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In particular please remind to write with your reference email at the address displayed below, : “licensing@astrayacht.com” By this, Astra will be able to freely send to you all esa Dinghy upgrades via email through .apk files to be installed on your esa Watch...
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FUNCTIONALITIES esa Dinghy app is specifically designed to be a simple and effective tool for sailing right at your wrist. Through the use of built-in GPS high precision esa Dinghy is the most intuitive way to navigate. Distance from the Start Line Dedicated to the sailors, buoys positioned easily, the app shows the instantaneous distance from the starting line, make no mistake at the start;...
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Navigate in two touches From notification menu, select Wi-Fi and GPS on. The icons will turn blue. IMPORTANT. Witchout activating the wifi and gps antennas, the app won’t work properly Launch the app Press Start pag. 5...
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THE 3 MAIN SCREENS 1. Latitude e Longitude 2. COG e SOG 3. Star procedure: time and distance Boat Speed and direction from the line All different screen are reachable by swiping left or right the finger on the screen. pag.
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BROWSE THE PAGES All different screen are reachable by swiping left or right the finger on the screen. pag. 7 pag.. 7...
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MAIN SCREENS: NAVIGATION DATA The navigation screen displays the direction (in compass degrees) and speed (in knots) of the vessel, based ong GPS data (refers to the movement over ground) Next to speed data, one arrow appears to indicate the trend to the speed itself (increasing or decreasing) Direction: Left or right arrow allows to see if you are moving from the previous route.
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MAIN SCREENS: NAVIGATION DATA/2 “Lock” direction function (best for regatta purposes) Direction: Pressing on the gray area of the screen (see left), the program will save the current direction (indicated on square brackets) The arrow on the left or right lets you see if we have moved from the route that was being held at the moment of pressing the rectangle.
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MAIN SCREEN: START PROCEDURE (1/2) SET STARTING LINE Bring the boat near the left side of the starting line, with a little pressure on the left flag (initially blue) the firts side is fixed. The left flag becomes red. On the same way proceed with the right side (the flag becomes green) • ...
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MAIN SCREEN: START PROCEDURE (2/2) SIZES HIGHLIGHTED IN STARTING PROCEDURE Positioned the ends of the line (green flag and red), the system provides, on a single page, the data necessary for a proper setting of the start Meter distance of the boat from right (green) or left (red) end of the line.
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SETTING Damping For access to this screen, is necessary to press SETTINGS button on the starting page. With this setting you can set the level of damping (oscillation) of the data displayed. In particular, the Damping indicates the value of attenuation of fluctuations in data visualization. You can go from a minimum of 1s (data instable) to a maximum of 9s The data that can be set independently one from anotehr and are: BS (speed);...
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Attachment 1: log file, saved data and PC connection Every time of usage esa Dinghy, is automatically saved a file that records every second navigation data, you can save the file on your PC by connecting esa Watch and copying...
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Select from notification tent (go home, swipe down the finger) connect as “usb storage” (1) Press then “Turn on USB storage” (2). The Log files produced by esa Dinghy are available in the folder “esa GPS” or “esa Dinghy” (depending on app version.
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Attachment 1: Connection to PC (2/2) - MAC system: connect esa Watch through usb directly to the pc. Select from notification tent (go home, swipe down the finger) connect as media device MTP. - N.B. if you find difficults to connect the device to your Mac esa Smartwatch you must have previously downloaded and installed the program "File Transfer Android"...
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Attachment 2 The log file is in the format of 4 columns, indicating respectively at the time of measurement: • latitude • longitude • speed • direction You can use this file to create a simple analysis of Excel data, to check the progress of their performance during the navigation performed.
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Attachment 3: how to upload and install the .apk to update application. In case of file update if you followed the pag3 indications, you will receive from Astra Yacht, for free, the new apk file version on your email. Connect the smartwatch to your computer as indicated also in pg 13...
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Attachment 3: upload and install the .apk to update application. Proceed to the installation by clicking on the file in the File Manager app (2) after making sure to authorize the installation of "applications of unknown origin" (3) Follow the procedures on screen (4) pressing installed to complete the upgrade pag.
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