Digifly Archimede, User Manual

Page 1: ...Software Version 61 2 ...

Page 2: ...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 ...

Page 3: ...Y PRESS 6 3 4 TURNING ON OFF 6 3 5 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT 7 3 6 MENU NAVIGATION 7 3 7 SETTING UP YOUR VARIO 7 3 8 MULTI LANGUAGE HELP 7 3 9 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS 8 4 DISPLAY SCREENS 8 4 1 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER 8 4 2 ALTIMETER DISPLAY 8 4 2 1 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 A2 A3 9 4 3 VARIOMETER DISPLAY 9 4 3 1 SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO 9 4 3 2 VARIO REACTIVITY 9 4 3 3 ANALOGUE VARIO 9 4 3 4 INTEGRATED A...

Page 4: ...IGHT RECORDER 13 6 2 LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT 13 7 PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE 13 7 1 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE 14 7 2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 14 7 2 1 UPGRADE PROCESS 15 7 3 PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC 16 8 DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES 17 8 1 DIGIFLY ARCHIMEDE STANDARD ACCESSORIES 17 8 2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 17 9 APPENDIX 18 9 1 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES 18 9 2 STANDARD FUNCTIONS 18 9 3 GENERAL...

Page 5: ... ADVANCED DISPLAY SCREEN KEY GUIDES Altimeter A1 Time Real Time Clock Chrono Flight Chrono Air speed AirSPD Barometer Press Thermo Temperature Altimeter 2 Altimeter 3 Analogue vario Integrated Vario Volume Flight rec Battery icon Menu Power ON OFF 4 sec Time Volume AirSPD Press Thermo Menu Pages Chrono To zero chrono long press Alti 2 3 To zero alti2 3 long press ...

Page 6: ...L KEY PRESS The length of time a key is pressed on your Digifly Archimede 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 Arc...

Page 7: ...rameter 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 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 ...

Page 8: ...altitude against time it scrolls whilst you are flying It will help you to see how effectively you are climbing or turning in a thermal It is especially useful in weak conditions The scales on the graphic altimeter can be changed go to M SET n 13 BARX and M SET n 14 BARY 4 2 ALTIMETER DISPLAY The Digifly Archimede has 3 different altimeters A1 A2 A3 The altimeters can be shown in metric mt or impe...

Page 9: ...in tens of feet 4 3 VARIOMETER DISPLAY 4 3 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 The Digifly Archimede has a very fast pressure sensor and an excellent data ...

Page 10: ...l influence all acoustic indications but not power ON OFF indication You can set the threshold level for the Digifly Archimede to indicate lift go to M SET n 2 V UP and sink go to M SET n 3 V DN To change the vario tone modulation based on your personal preferences go to M SET n 4 TONE the acoustic vario tone modulation between SFT soft STD standard and FAS fast A very useful function to hear the ...

Page 11: ...less accurate 4 6 AIR SPEED WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE 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 The air speed reading can be shown in metric km h or imperial mph units To change the units of display go to M SET n 23 U SP menu then change to MHP or KMH The airspeed ca...

Page 12: ...erpret 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 Part of the lift reading is due to slowing down and part is due to lift from the thermal With total energy compensation the part of the climb due to the change in velocity is ignored allowing you to identify real thermals To identify the correct total ene...

Page 13: ... the latest recorded flight To select which flight you want to view move up and down using the arrow keys and then press the key function ENT The first flight listed is the last recorded flight To scroll to view the others flights navigate using the arrow keys Press the key function ESC to return to the previous menu To delete all flights from the flight log from the LOGBOOK menu press the key lon...

Page 14: ...ful connection is confirmed by a message with the serial number of your instrument Click the DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS button At the end of the download the file minmax xls will be created in the VLTOOLS directory For more info read the Digifly Vltools user manual 7 2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE The software firmware on your Digifly Archimede can be updated as new releases are made available from Digifly This wil...

Page 15: ...d then the key From your PC run the Upgrade_xx_x_Archimede exe program Press Start Button Make sure you have only one version of the Upgrade_xx_x_Archimede exe programme open at a time When the Upgrade_xx_x_Archimede exe tools software is operating you will see a the progress of the software The upgrade process take about 5 minutes and on completion your PC will confirm with a long beep Press the ...

Page 16: ... with a another program or device and turn off firewall antivirus programs C It is also possible that the COM port number assigned is too high or duplicated with some other devices Bluetooth Irda Try to reassign the COM port number 1 Go to the Device Manager Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager 2 Click on the plus sign next to Ports 3 Right click on the Prolific USB to Serial Port an...

Page 17: ...dows right click on the Vltools2007 icon and tick the check box run this program in Windows98 WindowsMe compatible mode 8 DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES 8 1 DIGIFLY ARCHIMEDE STANDARD ACCESSORIES The Digifly Archimede has the following accessories provided as standard Protective case Leg strap AA 1 5V alkaline battery User manual 8 2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The following optional accessories are available from ...

Page 18: ... air speed probe Barometer range 300 to 1200 mB with user calibration Thermometer range 30 C to 70 C range 22 F to 158 F Constant battery monitoring Date and time chronometer flight timer 50 flights data recorder with autostart Adjustable units of measure 9 3 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS High resolution graphic LCD display 128 x 64 pixels with adjustable contrast Upgradeable Flash memory software availa...

Page 19: ...KIAS air speed calibration 50 200 100 12 KBAR barometer calibration 20 0 0 mB 13 BARX graphic altimeter x scale 0 4 4 0 1 minute 14 BARY graphic altimeter y scale 3 3000 30 mt 15 HOUR time setting hours 0 23 hour 16 MIN time setting minutes 0 59 minute 17 DAY time setting day 1 31 day 18 MONT time setting month 1 12 month 19 YEAR time setting year 0 99 year 20 R DS autorecorder meter 1 30 2 mt 21 ...

Page 20: ...Altimeter A1 Time Real Time Clock Chrono Flight Chrono Air speed AirSPD Barometer Press Thermo Temperature Altimeter 2 Altimeter 3 Analogue vario Integrated Vario Volume Flight rec Battery icon Menu Power ON OFF 4 sec Time Volume AirSPD Press Thermo Menu Pages Chrono To zero chrono long press Alti 2 3 To zero alti2 3 long press ...