software and upload the race result this will also give you an error message if you have not printed.

  • Page 41: System Info

    SN #: Serial Number also known as Device ID which is unique for every iPigeon clock. This is an important 8 characters primary key to identify individual iPigeon so the club and TOPigeon can keep track of your machine all around the globe. Language: iPigeon support multiple languages. Use the dropdown box to select your preferred language.

  • Page 42: Landing Board Information

    TimeZone: Please set your iPigeon in the correct time zone of UTC that you are located. The time zone will impact the iPigeon clock time, especially to the GPS time synchronization. Please don’t forget to press SAVE button when you configure. Landing Board Information The Landing board Information will give you a general information of the landing board that you have connected, including:...

  • Page 43: System Test

    System Test LCD test: The iPigeon screen is LCD and LCD will set the color calibration. Ring test: In chip rings test will display the chip ring’s e-ring number. You can use the iPigeon embedded RFID reader to do this test. SMS test: Where you can type your mobile number to test the SMS feature.
  • Page 44 GPS signal, SMS, internet, online function and race information, including if secret code is read properly. This can provide your tracking and analysis tool if you have dispute with the club. This is also the how TOPigeon Loft Monitor System communication works.

  • Page 45: Club Antenna Operation

    The printer port is standard parallel port which support LPT IEEE1284 standard printer and the default printing size is A4. The external GPS module is an optional device which you can purchase from your local agent or TOPigeon.
  • Page 46 There are 4 LED on top of the club antenna with different colors and the meaning of these LED light on or blink are as follows, LED Light Flickering Power on and system normal Operation error or system error Power Waiting to read a transponder (chip Transponder read Transponder...
  • Page 47 For detail club antenna operation please refer to iPigeon club manager user guide. If you are using GPS module first time it will take longer about 2 minutes to get the signal. Make sure you do not plug to the wrong port.

  • Page 48: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity iPigeon Timer...

  • Page 49: Channel Landing Board

    4 Channel Landing Board...

  • Page 50: Channel Landing Board

    1 Channel Landing Board...

  • Page 51: Club Antenna

    Club Antenna...

  • Page 52: Ipigeon Technical Data

    iPigeon Technical Data • CPU: TI’s DM 3730 ARM Cortex A8 (Datasheet attached) • RAM: 256MB • ROM :512MB • Pigeon Data: Over 10,000 pigeons • Main processor speed: 1GHZ • 2” inches speaker for audio out • 800* 480, 32bit, 7” inches color touch LED display. •...

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