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LENCO Auto Glide Owner's Manual

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Operational Instructions
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3-11-11

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  • Page 1 Auto Glide Auto Glide Boat Control System Boat Control System Owner’s Manual B Owner’s Manual B Operational Instructions Operational Instructions Please visit our website to view up-to-date information and various videos which may be beneficial to you. www.lencoautoglide.com 3-11-11...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AUTO GLIDE OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS Once the Home Roll Default Position and Home Pitch Default Position have been saved, the Auto Glide can provide you with full automatic boat control. This section describes how to operate the Auto Glide in both AUTOMATIC and MANUAL MODES.

  • Page 3: Key Pad Overview

    A. KEY PAD BUTTONS The Auto Glide Key Pad has two (2) Bow Down and two (2) Bow Up buttons that provide manual control of the trim tabs at any time. There are also four (4) Automatic Setting Buttons on the outer corners of the key pad that enable you to select up to four different automatic Home Roll and Pitch positions that the Auto Glide will use to level the boat.

  • Page 4: Crosshair Led Indicators

    Horizontal and Vertical Crosshairs. The Auto Glide is constantly measuring the boat’s CURRENT ROLL AND PITCH POSITIONS at the rate of 25 times per second. However, that information is dampened so that the Auto Glide does not overreact to every small movement of the boat.
  • Page 5 EXAMPLE #2: THE CURRENT ROLL POSITION IS ROLLED TO PORT, BUT THE CURRENT PITCH POSITION MATCHES THE AUTO GLIDE’S HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION. EXAMPLE #3: THE CURRENT ROLL POSITION IS ROLLED TO STARBOARD AND THE CURRENT PITCH POSITION IS ABOVE THE HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION.

  • Page 6: Automatic Operational Modes

    AUTOMATIC OPERATIONAL MODES There are three (3) AUTOMATIC OPERATIONAL MODES that the Auto Glide uses to make all of the automatic boat control decisions. These AUTOMATIC OPERATIONAL MODES are: A. IDLE MODE B. HOLE SHOT MODE C. PLANING MODE These three AUTOMATIC OPERATIONAL MODES use the Engine and GPS CANBUS DATA plus the HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITIONS to decide how and when to move the trim tabs to correct the position of the boat.
  • Page 7 MANUAL MODE the last time you turned OFF your motor(s). Once the Auto Glide “wakes up”, it takes a few moments to verify that it is receiving all of the required ENGINE and GPS DATA and that both HOME ROLL AND PITCH DEFAULT POSITIONS have been stored. It then...

  • Page 8: Exiting Idle Mode Into Hole Shot Mode

    2. EXITING IDLE MODE INTO HOLE SHOT MODE: The Auto Glide will not extend or retract the trim tabs while you are in IDLE MODE. If you are maneuvering around the dock or boat launch area, the trim tabs remain retracted until you EXIT IDLE MODE by: ƒ...

  • Page 9: B. Hole Shot Mode

    CURRENT PITCH POSITION approaches the saved HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION. ENTERING HOLE SHOT MODE: Once the boat enters into HOLE SHOT MODE, the Auto Glide automatically fully deploys the trim tabs in preparation for Hole Shot.

  • Page 10: Trim Tabs Auto-Retract In Reverse Boat Equipped With Digital Shift

    If the boat has Mercury DTS Engine Shift or NMEA 2000 Engine Shift Systems, the Auto Glide will retract the trim tabs when you shift your motor(s) into reverse. This only occurs while the Auto Glide is in HOLE SHOT MODE. This feature is not available on boats that do not have Mercury DTS or NMEA 2000...

  • Page 11: Smooth Water Conditions: Transition - Hole Shot To Planing Mode

    HOLE SHOT MODE into PLANING MODE. As soon as the boat passes 12 MPH and the boat’s pitch angle begins to decrease, the Auto Glide begins to retract the trim tabs as the boat approaches the HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION.

  • Page 12: Rough Water Hole Shot

    : The Auto Glide is constantly measuring sea conditions. If it senses rough seas while in HOLE SHOT MODE, the Auto Glide will fully retract the trim tabs to minimize the chances of pushing the boat’s bow under a wave while you are attempting to get on plane in rough seas.

  • Page 13: Rough Water Conditions: Transition - Hole Shot To Planing Mode

    Sometimes the conditions are so rough that the boat might not ever get on plane. In ROUGH WATER HOLE SHOT MODE, the Auto Glide will begin to make automatic corrections to changes in roll angle after the boat is going faster than 12 MPH, but has still not transitioned to PLANING MODE.

  • Page 14: Overriding Rough Water Hole Shot Mode

    In the event you are in rough water, but still want the Auto Glide to assist the boat getting on plane you can OVERRIDE ROUGH WATER HOLE SHOT MODE by pressing the selected (lighted) AUTOMATIC SETTING BUTTON. This is the button in which you are currently operating.

  • Page 15: Planing Mode

    The Auto Glide transitions from HOLE SHOT MODE into PLANING MODE as soon as the boat reaches the HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION, During PLANING MODE, the Auto Glide monitors Roll and Pitch changes and automatically moves the trim tabs to correct for those changes.

  • Page 16: Roll Correction

    1. ROLL CORRECTION: The following two examples will explain how the Auto Glide makes roll angle corrections while in PLANING MODE. EXAMPLE 2A BOAT’S CURRENT ROLL POSITION IS ROLLED TO PORT, BUT CURRENT PITCH MATCHES THE AUTO GLIDE’S HOME PITCH.
  • Page 17 The Auto Glide always corrects for ROLL CHANGES first and then corrects for PITCH CHANGES. Example 2A shows that the boat is rolled to port, but the CURRENT PITCH POSITION matches the HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION. In this case, the Auto Glide only needs to correct for ROLL ANGLE CHANGE.

  • Page 18: Pitch Correction

    2. PITCH CORRECTION: The following two examples will explain how the Auto Glide makes Pitch Angle corrections while in PLANING MODE. NOTE: ENGINE TRIM CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE BOAT’S CURRENT PITCH POSITION COMPARED TO THE AUTO GLIDE’S HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION. WHILE ON PLANE, MAKE SURE YOUR ENGINE IS TRIMMED TO MATCH THE RUNNING SURFACE OF THE BOAT.
  • Page 19 The Auto Glide always corrects for ROLL CHANGES first and then corrects for PITCH CHANGES. Example 3B shows that the boat is above the HOME PITCH DEFAULT POSITION, but the CURRENT ROLL POSITION matches the HOME ROLL DEFAULT POSITION. In this case the Auto Glide only needs to correct for PITCH ANGLE CHANGE.

  • Page 20: Yaw Lockout

    Auto Glide locks out Roll Corrections in shallow turns and locks out both Roll and Pitch Corrections in sharp turns. Since almost all boats roll into a turn, the Auto Glide locks out roll correction in all turns greater than 1.25 degrees per second. This keeps the Auto Glide from making any unnecessary Roll Correction for temporary roll angle changes that are caused by a boat turning and not by an actual change in a boat’s CURRENT...

  • Page 21: Rapid Deceleration

    Anytime your motor(s) is above 3000 RPMs and you rapidly pull back on the throttle, the Auto Glide will fully deploy the trim tabs if the engine speed drops below 1500 RPMs in less than 2 seconds. The Auto Glide...

  • Page 22: Exiting Planing Mode

    5. EXITING PLANING MODE: As you slow the boat’s speed down, the Auto Glide will slowly extend the trim tabs as the boat’s CURRENT PITCH POSITION rises due to the reduction in speed. If the boat’s speed continues to drop and it passes below 7 MPH, the AUTO GLIDE will fully deploy the trim tabs and reverts back to HOLE SHOT MODE.

  • Page 23: Automatic Settings

    AUTOMATIC SETTINGS The Auto Glide has four (4) AUTOMATIC SETTINGS (AUTO, FAV 1, FAV 2 AND HOLD) that enable you to select up to four (4) different HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITIONS. This section of the operations manual explains why you might want to store different HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSTIONS and how to save these alternative home positions using the Key Pad.

  • Page 24: Saving "Fav 1" And "Fav 2" Home Roll And Pitch Positions

    BUTTONS on the Key Pad. The “HOLD” alternative HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITION is only temporarily saved in the Auto Glide and will be erased whenever you press any other button on the Key Pad or turn “OFF” your motor(s).

  • Page 25: Resetting "Fav 1" And "Fav 2" Home Roll And Pitch Positions

    Auto Glide. You can turn your motor(s) and battery switch(s) off and these alternative HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITIONS will continue to be saved in the Auto Glide. However, if you ever want to change the HOME AND PITCH POSITIONS for either of the “FAV 1” or “FAV 2” AUTOMATIC SETTINGS, you simply have to go into MANUAL MODE, manually change the roll and pitch positions of the boat as described earlier in this section, and then press and hold the corresponding “FAV 1”...
  • Page 26 RELEASE the “HOLD” BUTTON. Since the “HOLD” HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITIONS is only a temporary position, you do not have to continue to hold the “HOLD” BUTTON for the Auto Glide to save the CURRENT ROLL AND PITCH POSITION as the HOME ROLL AND PITCH POSITION.

  • Page 27: Manual Operation Modes

    UP or DN button, all automatic boat control decisions stop and you assume full manual control of the trim tabs. The four (4) UP/DN buttons control the trim tabs the same as any of the existing Lenco manual trim tab...
  • Page 28 HOW TO MANUALLY CONTROL TRIM TABS: The Manual Operation of all Lenco Trim Tab Switches is based on the position of the . To lower the starboard bow, press the right (starboard) side of the switch where it reads DN. This lowers the port tab. To lower...

  • Page 29: Exiting Manual Mode

    NOTE: If you turn off your motor(s) while the Auto Glide is in MANUAL MODE, the trim tabs will not automatically retract. However, they will retract the next time you start your motor(s) to ensure the trim tabs are fully retracted.
  • Page 30 The following illustrations outline the sequence of LED flashes that indicate that the Auto Glide has detected a problem and is defaulting to LIMP HOME MODE: As soon as the initial LED flash sequence is over, the Key Pad will begin to flash a SYSTEM FAILURE...
  • Page 31 DATA is reacquired or the motor(s) is turned “OFF”. NOTE: While in LIMP HOME MODE, you can press all four (4) of the UP/DN Buttons on the Key Pad and the Auto Glide will display the SYSTEM FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE on the Crosshair LED Indicators.
  • Page 32 If the lost Data is reacquired while the Auto Glide is in LIMP HOME MODE, the Key Pad will flash a REACQUIRED DATA MESSAGE that indicates the Auto Glide has regained all the information it needs to make automatic boat control decisions. However, the Auto Glide will default back to MANUAL MODE so that you have to make a conscious decision to go back into an AUTOMATIC SETTING.

  • Page 33: System Failure Warning Messages

    Box becomes loose from its mounting location or if one of the trim tab actuators draws too much current. NOTE: While in LIMP HOME MODE, you can press all four (4) of the UP/DN Buttons on the Key Pad and the Auto Glide will display the SYSTEM FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE on the Crosshair LED Indicators.

  • Page 34: Engine Data Loss

    Once the trim tabs have fully retracted or you have pressed an UP/DN Button to override the GPS OR ENGINE DATA LOSS - SYSTEM FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE, the Auto Glide will default to LIMP HOME MODE. You can read more about LIMP HOME MODE on pages 29 thru 32.

  • Page 35: Key Pad Communication Loss

    If the Key Pad fails to communicate with the Control Box, the Auto Glide will stop all automatic boat control decisions and retract the trim tabs in short bursts. The Key Pad will also go blank and none of the Key Pad...

  • Page 36: Reacquired Data Loss

    E. REACQUIRED DATA LOSS: The Auto Glide will remain in LIMP HOME MODE (or blank when the Key Pad loses communication) until either the lost GPS or engine data is reacquired, the Key Pad regains communication with the Control Box or you turn “OFF”...

  • Page 37: Actuator Over-Amperage

    F. ACTUATOR OVER-AMPERAGE: The Auto Glide constantly monitors the amp draw of each actuator in the trim tab system. In the event that an actuator draws too much current and begins to malfunction, the Auto Glide will flash an ACTUATOR OVER- AMPERAGE WARNING MESSAGE, default to LIMP HOME MODE and lockout the failed actuator in whichever direction it was moving at the time of the failure (extending or retracting).

  • Page 38: Control Box Out Of Operational Tolerance

    The Auto Glide Control Box contains sensors that measure roll angles, pitch angles and yaw (rate of turn). When the Auto Glide Control Box is attached to the boat, the sensors measure the boat’s roll angles, pitch angles and yaw. If the Control Box becomes detached from its mounting location, these measurements would become inaccurate.

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