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plus C a r t e s i o C a r t e s i o Pro L e o n a r d o Pro L e o n a r d o Pro Version 1.3 UK (18/9/2008)
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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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1 INDEX INDEX ................................3 GETTING STARTED ............................8 GUIDE TO SOCKETS .............................8 BATTERIES..............................8 2.2.1 BATTERY TYPES ( "PRO" MODELS ) ....................8 2.2.2 BATTERY TYPES ( "PLUS" MODEL ).....................8 2.2.3 BATTERY LIFE ( "PRO" MODELS ) .......................9 2.2.4 RECHARGING THE INTERNAL LITHIUM BATTERY ( "PRO" MODELS ) ..........9 2.2.5 INPUT FOR EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY ( "PRO"...
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EFFICIENCY INFORMATIONS ........................21 4.10 TRACKING AND BEARING INFORMATION ....................21 4.11 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE......................22 BASIC FUNCTIONS............................23 ALTIMETER ..............................23 5.1.1 BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER (A1)......................23 5.1.2 ADDITIONAL ALTIMETERS........................ 24 5.1.3 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 AND A2....................25 5.1.4 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER DISPLAY......................
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THERMAL SNIFFER ........................... 36 GPS FUNCTIONS............................37 INTEGRATED 20 CHANNEL GPS RECEIVER (L ).............. 37 EONARDO ODELS GPS STATUS INFORMATION ........................37 POWER SAVING MODES (L ).................... 37 EONARDO ODELS GPS SIGNAL AND BATTERY LIFE (L ) ................38 EONARDO ODELS GPS INFORMATION DISPLAY ........................
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TELEMETRY OUTPUT..........................62 9.6.1 BLUETOOTH TELEMETRY OUTPUT ....................62 EXTERNAL GPS CONNECTION (C ) ..................63 ARTESIO ODELS APPENDIX ..............................64 10.1 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PLUS STANDARD ACCESSORIES ................64 10.2 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PRO BT - LEONARDO PRO STANDARD ACCESSORIES ..........64 Page 6...
2.2.2 BATTERY TYPES ( "PLUS" MODEL ) The Cartesio Plus model has only one non-rechargable 1.5 volt AA size battery. This battery is situated in the removable battery "slot" and can also be replaced with other 1.5 volt AA size batteries. To change this battery you will need a flat-blade screwdriver to...
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The battery life is about 200 hours. 2.2.3 BATTERY LIFE ( "PRO" MODELS ) the Digifly instruments "PRO" models (Cartesio Pro BT , Leonardo Pro and Leonardo Pro BT) can achieve 30 hours use (main internal lithium battery) + 20 hours use (removable backup battery) under optimal conditions.
NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS The length of time a key is pressed on your Digifly instrument influences the functions available. For a normal key press, you must press the button for less than a second. For a long key press, you must keep the button pressed down for at least 2 seconds.
MENU NAVIGATION To navigate the menus on your Digifly instrument, go to the MENU page by pressing the key (function “men”). To return to the instrument’s main display, press the (function “ESC”). From the “MENU” page, to select the sub-menus, move up and down...
To change the help language go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 32 LANG) & select the language of choice When updating the software on the Digifly instrument, make sure you upload the latest help file for the language you have selected, using the “upload HELP” function of the Digifly Vltools software on your PC.
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3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN Graphic Altimeter / Thermal Centering Altimeter A1 Equivalent McCready Altimeter A2 (customisable data field) McCready Blank (customisable data field) Integrated Vario Clock UTC Analogue Vario (customisable data field) Efficiency - Ground speed (customisable data field) Volume Level - Flight Recorder - Bluetooth Link - Battery State - GPS Signal - Subpage Info / Edit display data field ●...
GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) Equivalent McCready McCready Estim. Time to Next WP (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Altitude to Next WP Distance to Next WP...
GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) McCready Equivalent McCready Clock UTC (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Course Predictor FAI Cylinder Pilot Location...
4 DISPLAY MAIN DISPLAY SCREENS The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly instrument: - The Thermal Display , the Glide Compass Display and the Glide Plotter Display. To manually switch between these 3 main display screens, press the key.
, wind speed and wind direction. For some of these function to be active, Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly instrument and a Route activated and a GPS “FIX” achieved. 4.3.1 PLOT SCALE...
SUB SCREENS On each of the main display screens (the Thermal Display screen, Glide Compass Display screen and Glide Plotter Display screens) there are 3 fully customizable sub pages, a total of 9 sub-pages already setup and configured with information related to: Current Waypoint Next Waypoint Arrival Waypoint...
DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WAYPOINT AND ROUTES For these functions to be active, Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly instrument, a Route activated, the GPS switched “ON”, a GPS “FIX” made,”.
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TIME INFORMATIONS The Digifly instrument can display time information related to Waypoints and Routes: ero: Estimated relative time related to start gate time in seconds, negative = advance (wrong) / positive = delay (correct).
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DISTANCE INFORMATONS The Digifly instrument can display distance information related to Waypoints and Routes: dstT: Distance to last thermal. dst1: Distance to current Waypoint. dst2: Distance to next Waypoint. dstA: Distance to Goal. EFFICIENCY INFORMATIONS efrT: Efficiency required to last thermal.
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4.11 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS : SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS (temp): "TEMPERATURE" (effA): "IST AIR EFF" (mB): "PRESSURE" (brt): "BRG TO LST TH" (ieff as): "AIR SPEED" (br1): "BEARING TO WP" (ieff gs): "GROUND SPEED" (br2): "BEARITO NEXT" ( ) : "BLANK"...
5 BASIC FUNCTIONS ALTIMETER The Digifly instrument has 7 different altimeters: A1, A2, AG, A3, H1, H2 and HA. A1: Barometric altimeter. A2: Altimeter A2. AG: GPS altimeter. A3: Last thermal height gain. H1: Estimated height over current WP. H2: Estimated height over next WP.
The A3 altimeter is automatically zeroed when a thermal is found. There are 2 parameters that can be adjusted to allow the Digifly instrument to identify a thermal; the vertical speed (vario) and for how many consecutive seconds this vertical speed is detected.
5.1.3 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 AND A2 Go to the altimeter menu “ALTIM” and select which altimeter (A1 or A2) you want to adjust. Move up and down using the arrow keys and press the key (function “EDIT”). To adjust the altimeter value use the arrow keys and confirm with the key (function “SAVE”) or leave without saving with the...
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.
“speaker” graphic at the bottom of the screen. You can set the threshold level for the Digifly instrument to indicate lift, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 2 V.UP) and sink, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 3 V.DN).
AIR SPEED (WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE) The airspeed can be shown by the Digifly instrument. To display your air speed, 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.
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TEMPERATURE The temperature can be shown by the Digifly instrument. The ambient temperature reading can be shown in metric (°C) or imperial (°F) units. To change the units of display, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 30 U-TE) and change to “CEL” or “FAR”.
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TIME / CHRONOGRAPH The following time and chronograph information can be shown by the Digifly instrument: “rt”: UTC time. “ch”: Chronograph. Time or chronograph data can be shown in any of customizable display fields (e.g. on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red).
6 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” vario would interpret this as lift. Now, if you are flying quite fast and slow down when you enter a thermal, the vario reading gets rather difficult to interpret.
BARX). The vertical scale (y), vario (in m/s) can also be adjusted, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 7 FS_V). AIR EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) To utilize the air efficiency functions 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.
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).
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On the figure above, you can see different values of speed to fly value related to different flight conditions. 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.
EQUIVALENT McCREADY To utilize the McCready functions, you must have an air speed Equivalent probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be McCready plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. If this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 8 POLA) is set to “OFF”, all display information relating to McCready, McCready Equivalent, Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument, creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality.
THERMAL SNIFFER To utilize the thermal sniffer function, 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 this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 8 POLA) is set to “OFF”, all display information relating to McCready, McCready Equivalent, Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument, creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality.
4) GPS icon with a cross = GPS antenna is turned off. POWER SAVING MODES (Leonardo Models) The GPS receiver in the Digifly Leonardo has 3 power saving modes. Go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 7 POWE). “STD”: The GPS is activated every 1 second, with no power saving.
With the GPS power saving mode set to “STD” (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 7 POWE). The integrated GPS receiver in the Digifly Leonardo consumes 90% of the total current of the instrument and consumption depends on the strength of the satellite reception.
Go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 4 EFF) to set the time over which the average Ground Efficiency is calculated If your ground speed drops to lower than 2km/h or the GPS fix is not valid, the left indicator displayed as “ 0.0 0 ”. If you are in lift, the efficiency indicator is in reverse and shows the average efficiency calculated in the last glide , go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n.
- HSI BRG1 - HSI (H1) GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY 7.12 HSI GRAPHICS INDICATION This is a new feature on the Glide Plotter Display screen for a fast and intuitive navigation. It is a dotted cross hair that dynamically and automatically tells you your vertical and horizontal track error related to the current waypoint WP1 (altitude range +/- 300mt) (bearing range +/- 60°).
7.14 DIRECTION, DISTANCE AND HEIGHT TO WAYPOINTS This is a powerful feature that displays the direction, distance and the estimated height of arrival over the current Waypoint (H1); next Waypoint (H2) and the Arrival Waypoint (HA). To view this data a Route has to be activated. Page 41...
The height over the current Waypoint (H1) is based on the following information: Altimeter A1, Distance to Waypoint, Waypoint Altitude and Average Glide Ratio (ground related). The Waypoint Altitude has to be included in the Waypoint name in the format: aaaNNN or edited when a mark position is stored.
Competition Waypoints can be used only in the Competition Route (Rt 1 Comp) and User Waypoints can be used only in User Routes (Rt 2 User - Rt 12 User). Waypoints can be managed manually through the Digifly instrument or with an external Windows program running on a PC.
7.18.2 CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION (MARK) When the GPS has acquired a valid position (UTC sync) is possible to capture your current GPS position using the “MARK” function. Press the key (long press) to go to “MARK” page. To save your position, press the key (function “SAV”).
WPT” is shown. 7.19 ROUTE MANAGEMENT The Digifly instrument can store up to 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route. A Route allows you to automatically navigate to all Waypoints stored in it. The Route display includes also the total distance of the route and the total required efficiency for the Route.
7.19.1 INSERT WAYPOINTS IN AN EMPTY ROUTE To insert Waypoints in an empty Route, press the key (function “EDIT”). The first Waypoint of the list appears, scroll trough the Waypoint list using the arrow keys and then press the key (function “SAVE”). 7.19.2 INSERT A WAYPOINT AT THE LAST POSITION OF THE ROUTE Scroll to the last position on the Route you want to add a Waypoint to using the arrow keys...
7.19.5 DELETE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE To delete all Waypoints in a Route press the key (long press) and confirm with “YES”. To delete a Waypoint in a Route, scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys then press the key (function “EDIT”).
7.20 COMPETITION ROUTE The Digifly instrument automatically manages Waypoint navigation for competitions. For competitions use, the Digifly instrument has a special Route (Rt 1 Comp) with options dedicated to competition rules. The 2 images show the same Route on the Digifly instrument and COMPEGPS Air 7.20.1 SETUP THE COMPETITION ROUTE (Rt 1 Comp)
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Select the correct Start Pylon icon for the start Pylon Waypoint (any Waypoint can be selected): = start pylon validation entering into the circle. = start pylon validation exiting from the circle. The Start pylon function is only activated if one of these two start pylon icons is selected.
To edit Start Pylon Time Gate go to Route Display (Rt Comp 1) and using the arrow keys select fields “start /next gate/num of gate” then press the key (function “EDIT”). n°1 SGhh = Hour to start, n°2 SGmm = minutes to start, n°3 SGst = Next Start Pylon Time Gate Interval in minutes (if necessary), n°4 SGnm = Number of Start Pylon next Gates.
(long press). 7.20.3 FAI CYLINDER NAVIGATION If the current Waypoint is a standard FAI Cylinder Turnpoint, the Digifly instrument will guide you to the Waypoint giving you continuous information about your position, the distance and direction to the Waypoint.
When you arrive near the FAI Cylinder the Digifly instrument will alert you with a sound, a pop-up message “NEAR” and the flight recorder rate is automatically increased to 1 data point per second. To change Near value, go to Route Display (Rt Comp 1) and using the arrow keys select fields “start /next gate/num of gate”...
0,5 m/s for at least 4 consecutive seconds is required to recognize a take off (0,5 x 4 = 2). In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly instrument is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated.
5 seconds after the instrument is turned on and stops recording when the instrument is turned off. In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly instrument is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated.
LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT To view saved flight data go to press the key (function “ENT”) and select “LOGBOOK”. A list of all recorded flights with take off date and time is shown. To select which flight you want to view, move up and down using the arrow keys and then press the key (function “ENT”).
GPS. CONNECTING WITH COMPEGPS, MAXPUNKTE, GPSDUMP, CHECKIN (PWC) SOFTWARE 9.2.1 UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS To upload competition Waypoints from your PC to the Digifly instrument , install on your PC one of the following software packages (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC).
The download can be stopped pressing the “ESC” key on the your Digifly instrument. 9.2.3 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS To download all flights from your Digifly instrument to your to the PC, go to the “LOGBOOK” menu (without entering in it ).
The latest Digifly software may be downloaded from the Digifly web site (www.digifly.com) & installed using the optional PC serial or USB cable. The optional PC serial or Digifly USB cable is connected to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly instrument.
9.4.1 UPGRADE PROCESS Make sure the battery on your Digifly instrument is fully charged. Turn off your Digifly instrument and plug the Digifly PC serial or USB cable in to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly instrument.
Problem: I attached the cable but the software does not connect. Solutions: A) Unplug the cable, download from our web site the driver installer (www.digifly.com - >software -> " DIGIFLYNEXTGEN-USB Driver.zip”, run it on your PC then plug in the cable again.
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D) From Windows, right click on the Vltools icon and tick the check box “run this program in Windows98/WindowsMe compatible mode”. Problem: The cable is working with the Digifly Vltools but not with the software I'm using. Solutions: Make sure that the software and the cable are using the same COM port number (try with the Digifly Vltools program to check the COM port number).
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COM port number. The Digifly instrument will appear to your device as the " Digifly Cartesio Pro BT" or the "Digifly Leonardo Pro BT" and its telemetry data will be output on its serial output..
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PDA, Smartphone or Laptop to the telemetry data output format from the Digifly instrument. To choose the correct Digifly telemetry data output format go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 6 TELE) , for more information read the related protocol documentation on our web site www.digifly.com.
Leg strap. AA 1.5V removable non-rechargeable battery. 10.2 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PRO BT - LEONARDO PRO STANDARD ACCESSORIES The Digifly Cartesio Pro BT , Leonardo Pro and Leonardo Pro BT models has the following accessories provided as standard: Protective case. Leg strap.
10.6 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 3 adjustable polar curves. McCready and Equivalent McReady function (with optional air speed probe). Speed To Fly (with optional air speed probe). Efficiency related to the air (with optional air speed probe). Netto Vario (with optional air speed probe). Thermal sniffer (with optional air speed probe).
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The Digifly CartesioProBT, LeonardoPro, LeonardoProBT are supplied with leg strap, protective case , internal rechargeable lithium battery , AA 1.5V High Power non- rechargeable battery and wall adaptor . The Digifly CartesioPlus is supplied with leg strap, protective case and AA battery. 3 year warranty. Page 66...
10.9 MAIN 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 40 - 60 V.UP...
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10.10 ADVANCED SETUP (ADV-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 IFLY intelliflight function ON/OFF...
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10.12 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS : SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS (temp): "TEMPERATURE" (effA): "IST AIR EFF" (mB): "PRESSURE" (brt): "BRG TO LST TH" (ieff as): "AIR SPEED" (br1): "BEARING TO WP" (ieff gs): "GROUND SPEED" (br2): "BEARITO NEXT" ( ) : "BLANK"...
10.13 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN Graphic Altimeter / Thermal Centering Altimeter A1 Equivalent McCready Altimeter A2 (customisable data field) McCready Blank (customisable data field) Integrated Vario Clock UTC Analogue Vario (customisable data field) Efficiency - Ground speed (customisable data field) Volume Level - Flight Recorder - Bluetooth Link - Battery State - GPS Signal - Subpage Info / Edit display data field ●...
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10.14 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) Equivalent McCready McCready Estim. Time to Next WP (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Altitude to Next WP...
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10.15 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) McCready Equivalent McCready Clock UTC (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Course Predictor FAI Cylinder...
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