Garmin Dakota 10 - Part 1 - Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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1. Analyzing your flight Using BaseCamp There are a couple ways you can take a look at your flight data The easiest is to use Garmin s BaseCamp program BaseCamp is a Garmin program that communicates directly with your Dakota 10 device It can automatically download and display tracks and waypoints It is available from Garmin as a free download http www garmin com en US shop downloads basecamp It also allows users to plan and manage trips routes tracks and waypoints between the computer and compatible devices One of the most important features is that it also detects and provides updates for the Dakota 10 s operating system and maps you have update subscriptions to Some of the Garmin supplied maps have a life time update Some Garmin maps are the current version only and you will need to purchase updates to these separately According to Garmin the BaseCamp program can e Display some topographic maps in 2D or 3D renderings with elevation profile e Rotate maps to any orientation e Support geotagged photos and geocaching e Compatible with Google Earth e Print full page color maps Installing the BaseCamp software is pretty typical Go to the Garmin link above and follow the directions for your computer The only file conflict have found is with Guitar Pro 6 would not anticipate any other conflicts using the program lt Garmin BaseCamp Edt Device Find View Tools Maps Hiking N2. Shere one ulet J ory 7 DHAW MAI ray Hin 2098 8 com 1 S 1 Ze DRAW LIL up 21 PAN LyvergTeatl c om a 113139 OLGE Farh overtar gt beers Select the following options on the Draw a map page o Title the Map e g Flight from Fiesta Field Set Initial Map type My best results are with Google Terrain physical map o Set Colorize by Altitude Elevation and Speed are the two find most useful O Select Browse button to the load GPX file you copied to your computer o Click on Draw the Map button to see the map it will take a few moments E cos Draw a GPS dta c t Upsvisuslger com 1 D About Ailes Shore o rn DRAW A MAT Leocode an DRAW A PRDIILI Louk up eley ators e 1 S U a 1 y e CONVERT A PILE Larth owerlays Make a Google Map from a GPS file Googie Maps output LA Other map forms N Earth KML KM JPEGZPNG SVG Quatititative data vet st hated aloes tie Gomer loca ee you expected o The form wil automatealy draw your GPS data KML KMZ or plain text data in CSV or tab deimm he mup masi Se embed OP tag maps and satelite imagery i Google Maps id sen 308 TRIP s d er Pease nore that Create ma
3. Tene 106 56 Avg 18m Mov Tine 07831 Avg Moving Are GQ Stopped Time 04025 Mn Deum Leg Distm LegTi LegSpe 5051 4 03 10031 5051 8 BA 00035 21 mph 5051 39 000 30 07 4 5051 20 10025 D 3 oh 1 1A t0040 00 mph 250 100 35 J UU X UI mer 0508 70044 0 3 mot 0650 00041 0 1 OSOR 6A 20037 mor 50 f I JDU X U mph 50 0 DO 45 1 meoh 88 Map Fiber invert Le 21 1 tue g Cour You are able to edit individual inj x track points For instance if your crew chief turned on the Dakota Fvnahbon aco 10 unit early you may have 20 tee aaa minutes of nearly stationary time 8 mpl 411 3 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 gt Create Route Time 0005 AM 7013 70034 2013 12 AM 73013701 47 AM 2013 702 0 AM 7013 702 50 AM 2U 0325 AM 2013704 01 AM 2013 704 45 AM 201370526 AM 2013 7 06 03 AM 1 Adventure N35 201370639 AM N35 on the unit before your flight began these points can be eliminated by selecting them and 382 W106 35 698 deleting them The data shown 1962 0106 0 1 962 W106 35 69 here indicates that this was 1952 W10 Lut 25 11 983 W106 25 693 probably the case for this flight 1982 1 963 W106 35697 track Also check that the track 1952 W106 35 697 isew
4. m ib ving current set as shown You may find a better arrangement Change the Main Menu order You will use some of the applications and features more than others It is possible to move the ones that you will use the most to the first of the main menu pages To change the order start with the Setup scroll through the menu choices until you can select Mainmenu Main Menu Once you have selected the main menu you will see i all the features of the main menu Scroll through the menu functions until you see the one you want to move to the front D Profiles 80 Select that menu choice it will turn blue use the arrow key to move to the page you want and select the feature you wish to replace they will swap places You can delete items as well After being deleted they will show up as grey icons on the last page of menu items You can put them back into the menu sequence at any time recommend keeping the following features on the first main menu screen e Setup and e Trip Computer Other features you might consider to move up in the sequence include Track Manager Waypoint Manager e Compass e Sunand Moon e Stopwatch rise e Calculator e Profile Change e Calendar e Mark Waypoint My menu page sequence currently looks like this Setting Profiles Profiles are collections of settings data fields units of measurement etc that apply to specific uses of your GPS recei
5. m eo ani ter Dekota M G xe Sass directory under the Garmin directory 0 Smmm One ur hewiii 9 under the removable device TT Ics nn MAGE Ari s 013 Nt 77 Now the GPX file to some II b Curent R71 Deno gos 3671 AM ure favorite location on your computer Dos M T CI nababan AISAN i mn Gor um Wayponts 3 MES 7 41 AM Fe for further analysis The desktop is a or PRR Em Om ER Ext HI USB Type mini male connector Ss USB Type A male connector Test 3 i 24 j handy place the installation of BaseCamp created a MyGarmin directory or you may have a directory where you keep your pictures and records for individual flights Analyzing your flight path using GPS Visualizer Now that you have the flight data the next step is to analyze the flight Although there are plenty of tools and web sites to do this one excellent web site is GPS Visualizer You can upload your GPX file to http www gpsvisualizer com to plot the track and vertical profile Mapping ye limom irrt f pens ha LAR rione con rey e main hut ea page select SEP pa DRAW A MAP C Ey Atlas
6. Things to do before each flight With the settings above the Garmin Dakota 10 will record information every time you turn it on However you probably want it to give you information specific to your current flight Although there are ways of extracting portions of data for specific times it s easiest if you set some things up prior to each flight Resetting the Trip Computer and Current Track By default the Trip Computer displays your current speed average speed maximum speed trip odometer and other helpful information The Dashboard on the Trip Computer in Recreational Profile mode displays the current mean sea level elevation altitude as calculated by the GPS unit A Track is a recording of the path that you have traveled This can be displayed on the current map It can also be saved for analysis later You should ensure that the Track recording is on see Ensure Track recording is on above Fortunately you can reset both the Trip Computer and the Current Track on the same page From the Main Menu touch Setup icon the wrench and then Reset On this screen you will need to select Reset Trip Data it will ask you to confirm it by selecting Yes You will then need to select Clear Current Track it will ask you to confirm it by selecting Yes Sun and Moon Before your flight you may want to know local July 2013 sunrise or sunset time The Dakota 10 unit will 508 7 M calculate local sunrise a
7. again as large a display as the Garmin eTrex 30 GPS receiver use The default maps do not provide turn by turn routing Unfortunately those maps are not free This makes the Dakota 10 of limited use in a chase truck trying to get to a specific location like driving to where the balloon has landed When the accuracy is displayed only the horizontal accuracy is considered The vertical accuracy is typically less accurate than the horizontal accuracy Although Garmin makes other units for flight with much higher vertical position accuracy these are considerably more expensive and even less appropriate for Ballooning than the Dakota 10 However the vertical and therefore overall accuracy can be increased with an accurately set barometric altimeter Unfortunately since the altimeter sensor can be spoofed to provide incorrect readings units with this capability are not appropriate for competition Also remember that the GPS is recording MSL elevation and not height above ground The list of data available on the Trip Computer is not as complete as other Garmin GPS units For example the Garmin eTrex 30 has a Maximum Elevation Sink rate and an audible alarm warning would be really useful In addition to an altimeter other sensors that would enhance the utility of this unit would include a thermometer and an electronic compass The ability to use the Russian GLONASS if they can keep from blowing up replacement satellites the Chinese COMPAS
8. person a chance to be able to contact you if you should lose your Dakota 10 receiver You must have the startup screen pause for a while so that information can be displayed sorry this will increase the amount of time required to start using the Dakota 10 once you power it up An example of a modified startup txt file is Shown here Edit this file to display a message while your unit is powering on lt Allow one full power cycle after editing for your message to be updated lt Set the display number to the minimum number of seconds your message is displayed gt display 6 lt Type your message on the next line gt If found please call or text 14 Saving your Flight path to computer Disabling unneeded maps zo T jl There are a lot of maps provided on your Dakota 10 that are 6 neither necessary nor that useful for ballooning in the Compass United States These can be disabled removed Disabling them may improve startup and search times Deleting them Est x may free up memory on the receiver To disable map to the Setup Page gt Maps gt Enabled Worldwide Disabled BirdsEye Select i i Basemap NR EIRE Information Select Map On this page you can use up and down arrows to select maps Once you select a map you can disable it That does not delete the map but it may Enabled Custom Maps HM MUR SURE speed up
9. screens can be changed Touch the battery and signal strength meter to see which satellites are visible as well as your horizontal accuracy vertical accuracy is typically worse Additional Pre Fiesta Information If you still want to learn about your new GPS you could read the manual at the link provided in a previous Fiesta letter http static garmincdn com pumac Dakota OM EN pdf There is a quick start guide http static garmincdn com pumac Dakota QSM EN pdf available as well The Garmin quick start guide tells you how to e Putin the batteries This has been done for you Setthe battery mode This also has been done for your alkaline batteries setting the battery type will get the optimum lifetime for that type of battery e Turnit on and off The button is towards the top of the right hand side e Adjust the screen brightness Tap the on off button on the side of the case and then touch the Plus or Minus The lightbulb will be filled to show the relative brightness you have selected e Lock the screen Tap the on off button and then touch Lock Screen e Acquire GPS signals Go Outside and Turn it on Honest it really says that e View a Map Turn it on and touch the map icon the main menu Once the map is displayed you can lt gt Zoom buttons change the scale by touching the up and down arrows on the screen To change position you can drag the Location marker map with your finger Man menu e
10. startup load and search performances Consider crest NM I ME disabling the following maps Enabled Digital Globe Disabled BirdsEye Select Ko BirdsEye Select Kompass Switzerland BirdsEye Select EIRE Ireland BirdsEye Select Great Britain e BirdsEye Select Kompass Austria East Alps There may be others that you can disable as well You can reactivate these maps on your unit at any time by going through the same sequence selecting the map and then enabling it Contact Garmin regarding deleting maps from the device Loading new Maps Unfortunately the details on the Garmin provided US maps are limited to interstate and major US highways Much more detailed maps are available for purchase directly from Garmin http www garmin com en US maps accessories through third party sources e g GPS City www gpscity com or GPS Store www thegpsstore com etc or from public sources use GPS File Depot www gpsfiledepot com and encourage a donation if you use their maps The commercially available maps are easy to load into the BaseCamp software and then to your device The instructions are clear and complete for the free topography maps from GPS File Depot Other than saying it can be done I will not go further here The Dakota 10 can be used in the chase truck as well Turn by Turn road routing is available on optional separately purchased maps However audible instructions are not available on the Dakota 10 Maps
11. with the routing information are available from commercial sources Change the Trip Computer As you saw earlier the trip computer has a bunch of information displayed on it Every field in the lower part below the Dashboard can be configured The different Trip Computer profiles control which Dashboard data and format is displayed It would be nice if the Dashboard the top of the display could be modified but you re stuck with whatever that Trip Computer profile provides However the subsequent data fields can have any six of the data fields below with my favorite fields highlighted GPS Signal Strength e Distance to Destination e Distance to Next e Odometer e Elevation e Off Course e ETA at Destination e Pointer e ETA at Next e Turn e Velocity Made Good e Vertical Speed to Destination Time to Destination Time to Next e Waypoint Destination To Course e Waypoint at Next Trip Odometer To change a data field bring up the Trip Computer touch the Sunset in 11 hr 6 min Sunset in 11 hr 5 min data field you wish to change and select the data field from the Trip i aig Elevation Trip Odometer above list You will now want to save your profile if you wish to 004i li keep this configuration See Setting Profiles nen Speed h Time of Day Vertical pen You can do the same for the large number version bottom right xm Vertical P hand corner of the display My Trip Computer displays are Qe ar n
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13. OUR DAKOTA 15 IBI PERRO EEEE E E T E AE E E E E O E E AT 15 STARTUP 16 DISABLING UNNEEDED MAPS 16 o 17 Sec 17 CHANGE THE MAIN MENU ORDER tsicsecidsctnssicercvdnneseteesonies ditiaedenvensawectniadsiwdwannslectwiadtas deedcenndededelae thas Une 18 eR 19 POTIONS A E 20 FURTHER INFORMATION 20 Introduction The 2013 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta pilot gift is a Garmin Dakota 10 GPS receiver If you are not already familiar with using GPS units in flight learning to use this unit during Fiesta may add an unnecessary distraction especially during Mass Ascension Saturday Some of you may already use the Garmin Dakota 10 unit in BFA competition flights or you may use some other GPS or features on your cell phone or a tablet If you are not familiar with using a GPS I hope to giv
14. S or the European Galileo once it becomes operational would greatly enhance accuracy and usability Although not a problem with the GPS unit the provided Fiesta map does not have proximity alerts Typically proximity alerts may be made for school zones or other areas where additional caution should be exercised and your speed monitored closely These are very much like standard waypoints or points of interest but allow the GPS receiver unit to give you fair warning you are nearing such a place Proximity alerts and audible alarms for PZs would be a good thing Further Information Garmin Dakota 10 Quick Start Guide http static garmincdn com pumac Dakota QSM EN pdf Garmin Dakota 10 User Manual http static garmincdn com pumac Dakota OM EN pdf Garmin GPS Training Videos http www8 garmin com learningcenter training dakota index html Garmin BaseCamp http www garmin com en US shop downloads basecam Garmin BaseCamp Training Videos http www8 garmin com learningcenter training basecamp index html GPS Visualizer http www gpsvisualizer com Garmin Maps http www garmin com en US maps accessories GPS City GPSs and Maps WWW gpscity com GPS Store GPSs and Maps www thegpsstore com GPS File Depot Maps www gpsfiledepot com How a GPS works www physics org article questions asp id 55 GPX File Format http www toposgrafix com gpx as
15. View the Compass Select the compass from main menu You cannot calibrate the compass on the Garmin Dakota 10 e Additional Features Like o Retrieving information about specific locations not available on the supplied Fiesta map Marking your current location a waypoint Editing and managing waypoint information adding or changing names and data or even deleting them Using the trip computer more on that in later Setting up navigation routes to a point really what intersection will you turn at and Recording and Clearing your current track more on this later too Garmin has training videos http www8 garmin com learningcenter training dakota index html available on line You may find the first three videos useful for ballooning don t think you will find the other videos particularly useful unless you use this unit for other activities like GeoCaching Setting up the Dakota 10 prior to use in flight Before you ever get out to the field there are a few things that you might want to do to make your Dakota 10 unit more useful for ballooning The batteries have already been installed and the correct battery setting has been selected Most other settings are already properly set However there are still a few things that should be checked There are also a number of things you ll want to do before each flight Things to set up and check before your first flight Lanyard and Belt Clip One of the things that the quick
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17. acy of your unit the vertical accuracy is typically less The accuracy will change based on the number of visible satellites and the quality of their signals Map To display the map from the Main Menu select the Map icon The Map icon feature is in the upper left hand corner of the first Main Menu screen Zoom buttons You can change the scale displayed at the top of the screen identified as Zoom range on the image to the right by touching Location marker the Zoom buttons Please be aware that the AIBF PZ map is not available at all zoom levels Your current location is indicated by the blue arrow the head is pointing in the direction or course you are currently traveling To display a different location on the map touch the map and drag your finger across the display to move the map Touching the return arrow at the bottom left hand corner of the map will return the map to be centered about your current location Touching the map just once will display latitude longitude and distance from where you are to where you touched the map It may also display a pin at that location which is useful if you want to save that point as a Waypoint for later reference Some pre programmed places on the map may have additional information that may be displayed as well The 2012 Fiesta Map loaded onto your Dakota 10 does not have this additional information The map is the only place where you can drag your finger on the dis
18. alysis consider saving your flight path track file and using other tools Analyzing your flight Using Windows and GPS Visualizer Web site In addition to using Garmin s Base Camp program you could save the flight path file and use other more sophisticated tools to perform the analysis or plotting This part of the document describes how to save the file to your personal computer and then use the GPS Visualizer web site to look at your flight path or profile There are other tools available Saving your flight path to a computer Saving your flight path data file is pretty straightforward plug the Dakota 10 into your computer find the track file and then copy it to your computer Here s how to do it e Using the cable provided plug the small plug into the Dakota 10 receiver It doesn t matter if the receiver is off or on but leave it off You don t have to remove the belt clip from the back although it might be a little awkward if you have large fingers e Plug the flat USB plug into your computer s USB port e Wait while your computer recognizes the receiver as a USB storage drive Like many USB devices you may need to install drivers accept or decline to reformat the unit and so on e Once the unit is recognized as a drive open the folder and navigate to where the GPX files are stored Copy the GPX file to your computer Here is what it looks like on my computer running Windows 7 You are looking for the GPX sub
19. ation System WAAS and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service EGNOS capability These systems augment the standard GPS signal to increase accuracy and reliability particularly at more Northern latitudes We have a WAAS station here in Albuquerque which will greatly increase the elevation accuracy of the Dakota 10 To turn on WAAS and EGNOS from the Main Menu select Setup the wrench and then System then GPS if it says Normal or Demo and then WAAS EGNOS You will need to touch the return and exit icons in the lower left hand corners to return Main Menu 4 T Select GPS Mode 2 1 WAASIEGNOS N Demo Mode e gt x Ensure Track Recording is on To ensure that your unit will record your track touch the setup icon then Tracks then Track Log and then Record You have two choices to record your track You can select Record and your track will be recorded but won t show up on the map You can display the track later or download it to a computer for further Select Track Recording Preference Record Show Map Record Method Do Not Recor Record Do Not Show Record Show On Map analysis The better choice is to have the unit record the track and leave a trace of your path on the map by selecting Record Show On Map Selecting Do Not Record shuts off track recording until you change your preference
20. ccessible by a short press of the power on off button on the side of the case One of the slightly annoying features have found is that the display will blank to save battery life During Battery Save the flight l d rather have the screen stay as visible as X 55 possible for as long as possible The amount of time the fg einen screen is illuminated is controlled in the Display section of the setup feature On the Display setup page you can also set the background to be black this is supposed to provide slight performance increase with LCD driven displays You can also toggle the Battery Save option off and on trading battery life for display readability The screen capture feature is also controlled from this page When you turn it on any subsequent press of the on off button on the side of the case will save a picture to the Garmin scrn directory This is how made the images for this document This feature resets itself to Off every time you turn the Dakota 10 off Perhaps this is to avoid conflict with the lock screen and brightness menu which is also activated when you quickly press and release the power button on the side of the case Startup txt Another very important thing you should consider is changing the startup txt file in the Garmin directory on your Dakota 10 receiver You should put your name and or contact information in the startup file That will give the honest
21. e you some information on your Fiesta Garmin Dakota 10 unit and provide you some suggestions as to how you might use it during Fiesta and flying elsewhere have tried to include a lot of pictures and screen shots to make it easy to become familiar with the GPS receiver The Garmin Dakota 10 The Garmin Dakota 10 is a rugged palm sized navigation device with touchscreen navigation a high sensitivity GPS receiver and is supplied with a worldwide base map Compared to similar handheld GPS units it has a relatively large sunlight readable 2 6 color touchscreen display is dust and waterproof and shock resistant The Dakota 10 has about 850 MB of internal memory for recording individual positions waypoints and whole paths tracks of where you have traveled including your altitude One of the great things about this unit is that additional maps can be added to the unit The current Fiesta PZ prohibited zone map has already been added to your unit If you remember to turn it off after each flight it will run for about 20 hours on two AA alkaline batteries That should be plenty for Fiesta However you will get even better performance if you use Lithium lon or rechargeable Nickel metal hydride batteries What the Dakota 10 can do for you There are a lot of useful things that the Dakota 10 can do for you Some of these are even useful for ballooning Perhaps the most useful is that during flight it can display your position on a map of t
22. ew Mexico 4 Library E My Collection 3 2012 Fiesta PZ Map B 2012 09 14 gm Balloon Flights Data received from eTrex 30 Uni E 4 21 2013 4 00 09 4 Garmin Adventures What is this 4 Devices Internal Storage BirdsEye Demo Zell Am See Garmin Asia H Garmin Europe H Garmin usA Brienzer Rothorn Carrauntoohil Mount Blanc Snowdon Ww Grand Canyon National Park amp 14 JUL 13 08 06 56 AM W 2013 10 06 08 07 51 J 4 Dis Melson r NN N SS WG 6 Cte pA PAS A au NN n S 4 B L A r A i it D EE Li ZA Yj 2 Trip Planner Adventures 1 4 y t Statute Wile to Launch j md gt NE 2 WIL Gere FF Pg E Tr Bird p E 12 North Edith Add D t y WA A 22 WY E UM A Although there is no BaseCamp manual Garmin provides training videos at the following link http www8 garmin c om learningcenter trai ning basecamp index html The second video is pretty close to what we are doing here except for turning a path
23. he local area The Fiesta unit has the 2012 PZ map already loaded on it In addition to the Prohibited Zones and Sensitive Areas the Fiesta map also provides the locations of the targets and weather stations and some airspace information When you leave Fiesta and fly in your local area similar local information can be uploaded to your Dakota 10 In addition to displaying the map the Dakota 10 receiver can also display a summary of your current travel using the Trip Computer The default configuration of the Trip Computer using the Recreational Profile displays your Mean Sea Level Elevation and current speed among other things What s really useful is that you can customize this display to have information important to you at a glance The Dakota 10 can also record your flight path It will record position and elevation with a time stamp You can then plot or review your flight path later How close did you get to the target What altitude did you cross the Rio Grande What was your speed upon landing There are a lot of other features available on the Garmin Dakota 10 All of the features are accessible from the Main Menu however since there are a lot of features they have been spread across multiple screens The features are shown above are in the default order to the right Touch the arrow keys to move through the menu choices In fact the navigation is done by touching the screen where the icon is The order of the application icons on the
24. into a route The Organizing Data might be useful for ballooning but don t think the other tutorials are useful at all A few moments after you plug your Dakota 10 into the computer and start the BaseCamp program the device will be recognized There are three windows in BaseCamp The largest is the map this one is showing an uploaded Fiesta 2012 PZ map which must be transferred to the BaseCamp program The top left window shows devices and libraries The bottom left window shows a detailed listing of the selected item from the upper left window The Dakota 10 is shown in the devices near the bottom of the top left window In the bottom window you can see the items in the Internal Storage of the Dakota 10 unit The name of the track is Shown on the map as a speech bubble associated with the specific track in the map window The default BaseCamp map is not as detailed as would like However you can copy maps from your Dakota 10 device into BaseCamp or from BaseCamp onto your GPS device This is how you can load your local flying area topography maps into your device after Fiesta Double clicking on the title bubble or the name of the saved track in the lower left window brings up the details of your flight path as shown below You can analyze and manipulate your flight path on this 2013 10 06 Propertes Graph Notes 2013 16 06 08 07 51 Summary Speed 7527
25. layed you can assign a color to each Track Another of the available tools is the ability to review the elevation plot profile of your flight path Track You can touch any point on the profile line to display time date and elevation at that point On the side and bottom of the elevation plot there will be a scale showing the distance between the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid You can touch these scales to change how much of your profile is shown However it will not give you altitude above the local terrain Extreme Values After the flight you can look at the Trip Computer Depending on how you have customized your display you can find your maximum speed and the amount of time that you were moving and the total time for that flight Unfortunately there is no maximum altitude field in the Dakota 10 Trip Computer For that you will need to use separate analysis tools as described in either of the Analyzing your flight sections You can reconfigure the Trip Computer to have it show the most appropriate information you consider useful for ballooning The data at the top of the Trip Computer is based on the Trip Computer profile which is not the same as your personal settings profile find Recreational Dashboard seems to have the most useful information but you can use any of the others you find suitable and even change the individual data fields to meet your needs Customizing the Trip Computer is described later in this document
26. n be customized to display specific information in the dashboard at the top of the unit as well as navigation information Stopwatch You can use your Dakota 10 s Stopwatch feature to record flight time This is also 001 00 00 00 00 00 accessible from the main menu will record split times as well you can use this for length of hops time on specific tank It is pretty useful that leaving the stopwatch page leaves the timer running Using the Dakota 10 after your flight When you have safely completed your flight you should save your current track You can then analyze your flight later at your convenience Depending on the data fields you have in your Trip Computer you may be able to use information displayed there Saving your current track Once you are done with the flight you can save your track This track will include position time and altitude information along the path you flew To save the track from the Main Menu select Track Manager then Current Track then Save Track When you save your track you will be given the opportunity to rename the Track from the default of the date and time to something you may find more useful e g Uncle Bob s Birthday Flight Once you ve saved the track you will be asked if you want to clear the current track usually do and select Yes That resets the Current Track and leaves your recently named track as it was But maybe you want to record each segmen
27. nd sunset times for your m DU oO current location However it does not take EE terrain features into account For instance the f E n shadow cast Sandia Peak is not considered for B 01 Moonrise Moonset the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 1 field and the Dakota 10 will provide you with earlier sunrise than we actually see on the Fiesta field Calculator The Dakota 10 also has a built in calculator accessible from the main menu You can use this for your total your passenger weight for load calculations prior to flight This would work well with the AAAA weight and altitude calculator Using the Dakota 10 in flight There are several features that you might find useful in flight But like any tool it can be distracting so remember that your primary task is to fly the balloon safely This is a general purpose GPS receiver with features for the general public not balloonists Consequently there are a number of features that may not be useful in flight To get to useful features from the Main Menu select the appropriate icon If the icon is not visible scroll the Main Menu to the right or the left by using the arrow keys on the bottom of the screen What follows are some of the items that you may find useful in flight Signal Strength and Accuracy Touching the signal strength area of the Main Menu display will bring up the constellation view and current horizontal accur
28. p with very large number Of wayporws very long tracklogs especialy i enabled can cause your Web browser gru to a halt If you don t have GPS data end want to interactvely draw on map use OFS visusize s KML your GPS dala thes hen With axes cf ai comot exceed 1 ME un qt lt t 4 Fie 22 Biwa No t 25 No seecte Show ed moral ffe mpsut boxe Draw the map Open in 2 lor neste venir date bene n Wet wer f 1124 we f eua tu om asf m2 es aged Tr 2 When you click on the Draw the map button your track will be displayed over the top of the selected map An example of this is shown to the right i You can easily experiment with different colorization schemes You may also find that you need to clean up your track file because it may contain extra track data Did you remember to clear the current track after you saved it You may find selecting the JPEG PNG SVG link provides better map images and more flexible analysis Unit conversions into feet and miles per hour are possible with the image based maps Although the Google terrain map is not available in that when making images have had reasonable results using the US DEMIS street level map Like the general mapping tab approach you can also change colori
29. play To return to the Main Menu close the map by touch the X icon in the lower left hand corner of the screen If the return arrow is displayed touch that corner until all map locations have been closed The way the map is displayed can be customized see Customizing your Dakota 10 for Ballooning Some information on the map may have additional details you can see if you touch the screen at that feature Trip Computer Dashboard The Trip Computer displays your current speed average speed Bevat Trip Odometer maximum speed trip odometer and other helpful information The 031 O17 Speed Speed Dashboard in the Recreational Profile displays the current mean 1587 sea level elevation as calculated by GPS unit current Moving Time Moving Arg l l E 23 285 distance traveled and the time to sunrise or sunset Other profiles will display different information in the Dashboard The fields in main body of the Trip Computer can be customized See Change the Trip Computer Compass The electronic Compass can be selected from the Main Menu as well Your current direction of travel will always be at the top of the compass If you have selected a route the arrowhead will be pointing Direction vou to your next destination are currently traveling There are two types of Compass displays Bearing and Course depending on how you may have set up your Dakota 10 The Compass display ca
30. start manual doesn t tell you is to put the lanyard on Insert the small loop of the lanyard through the slot on the bottom of the unit then poke the long part of the lanyard through the exposed part of the small loop and finally pull it through and tight With such a long lanyard you can make a similar loop around a basket upright through a tank handle or some other way that is convenient for you There are after market mounts that you may wish to consider to keep the unit secure handy but out of the way Fiesta also supplies a belt clip that you can slide onto the back of the unit think the belt clip is a little tricky to remove Once you take the belt clip out of the package take a look at the end away from the hinge The back side of the belt clip has a little ridge that will fit into a slot on the back of the Dakota 10 and hold the clip in place Near that end is a little shoehorn like flare To remove the belt clip grasp the unit firmly in one hand pry out on the shoe horn end up with your other hand and gently slide the clip in the direction of the shoehorn Calibration and corrected GPS signals Some other GPS units have specialized altimeters compasses and other sensors that may require calibration for the most accurate performance possible The Dakota 10 relies solely on GPS information so you will not need to and cannot calibrate your Dakota 10 GPS receiver However your Dakota 10 GPS receiver has Wide Area Augment
31. t or hop then select No and it will add to the end of the track saved so far Editing the path name may take some getting used to The symbol in the upper right hand corner ME o 13 lt Do you want to clear the current track will delete the entire name if the cursor highlight is to the extreme left otherwise it erases the character to the left Numbers and symbols can be found by pressing the left or right arrows at the bottom of the screen Lower case letters are available with the down pointing arrow above the green check mark The green check mark will begin the save process Once your path has been saved you can then connect your Dakota 10 to a computer and transfer the track file to a computer The file will have the name you gave it e g Uncle Bob s Birthday Flight with the extension GPX A GPX interchange file format describing tracks routes and waypoints This common file format can be used by different programs and GPS manufacturers A GPX file is a text file in XML format You can view it and edit it in a text editor spreadsheet or specialized programs The only file name and association conflict have found might be with Guitar Pro which not a problem if you don t write guitar music Analyzing your flight path Once a flight path has been saved as a Track you can do a few things with it Perhaps the most useful is to view it on a map If you have multiple Tracks disp
32. ver automotive recreational etc These can be set up so that you do not have to change multiple settings Initially the profile most useful for ballooning is the Recreational profile However this is not perfect we needed to ensure that Track Recording and the WAAS feature was enabled and probably customized the Trip Computer and maybe some other features Although you could save the Recreational profile you could also create a Ballooning profile Main Menu gt Setup gt Profile gt lt Create New Profile gt which is at the very bottom of the list It will save the current profile And then you can rename the profile by selecting the new profile probably called Profile 6 or something like that and then editing the name have named it Ballooning You can also move the profile up the list by selecting the profile name and then selecting Move Up Unfortunately these modified profiles do not modify the dashboard for the Trip Computer By Routing If you make changes to your profile that you d like to save Go to the profile menu on the main menu and select the name of your current profile It will update the current profile and then re load it Limitations Although the Dakota 10 is a good GPS Receiver it has some drawbacks Here are my concerns not necessarily in any particular order The display is small Many phones have displays that are twice to three times as large On the other hand the Dakota 10 has half
33. wexes points define are all recorded on the same day Also notice the summary information at the top of the pop up window You can see the length of the flight maximum altitude and average and maximum speeds These may be useful things to record in your log book If you click the graph tab it will bring up the plot shown in the second window below For this flight it Shows the MSL altitude in green and the speed in miles per hour in blue with respect to straight line distance from the launch site Igi xj Propetes Graph Notes rT i Hh AA f n 7 M aL 4 i ai VN ABI 9 7 E N I 1 0 1 1 4 The elevation profile describes the mean sea level elevation not the altitude above the local terrain The terrain plot can give you an idea of your altitude hold skills Back on the Properties tab there is a Print button at the bottom right so that you can print the current path Be careful Check the settings Unless you change things the program will print out EVERY track point and there will be hundreds The BaseCamp program has some other great features like updating your device if you need it transferring maps and archiving flight paths as tracks Unfortunately the ability to analyze your flight is a little bit limited For more detailed an
34. zation parameter to other interesting values like speed In either case once the map has been created you can save it Use the download link If you select the SAVE THIS TRIP link you will be re directed to another web site Every Trail which is aimed at hikers or other terrestrial bound adventurers 3 PS Visual er com created Dy Elevation Plots Speed esi ua In addition to plotting your path and looking at your 582731 6 4 speed or altitude or other factors along your path 5700 ft 2 another interesting analysis tool that you can use is 5600 ft the Profile feature Using this technique you can 55001 m plot altitude versus distance or time from the take 20400 off point and analyze on a number of parameters dune t A plot of altitude versus distance from take off point 229 with color for speed at location might look like the mca 1 ft IP I TI E E E E E E E E E E Image to the right N x O 9 A m 7 7 78 Distance 7 You can use this plot to evaluate your skills on maintaining a specific altitude Note this does not show terrain elevation so you do not know your AGL altitude As with the map this plot can be saved as an image for later reference Customizing your Dakota 10 There are a few things that you can do to make your Garmin Dakota 10 especially useful Display Behavior Mentioned in the Quick Start Reference was that the lock screen and brightness are a
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