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- 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
INDEX INDEX............................. 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES ....................6 BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN ....................6 ADVANCED DISPLAY SCREEN..................6 NAVIGATION DISPLAY SCREEN................7 KEY GUIDE........................7 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE................7 2.4.1 LONG KEY PRESSURE (2 seconds) ..............7 2.4.2 GETTING STARTED ........................8 GUIDE TO SOCKETS...................... - Page 4 RECORD RATE......................21 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT ..................22 FLIGHT PLAYBACK...................... 23 PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE ..................23 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE ..........23 CONNECTING WITH COMPETITION SOFTWARE ..........24 DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT TO COMPETITION SOFTWARE ......... 24 8.2.1 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS TO COMPETITION SOFTWARE ........
- Page 5 10.1 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES ................... 28 10.2 STANDARD FUNCTIONS ....................28 10.3 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS ....................29 10.4 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................29 10.5 SETUP PARAMETERS....................30 10.6 ADV-SETUP (ADVANCED SETUP) PARAMETERS ............31 10.7 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS ..................31 11 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ....................32 BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN......................
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Page 6: Quick Reference Guides
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 Analogue vario Altimeter A2 / A3 Integrated Vario Efficiency - Air Speed Pressure Time : Temperature Real Time Clock Chrono : Flight Chrono Menu Volume Flight rec Battery icon ADVANCED DISPLAY SCREEN - Graphic Altimeter display / Thermal Centering display - Altimeter 1... -
Page 7: Navigation Display Screen
NAVIGATION DISPLAY SCREEN - Graphic Altimeter display / Thermal Centering display - Altimeter 1 Equivalent McCready– - Altimeter 2 McCready– - Altimeter 3 (thermal) - Integrated Vario - Netto Vario - Time / Chrono - Efficiency and Air Speed / Temperature / Pressure KEY GUIDE 2.4.1 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE... -
Page 8: Getting Started
The battery icon only starts at 100% when using a standard alkaline AA 1.5V battery. LONG OR NORMAL KEY PRESS The length of time a key is pressed on your Digifly Archimede Plus influences the functions available. For a long key press, you must keep the button pressed down for at least 2 seconds (green functions). -
Page 9: Display Contrast Adjustment
DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT The contrast of the Digifly Archimede Plus LCD display can be adjusted to suit ambient light conditions. To change the contrast of the display, press the key to go “MAIN SETUP” menu, and go to (M-SET \ n. 1 CTRS). Edit the parameter and save by pressing the key (function “SAV”). -
Page 10: Display Screens
DISPLAY SCREENS The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly Archimede plus: - The Basic Display screen. - The Advanced Display screen. - The Navigation Display screen. To switch between these 3 main display screens, press the key. ADVANCED DISPLAY NAVIGATION DISPLAY... -
Page 11: Adjusting Altimeters A1, A2
VARIOMETER 5.2.1 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 12: Vario Reactivity
Important: this volume level influence all acoustic indications, but not power ON/OFF indication. You can set the threshold level for the Digifly Archimede to indicate lift, go to (M-SET \ n. 2 V.UP) and sink, go to (M-SET \ n. 3 V.DN). -
Page 13: Vario Simulator
(M_SET \ n. 11 KIAS). An adjustment (in %) of the air speed reading can be made, (100% = no adjustment, 110% = increase, 90% = decrease). Attention: incorrect re-calibration will make the air speed readings on the Digifly Archimede Plus inaccurate. -
Page 14: Temperature
TEMPERATURE The temperature can be shown on the BASIC/ADVANCED/NAVIGATION Display screen. Press the right arrow key to switch between the functions. In sequence the following values are shown: Temperature / Pressure / Air Speed The ambient temperature reading can be shown in metric (°C) or imperial (°F) units. To change the units of display, go to the main setup menu page by pressing the (function “MEN”), select the “MAIN SETUP”... -
Page 15: 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”... -
Page 16: Efficiency (Glide Ratio)
EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) The efficiency indicates the current instant efficiency (glide ratio) related to the air. To display your efficiency 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 your Air speed drops lower than 5km/h, the display is blank. -
Page 17: 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 18: Mccready
The X-axis shows horizontal speed, the Y-axis shows sink rate. In a head wind or sink conditions, the best glide speed increases. In order to find the optimum speed to fly value in sink, you simply add the sink of the air to the polar of your glider, drawing a new polar and a new tangent line from the initial point of axes. -
Page 19: Netto Vario
If this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 5 POLA) is set to “OFF”, all display information relating to McCready, McCready Equivalent, Thermal Sniffer, Netto Vario is not displayed on the instrument, creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality. This value indicates the Equivalent McCready value, using the actual air speed as the optimal speed. -
Page 20: Flight Recorder
To use this function you need to set up the polar of your glider. FLIGHT RECORDER When the Digifly Archimede plus is recoding a flight, the record icon is shown at the bottom of the screen. has been activated. ACTIVATING THE FLIGHT RECORDER The flight data recorder can operate in 3 different modes: - “AUT”... -
Page 21: Always Record Mode
You can adjust the change of height in meters (MAIN SETUP \ n. 22 R-DS) 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 Archimede plus is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated. -
Page 22: Log Book Management
The remaining free recorder memory is displayed shortly at the instrument power on . If a single flight fills the whole memory the recorder is stopped and the message “MEM FULL” is displayed ). To record a new flight is necessary to clear the whole recorder memory : to delete all flights goto the “LOGBOOK”... -
Page 23: Flight Playback
(logbook) from the Archimede Plus to a PC in Windows Excel format and IGC format. Connect the PC cable with both the Digifly Archimede Plus and the PC switched off. Switch on the Digifly Archimede Plus and then the PC. -
Page 24: Connecting With Competition Software
With up and down arrows, highlight the desired flight (without entering in it). From the PC Competition software (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump) select “download flight track” using the protocol MLR 38400 baud. The download can be stopped pressing the “ESC” key on the your Digifly Archimede plus. Page 24... -
Page 25: Download All Flights To Competition Software
Make sure the battery on your Digifly Archimede plus is fully charged. Turn off your Digifly Archimede plus and plug the Digifly PC serial or USB cable in to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly Archimede plus. -
Page 26: Problems Connecting To Your Pc
“beep”. Press the key and disconnect the PC cable. When you restart your Digifly Archimede plus the version number of the new software you have just installed is briefly shown on the start up screen. PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC... - Page 27 Solution :Make sure that the software and the cable are using the same COM port number (try with Digifly Vltools program to verify the COM port number). If you are still experiencing problems try with the...
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Page 28: 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 29: Advanced Functions
Battery life 200 hours. Dimensions (H x L x D) 144mm x 72mm x 25mm. Weight (with battery) 160 g. The Digifly Archimede Plus is supplied with leg strap, protective case , AA 1.5V battery and user manual. 3 year warranty. -
Page 30: Setup Parameters
10.5 SETUP PARAMETERS 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 setting 40 - 60 V.UP acoustic vario lift setting... -
Page 31: Adv-Setup (Advanced Setup) Parameters
10.6 ADV-SETUP (ADVANCED SETUP) PARAMETERS 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 THEV thermal detect vario thres. -
Page 32: Quick Reference Guide
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 Analogue vario Altimeter A2 / A3 Integrated Vario Efficiency - Air Speed Pressure Time : Temperature Real Time Clock Chrono : Flight Chrono Menu Flight rec Volume Battery icon NORMAL KEY PRESSURE Chrono Graphic Altimeter / Menu...
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