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User Manual Software Version 61.1 (05/05/2008)

1. 6 18 5 DELETE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE E To delete a Waypoint in a Route scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys 4 _Jthen press the Mj key function EDIT z From the drop down menu select the CLEAR function with the 1 1 keys and confirm with YES m To delete all Waypoints in a Route press the O key long press and confirm with YES 6 18 6 ACTIVATE DEACTIVATE REVERSE CLEAR A ROUTE z To activate a Route press the key and confirm with YES To deactivate a Route press the key and confirm with YES m To reverse a Route press the J key long press To clear a Route press the key long press Req Comp 4 04 Rti Comp 2 0 Rt 2 User 4 04 wito P 400 viro pP og STCOSS AGE gt CD SCE d zCNITE a FROTE p 400 E Te 31100 virais pP 400 gng s E MSOSO 4 DEACT RTE Start 12 20 Start 13 30 Sort aso CO Mext Gate 15 min Maxt Gate 15 min Mext Gata 15 min HNum or Gates HNum oF Gates 3 Mum oFr Gates 3 a FFF to Gol 23 2 FFF to Gol 39 9 FFF to Jol Ed aFFrF to Jol 44 7 Tot dsk km 102 Rola Tot dstkm 1025 Totdstkm 47 77 Tot dstkm 1 64 Page 4 7 6 19 COMPETITION ROUTE 4 CompeGPS AIR File Mappe Rilevi3D Voli Waypoints Rotte Fotos Profil Vista Comunicazione Aiuto 3 amp 4 amp amp 6 4 2 000 642 amp B44 Swe 65 R MAN RET Camp SOS B sida A 400 Bess H Z00 BRASS Fo dag Badan
2. 1 and then press the MJ key function SAVE 6 18 2 INSERT A WAYPOINT AT THE LAST POSITION OF THE ROUTE m Scroll to the last position on the Route you want to add a Waypoint to using the arrow keys 4 1 Jand then press the Mj key function EDIT The first Waypoint on the Waypoint list appears Scroll trough the Waypoint list using the arrow keys 1 jand then press the 1 key function SAVE Rei Comp 2 03 6 18 3 INSERT A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE WITH WAYPOINTS WITOS p 400 Scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys 1 Jand then press the M key function EDIT From the drop down menu select the INSERT option with the 1 1 keys and confirm with YES Num oF gatas n The first Waypoint in the Waypoint list appears scroll through the Tot det kin AFT Waypoint list using the arrow keys 1 and then press the J key function SAVE Re 1 Comp 2 0 added P 400 6 18 4 CHANGE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE m To change a Waypoint in a Route scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys 1 1 Jand then press the MJ key function EDIT Mes APIS sy e min TR aF Gates n From the drop down menu select the CHANGE option with the 4 Sites Jol 84 Page 46 1 keys and confirm with YES m The first Waypoint on the Waypoint list a appears scroll through the Waypoint list using the arrow keys Jand then press the J key function SAVE
3. has not been made of the GPS has been switched off a value of O is shown in the display The H1 H2 and HA altimeters are special altimeters that show the expected height over the current Waypoint H1 over the next Waypoint H2 and over goal HA at your current efficiency ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A AND A2 1 00346m Go to the altimeter menu ALTIM and select which altimeter A1 z 1006 5 He or A2 you want to adjust Move up and down using the arrow keys A D0000m 4 Jand press the m key function EDIT To adjust the ads altimeter value use the arrow keys and confirm with the MJ key function SAVE or leave without saving with the key function ESC Altimeter setting Page 24 3 4 3 5 To set the A1 and A2 altimeters to standard QNH 1013mb go to the altimeter menu ALTIM and select which altimeter A1 or A2 you want to adjust Press the O key long press A confirmation of YES or NO is required TIME CHRONOGRAPH DISPLAY The following time and chronograph information can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo rt UTC time ch Chronograph Time or chronograph data can be shown in any of the 5 customizable display fields on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red To show additional time information in any of these customizable fields press the keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjus
4. NO Page 71 Range ON OFF 0 25 1 30 1 30 1 100 ON OFF STD ECO EC2 OFF P1 P2 P3 polar 1 coeff polar 2 coeff polar 3 coeff 0 2 30 0 1 3 Default OFF 0 5 10 10 3 OFF ECO OFF XXX XXX XXX 10 Units m s sec sec sec
5. RA Bluetooth Communications Port COM10 RE ta mm qm DEP rr E Schede di rete v o VLTools2007v109 exe Properties eA Problem The cable is working with the Digifly Vitools General Version Compatbity Archive Securty Summary b ut N ot W ith th e softwa re m USI n g IF you have problems with this program and it worked corectly on an earlier version of windows select the compatibility mode that matches that earlier version Solution Make sure that the software and the cable are using the same COM port number try with the Digifly Vitools program to check the COM port number Compatibility mode Run this program in compatibility mode for Display settings If you are still experiencing problems try with the Fun in 256 colors following C Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution C Disable visual themes Temporarily disable your antivirus and firewall Batis softwa re a C Turn off advanced test services for this program Manually setup on your PC the communication Leam more about program compatibility protocol MLR 38400 baud If this still fails try adjusting the communication LED Ee protocol to MLR 19200 baud Again From Windows right click on the VItools200 7 icon and tick the check box run this program in Windows98 WindowsMe compatible mode ACOUSTIC HEADPHONE OUTPUT HEADPHONE An external headphone piezo buzzer can be connected to the GPS socket on
6. gt DIGIFLYNEXTGEN USB Driver zip run it on your PC then plug in the cable again How to Check the Driver Installation 1 Go to the Device Manager Start gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager 2 Click on the plus sign next to Ports 3 If the device is installed properly you will see Prolific USB to Serial Com Port COMx Note that x is the number of the COM port assigned to the cable B Look for a conflict 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 e g Bluetooth Irda Try to reassign the COM port number 1 Go to the Device Manager Start gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager 2 Click on the plus sign next to Ports 3 Right click on the Prolific USB to Serial Port and click on Properties 4 Click on the Port Settings tab Click the Advanced button 5 Pull down the scrollbar on the bottom left side and select COM 1 2 3 or 4 NOTE Choose one that does not say in use next to it Click OK Page 64 6 Click OK again Notice that the device will show up as being on the same COM port that it was before i e COM5 but will show up on the new port if you close the Device Manager and open it again Proprieta del ciatecma cd EI 10 6 Ripristino configurazione di sistema Aggqo
7. THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY 3 3 ALTIMETER DISPLAYS m The Digifly Leonardo has 7 different altimeters A1 A2 AG A3 H1 H2 and HA At Barometric altimeter A2 Altimeter A2 AG GPS altimeter A3 Last thermal height gain H1 Estimated height over current WP Page 22 3 3 1 3 3 2 H2 Estimated height over next WP HA Estimate height over goal BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER A1 On the Thermal Display page the A1 altimeter barometric altimeter is the first altimeter shown highlighted here in red In order to synchronize the A1 altimeter barometric altimeter with the GPS altitude the GPS unit must be turned ON and a GPS FIX made To turn ON the GPS press the key A confirming message ON GPS is shown and a confirmation of YES or NO is required To synchronize the A1 altimeter barometric altimeter press the mM key long press this takes you to the MARK page where the current GPS information is also shown You can then check if the GPS altitude is available and stable for at least one minute then press the O key long press to confirm the display will then show ALTIM SYNC WARNING if the recorder is activated is not possible to synchronize the barometric altimeter If no GPS information is shown here a GPS FIX has not been made as there may be no or poor GPS reception The altimeters can be shown in metric mt or i
8. highlighted here in red that can be customized to change the type of data to be displayed On the Glide Compass Display screen the inner triple instrument reference can also be customized to display WP1 WP2 GOAL or Thermal Page 17 To change the data shown in this field press the 1 keysto highlight the field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and for approximately 3 seconds a description of the data currently being displayed is shown To change the data you wish to display press the keys Each time a new parameter is selected the field shows the a description of the data currently selected Page 18 2 13 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS gt temp TEMPERATURE mB PRESSURE leff as AIR SPEED SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS effA IST AIR EFF brt BRG TO LST TH br1 BEARING TO WP ieff gs GROUND SPEED br2 BEARITO NEXT BLANK trk TRACKING BASIC INSTRUMENTS TIME TO DESTINATION mt ALTIMETER 1 ero REL TIME STAR m s VARIO INTEG rev eS TIME TO START TIME TO WPT TIME TO NEXT eA TIME TO GOAL S NETTO VARIO 2 ALTIMETER 2 G GPS ALTIMETER A3 ALT LAST THER 3 T N mmm A CLOCK TO DESTINATION HEIGHT TO DESTINATION tS CLOCK TO START H1 HEIGHT TO WPT t1 CLOCK TO WPT H2 HEIGHT TO NE
9. confirmation Note that the screen will not come on Now release the O key and then the M key From your PC run the Upgrade xx x Leonardo exe program Press Start Button Make sure you have only one LoaderMT v 32765 20480 0 0 Digifly v 50 1 and 50 1 for 1 LEONARDO version of the Works only connected to bootloader v 2 and w 3 Upgrade_xx_x_Leonardo exe START programme open at a time 00000 e Comi Com i Com3 i Com4 C Comb When the a sn SEM a a C Comil Coml Coml3 Comi Comish Upgrade xx x Leonardo exe tools software is operating you SOR A RETA ar ane will see a the progress of the software The upgrade process take about 3 5 minutes and on completion your PC will confirm with a long beep Press the key and disconnect the PC cable Page 63 10 5 When you restart your Digifly Leonardo the version number of the new software you have just installed is briefly shown on the start up screen It is suggested that you upload the new help setup file in order to obtain information on any of the new parameters that have been installed with the upgrade Use the function Upload Help from within the latest version of the Digifly Vitools software PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC Problem attached the cable but the software does not connect Solution A Unplug the cable download from our web site the driver installer www digifly com gt software
10. jump to the next start time gate if available by pressing the 1 key long press Page 59 9 2 PLOT SCALE m To zoom in or out of the live plot of your flight press the arrow keys m The plot scale is shown on the left of the screen according to the following values Page 60 10 10 1 10 2 PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE PC CABLE To download your flight data to your PC plug the optional PC serial or USB cable into the middle socket on the base of your Digifly Leonardo COMPETITION SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY The Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 instruments can communicate via a direct cable connection with some of the commonly used competition software packages e g CompeGPS MaxPunkte GosDump CheckIn PWC With these programs is possible to upload competitions Waypoints download flight tracks with competition validation and to add automatically the digital signature required for the On Line Contest OLC The Digifly Vitools2008 software and the CompeGPS MaxPunkte GpsDump Checkln PWC software have two different and completely independent ways to connect to the instrument To communicate with a PC connect the optional PC serial cable or USB cable in to the left socket on the bottom of the vario marked GPS CONNECTING WITH COMPEGPS MAXPUNKTE GPSDUMP CHECKIN PWC SOFTWARE 10 2 1 UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS To upload competition Waypoints from your PC to the Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 inst
11. may also partially charge the Ni Mh battery The self discharge function of all rechargeable Ni Mh batteries mean that the batteries will become fully discharged in about 3 weeks To achieve the best performance make sure you fully charge your Digifly Leonardo before you fly BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR Leonardo model The battery life indicator icon shows full when the battery has been fully recharged with the integrated recharger When the battery life indicator icon shows full there is from 8 to 20 hours vario use remaining depending on the quality of the GPS signal received When the battery icon shows 2 3 full there is from 2 to 10 hours vario use remaining depending on the quality of the GPS signal received Page 12 2 2 2 3 When the battery icon shows 1 3 remaining there is from 0 3 to 2 hours depending vario use remaining depending on the on quality of the GPS signal received When the battery icon shows empty and is blinking there is from O to 1 hour of vario use remaining depending on the quality of the GPS signal received NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS The length of time a key is pressed on your Digifly Leonardo 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 When not specified the key press is to be considered as a normal key press less than a secon
12. the Vj key long pressure The volume level selected is shown by a change in the speaker graphic at the bottom of the screen You can set the threshold level for the Digifly Leonardo to indicate lift go to MAIN SETUP n 2 V UP and sink go to MAIN SETUP n 3 V DN To change the vario tone based on your personal preferences you can adjust the acoustic vario tone modulation go to MAIN SETUP n 4 TONE 3 1 6 VARIO SIMULATOR The vario simulator is very useful to check your acoustic vario settings without the need to test it in real flight Page 21 E To activate the vario simulator go to MAIN SETUP n 8 SIMV and select ON Once in vario simulator mode is possible to change the vario value using the keys as A E To deactivate the vario simulator go to MAIN SETUP n 8 SIMV and select OFF For safety reason the vario simulator is always turned off when you switch off the instrument 3 2 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER AND THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY m This is a live plot of your altitude against time highlighted here in red it scrolls whilst you are Ne flying It will help you to see how effectively you are climbing or turning in a thermal It is especially useful in weak conditions m The scales on the graphic altimeter can be changed go to MAIN SETUP n 13 BARY and n 14 BARY m To switch between the graphic altimeter and the thermal centering display press the 4 key long pressure
13. 1 Digifly Aviatio nstruments cartesio 2 leonardo Leonardo Cartesio2 User Manual Software Version 61 1 05 05 2008 Page 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 mo
14. 3 mt To select which flight you want to view move up and down using the ii Mins 297 mt arrow keys 1 1 Jand then press the key function ENT The e Max 04 8 ms first flight listed is the last recorded flight Min id E m s To scroll to view the others flights navigate using the arrow keys 1 kd Press the O key function ESC to return to the previous menu To delete all flights from the flight log from the LOGBOOK menu press the key long press A confirmation of YES or NO is required For each flight the flight data screen includes the following information Take off date and time the duration of the flight and the total gain of altitude attained the minimum and maximum values of altimeter A1 the variometer values and air speed FLIGHT PLAYBACK This is a special function that allows you to review playback on your vario the whole flight in detail Moving the cursor on the graph you can read on the screen at each data point ag Zoom Pressure altitude variometer air speed time and chronograph Time 17 17 16 at 144 mk values War Ut mes Ground speed and tracking with arrow if flight in 3D mode To activate the playback function press the MJ key function MOV From this screen you can use these keys for the following functions Press the arrow keys 1 to zoom in zoom out Page 55 Press the arrow keys Jto move the graphic cursor t
15. ACCESSORIES 67 11 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 67 12 APPENDIX 68 Page 7 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 0 12 6 12 7 12 8 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES STANDARD FUNCTIONS ADVANCED FUNCTIONS GPS FUNCTIONS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS MAIN SETUP PARAMETERS ADV SETUP ADVANCED SETUP PARAMETERS RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS Page 8 68 68 68 69 69 10 1 1 1 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES 1 1 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN Graphic altimeter thermal centering Equivalent Altimeter 1 McCready Customisable data field McCready Customisable data field Analogue Integrated vario vario Customisable data field Customisable data field Customisable data field Pee E LEA 1 2 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Equivalent McCready Customisable data field 4 McCready Customisable data field Analogue vario Customisable data field Information bar Customisable data field North direction Customisable data field Altitude to Distance to Current waypoint direction Next waypoint direction Required efficiency to Wind direction Ground speed GPS 2 e Last thermal direction lint RO FR Wind speed Page 9 1 3 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Equivalent McCready Customisable data field McCready Customisable data field Analogue vario Customisable data field Information par E Mik ood North direction a H Customisable data field Course predictor Current waypoint direction F
16. Display screen The Glide Compass display screen The Glide Plotter display screen To switch between these 3 main display screens press the O key The Glide Plotter display shows essential vario information along with a live graphical trace of your flight Waypoints amp Route information and wind direction For some of these function to be active Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly Leonardo and a Route activated and a GPS FIX achieved The Intelliflight function automatically handles the switching between the Glide Plotter display screen and the Thermal Display screen To enable this function go to MAIN SETUP n 29 IFLY and set it to ON The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a thermal are met To set the thermal detection parameters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal The instrument will then switch back to the Glide Plotter Display screen when there is no lift for more than 10 seconds WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT When a Route has been activated from the Glide Plotter Display screen you can select the previous Waypoint by pressing the left arrow key a long press You can select the next Waypoint by pressing the left arrow key long press When you are at the start Plyon on an active Route you can
17. E STD The GPS is activated every 1 second with no power saving ECO The GPS is activated every 2 seconds except when near Waypoints or in a turn when the GPS is activated every 1 second In the ECO mode the Leonardo battery life is increased by 60 compared to having the no power saving feature enabled Page 38 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 EC2 The GPS is activated every 2 second except when near Waypoints when the GPS is activated every 1 second In the EC2 mode the Leonardo battery life is increased by 80 compared to having no power saving feature enabled Note that the EC2 mode reduces the navigation reactivity a little when the pilot is turning GPS SIGNAL AND BATTERY LIFE 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 During outdoor usage with full sky visibility 3 bars you can achieve 20 hours of battery life During indoor use with poor sky visibility 2 bars the GPS receiver switches to high power mode and consumes up to two times more current As a result of poor satellite reception the expected battery life can be reduced to 10 hours or even less With the GPS power saving mode set to ECO ADVANCED SETUP n 7 POWE During outdoor usage with full sky visibility 3 bars yo
18. GEMENT When a Route has been activated from the Glide Compass Display screen you can select the previous Waypoint by pressing the left arrow key long press You can select the next Waypoint by pressing the left arrow key Ea long press Page 57 8 2 When you are at the start Plyon on an active Route you can jump to the next start time gate if available by pressing the _1 key long press AIR SPEED DISPLAY AIR SPEED PROBE The airspeed can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo and Cartesio 2 To display your air speed you must have an air speed probe iN 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 MAIN SETUP n 29 U SP and change to KMH or MPH lf the air speed indicator is selected on the data field indicator the icon ieff Kmh As or ieff mph As will appear for one second 1 14 Fa 1 On the left of the air speed indicator the instant ground efficiency ieff is also displayed To change the data fields with AIR SPEED press the 1 keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust then press the key to select the data field AIR SPEED Page 58 9 9 1 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly Leonardo The Thermal
19. ICIENCY GLIDE RATIO GROUND EFFICIENCY GLIDE RATIO McCREADY EQUIVALENT McCREADY NETTO VARIO THERMAL SNIFFER THERMAL CENTERING FUNCTION INTELLIFLIGHT 6 GPS FUNCIONS 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 6 9 6 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 INTEGRATED 20 CHANNEL GPS RECEIVER GPS STATUS INFORMATION POWER SAVING MODES GPS SIGNAL AND BATTERY LIFE GPS INFORMATION DISPLAY LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES GPS ALTITUDE GROUND SPEED GPS GPS DIRECTION TRK WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATION USING GPS 6 10 1 TURNING 6 10 2 RECTILINEAR FLIGHT HSI GRAPHICS INDICATION LAST THERMAL INFORMATIONS WITH GPS DIRECTION DISTANCE AND HEIGHT TO WAYPOINTS Page 5 31 31 31 32 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 3f 38 38 38 38 39 39 39 39 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 6 14 REQUIRED EFFICIENCY TO THE CURRENT NEXT WAYPOINT AND TO ARRIVAL AT GOAL 42 6 15 DIRECTION TO CURRENT AND NEXT WAYPOINT 6 16 SAFE LANDING GLIDE CONE INDICATION 6 17 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT 6 17 1 6 17 2 6 17 3 6 17 4 6 17 5 6 17 6 MANUALLY CREATE A NEW WAYPOINT CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION MARK EDIT WAYPOINT DELETE WAYPOINT NAVIGATE TO A WAYPOINT GOTO CREATE HOME WAYPOINT 6 18 ROUTE MANAGEMENT 6 18 1 6 18 2 6 18 3 6 18 4 6 18 5 6 18 6 INSERT WAYPOINTS IN AN EMPTY ROUTE INSERT A WAYPOINT AT THE LAST POSITION OF THE ROUTE INSERT A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE WITH WAYPOINTS CHANGE WAYPOINTS IN A ROU
20. IN SETUP menu and the ADVANCED SETUP menu Using the arrow keys 4 _1 scroll to select the PoLA OFF MAIN SETUP or the ADVANCED SETUP menu TO IntellFlGhE mod a and to select confirm press the MJ key EEE function ENT You will now see a list of parameters that can be adjusted in the MAIN SETUP there are 32 parameters that can be adjusted In the ADVANCED SETUP there are 19 parameters that can be adjusted To change parameters select the parameter you want to change move up and down with the arrow keys 1 _1 Press the mM key function EDIT to go to the edit mode Page 14 2 6 2 1 2 8 2 9 To change the selected parameter s values use the arrow keys 4 _1 J and confirm with the MJ key function SAV or you can also leave without saving your edit with the O key function ESC To return to the instrument s main display press the O key function ESC MULTI LANGUAGE HELP To help you setup your Digifly Leonardo the instrument supports several help languages To change the help language go to MAIN SETUP n 32 LANG amp select the language of choice When updating the software on the Digifly Leonardo make sure you upload the latest help file for the language you have selected using the upload HELP function of the Digifly Vitools software on your PC DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT The contrast of the Digifly Leonardo LCD d
21. RESET 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 The current Waypoint The next Waypoint Goal To scroll between the each sub page press the Vj key Sub page 1 is preset with all information related to the WP1 the current Waypoint and is easily recognized by the icon 1 on the display status bar Sub page 2 is preset with all information related to the WP2 the next Waypoint and is easily recognized by the icon 2 2 on the display status bar Sub page 3 is preset with all information related to the arrival Waypoint GOAL and is easily recognized by the icon GOL on the display status bar Page 28 4 1 DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WAYPOINT AND ROUTES For these functions to be active Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly Leonardo a Route activated the GPS switched ON a GPS FIX made The additional data relating to Waypoints and routes can be shown in any of the customizable data fields shown here in red on each of the main display screens Thermal Display screen Glide Compass Display screen and Glide Plotter Display screen m To show additional information in any of HOMOS1 these customizable fields press the 1 J keys to highlig
22. SETTING UP YOUR VARIO 2 6 MULTILANGUAGE HELP 2 7 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT 2 8 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS 2 9 MAIN DISPLAY SCREENS 2 10 AUTOMATIC SCREEN SWITCHING INTELLIFLIGHT 2 11 SUBSCREENS 2 12 CUSTOMISABLE DATA FIELDS Page 3 Oo OO O WwW 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 2 13 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE 3 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 3 8 3 9 VARIOMETER DISPLAY 3 1 1 SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO 3 1 2 VARIO SENSITIVITY 3 1 3 ANALOGUE VARIO 3 1 4 INTEGRATED AVERAGED VARIO 3 1 5 ACOUSTIC VARIO 3 1 6 VARIO SIMULATOR GRAPHIC ALTIMETER AND THERMAL CENTERING DISPLAY ALTIMETER DISPLAYS 3 3 1 BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER A1 3 3 2 ADDITIONAL ALTIMETERS 3 3 3 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 AND A2 TIME CHRONOGRAPH DISPLAY TEMPERATURE DISPLAY PRESSURE DISPLAY AIR SPEED DISPLAY WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE 3 7 1 AIR SPEED RECALIBRATION 3 2 STALL ALARM PILOT NAME amp GLIDER DATA PRESET SCREENS 4 DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WAYPOINT AND ROUTES 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 TIME INFORMATION DISTANCE INFORMATON EFFICIENCY INFORMATION TRACKING INFORMATION Page 4 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 26 21 21 21 28 29 29 30 30 30 5 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 5 1 0 2 9 3 5 4 2 0 2 6 2 5 8 9 9 2 10 5 11 TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION POLAR DATA SPEED TO FLY AIR EFF
23. TE DELETE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE ACTIVATE DEACTIVATE REVERSE CLEAR A ROUTE 6 19 COMPETITION ROUTE 6 19 1 6 19 2 6 19 3 6 19 4 6 19 5 SETUP THE COMPETITION ROUTE Rt 1 Comp START PYLON NAVIGATION FAI CYLINDER NAVIGATION CHANGE WAYPOINT ICON ON COMPETITION ROUTE MANUALLY JUMP TO PREVIOUS NEXT WAYPOINT 7 FLIGHT RECORDER 7 1 RECORD RATE 7 1 1 RECORDED ALTIMETER 7 2 ACTIVATING THE FLIGHT RECORDER Page 6 42 42 43 43 44 44 44 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 47 47 48 48 50 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 7 2 1 AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE 54 Taz ALWAYS RECORD MODE 54 1 2 3 RECORD MODE OFF 55 7 3 LOGBOOK MANAGEMENT 95 7 4 FLIGHT PLAYBACK 95 8 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN of 8 1 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT of 8 2 AIRSPEED DISPLAY 58 9 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN 59 9 1 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT 59 9 2 PLOT SCALE 60 10 PC CONNECTION AND INTERFACE 61 10 1 COMPETITION SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY 61 10 2 CONNECTING WITH COMPEGPS MAXPUNKTE GPSDUMP CHECKIN PWC SOFTWARE61 10 2 1 UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS 61 10 2 2 DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT 62 10 2 3 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS 62 10 3 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE 62 10 4 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 62 10 4 1 UPGRADE PROCESS 63 10 5 PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO YOUR PC 64 10 6 ACOUSTIC HEADPHONE OUTPUT 65 10 7 EXTERNAL GPS CONNECTION TO CARTESIO2 66 11 DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES 67 11 1 DIGIFLY CARTESIO2 STANDARD ACCESSORIES 67 11 2 DIGIFLY LEONARDO STANDARD
24. UP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal The instrument will then switch back to the Glide Compass or Glide Plotter Display screens when there is no lift for more than 10 seconds Page 37 6 1 6 2 6 3 GPS FUNCIONS INTEGRATED 20 CHANNEL GPS RECEIVER The Digifly Leonardo contains a high sensitivity 20 parallel channel GPS receiver To turn off the GPS press the O key A confirming message OFF GPS is shown and a confirmation of YES or NO is required When the GPS is turned OFF or there is no GPS reception on the Glide Compass and Glider Plotter screens a the message NO GPS SIGNAL is shown To turn ON the GPS press the key A confirming message ON GPS is shown and a confirmation of YES or NO is required GPS STATUS INFORMATION The GPS status icon indicates the strength of the GPS signal either 2 or 3 bars 2 bars poor GPS reception 3 bars good GPS reception The GPS status icon shown at the bottom of all display pages has different meanings 1 GPS icon on GPS signal is valid current GPS position is provided 2 GPS icon blinking GPS signal not obtained the current GPS position is not provided 3 GPS icon off GPS receiver is turned off or very low signal POWER SAVING MODES The GPS receiver in the Digifly Leonardo has 3 power saving modes Go to ADVANCED SETUP n 7 POW
25. Wrong Side appears 6 19 3 FAI CYLINDER NAVIGATION If the current Waypoint is a FAI Cylinder Turnpoint the Digifly Leonardo will guide you to the Waypoint giving you continuous information about your position the distance and direction to th WP1 400m MON150 Waypoint CFAI cylinder When you fii arrive near the FAI Cylinder the Te Digifly o N o Leonardo N AW oa 3 p P will alert you NE AR PO g sound a pop up message NEAR and the flight recorder rate is automatically increased vd NI v with a to 1 data point per second To change Near value go to Route Display Rt Comp 1 and using the arrow keys 7 select fields start next gate num of gate then press the MJ key function EDIT Here using the arrow keys 1 select NEAR parameter n 5 and press the MJ key to edit value FAI Cylinder Validation When you arrive in the FAI Cylinder the distance to the Waypoint is less than the radius the Digifly Leonardo warns you with a sound a pop up message WPOK and the flight recorder rate returns to the setup value MAIN SETUP n 24 RECR The cylinder radius can be adjusted in the Competition Route Rt 1 Comp Scroll to the desired Waypoint using the arrow keys 1 1 Press the key to select the cylinder radius column Press the MJ key function EDIT and increase or decrease the cylinder Page 51 radius with the 4 1 arrow keys T
26. XT t2 CLOCK TO NEXT HA HEIGHT TO GOAL tA CLOCK TO GOAL DISTANCE TO DESTINATION REAL TIME CLOCK CHRONO dstT DIST TO LST TH rt CLOCK UTC dst1 DIST TO WPT ch CHRONO TIME dst2 DIST TO NEXT TS O dstA DIST TO GOAL rr hh CO EFFICIENCY REQUIRED TO DEST efrT EF REQ TO TER efr1 EF REQ TO WPT efr2 EF REQ TO NXT efrA EF REQ TO GOL Page 19 3 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN 3 1 3 1 1 VARIOMETER DISPLAY 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 Leonardo has a very fast pressure sensor and an excellent data acquisition system that allows the instrument to perform as a very fast and accurate vario updated 20 times a second VARIO SENSITIVITY To adjust the sensitivity of the vario go to MAIN SETUP n 5 RVAR The default setting is 0 4 sec To increase the sensitivity of the vario reduce the value of this parameter For a more damped response increase this value ANALOGUE VARIO The long data field highlighted here in red on the left of the Thermal Display page shows the analogue vario value The analogue vario is an instantaneous vario reading This information is shown on the analogue display on t
27. ady Equivalent Thermal Sniffer is not TT displayed on the instrument creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality Page 34 Q 5 8 The McCready value is the average lift value from last 10 minutes The average time can be adjusted go to ADVANCED SETUP n 17 MCRA EQUIVALENT McCREADY To utilize the McCready functions you must have an air Equivalent 4 speed probe connected The optional air speed probe should McCready lt be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario Wa jea OW 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 This value indicates the Equivalent McCready value using the actual air soeed as the optimal speed The Equivalent McCready indicator is a kind of reverse speed to fly calculation It tells you that flying at the current air speed you are assuming that the average thermal value of the flight is the value indicated from the Equivalent McCready To set the average of the Equivalent McCready go to ADVANCED SETUP n 18 MCRE NETTO VARIO To utilize the netto vario function you must have an air speed probe connected The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right AIR SPEED PROBE hand socket on the bottom of the vario I
28. ai cylinder Next waypoint direction HSI Bearing to current wp Wind direction as HSI Height over current wp PI le 10 pixels km A a EAD A PR PS A i ast thermal direction 1 4 KEY GUIDES 1 4 1 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE ON OFF GPS antenna O 4 Nao Menu Scroll up down trough Go to waypoint Select from instrument AD list Zoom map scale Vv 1 8 AR KS Scroll subpage Scroll page displays for edit info 1 4 2 LONG KEY PRESSURE 2 seconds Graphic Altimeter AAA Thermal centering ON OFF i INA O 4 Me GPS info Mark WP Skip to next start a Zero altimeter 2 Jump to reviousinext 25 a are di waypoint Vi a o A Volume off med high 2 GETTING STARTED 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 BATTERIES BATTERY TYPES The Digifly Leonardo is supplied with a 1 2V AA Ni Mh re chargeable battery with a metal tab on the positive end For optimum battery life use the supplied Digifly 1 2V AA Ni Mh rechargeable battery For emergency use only use a high capacity non rechargeable Alkaline battery AA e g for photoflash use INSERTING BATTERIES To change the battery you will need a flat blade screwdriver to unscrew the battery cover on the rear of the vario When inserting a battery always insert the positive pole first and then the negative pole This in order to avoid excessive force from being applied to the negative contact Damage could reduce its flexibility
29. all on your PC one of the following software packages CompeGPS MaxPunkte GosDump CheckIn PWC Select the correct COM port and set up the communications protocol to MLR 38400 baud Turn on the Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 instrument and navigate to the MENU screen With the up and down keys highlight the WPT COMP menu without entering it From your PC software CompeGPS MaxPunkte GosDump CheckIn PWC select send Waypoints to the gps Page 61 Note that this procedure will automatically erase all old competition Waypoints and the old Competition Route Rt 1 Comp 10 2 2 DOWNLOAD A SINGLE FLIGHT To download single flights from your Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 to your PC enter the LOGBOOK menu on your instrument With up and down arrows highlight the desired flight without entering in it From the PC software CompeGPS MaxPunkte GosDump ChecklIn PWC select download flight track using the protocol MLR 38400 baud The download can be stopped pressing the ESC key on the your Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 10 2 3 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS 10 3 10 4 To download all flights from your Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 to your to the PC go to the LOGBOOK menu without entering in it From the PC software CompeGPS MaxPunkte GosDump ChecklIn PWC select download flight track using the protocol MLR 38400 baud The download can be stopped pressing the ESC key on the Dig
30. and prevent electrical contact resulting in an instrument fault Make sure that the metal tab at the positive end of the battery makes good contact with the silver metal on board of the vario BATTERY LIFE With the supplied Digifly 1 2V AA Ni Mh rechargeable battery the Digifly Leonardo can achieve 20 hours use under optimal conditions The supplied battery will reach maximum capacity after 3 or 4 cycles of being fully charged fully discharged this is typical for all rechargeable batteries Page 11 2 1 4 RECHARGING YOUR DIGIFLY VARIO With the instrument turned off insert the Digifly Wall Adapter Recharger plug in to the left socket of your Digifly flight instrument When the battery is successfully being charged you will see the message CHARGE on the vario display If the voltage shown on the vario screen does not increase check that the battery has been correctly inserted When the supplied Digifly 1 2V AA Ni Mh rechargeable battery is fully charged the message shown on the vario display changes to BATTERY CHARGED The time required for a full recharge is about 16 hours and depends on the state of the battery There is no problem if you leave the vario charging for more than 16 hours as the vario automatically switches to a maintain mode to prevent any POWER damage from occurring due to overcharging the battery With Ni Mh batteries there is no memory effect so you
31. ctly from the Internet Air speed probe for hang glider Air speed probe for paraglider Hang gliding vario mount Paragliding vario mount Digifly 12V plug car recharger cable Combined Digifly PC USB cable amp 12V plug car recharger cable Page 6 7 12 APPENDIX 12 1 12 2 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES STANDARD FUNCTIONS Graphic altimeter Altimeters 9 000 m 29527 ft Super fast vario with dynamic filter IntelliVario Acoustic vario with adjustable levels volume and tone Analogue vario 24 m s 2400 ft min Digital vario 25 m s 5000 ft min Vario integrator adjustable from O to 60 sec Total energy compensation with optional air soeed probe Input for optional air soeed probe 150 km h 93 mph with user calibration Adjustable stall alarm visual and acoustic with optional air soeed 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 with GPS synchro chronometer flight timer Adjustable units of measure ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 3 adjustable polar curves McCready and Equivalent McReady function with optional air speed probe Speed To Fly with optional air soeed 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 Thermal centering function Au
32. d TURNING ON amp OFF To turn on your Digifly Leonardo press the O key at least for 4 seconds To turn off your Digifly Leonardo press the O key at least for 4 seconds After switching off your Digifly Leonardo 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 Leonardo on the first screen briefly shows the vario model pilot name if set vario serial number software version date and time and battery voltage Page 13 2 4 2 5 MENU NAVIGATION To navigate the menus on your Digifly Leonardo go to the MENU page by pressing the 1 key function men W To return to the instrument s main display press the O key ROUTES function ESC ALTI M LOGBOOK From the MENU page to select the sub menus move up and YLTOOLS MAI NS E TUP down using the arrow keys 1 rlandto confirm press the m ke 8 4 J Es ADY 5 ETUP function ENT To change the selected parameter s values use the arrow keys 4 1 Jand confirm with the MJ key function SAV or you can also leave without saving your edit with the O key function ESC SETTING UP YOUR VARIO To setup your Digifly Leonardo and adjust the parameters mentioned in the following sections go to the MENU page by pressing the j key function men There are two setup menus on the Digifly Leonardo The MA
33. d slows down calm air conditions and slow Pilot gliding in no lift down as if you are entering a thermal If the vario shows a change in lift you have to increase the total energy compensation value go to MAIN SETUP n 10 TEC Then try again until the change in velocity isn t recorded as lift A typical value for hang gliders is 65 The default setting of O deactivates the total energy compensation function POLAR DATA nie E E To utilize the polar data 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 Page 31 5 3 bottom of the vario A polar curve shown in bold on the figure is a graph of your glider s sink rate over its speed range The glider s stall speed is shown by at point S and the glider s max speed at point T on the graph On the graph you can also see three pairs of relative speed readings and sink rates At point A you can see that the lowest sink rate achieved is at the top of the curve Therefore SinkA is the minimum sink rate and VA is the speed at which this is achieved The glide ratio is the ratio between the glider s horizontal speed and the sink rate To find the best glide rate on the graph a straight line is from the origin of the graph point O to the tangent of the curve point B The speed to fly at to achieve the best glide air related is therefore VB and the glide ratio i
34. d speed Gs values 6 10 1 TURNING m For the Digifly Leonardo to determine the wind speed and direction you should make a normal turn that is neither too tight nor too wide It is also important to maintain constant airspeed during the turn E For an accurate calculation a 300 turn must be completed 6 10 2 RECTILINEAR FLIGHT HSI BRG1 HSI H1 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY On the Glide Compass display screen and the Glide Plotter display screen the flag icon shows you the wind direction Page 40 6 11 6 12 6 13 The flag icon blinks if you are turning and the Digifly Leonardo is acquiring the information that will be used to calculate the wind speed and direction HSI GRAPHICS INDICATION A new instrument 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 Note that this function is not activated if the current waypoint is the Start Pilon For optimal navigation the cross hair have to be at the same point of your current position icon LAST THERMAL INFORMATIONS WITH GPS Indicates the direction brt distance dstT required efficiency ertT and gain altitude A3 to the last thermal To set the thermal detection parame
35. dan ROGRORS don Biase FS dado R ina amp dou SERRE oo Next Gake E min Num or Gates FFF ko Jal 3S Tot dst kim 332 34 me til abe iy cote CHE E Spessore tO Te 14 16 18 200 22 224 26 28 3U 32 34 36 30 m The Digifly Leonardo automatically manages Waypoint navigation for competitions m For competitions use the Digifly Leonardo has a special Route Rt 1 Comp with options dedicated to competition rules m The 2 images below show the same Route on the Digifly Leonardo and COMPEGPS Air 6 19 1 SETUP THE COMPETITION ROUTE Rt 1 Comp m Insert in the Competition Route Rt 1 Comp the Waypoints required for the current task Each Waypoint with its own name icon and radius adjustable from O to 60 000 mt Each Waypoint in the Competition Route has more icon choices than the Waypoints available to the User Routes E E E FE G E m Waypoints may also include numbers and letters so it will possible for instance to follow the Route on the Glide Plotter screen with Waypoints in numerical order Page 48 Select the correct Start Pylon icon for the start Pylon Waypoint any Waypoint can be selected HL start pylon validation entering into the circle H start pylon validation exiting from the circle m The Start pylon 1 function is only activated if one l i D O O j of these two start point pylon icons is selected m If a Waypoint is selected as the Start Py
36. del 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 q Internet www digifly com E Mail info digifly com Page 2 INDEX INDEX QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES 1 1 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN 1 2 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN 1 3 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN 1 4 KEY GUIDES 1 4 1 NORMAL KEY PRESSURE 1 4 2 LONG KEY PRESSURE 2 seconds GETTING STARTED 2 1 BATTERIES 2 1 1 BATTERY TYPES 2 1 2 INSERTING BATTERIES 21 3 BATTERY LIFE 2 1 4 RECHARGING YOUR DIGIFLY VARIO 2 1 5 BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR Leonardo model 2 2 NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS 2 3 TURNING ON amp OFF 2 4 MENU NAVIGATION 2 5
37. e the units of display go to MAIN SETUP n 29 U SP and change to KMH or MPH lf the air speed indicator is selected on the data field indicator the icon ieff Kmh As or ieff mph As will appear for one second On the left of the air speed indicator the instant ground efficiency ieff is also displayed To change the data fields with AIR SPEED press the 1 1 keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust then press the key to select the data field AIR SPEED AIR SPEED RECALIBRATION If the air speed probe is showing inaccurate readings it is possible to recalibrate the air speed probe go to MAIN SETUP n 11 KIAS An adjustment in of the air speed reading can be made 100 no adjustment 110 increase 90 decrease Incorrect recalibration will makes the air speed readings on the Digifly Leonardo less accurate STALL ALARM To utilize the stall alarm 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 To enable the stall alarm select MAIN SETUP n 9 STAL with a value higher than O The stall alarm is always disabled when the air speed drops lower than 5 km h PILOT NAME amp GLIDER DATA To set the pilot name the glider type and the glider id go MAIN SETUP n 25 PILO MAIN SETUP n 26 GTYP MAIN SETUP n 27 GID Page 27 3 9 P
38. efficiency Goal effA Instant efficiency related to the Air TRACKING INFORMATION The Digifly Leonardo can display tracking information related to Waypoints and Routes BRT Bearing to last thermal BR1 Bearing to current Waypoint BR2 Bearing to next Waypoint TRK Tracking Page 30 5 1 9 2 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION Total energy compensation is the rate of change of skin eae pico atmospheric pressure and displays this as a vertical speed wit 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 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 energy compensation value an air speed probe must be connected to your vario The optional air soeed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario To determine the correct total Vario indication without total energy Actual climb in lift energy compensation value with an air speed probe Vario indication with total energy connected you should fly in pata Pilot hits lift an
39. f this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 POLA is set to OFF the netto display vario is disabled and 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 The netto vario indicates the vertical speed of the rising or sinking air mass you are flying through and is displayed with black digits with a white background this allows it to be distinguished from the standard vario that is displayed 1 l in reverse mode Tis Page 35 5 9 5 10 To use this function you also need to set up the polar curve of your glider 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 The thermal sniffer is an innovative function that helps you to detect a thermal early It alerts you with a sound and the popup message THERMAL when you are in a thermal but your vario is still indicating sink because your sink rate is higher than the speed of the rising air This function uses two parame
40. he left of the screen by a bar graph indicating lift or sink The scale of the analogue vario can be adjusted to suit the conditions you are flying in The default scale is 6m s To change the scale of the analogue vario go to MAIN SETUP n 7 FS_V and change the parameter from the default value MED 6m s to change to HIGH 12m s for very strong conditions or to LOW 1m s for very weak conditions Page 20 3 1 4 INTEGRATED AVERAGED VARIO The integrated vario highlighted here red is an average vario reading This time over which the reading is averaged is adjustable The data in this display field is always highlighted to make reading in flight easier You can change the integration interval by setting parameter MAIN SETUP n 6 INTE between 0 and 60 seconds It can be delayed or immediate If you set a value that is too low its value will be close to the instantaneous reading Normally this is the most common setting It can also be used for example to see if the rate of lift or sink is improving or getting worse If the integrated vario reading over a number of seconds is higher than the actual reading it means that you are doing worse than before ACOUSTIC VARIO The acoustic vario represents the instantaneous values of the vario with a modulated tone The volume of the tone is adjustable over three levels HIGH OFF amp LOW by pressing
41. ht amp select the data field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data currently being shown is that field is shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the 4 1 key Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected TIME INFORMATION The Digifly Leonardo and Cartesio2 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 es Remaining time to start pylon gate open e1 Estimated remaining time to current Waypoint e2 Estimated remaining time to next Waypoint eA Estimated remaining time to goal Page 29 4 2 4 3 4 4 ts Start pylon absolute time t1 Estimated time to current Waypoint t2 Estimated time to next Waypoint tA Estimated time to Goal rt UTC Time ch Chronograph DISTANCE INFORMATON The Digifly Leonardo 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 INFORMATION efrT Efficiency required to last thermal efr1 Required efficiency to current Waypoint efr2 Required efficiency to next Waypoint efrA Required
42. ife 20 hours Leonardo Dimensions H x Lx D 144mm x 72mm x 25mm Weight with battery 165g The Digifly Leonardo is supplied with leg strap protective case and AA 1 5V NiMh rechargeable battery and wall recharger The Digifly Cartesio2 is supplied with leg strap protective case and AA battery 3 year warranty Page 69 12 6 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 O O N OO OO BW NY FP D WOWWNHNNNNNNNNN FPP RP RP RP RFP RFP RFP PRP EB N eO O ON OA FPWNRFP OO WAN OO OF BP WN FF OO Name CTRS V UP V DN TONE RVAR INTE FS_V SIMV STAL TEC KIAS KBAR BARX BARY UTCO HOUR MIN DAY MONT YEAR RECM R DS RECR RECA PILO GTYP GID U AL U SP U TE KTMP LANG Description display contrast acoustic vario lift setting acoustic vario sink setting vario tone acoustic vario sensitivity vario integrator graphic vario scale 1 6 12 vario simulator stall alarm level total energy compensation air speed calibration barometer calibration graphic altimeter x graphic altimeter y time zone difference time setting hours time setting minutes time setting day time setting month time setting year recorder mode autorecorder meters recorder rate recorded altimeter pilot name glider type glider id altimeter units Speed units temperature units temperature calibratio
43. ifly Leonardo Cartesio2 CONNECTING WITH THE DIGIFLY VLTOOLS SOFTWARE Enter in the VLTOOLS menu of Digifly Leonardo Cartesio2 and from your PC run the latest copy of the Digifly Vitools software This allows the full management of flight data track logger Waypoints Routes and the selected language of the MAIN SETUP menu help For more info read the Vitools user manual available on the Digifly web site FIRMWARE UPGRADE PC CABLE The software firmware on your Digifly Leonardo can be updated as new releases are made available from Digifly This will allow your instrument to be kept up to date with new functions and improvements Page 62 The latest Digifly software may be downloaded from the Digifly web site www digifly com amp 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 Leonardo When upgrading from Digifly Leonardo firmware version 44 0 or older to a new version all previously recorded flights will be erased and restore all settings will be restored to the factory default 10 4 1 UPGRADE PROCESS Make sure the battery on your Digifly Leonardo is fully charged Turn off your Digifly Leonardo and plug the Digifly PC serial or USB cable in to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly Leonardo Keeping the MJ key pressed press the O key and wait a long beep acoustic
44. isplay can be adjusted to suit ambient light conditions To change the contrast of the display go to MAIN SETUP n 1 CTRS press the MJ key function EDIT to go to the edit mode and then press the arrow keys _jto increase or decrease the display contrast RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS To restore the factory settings default values for all parameters press and hold down the OJ key as you turn vario on Keep the OJ key pressed until a message FACTORY SET appears then confirm with YES or NO If you select YES a confirming message SETUP RESET is shown MAIN DISPLAY SCREENS The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly Leonardo or Cartesio 2 The Thermal Display screen The Glide Compass Display screen The Glide Plotter Display screen Page 15 m To switch between these 3 main display screens press the 8 key THERMAL DISPLAY GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY 2 10 AUTOMATIC SCREEN SWITCHING INTELLIFLIGHT m The Intelliflignt function on the Digifly Leonardo handles the automatic screen switching between the Thermal Display screen and Glide Compass Display or Glide Plotter Display screens m To enable this function go to ADVANCED SETUP n 1 IFLY and set it to ON HEKO 4 PQ106 a H e m The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a thermal are met m To set the thermal detection
45. keys Jto highlight the desired Waypoint and press the O key to select and confirm with YES 6 17 6 CREATE HOME WAYPOINT 6 18 To quickly mark your current position as a Waypoint mark the position as HOMxxx in the Waypoint list and automatically activate it as an active Waypoint press the M key extra long pressure A confirming message is shown ACTIVE MOB then NEAR WPT is shown ROUTE MANAGEMENT The Digifly Leonardo 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 first Route shown is the Rt 1 Comp Competition Route To scroll through amp view the other routes Rt 2 User to Rt 12 User use the keys V O At the bottom of the Route screen the total distance of the Route is shown in in km The first Route Rt 1 Comp is the special Route for Competition use and only works with the Waypoints in the Competition list WPT COMP The other Routes Rt 2 User to Rt 12 User are User Routes and they only work with the User Waypoint list WPT USER Page 45 m Routes on the Digifly Leonardo can be managed manually or with an external Windows program running on a PC 6 18 1 INSERT WAYPOINTS IN AN EMPTY ROUTE m To insert Waypoints in an empty Route press the MJ key function EDIT The first Waypoint of the list appears scroll trough the Waypoint list using the arrow keys
46. lon it will take off be shown on the waiting zone start Ipoim EY Glide Plotter e ve ee Ao So o MAR103 H 05000 O o eo screen plotter I with the S l symbol To edit Start Pylon Time Gate go to Route Display Rt Comp 1 Ret Comp sos P BOSids A 700 and using the arrow keys select fields start next Rotas MC 2 00 n aa di Es f oo gate num of gate then press the MJ key function EDIT B0400 2 400 n 1 SGhh Hour to start n 2 SGmm minutes to start n 3 Rososz F 400 Base Gg an SGst Next Start Pylon Time Gate Interval in minutes if B210z6 3 400 Riso 00 necessary n 4 SGnm Number of Start Pylon next Gates Stark Next Gate TE min a Num or Gates 3 On the Competition Route Display Rt Comp 1 there are 2 FFF te dal 33 0 Tat dstkm 33 76 indicators achive Page 49 effr to gol The efficiency required to arrive at goal Tot dst km Total distance of the Route Confirm on the Competition Route page Rt 1 Comp that all information has been correctly entered and then press the O key to activate the Route Now you are ready to navigate 6 19 2 START PYLON NAVIGATION If the current Waypoint is a Start Pylon the message START PILON appears on the glide pages 5 minutes before the Start Pylon Absolute Time Gate the instrument will automatically switch the time display the fifth i
47. ly being shown is that field is shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the aj gt key Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected It is possible to adjust the temperature units go to MAIN SETUP n 31 KTMP PRESSURE DISPLAY The pressure can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo The pressure data can be shown in any of the 5 customizable display fields on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red To show the pressure data in any of these customizable fields press the 4 keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data currently being shown is that field is Shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the E key Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected AIR SPEED DISPLAY WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE The airspeed can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo Page 26 3 7 1 3 7 2 3 8 To display your air speed you must have an air speed probe AIR SPEED PROBE connected The optional air speed probe should be plugged in i 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 chang
48. mament automatici Connessione remota Generale Nome computer Hardware Avanzate Installazione guidata hardware e E L installazione guidata hardware facilita l mstallazione di dware Proprieta Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COMS5 EJ EI Gestione periferiche Generale Impostazioni della porta Dri Emap Gestione periferiche visualizza ue elenco di tutte le per rferiche E ardware ins tallate nel computer Utilizzare Gestion gt Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COM5 periferiche per modificare le ps ret delle perifer iche D CAA ESTIER Profil hardware li hardware consentono impostare Fie Azione Visualizza E pro ae div a configurazioni hardwar Es gt Em ES EP g ir i dware Compatibility Publ Profil I SB PORTATILESTEFY MM Batterie Per visualizzare dettagh sui file dei driver Bluetooth Devices Computer p amp Controller audio video e giochi Aggioma driver Per aggiomare il driver della periferica OK J g Controller disco floppy sp Controller host bus IEEE 1394 iioli Se la periferica non Ses iona ae rain ing dopo amp S Controller IDE ATA ATAPI aver aggiormato il driv nipri driv Controller USB Universal serial bus precedentemente instaliako E Human Interface Device HID Per disinstallare il driver Avanzate Modem gt Mouse e altre periferiche di puntamento s Periferiche di imaging y Periferiche di sistema Porte COM e LPT
49. mperial ft units To change the units of display go to MAIN SETUP n 28 V AL and change from MT to FT ADDITIONAL ALTIMETERS The additional altimeters A2 AG A3 H1 H2 and HA can be shown in any of the 5 customizable display fields on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red To show additional altimeter information in any of these Page 23 3 3 3 customizable fields press the 1 1 keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data currently being shown is that field is shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the gt keys Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected The A2 altimeter is for generic use 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 Digifly Leonardo 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 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal The AG altimeter shows the GPS altitude If a GPS FIX
50. n help language Page 70 Range 40 60 0 25 0 25 FAS STD SFT 0 1 3 0 O 60 LOW MED HIGH ON OFF O 150 O 100 50 200 20 0 0 4 4 3 3000 12 12 0 23 0 59 1 31 1 12 O 99 AUT ALW OFF 1 30 1 60 GPS BAR 6 letters 6 letters 6 letters MT FT KMH MPH i Oy a E 20 0 Default 51 0 05 3 5 STD 0 4 1 MED OFF O O 100 1 0 30 AUT GPS MT KMH C O Units m s m s sec sec m s km h mB min mt hour hour minute day month year Sec C USR UK ITA ESP DEU FRA CZE HUN LN1 LN2 12 7 ADV SETUP ADVANCED 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 n Name 1 IFLY 2 THEV 3 THET 4 EFF 5 EFFA 6 PHON T POWE 8 POLA 9 11 12 14 15 17 18 MCRA 19 MCRE Description intelliflight function thermal detect vario thres thermal detect time thres instant efficiency average instant efficiency for HW headphone output gps mode Leonardo only active polar P1 A P1 B P1 C P2 A P2 B P2 C P3 A P3 B P3 C McCready value McCready equiv average time 12 8 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS m To restore the factory settings default parameters and default screen setups press and hold down the 0 key as you turn vario on Keep the O key pressed until a message FACTORY SET appears then confirm with YES or
51. n 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 Leonardo or with an external Windows program running on a PC MANUALLY CREATE A NEW WAYPOINT To create a new Waypoint move the cursor to the first line of the WPT DATA Waypoint list the empty line using the arrow keys 1 Jthenpress lama sum the M key function EDIT the Waypoint Data WPT DATA screen p appears with these fields to be completed Name max 6 characters Altitude 253 mt A 7 F FE Sym there are 6 graphic symbols icons available to choose from Lat Lon Longitude and Latitude Each Waypoint can be individually edited with its own coordinate System Degrees Minutes and Seconds dd mm ss s Degrees Page 43 and Minutes dd mm mmm or UTM Universal Transverse Mercator utm x y zone 6 17 2 CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION MARK 7 When the GPS has acquired a valid position UTC sync is possible to capture your current GPS position using the MARK function m Press the MJ key long press to go to MARK page To save your position press the key function SAV You are asked to select where your want to save the Waypoint you have just created it You may save the Waypoint in the Competition Waypoint list WPT COMP or in the User Waypoi
52. n activated RECORD RATE The recorder rate can be adjusted from 1 to 60 seconds go to MAIN SETUP n 24 RECR At 1 data point per second you can record 10 hours of flight data At 1 data point per minute you can record up to 1000 hours of flight data Up to 45 000 flight and GPS data points can be recorded from 250 flights When you are near the Waypoint go to the recorder rate is automatically increased to 1 data point per second When the recorder memory is full the oldest flight is automatically deleted The remaining free recorder memory is displayed briefly as the instrument is turned on If a single flight fills the whole memory the recorder is stopped and the message MEM FULL is displayed To then record a new flight is is necessary to clear the whole recorder memory To delete all flights go to the LOGBOOK menu press the key long press A confirmation of YES or NO is required Page 53 7 2 7 2 1 7 2 2 RECORDED ALTIMETER The Digifly Leonardo can be set to record either the GPS or the barometric altimeter To set which altimeter data is to be recoded go to MAIN SETUP n 24 and select either GPS or BAR ACTIVATING THE FLIGHT RECORDER The flight data recorder can operate in 3 different modes AUT Automatic start record mode ALW Always record mode OFF No data recording AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE The default record mode is au
53. n the Thermal Display page and the third in the Glide Compass START PILON and Glide Plotter Display screen to the Remaining count F of down timer to Start Pylon Time Gate Timer Start es display Additionally if the current waypoint is a Start Pylon the Glide Plotter Display automatically switches first three instrument displays to dst erO and es and also disables the HSI cross hair When the Remaining count down Timer to start pylon time gate Timer Start es reach O it starts to flash and a popup message Gate Opened with long beep alerts to inform the pilot that the time gate has opened At this point if the parameter SGnm is bigger than O is possible to switch to the next start time gate with a long press of the J key When the time gate has opened you are allowed to cross the start Pylon circle in or out depending on the start pylon icon selected When you across the circle on the correct side a popup message Start is OK appears the Chrono ch is automatically zeroed and the Route navigation automatically jumps to the next Waypoint If you across the Start Pylon circle earlier than the Start time gate has opened the distance indicator in the circle dis1 is reversed to alert you that you are on the wrong Page 50 side When your distance on the wrong side of the Start Pylon becomes greater than 500mt a popup message
54. nt list WPT USER 6 17 3 EDIT WAYPOINT WPT DATA m To edit an existing Waypoint scroll though the list using the me co GA arrow keys 4 J until the cursor is on the desired Waypoint aP Press the 11 key function EDIT the Waypoint Data screen taa mmss s then appears with these fields to be completed ut one ae Name max 6 characters Altitude G00 mt Sym there are 6 graphic symbols icons available to choose from sy Tai Lat Lon Longitude and Latitude Each Waypoint can be kE ATPT F individually edited with its own coordinate System Degrees Minutes and Seconds dd mm ss s Degrees and Minutes dd mm mmm or UTM Universal Transverse Mercator utm x y zone 6 17 4 DELETE WAYPOINT m To delete a single Waypoint scroll though the list using the arrow keys 4 1 until the cursor is on the desired Waypoint Press the O key long press and confirm with YES E To delete all Waypoints press the O key long press and confirm with YES Page 44 WPT LOMP WPT DATA wrt COMP i k A n vole i Pt eR ee rt al da YF ol de q Hams Sum ritalin Late Len are mim ELA Eh a E DEL WET it i E ML Pp sMUOZE Altitude SOM mt AMUDSS ah TOS Ate T 333 aT a aT AO 6 17 5 NAVIGATE TO A WAYPOINT GOTO To quickly navigate to a Waypoint press the O key and select if you wish to view Waypoints from the COMP or USER Waypoint lists Use the arrow
55. o save your changes with the press the MJ key Ril Comp 303 6 19 4 CHANGE WAYPOINT ICON ON COMPETITION ROUTE BOSidS F 100 n From the Competition Route scroll to the Waypoint you wish to BOSS A 2 00 Boss too edit with the arrow keys 4 1 Press the key function Bodoso 2 400 Basoss F 400 EDIT to edit and press the key to select the icon column To Biase tao B2ioze 5 400 change the icon press the MJ key function EDIT and select a Bisoz E dno Thart 7 20 new icon using the arrow keys 4 1 To save your changes rd Gate ds mn with the press the J key Tet dst km ssa chive 6 19 5 MANUALLY JUMP TO PREVIOUS NEXT WAYPOINT m To manually jump to previous or next Waypoint on the current active Route press the arrow keys long press Page 52 7 A FLIGHT RECORDER When the Digifly Leonardo is recoding a flight the record icon in shown at Citta the bottom of the screen If the recorder starts before the UTC SYNC had been obtained it records a flight in 2D using the barometric altitude and the icon is shown While recording in 2D mode if a valid GPS position had been obtained the recorder starts to record a new flight in 3D mode and the record icon is at the tits bottom of the screen In order to respect the FAI rules access to the MAIN SETUP menu on the Digifly Leonardo is blocked when the flight recorder has bee
56. o the left or to the right Press the MJ key function Tim to change the time display to chronograph display Page 56 8 1 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly Leonardo The Thermal Display screen The Glide Compass Display screen The Glide Plotter Display screen To switch between these 3 main display screens press the O key The Glide Compass Display screen shows essential vario information along with a compass showing Waypoints amp Route information thermal location efficiency information ground or air speed and wind direction For some of these function to be active Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly Leonardo and a Route acvtivated and a GPS FIX achieved The Intelliflight function automatically handles the switching between the Glide Compass Display screen and the Thermal Display screen To enable this function go to ADVANCED SETUP n 1 IFLY and set it to ON The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a thermal are met To set the thermal detection parameters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal The instrument will then switch back to the Glide Compass Display screen when there is no lift for more than 10 seconds WAYPOINT MANA
57. parameters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal E The instrument will then switch back to the Glide Compass or Glide Plotter display screens when there is no lift for more than 10 seconds Page 16 2 11 2 12 SUB SCREENS On each of the main display screens 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 are already setup and configured with information related to The current Waypoint The next Waypoint scroll between the each sub page press the VJ key Sub page 1 is preset with all information related to the WP1 the current Waypoint and is easily recognized by the icon 1 on the display status bar Sub page 2 is preset with all information related to the WP2 the next Waypoint and is easily recognized by the icon 22 on the display status bar Sub page 3 is preset with all information related to the arrival Waypoint GOAL and is easily recognized by the icon GOL on the display status bar CUSTOMISABLE DATA FIELDS It is possible to customise the pre set screens On the Thermal Display Screen there are 5 data fields highlighted here in red that can be customized to change the type of data to be displayed On the Glide Plot and Glide Compass Display Screens all 4 main data fields
58. rmation in any of these customizable fields press the 4 1Jkeys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data currently being shown is that field is shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the Jkeys Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected GROUND EFFICIENCY GLIDE RATIO When you select the air speed or ground speed on the left 1 1 ra side of this data field is displayed the ground efficiency 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 the vario is showing lift the efficiency indicator shows the average efficiency calculated in the last glide reverse display go to ADVANCED SETUP n 5 EFFA to set the time over which the average efficiency is calculated The average efficiency value is very important because is the value used by the glide computer McCREADY To utilize the McCready functions you must have an air speed McCready 4 probe connected The optional air speed probe should be 5 E plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario 1 If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 POLA is set to OFF all display information relating to McCready McCre
59. s VB SinkB On your instrument you can insert three different polars go to ADVANCED SETUP n 9 17 PX A B C and choose which polar to use go to ADVANCED SETUP n 8 POLA If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 POLA is set to OFF all information relating to McCready McCready Equivalent Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality 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 We suggest that you insert your own polar curve data which best reflects the actual performance of your glider SPEED TO FLY To utilize the speed to fly 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 If this parameter ADVANCED SETUP n 8 POLA is set to OFF all information relating to McCready McCready Equivalent Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality Page 32 5 4 The speed to fly value is the optimum flying speed to obtain the best glide ratio This value depends on performance of your glider as well as vertical and horizontal airflow In calm air the optimum flying speed is the same as
60. t As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data currently being shown is that field is shown for approx 3 seconds To change the data you wish to display press the key Each time the data field is changed the field briefly shows a description of the data type currently selected To zero the chronograph press the O key long press The vario time and date are automatically synchronized with the GPS at start up Adjust the time zone difference for your country go MAIN SETUP n 15 UTCO To manually adjust the time and date go to MAIN SETUP n 16 HOUR MAIN SETUP n 17 MIN MAIN SETUP n 18 DAY MAIN SETUP n 19 MONT MAIN SETUP n 20 YEAR TEMPERATURE DISPLAY The temperature can be shown by the Digifly Leonardo Page 25 3 6 3 7 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 TEM and change to CEL or FAR Temperature data can be shown in any of the 5 customizable display fields on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red To show the temperature data in any of these customizable fields press the 1 1 keys to highlight amp select the data field you wish to adjust As you scroll up or down the fields that you can customize are highlighted inverted and a description of the data current
61. ters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal 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 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 aaa 3 alphanumeric characters with the name of the Waypoint Page 41 6 14 6 15 6 16 NNN altitude above sea level in tens of meters e g MIL157 indicates that the Waypoint MIL has the altitude of 1570 m above sea level The Average Glide Ratio is continuously calculated during a glide and stored as soon as a lift is reached It is displayed in place of real time glide ratio when you are in a lift To change the time in Seconds over which the Glide Ratio is averaged go ADVANCED SETUP n 5 EFFA REQUIRED EFFICIENCY TO THE CURRENT NEXT WAYPOINT AND TO ARRIVAL AT GOAL This is the estimated efficiency glide ratio or L D required to arrive to the Waypoint and is calculated only if na
62. ters the thermal strength and the time over which the themal must occur To set the thermal detection parameters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SETUP n 3 THET to adjust the time over which a change in height is required for detection of a thermal To use this function you need to set up the polar of your glider THERMAL CENTERING FUNCTION This is a live plot of your vario against time it scrolls whilst you are flying It will help you to see how wide the thermal is and how far you flew from the best lift you encountered It is especially useful in weak conditions To switch between the Thermal Centering Function and the Graphic Altimeter press the A ES key long pressure The horizontal x scale time in minutes can be changed go to MAIN SETUP n 13 BARX Page 36 5 11 The vertical scale y height in meters can also be adjusted go to MAIN SETUP n 14 BARY INTELLIFLIGHT The Intelliflight function handles the automatic screen switching between the Thermal Display screen and Glide Compass Glide Plotter Display screens THERMAL DISPLAY GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY To enable this function go to ADVANCED SETUP n 1 IFLY and set it to ON The Digifly Leonardo will switch automatically to the Thermal Display screen when the conditions of a THERMAL are met To set the thermal detection parameters go to ADVANCED SETUP n 2 THEV and ADVANCED SET
63. the base of the Digifly Leonardo To enable headphone output go to ADVANCED SETUP n 6 PHON and set it to ON Page 65 10 7 When this function is enabled ON battery life will be slightly reduced EXTERNAL GPS CONNECTION TO CARTESIO2 An external GPS receiver can be connected to the Digifly Cartestio2 Connect to the GPS socket on the base of the Digifly Cartesio2 To enable the external GPS receiver to send data output to the Digifly Cartesio2 setup the external GPS receiver data output to the GPS CABLE Data Output Protocol NMEA 183 2 0 or higher Data Output Baud Rate 4800 Connect the Digifly Cartesio2 to the external GPS receiver using the Digifly GPS cable GPS cables for different GPS models are available from Digifly Page 66 DIGIFLY ACCESSORIES DIGIFLY CARTESIO2 STANDARD ACCESSORIES The Digifly Cartesio2 has the following accessories provided as standard Protective case Leg strap DIGIFLY LEONARDO STANDARD ACCESSORIES The Digifly Leonardo has the following accessories provided as standard Protective case Leg strap AA 1 2V Ni MH rechargeable battery with tabs Wall adaptor OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The following optional accessories are available from Digifly Digifly PC serial cable to download flight data and upload new firmware directly from the Internet Digifly PC USB cable to download flight data and upload new firmware dire
64. the best glide speed point B on the figure below Original tangent Horizontal Ve VoD Velocity New tangent Original polar Amount of position sinking air New polar position 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 The new tangent point D meets the polar at the point giving a higher optimum flying speed VD To obtain the correct Speed to fly Equiv McCready you have to adjust your speed so McCready both McCready arrows are in the same position Optimal Good Bad Speed to fly indications AIR EFFICIENCY GLIDE RATIO To utilize the air efficiency functions you must have an air arrada LAD speed probe connected The optional air soeed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario The air efficiency indicates the current efficiency glide ratio related to the air Page 33 5 5 5 6 If your Air speed drops lower than 5km h the display is blank To adjust the time over which efficiency is averaged go to ADV SETUP n 4 EFF To show instant Air Efficiency info
65. to zero thermal altimeter Page 68 12 4 GPS FUNCTIONS Integrated high sensitivity 20 channel SIRF III GPS receiver Leonardo only Latitude Longitude Altitude GPS Direction GPS TRK Ground Speed GPS Wind speed and direction indicator with GPS Efficiency related to the ground with GPS ground speed Direction and distance to the last thermal Glide calculator Direction distance and height to the current Waypoint Required efficiency to the current Waypoint Direction to next Waypoint Safe landing glide cone indication Multiflight logger 3D recorder flight data and GPS with Autostart and Playback Data points 100 000 in 2D mode and 45 000 in 3D mode From 1000 hours with 1 data point per minute to 10 hours with 1 data point per second 250 max flight number Compatible with most competition software programs Automatic FAI cylinder turnpoint and Start Pylon validation visual and acoustic 200 Competition Waypoints 200 User Waypoints 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS High resolution graphic LCD display 128 x 64 pixels Upgradeable Flash memory software available from the Internet using the optional PC cable via your PC PC connection and acoustic headphone output Input for optional air speed probe Input for external power supply Single AA battery required 1 2V or 1 5V AA 1 2V rechargeable battery compatibility Integrated battery recharger Battery l
66. tomatic start record mode AUT parameter MAIN SETUP n 21 RECM In automatic start record mode the flight recorder will start on take off provided there is a change in height of 2 meters In the automatic start record mode it is possible to change the parameters that initiates the recording You can adjust the change of height in meters MAIN SETUP R DS n 23 and required for the instrument to automatically start recording a flight In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly Leonardo is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated Once the recorder is activated the flight recorder will only stop recording when the instrument is turned off ALWAYS RECORD MODE In the Always record mode ALW MAIN SETUP n 22 RECM the flight data recorder starts recording 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 Leonardo is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated Page 54 7 2 3 RECORD MODE OFF 7 3 7 4 In the record mode OFF MAIN SETUP n 21 AUTR no data is recorded LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT To view saved flight data go to press the MJ key function ENT and Favener FREGE 29 01 05 17 16 select LOGBOOK A list of all recorded flights with take off date and fiifaTinin RES hHhimm time is shown ALTIM GAIN OOO 4
67. u can achieve 30 hours of battery life With the GPS power saving mode set to EC2 ADVANCED SETUP n 7 POWE During outdoor usage with full sky visibility 3 bars you can achieve 35 hours of battery life GPS INFORMATION DISPLAY MARK To view the GPS information display press the M key long TIMO E press Lat Lon dd mm ss 5 3 1 0 03 4N On this page you can read in real time Waypoint name and DOS 05 421 y symbol Latitude Longitude GPS Direction TRK Ground TREE GS km h Speed GS in km h GPS Altitude GPS ALT in mt Satellite GES ALTO mt g SAT hap 0 0 Number SAT and the strength of the GPS Signal hdp and VEAT 1 308 ESC Battery Voltage VBAT k LATITUDE amp LONGITUDE COORDINATES Latitude and Longitude are referenced with respect to the WGS84 Map Datum GPS ALTITUDE GPS Altitude is the altitude above sea level AG icon Page 39 6 8 6 9 6 10 GROUND SPEED GPS Ground Speed is the speed over the ground Gs icon GPS DIRECTION TRK GPS Direction TRK is the direction of movement relative to the ground WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATION USING GPS The wind speed and direction are automatically calculated displayed and stored at different altitude ranges using GPS During flight the Digifly Leonardo recognizes if you are flying rectilinear or turning using the GPS Direction TRK and the GPS groun
68. vigation to a Waypoint or Route has been activated This information is shown by the efr1 efr2 efrA data values on the 3 main display screens Thermal Display Glider Compass and Glide Plotter DIRECTION TO CURRENT AND NEXT WAYPOINT There are two different direction indications from your current position The Direction to Current Waypoint The Direction to Next Waypoint SAFE LANDING GLIDE CONE INDICATION This function is activated when the Waypoint Em has the Landing Icon selected If you are positioned within the circle with your current glide you should be able to reach the landing area as shown in the figure below Page 42 6 17 6 17 1 WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT E List Type WT USER p The Digifly Leonardo stores two separate Total Wpt Waypoint lists Dist To Fix The Competition Waypoints list WPT COMP e cons l Es and the User Waypoints list WPT USER can each store a mh 1 E maximum of 200 Waypoints HUNT So E tt TALES 2 To view the Waypoint lists press the MJ key function MEN and iMiS amp p 3 select the WPT COMP or WPT USER lists using the keys using roses apie the arrow keys 1Jand view by pressing the press the m key ine function ENT To scroll through the Waypoint lists press the arrow keys 1 rJorthe VJor OJ keys for fast scrolling Waypoints are sorted alphabetically Competitio

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