Summary of Contents for RC Electronics Snipe
- Page 1 Snipe Ground unit for Raven onboard telemetry. Manual version: 1.0 RC Electronics support@rc-electronics.org; www.rc-electronics.org...
- Page 2 Contents Introduction..............................3 Key features.............................3 Specifications............................3 Using the Snipe module..........................5 Powering the module..........................5 Connecting module to PC........................6 Firmware update............................7 Revision history............................7 - Ground unit for Raven onboard telemetry. Page 2...
- Page 3 Introduction The Snipe unit is designed as ground unit for Raven onboard module. It produces the vario tone, voice announcements and transfers data to an Android tablet or phone running Apps (such as Albatross or SkyNavigator) to display data. It has also additional 3...
- Page 4 – not yet implemented. Micro USB is used for updates and change of settings. The micro USB is also used to connect the Snipe to an Android tablet or phone to display the flight data thru an App such as “Albatross”. Snipe will get power from Android device via USB connection so Android device must support OTG mode to supply power to the unit.
- Page 5 To power the Snipe module the user must provide 5 Vdc thru the micro USB connector. When connected to a tablet or phone the Snipe gets power from the tablet or phone. When used in standalone configuration, a USB power bank must to be connected to the module thru the micro USB connector.
- Page 6 Connecting module to PC Connecting the Snipe module to PC with micro USB cable will power the module and will open up a flash disk. On that disk there are some system folders and files which can be modified or checked for its contents.
- Page 7 Firmware update 1. Download latest firmware for Snipe from our web site. Firmware should have name Snipe.rcu 2. Connect Snipe to PC via USB cable 3. Copy Snipe.rcu to Snipe flash disk and do a power reset. 4. Check in “Snipe info.txt” file that new version is installed.
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