Digifly Archimede Plus Manuel utilisateur

Software Version 61.2

plus

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CONGRATULATIONS

Thank you for choosing Digifly!

You have purchased a high technology instrument designed expressly for free flight. The

multiple functions and flight data it provides, effectively make it an on board computer.

Learning to use this instrument will make your flying easier in terms of performance and safety.

It will enable you to improve your flying technique and make piloting decisions more quickly

thanks to the comprehensive flight information that is provided. Another benefit is the ability to

download and analyze your flight data afterwards. Our designers can foresee future software

developments, so the software at the heart of this instrument can be updated at any time via

the Internet using the optional Digifly PC cable.

DIGIFLY INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEE

Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing this Digifly product which has been designed and manufactured to the

highest quality standards. Digifly warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and

workmanship for 3 years from the date of purchase.

The Digifly guarantee applies provided the product is handled properly for its intended use, in

accordance with its operating instructions and upon presentation of the original invoice or cash

receipt, indicating the date of purchase, the dealer’s name, the model and the serial number of

the instrument. The customer is however, responsible for any transportation costs. The unit

must be securely packaged for return.

The Digifly guarantee may not apply if:

- The documents have been altered in any way or made illegible.

- Repairs or product modifications and alterations have been executed by unauthorized person

or service.

- Damage is caused by accidents including but not limited to lightning, water or fire, misuse or

neglect.

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.

Digifly Europe s.r.l.

Via Stradelli Guelfi 53

40138 Bologna – Italia

Tel. +39 051 533777

Internet: www.digifly.com

E-Mail: [email protected]

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1INDEX

1INDEX..................................................................................................................................... 3

2QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES .................................................................................................... 6

2.1 BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN ............................................................................................... 6

2.2 ADVANCED DISPLAY SCREEN........................................................................................ 6

2.3 NAVIGATION DISPLAY SCREEN............................................................................. 7

2.4 KEY GUIDE................................................................................................................... 7

2.4.1 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE............................................................................ 7

2.4.2 LONG KEY PRESSURE (2 seconds) ................................................................. 7

3GETTING STARTED.................................................................................................................. 8

3.1 GUIDE TO SOCKETS...................................................................................................... 8

3.2 BATTERIES................................................................................................................... 8

3.2.1 BATTERY TYPES ...................................................................................... 8

3.2.2 BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR ........................................................................... 8

3.3 LONG OR NORMAL KEY PRESS ..................................................................................... 8

3.4 TURNING ON & OFF...................................................................................................... 8

3.5 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT ................................................................................ 9

3.6 MENU NAVIGATION....................................................................................................... 9

3.7 SETTING UP YOUR VARIO .............................................................................................. 9

3.8 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP ............................................................................................... 9

3.9 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS ...................................................................................... 9

4DISPLAY SCREENS................................................................................................................ 10

5BASIC FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................ 10

5.1 ALTIMETER ................................................................................................................ 10

5.1.1 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1, A2 ................................................................. 11

5.1.2 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER AND THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY ................................... 11

5.2 VARIOMETER ............................................................................................................. 11

5.2.1 SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO......................................................................... 11

5.2.2 VARIO REACTIVITY .................................................................................. 12

5.2.3 ANALOGUE VARIO .................................................................................. 12

5.2.4 INTEGRATED (AVERAGED) VARIO ................................................................. 12

5.2.5 ACOUSTIC VARIO ................................................................................... 12

5.2.6 VARIO SIMULATOR ................................................................................. 13

5.3 AIR SPEED (WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE).......................................................... 13

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5.3.1 STALL ALARM ....................................................................................... 13

5.3.2 AIR SPEED RECALIBRATION ....................................................................... 13

5.4 TEMPERATURE........................................................................................................... 14

5.5 BAROMETER .............................................................................................................. 14

5.6 TIME/CHRONOGRAPH ................................................................................................ 14

5.7 PILOT NAME............................................................................................................... 14

6ADVANCED FUNCTIONS......................................................................................................... 15

6.1 TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION ................................................................................. 15

6.2 THERMAL CENTERING FUNCTION ............................................................................... 15

6.3 EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO).......................................................................................... 16

6.4 POLAR DATA............................................................................................................... 16

6.5 SPEED TO FLY ............................................................................................................ 17

6.6 McCREADY................................................................................................................. 18

6.7 EQUIVALENT McCREADY............................................................................................. 18

6.8 NETTO VARIO ............................................................................................................. 19

6.9 THERMAL SNIFFER..................................................................................................... 19

7FLIGHT RECORDER ............................................................................................................... 20

7.1 ACTIVATING THE FLIGHT RECORDER ........................................................................... 20

7.1.1 AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE .............................................................. 20

7.1.2 ALWAYS RECORD MODE........................................................................... 21

7.1.3 RECORD MODE OFF................................................................................ 21

7.2 RECORD RATE............................................................................................................ 21

7.3 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 22

7.4 FLIGHT PLAYBACK...................................................................................................... 23

8PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE ......................................................................................... 23

8.1 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE ................................................ 23

8.2 CONNECTING WITH COMPETITION SOFTWARE ................................................ 24

8.2.1 DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT TO COMPETITION SOFTWARE ................................. 24

8.2.2 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS TO COMPETITION SOFTWARE....................................... 25

8.3 FIRMWARE UPGRADE................................................................................................. 25

8.3.1 UPGRADE PROCESS................................................................................ 25

8.4 PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC........................................................................ 26

9DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES.......................................................................................................... 28

9.1 DIGIFLY ARCHIMEDE STANDARD ACCESSORIES .......................................................... 28

9.2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................ 28

10 APPENDIX............................................................................................................................. 28

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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........................................................................................................ 32

LONG KEY PRESSURE (2seconds) ................................................................................. 32

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-Graphic Altimeter display /

Thermal Centering display

-Altimeter 1

-Altimeter 2 / Altimeter 3

(thermal)

-Integrated Vario

-Time / Chrono / Efficiency

and Air Speed / Temperature

/ Pressure

2QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES

2.1 BASIC DISPLAY SCREEN

2.2 ADVANCED DISPLAY SCREEN

Altimeter A1

Time :

Real Time Clock

Chrono :

Flight Chrono

Efficiency - Air Speed

Pressure

Temperature

Analogue vario

Integrated Vario

Volume Flight rec Battery icon

Altimeter A2 / A3

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-Graphic Altimeter display /

Thermal Centering display

-Altimeter 1

-Altimeter 2

-Altimeter 3 (thermal)

-Integrated Vario

-Netto Vario

-Time / Chrono

-Efficiency and Air Speed /

Temperature / Pressure

Equivalent McCready–

McCready–

2.3 NAVIGATION DISPLAY SCREEN

2.4 KEY GUIDE

2.4.1 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE

2.4.2 LONG KEY PRESSURE (2 seconds)

Graphic Altimeter /

Thermal Centerin

Time

Volume med / high

Eff-AirSpeed / Temperature / Pressure

Pages

Chrono

lti 2 - 3

Zero Chrono

Power ON / OFF (4 sec)

Volume Off

Zero Alti 2

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3GETTING STARTED

3.1 GUIDE TO SOCKETS

3.2 BATTERIES

3.2.1 BATTERY TYPES

The Digifly Archimede Plus is supplied with a none rechargeable 1.5V AA battery.

It also support a 1.2V AA Ni-MH rechargeable battery.

3.2.2 BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR

The battery life is up to 200 hours.

The battery level is continuously monitored by an internal voltmeter that indicates the

remaining battery life.

The battery icon starts to blink when there is less than 20 hours of battery life remaining.

The battery life can be affected by use in extreme conditions such as cold and humidity.

The battery icon only starts at 100% when using a standard alkaline AA 1.5V battery.

3.3 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).

For a normal key press, you must press the button for less than a second.

When not specified, the key press is to be considered as a normal key press.

3.4 TURNING ON & OFF

To turn on your Digifly Archimede Plus, press the key at least for 2 seconds.

To turn off your Digifly Archimede Plus, press the key at least for 2 seconds.

After switching off your Digifly Archimede Plus, you must wait at least 5 seconds before

you can turn it on again. This prevents unwanted operation e.g. during transit in your

glider bag.

After turning your Digifly Archimede Plus on, the first screen briefly shows the vario

model, pilot name (if set), vario serial number, software version, date, time and battery

voltage.

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3.5 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”).

3.6 MENU NAVIGATION

To navigate the menus on your Digifly Archimede Plus, go to the

setup MENU page by pressing the key (function “MEN”).

To return to the instrument’s main display, press the key

(function “ESC”).

From the “MENU” page, to select the sub-menus, move up and

down using the arrow keys , and to confirm, press the

key (function “ENT”).

To change the selected parameter’s values, use the arrow keys

, and confirm with the key (function “SAV”) or you can

also leave without saving your edit with the key (function

“ESC”).

3.7 SETTING UP YOUR VARIO

To setup your Digifly Archimede Plus and adjust parameters,

press the key (function “MEN”), select the “MAIN SETUP”(M-

SET) sub-menu and press the key (function “ENT”).Move up

and down with the arrow keys , Press the key (function

“EDIT”) to go to the edit mode. To change the selected

parameter’s values, use the arrow keys , and confirm with

the key (function “SAV”) or you can also leave without saving

your edit with the key (function “ESC”).

To return to the instrument’s main display, press the key

(function “ESC”).

3.8 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP

To help you set up your Digifly Archimede Plus, the instrument supports several help

languages. To change the help language go to (M-SET \ n.30 LANG) & select the

language of choice.

3.9 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS

To restore the factory settings (default values for all parameters), press and hold down

the key as you turn vario on. Keep the key pressed until a message “FACTORY

SET?” appears, then confirm with “YES” or “NO”.

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4DISPLAY 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.

5BASIC FUNCTIONS

5.1 ALTIMETER

The Digifly Archimede Plus has 3 different altimeters: A1, A2, A3.

The altimeters can be shown in metric (mt) or imperial (ft) units. To change the units of

display. Press the key, (function “ENT”) to select and then select (M-SET \ n. 26 U-

AL)” and change to “FT”or “MT”.

On the Basic Display page, the A1 (barometric altimeter) is the first altimeter shown.

Below the altimeter A1 is there the A2-A3 altimeter display . To switch between A2 or A3

press the key.

To zero the A2 altimeter press the key (long press).

The A3 altimeter is automatically zeroed when a thermal is found. There are 2

parameters that can be adjusted to allow the instrument to identify a thermal; the

change in height and the time over which the change in height occurs.

To set the thermal detection parameters, go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 1 THEV) and

(ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 2 THET) to adjust the time over which a change in height is

required for detection of a thermal.

BASIC DISPLAY

ADVANCED DISPLAY

NAVIGATION DISPLAY

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