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  • Page 1 ® SYS’Evolution User manual...
  • Page 2 Foreword Welcome to Syride community! You are maybe owning the best instrument of Syride range! Your SYS’Evolution belongs to a new generation of flying instrument, we call it a “flight computer”. Let’s move on and stop reading this boring preamble! If you want to take benefit of all the features of your instrument, read this user manual! Syride team wishes you great flights…...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SETUP SYRIDE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE ................4 TURN ON AND OFF THE FLIGHT COMPUTER .................. 5 III. CHARGE THE BATTERY ........................6 PLACE THE INSTRUMENT IN FLIGHT ....................7 GENERAL ERGONOMICS ....................... 8 THE 3 MAIN MENUS ........................10 VII. PARAMETERS : SYSTEM INFORMATION ..................11 VIII.

  • Page 4: Setup Syride Communication Software

    Setup Syride communication software This software is mandatory. It is called the « SYS PC Tool », and ables you to update your instrument, fine-tune the settings, download your flights (and optionnaly send them to Syride online flightbook), upload routes, waypoints, etc…...

  • Page 5: Turn On And Off The Flight Computer

    Turn ON and OFF the flight computer It is important to know that compared to other displays, the one the SYS’Evolution is using does not require any power to keep its image displayed. This is why when you received it, some information may already be displayed on the screen! To turn ON your flight computer, press the START button once.

  • Page 6: Charge The Battery

    III. Charge the battery In order to charge the instrument, just use any mini-USB cable that you could connect power supply (computer, phone charger, cigarette lighter..). A red light on the battery icon indicates flight computer charging. A full charge from an empty battery takes up to 8 hours.

  • Page 7: Place The Instrument In Flight

    Place the instrument in flight Syride suggest place SYS’Evolution on a cockpit. adhesive velcro bands included and can be sticked on the back of the instrument. Please take care not to obstruct the Reboot hole with the velcro. The size of the flight computer permits...

  • Page 8: General Ergonomics

    General ergonomics While the instrument is running, the whole display is dedicated to flight items. In order to make the menus appear, draw a slide-down or slide-up movement with your finger, By applying a slight pressure on the screen - The top banner appears during a few seconds by sliding down : Temperature inside Time and flight Number of satellites...
  • Page 9 For your information : A slight pressure must be applied to use the SYS'Evolution touchscreen. This technology allows to use this instrument with gloves The take-off is automatically detected and starts the log. The flight time in the top banner appears after take-off. The touch-screen is designed to be used with or without gloves.

  • Page 10: The 3 Main Menus

    The 3 main menus Parameters menu Navigation menu System Bluetooth information setup Route Airspaces GO TO menu menu waypoint GNSS Audio menu setup Wifi setup Volume Sound Vario ON/OFF thresholds Weather Advanced Skip next Back to flight station setup parameters waypoint screens View route...

  • Page 11: Parameters : System Information

    To reach this page, slide up from a flight screen to make the menus appear, then click the « Parameters menu » button, then click the « System information » button. Back to « Parameters menu » This pages displays all information about your SYS’Evolution. If a Syride account has been associated, these information also display.

  • Page 12: Parameters : Wi-Fi Setup

    VIII. Parameters : Wi-Fi setup To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Parameters menu » button, then click the « Wi-Fi setup » button. Visible if Wi-Fi is enabled: Lists available Enables or networks.

  • Page 13: Parameters : Bluetooth Setup

    Parameters : Bluetooth setup (Coming soon) To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Parameters menu » button, then click the « Bluetooth setup » button. Visible if Bluetooth enabled: Enables or Lists available disables networks.
  • Page 14 You have a Syride account on www.syride.com. You have setup the messages and a list of recipients from Syride application An SMS will be sent (if your smartphone is connected to -at least- a 2G network) as soon as you press an emergency button.

  • Page 15: Parameters : Gnss Setup

    Parameters : GNSS setup To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Parameters menu » button, then click the « GPS setup » button. Visible if GNSS enabled: Displays synchronized Enables or satellites Disables GNSS...
  • Page 16 Advanced settings let you know the signal strength of each satellite. The gray bars show the signals received by the SYS'Evolution but not used for the calculation. The black bars show a signal used to locate you. Energy saving mode allows you to limit the consumption of the GPS receiver when you have a good reception.

  • Page 17: Parameters : Weather Station Setup

    Parameters : Weather station setup (Coming soon) To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Parameters menu » button, then click « Weather station setup » button. The weather-station screen is active in standby mode.

  • Page 18: Parameters : Flightbook

    » button, then click « flightbook » button. On this page, you will find all information about your flights. In case you enabled the synchronisation with Syride online flightbook, removing a flight from the instrument will not remove it from the website.

  • Page 19: Parameters : Advanced Parameters (Instrument)

    To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Parameters menu » button, then click « advanced parameters » button. Change the language Reset instrument to Change Syride account factory defaults login information (Except total time of use...
  • Page 20 About the « reset to factory defaults » button: The first step after a reset to factory defaults consists in calibrating the touchscreen. This is done by clicking on each of the 5 crosses. Then comes the calibration of the magnetometer. This is done by turning the instrument in all possible directions (360°...

  • Page 21: Navigation : Goto Feature

    XIV. Navigation : GOTO feature To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Navigation menu » button, then click « GOTO » button. This feature allows the pilot to easily create a one- waypoint route to one of the nearest waypoints.

  • Page 22: Navigation : Route Menu

    Navigation : route menu To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Navigation menu » button, then click « Route » button. Delete a route Edit a route Create a route Activate a route Back to...
  • Page 23 Notes : Creating a route is only possible if at least 1 waypoint is available in the instrument. Creating a waypoint requires a name, its GPS coordinates, and its altitude. The altitude is not mandatory, but is required to display the “glide ratio to waypoint” item. If you already have a waypoints file, it is possible to send this file with the SYS PC Tool by clicking the “Send a file to the instrument”...
  • Page 24 To build a route with the online tool « Route maker » : Go to the webpage http://www.syride.com/fr/route or click on the Syride Tools menu in SYS PC TOOL . This online tool allows to define waypoints, cylinders… When your route is ready, click on...

  • Page 25: Navigation : Airspaces Menu

    XVI. Navigation : airspaces menu To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Navigation menu » button, then click « Airspaces » button. When approaching an airspace, an audible and visual alarm appears : «...
  • Page 26 5) Select the previously downloaded OpenAir file. A few useful tips and informations about airspaces : The data provided in the airspace files that you can download from Syride are not official, and you should not use your SYS'Evolution as a main navigation reference. Please refer to the official sources of aeronautical information (for example: http://www.sia.aviation-...
  • Page 27 Some temporary forbidden zones may exist. They are signaled by NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) and cannot be handled by the instrument. In France, VFR flights without radio contact are limited to Flight Level 115 (about 3450 m). It is allowed to fly above this limit in zones called Class E LTA (Vanoise, Bauges, Mont Blanc…).

  • Page 28: Advanced Setup (Software)

    XVII. Advanced setup (software) Connect your SYS’Evolution to the SYS PC Tool in order to get access to advanced options. From these advanced options, you can, for example : Change the averaging time of the vario. Change the G-force alarm threshold value Change airspace pre-violation vertical and horizontal distances.

  • Page 29: Customize The Flight Screen And The Vario

    With the SYS’Evolution, you can customize each flight screen, and the sound of the vario. To customize your flight screens : Go to this webpage : http://www.syride.com/fr/ssctool/Evo Customize the flight screens by selecting an items and its unit, then selecting a text font and size. Drag and drop to change the item’s position.
  • Page 30 Details about the default flight screens : Standby (weather) screen : Flight screen N°1 : Free text % Battery Ground speed GPS Altitude Weather of St Hilaire « Battery » level Augmented 48h weather Transition Instrument internal Vario reality forecast assistant temperature...
  • Page 31 Flight screen N°2 : Flight screen N°3 : Thermal core Vario history Dynamic vario Altitude GNSS Altitude history...
  • Page 32 Details about items of the SSCTool, Syride Screen Configuration Tool (A "NO GPS" on an item means that it is waiting for GPS signal reception to display the information) : GNSS Altitude : is given by the GNSS. It is the vertical distance between you and the mean sea level.
  • Page 33 Graphical dynamic vario : is a graphic that shows your current vario. The termed “dynamic” refers to the fact that the MAX and MIN vario displayed is not fixed, and depends on the MAX and MIN vario of the last minutes. Gmeter : displays the current force applied to your body.
  • Page 34 Heading : is your current instrument’s magnetic orientation. Note that this indicator is corrected by the magnetic declination, which depends on your current position. As a consequence, this item displays the true heading instead of magnetic heading. Course : is your current course. Without wind, the course equals the heading. Drift angle : is the difference between your course and your heading.
  • Page 35 Wind direction : indicates where the wind comes from, using the cardinal points. It is displayed in letters, as N for North, NE for North-East, E for East, SE for South-East, S for South, SW for South-West, W for West and NW for North-West. Vertical airspace name and distance : these items show the name and distance to the nearest vertical airspace at your current position.
  • Page 36 Augmented reality : represents the forward world in 3D, waypoints, airspaces, etc.. Transition assistant : is a side view of the topography (which is dependent of your current course), plus your current glide ratio. Click on the item to change its range.
  • Page 37 Thermal core : shows your path and its vario. The higher the vario, the darker track. circle indicates position highest vario. Click on the item to change its scale. 200,400 or 600m Waypoint information : is the most useful item to follow fly a path in a minimum time. As soon as a route is started, this item will display next waypoint’s name, distance and optimum course.
  • Page 38 Your position, your GPS track, cities names, roads, topography, airspaces, waypoints, loaded routes (including waypoints, cylinders, and optimized route), Syride takeoff sites… It is possible to have several maps with different settings in the instrument! Settings...
  • Page 39 Airspace borders Topography Road map City names North or Heading up GPS track history Thermal database (coming soon) Take-off database Waypoints in from syride.com device’s memory Back to the map FAI Triangle Assistant Reachable point Loaded route (according to ground speed)
  • Page 40 Buttons : Take shortcuts by adding action buttons directly in your screen configurations ! Here are a few examples : Save your current poisition in a Display the GOTO menu waypoint (named by the date and time of creation) Activate or deactivate the airspace currently warning for pre-violation or Activate or deactivate the sound violation...

  • Page 41: Transfer Your Flights

    In order to use the flight logbook on syride.com, you must enter your email and password of your Syride account (you can create one on https://www.syride.com/en/register Check the login, and press OK to save. Press “Download recorded...
  • Page 42 To watch your track, click on the picture. You can make your flight invisible for the Syride community by clicking on the eye icon on the top right. It will stay on your profile but the Syride users won’t be able to see it.
  • Page 44 ? in our FAQ: https://www.syride.com/en/support It is not possible to send a flight from Syride website to your instrument. As a consequence, a deleted flight on your instrument cannot be recovered. picture in the instrument logbook means the flight has already been...

  • Page 45: Suggestion Of Use

    Suggestion of use  We suggest you to turn-on your instrument while preparing your flight in order to be sure you get the GPS fix before starting your flight.  Polarized glasses and sun-glasses helps reducing the sun reflection on the display ...
  • Page 46  A Factory Reset from SYS PC Tool (menu Option  Advanced) allows you to get your instrument back to default state (every recorded flight will be deleted…). You can also use the Parameters / Advanced Parameters menu in the instrument. ...
  • Page 47 The soaring in the Antarctic is not guaranteed!! check with local authorities Ensure that the product is well in position before taking off. Syride cannot DO NOT ATTEMPT RECHARGING THE DEVICE WITH A DIFFERENT be held responsible for the loss of the product during the flight (takeoff USB CORD THAN THE ONE PROVIDED.
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