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1. Aeroblec Altis v4 Recording Competition Altimeter with Telemetry Manufacturer AerobTec s r o Ilkovi ova 3 841 01 Bratislava www aerobtec com info aerobtec com Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual cAerobTec Table of contents 1D DS CIC AM ONS EQ RO 3 ZAP OS ON a 3 KAON ENO K erari E E E A E ewes 4 Ziraraware CESCHOLOM essiri o a EE ptos ad Ia iE 4 Connectors of your AS VAF aire seeders venience nE r E 4 Mounting Nhe AGIAN MNT TM o Connection for data logging only eesseesseeesssesseeenenennen nenne o Competition connection with internal BEC cccccceeccseeeeeeeseeeeeteeeeeeeeeaeeeeees 5 Connection with external BEC ccccccccccseeeseeeeeeseeeseeeeeseeeeeeteeteneeeeeseeegeeeeees 6 ee cues nile M Ri RE o SEM 6 VB COCO UO RENTRER 7 SAIS AP SCS pete E concen ae apr Iden xS inputs ra uU Dd Mete en MET is OPE UNI T Ire zal SCE Ginna aE EEE E E EE CUDR EUM AUI T BETE SIS o T OR 69de SCEI a E EEE 7 CHING SS CRC CMa ancszcesesccssencesacee TTE 8 User defined SClECH visciisirinncnvienenitasaramidvotnedsadndunitnsivnrsabatuequsioineiaieinisiendrneaneanesbnimneniaes 8 PONOrd Connec mee 21 gt q pene eee ne eee een eee en 8 CS POS SCS A ree eee ean tore capesenerq nap E mainte UIN NIME teatetanoentel 8 6 Work with Altis v4 in the Altis Flight MAnaQel cc2. 3 How it works The Altis v4 uses a modern fast digital pressure sensor which allows it to sense very low pressure differences This gives the unit an altitude resolution below 0 25m with sample rates as low as 0 1s Since atmospheric pressure changes over time these changes will affect your measurements For this reason long term measurements may not be precise enough However the altitude for short term flights which are common in R C aircraft can be recorded very precisely The measured altitude is stored in the high capacity internal memory which allows approx 15 hours of recording with the fastest sampling rate 0 1s After the Altis v4 is connected to a power supply it will initialize in the first 3s During initialization the reference altitude and a zero throttle level are measured Note It is necessary to keep the throttle on your R C transmitter turned off during this phase It is recommended to set the initial altitude before each flight by disconnecting and re connecting the power supply Hardware description Connectors of your Altis v4 Your Altis v4 has 5 connectors They are shown in Fig 1 IN input signal from the R C receiver Power to Altis v4 is provided from the receiver via this connector OUT output signal to ESC Electronic Speed Control USB micro Connects the Altis v4 to a computer via USB COM A COM B Molex connectors for connection with telemetry equipped receivers as well as
3. Firmware marked Standard allows more setting changes including settings for F5J competitions It is recommended to use this firmware type during training and ordinary flights However this firmware type is not allowed for use in certain competitions It should be specified by the organizer of the competition which firmware is allowed Backup firmware If the firmware updates fails or if the process is interrupted the device tries to update the firmware again until it is successful Once finished your Altis v4 appears in the computer as a USB removable device again If this does not happen or if the first start of the new firmware is not performed from USB a safety function is activated and backup firmware is written to your Altis v4 Note there is no indication of this state on the screen and the screen is blank In this case follow the firmware update instructions to update a new valid firmware 7 Working with Altis v4 KeyPad Altis v4 KeyPad shown on Fig 14 is an external keyboard for Altis v4 It is used to configure main competition settings of Altis v4 on the airport without a computer Altis Flight Manager version 4 0 0 or Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 14 cAerobTec newer and firmware version 2 0 or higher are required for Altis v4 F5J firmware support only memory data erase with KeyPad In order to use Altis v4 KeyPad do the following e Connect it to COM A port according to Fig 15 e Configure COM A por
4. Manager can be downloaded from http www aerobtec com support download Note There is a separate manual for AFM However the following pages describe how to set up your Altis v4 according to your needs In order to connect to the device click Tools gt Device or Device icon on the toolbar A window will appear See Fig 8 Choose Altis v4Altis v4 AFM then automatically connects to your Altis v4 If there is more than one Altis v4 connected to your computer you will be asked to choose which one you wish to connect When connected Altis v4 screen window will be displayed Aerobl ec Altis v4 Fig 6 Device choosing window Altis v4 window There are two parts of the window The upper part shows general information about the device its firmware version serial number and used memory The bottom part of the window is used for settings Downloading data In order to access the logged data from your Altis v4 use the Download data button Once the data is downloaded you can close the Device window and work with the data Erusinging data In order to erase the logged data from your Altis v4 use the Erase data button Formating device In order to format Altis v4 memory into factory settings use the Format device button Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 9 cAerobTec Reseting flight counter Altis v4 is counting flighs so saved log files are with uniqe number In order to reset this
5. RC system may fail Do not put the Altis v4 in water fuel or other liquids Before flying with the Altis v4 always perform a range check Do not disconnect the Altis v4 when the Do not disconnect screen See Fig 7 is shown on the display It is not recommended to write any of your own files or directories to the Altis v4 when it shows as a removable drive in your computer This might lead to corruption or loss of any data on the device Do not diconnect the Altis v4 from your PC without using Safley Remove Hardware and Eject Media action This might lead to corruption or loss of any data on device 9 Frequently asked questions and troubleshooting 1 was updating my Altis v4 and it does not function anymore It was OK before Probably the process of firmware upgrade was not done in the right way Connect your Altis v4 to the computer and wait In 30 150 seconds it should appear on the PC as a disk drive If the display does not show anything probably a backup firmware is active and you should run the firmware update again A new firmware should show its version on the display during its initialization If there is the new version active the update has been finished Otherwise run the update again Please follow the instruction on the screen during update 2 I see the height on the graph increasing to several meters during a test on the ground Is Altis v4 broken No The barometric pressure depends on the weat
6. counter and to start counting log files from zero again use the Reset flt counter button Settings There are many possible configurations for the Altis v4 You can set your Altis v4 according to your needs This is done by using the settings tabs in the bottom part of the window There are several tabs Logging Settings Fig 9 Here you can set how you wish to store the flight parameters to your device memory The basic parameter Sample time determines how frequently the parameters will be logged You can set which parameters you wish to log You can log altitude temperature of the device note the device is usually several degrees warmer than its environment input throttle PWM signal from the R C system output throttle PWM signal to ESC and the voltage on board the voltage Altis v4 is powered from Note that the more parameters you log or the lower the sample time is the more memory it consumes However there is memory enough to log about 15 hours of data when logging almost all available parameters with a Sample time of 0 1s With different settings you can log up to several days of data You can choose also a trigger type this determines when your device starts logging There are the following options e Always on Data logging begins once the device is initialized e RC trigger When Altis v4 is connected to a receiver channel controlled by a switch on your R C transmitter You will activate the logging
7. firmware version and the F5J height as specified by FAI F5J rules The F5J height is indicates by 3 1 digit number If there is no F5J detected or the motor was restarted is shown on the screen instead OR code screen This screen displays F5J height in a form of a QR code This is intended to be read by a third party application to automatically collect the results to the competition IT system like SORG Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 7 Aerohtlec Anh v FH 2 8 SH EEEETEEEUEEES Altis v4 Recording amp Competition www aerobtec com ot 4HTD AegrobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www_ aerobtec com e Fu 2 8 FS9J Height EO anm t odd cAgrahbTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition www u erabtec com cderobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition imeter www aerobtec com m E m m cderobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition www oerobtec com cderobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition imeter www aerobtec com FLOMPET Los ss a Tet 717171 WIS MILI c C momen IAI qz 70717 cdAerobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www oerobtec com USE MODE Fh z 8 5H 1235456 cAarabIec Altis v Recording amp Competition www t eraobtec com f g h Fig 7 Various screens a Initialization screen b F5J screen c QR code screen d Settings screen e User defined s
8. future additional features USB micro ET EIN Alil v4 GAerohTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www oerobtec com COMB COMA Fig 1 Connectors of your Altis v4 Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 4 Wire color Signal Ground Positive power supply R C signal Table 1 Colors of the connector wires Mounting in the aircraft Since Altis v4 uses atmospheric pressure for its measurement it has to have open access to the outside atmosphere It must not be completely sealed inside the fuselage or other box As most standard R C aircraft are not fully sealed it is usually not necessary to do any special modifications for installation The Altis v4 can simply be put in a free space inside the fuselage If the unit is mounted outside the aircraft the location must be carefully considered The unit must be mounted away from the airflow caused by the propeller Avoid mounting your Altis v4 on parts of the plane that might become hot during operation This may lead to measurement offset during flight in order of several meters Connection for data logging only If the Altis v4 device is used purely as a logging device connect the device to any free receiver channel as shown in Fig 2 The signal polarity must be observed as shown in Table 1 RECEIVER AerobT ec EI v4 AerobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www erobtec com Fig 2 Conne
9. manually by turning this channel on Note that this option is not available for some of the competition settings e Altitude trigger The device starts logging when the plane reaches a certain altitude It is possible to set your desired altitude General device information Serial Number 173801476 FW Version 2 0 Firmware Memory usage p Download data Erase data Format device Reset flt counter Download progress General Trigger Type Always_On Sample time s 0 1 I Trigger Altitude D Logged Data v Altitude Throttle Out Temperature v Throttle In Onboard Voltage Fig 9 Logging settings Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 10 cAerobTec Competition settings Fig 10 There are several pre programmed standard competitions You can simply choose the one you want from the Competition Type list This choice sets the proper values of all necessary parameters Of course you can customize the parameters according to your needs For example you can set a motor switch at certain altitude or at certain time Meaning of General competition settings parameters Altitude switch competition stops when plane reaches preset altitude Time switch competition stops when preset timer is timed out Altitude start competition starts when altitude is higher or equal to 5meters Throttle start competition starts whent trottle output is higher than 1200us Throttle switch competition stops when thro
10. a SBUS2 with Telemetry Converter Live Output for online output of measured data FrSky Sart Port with Telemetry Converter Graupner HOTT behaves as Electric Air Module Futaba SBUS2 with Telemetry Converter FrSky Sart Port with Telemetry Converter Keyboard Works with Altis v4 Keypad Table 2 COM A and COM B settings Firmware upgrade When your computer is connected to the Internet and AFM is connected to an Altis v4 AFM compares the firmware version of your Altis v4 with the newest currently available firmware and offers to update the Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 13 cAerobTec latest firmware for your Altis v4 if necessary To upgrade the firmware folow steps below 1 Click Firmware button 2 Choose the firmware from the list 3 You can choose a different firmware from a file stored in your computer 4 After the firmware is selected click the button Upgrade and follow the instructions on the screen They will guide you through the upgrade Firmware from WEB AltisV4_Firmware 1_5 fir Upgrade Progress 1 5 Firmware source and type selection Please select fimware which best fits specific competition settings acording to F5J FAI rules Fig 13 Firmware upgrade window Firmware types Note there are two firmware types One of them is marked F5J This firmware complies exactly with FAI F5J competition rules and no other options are allowed The
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12. creen with 6 lines e User defined screen with 5 lines f Do not disconnect screen g USB mode screen Settings screen This screens shows the basic competition settings right after initialization such as time and altitude switch if the motor or competition restart is enabled and if F5J height is measured This screen has several pages User defined screen This screen allows you to choose which information you would like to display on the screen There is a version with 6 and 3 lines respectively Do not disconnect screen When logging data there are times when it is dangerous for the device to be disconnected If the Altis v4 is disconnected at these times there is a danger of losing all your data in the device This is indicated by the Do not disconnect screen Do not disconnect the device when you see this screen It is not recommended to disconnect the device during the initialization screen too USB mode screen When you connect your Altis v4 to a computer the device stops its competition and logging functionality and provides its data to the computer This data is indicated by the USB mode screen Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 8 cAerobTec 6 Work with Altis v4 in the Altis Flight Manager The AerobTec Flight Manager AFM is a PC application for Windows which allows you to communicate with Altis v4 and other devices made by AerobTec and to display and process the flight data recorded by them Altis Flight
13. ction scheme for data logging only FREE free receiver channel Competition connection with internal BEC For competition use like F5J FAI ALES etc the JR input cable has to be connected to the R C receiver and the JR ESC cable has to be connected to the output connector on the main measuring unit board See Fig 3 The signal polarity must be observed as shown in Table 1 Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 5 RECEIVER AerobTeac AHb Y G erobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www erobtec com Fig 3 Connection scheme for competition use ESC electronic speed controller THRO throttle receiver channel Connection with external BEC lf you use a separate power source for your receiver like external BEC battery eliminator circuit you should make sure to separate your power supply from your ESC and the Altis v4 This is done by disconnecting the red wire from the ESC connector This is not usually necessary for Opto ESCs The disconnected red wire must be insulated to ensure that it does not cause any short circuit or other problems See Fig 4 Disconnect and insulate RECEIVER Recording amp Competition Altimeter www erobtec com Fig 4 Connection of Altis v4 with external BEC Connection for telemetry Some radio systems provide telemetry functions These functions allow wireless transmission of certain data from the aircraft during the flight and display it on you
14. ec Altis v4 User Manual 17 cAerobTec Rev 1 1 July 2013 e Update because of new screens e Added frequently asked questions e Added correct waste disposal e Minor changes Rev 1 2 December 2014 e Added Altis v4 KeyPad Rev 1 3 March 2014 e Added antizoom description modified firmware upgrade section and screen types section Rev 1 4 April 2015 e Added description of new features added with firmware 2 0 e Update because of Altis v4 device release Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 18
15. ecifies the influence of the vario for the calculation of the moment of motor off The higher the number maximal value is 2 55 the more vario is taken into account If antizoom gain is O the model behaves as with deactivated antizoom algorithm Note there are several types of firmware Some firmware types will not allow certain setting changes Refer to the Firmware types chapter for more information Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 11 General device information Serial Number 173801476 Memory usage P Download progress FW Version 2 0 Firmware Download data Erase data Format device Reset flt counter Logging Competition Screen COM amp Telemetry Finish General Competition type Altitude switch Antizoom Enable Time switch F5J FAI v v V Throttle start Safety _Training Emergency Motor ON F5J Altitude Switch Antizoom Gain Time Switch 30 F3K mode Altitude start Throttle switch Automatic competition restart Fig 10 Competition Settings Screen Fig 11 Your Altis v4 has an OLED display There are several screens that can be shown on the display They are described in the Altis v4 screens chapter See page 7 User can choose from several screen types Standard F5J screen Data screen with 6 selectable data lines 2 data screens with 3 selectable data lines which alternate with a selected p
16. eriod Setting screen a screen with competition settings which is showed for a specified time after initialization screen General device information Serial Number 173801476 Memory usage E Download progress F5J Screen C Number Settings Screen Duration Back Number QR FW Version 2 0 Download data Format device gt Screen Toggle Time Fig I1 Screen settings Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual Firmware Erase data Reset flt counter 12 cAerobTec Com A B ports Fig 12 You can assign a function for the selected port Currently there are telemetry keypad or live output options These ports are reserved for other future uses Example of use if user owns RC transmitter with telemetry link Multiplex M LINK and he wants to use Altis v4 as a telemetry sensor he has to select from combo box COM A choice Multiplex MSB General device information Serial Number 173801476 Memory usage Download progress FW Version 2 0 Firmware Download data Erase data Format device Reset flt counter Logging Competition Screen COM amp Telemetry Finish Fig 12 COM A COM B Telemetry Keypad or Live output settings Available settings for firmware 2 0 COM A and COM B are described in table below COMA COM B None inactive None inactive JETI Model Duplex EX Live Output for online output of measured data Multiplex MSB Futab
17. fe To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources Household Users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government of fice for details of ENNNN where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal 11 Product Registration If you did not purchase the product directly from AerobTec please mail following information to sales aerobtec com By registering your products you will be informed about updates and notifications Name Address Country Phone Email Product Serial number of product Date Purchased Where did you purchased your product this information is not obligatory An alternative option is to register at http www aerobtec com support products registration e This manual is based on firmware version 2 0 and Altis Flight manager version 4 0 0 e Information are valid also for regular Altis v4 unless stated otherwise Note Altis v4 was partially developed using Atollic TrueSTUDIO amp 13 Revision History Rev 1 0 April 2013 e Initial release Aerob T
18. her Sometimes it can change variations of several meters in the measured height Other cause can be a heated Altis v4 Do not put Altis v4 near hot objects in your fuselage 3 My Altis v4 measures F5J height even if do not start the motor After power on the F5J height is discarded This might be caused by too high zero throttle level In such case Altis v4 considers the signal to correspond to switched on motor Please check the zero throttle level in your radio system It must be set bellow 1200us Best practise is to use throttle output in range 1000us to 2000us 4 When fly with Altis v4 and stop the motor it is not stopped and propeller continues spinning slowly When fly without Altis v4 the motor break runs correctly Try to set fixed endpoints on your ESC 5 In case AFM can not read the flights from the device or Altis v4 does not behave according to the settings the file system might be corrupted The reason might be disconnection in a wrong time or not ejecting in Windows In order to fix this error format the file system by clicking the Format device button in Device Window and restarting the device Or this can be achieved also by renaming Altis v4 disk from AE DISK to AE DISK1 in My Computer folder and restarting the device Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 16 cAerobTec 10 Correct disposal of this product This product should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working li
19. r Tx or monitor screen The Altis v4 has COM A and COM B connectors reserved for this purpose Use a Molex JR telemetry cable sold separately to connect your Altis v4 to the telemetry input of your receiver See Fig 5 RECEIVER Telemetry ET ITE Altis v Fig 5 Telemetry connection Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 6 cAerobTec USB connection When you wish to download your logged data to a computer or change the settings of your Altis v4 connect the Altis v4 using a standard micro USB cable sold separately to a computer with Windows XP or newer operating system See Fig 6 When you connect your Altis v4 for the first time the computer should install the drivers automatically You need to have the Altis Flight Manager program installed in your computer to display any stored data and make changes to your settings AerobTec AR v4 Fig 6 USB cable connection 5 Altis v4 screens The Altis v4 is equipped with an OLED display with great visibility in sunlight There are several screens displayed when you use the device These screens are shown in Fig 7 Initiulizution screen When you connect the device to your aircraft the Altis v4 informs you about the 3s initialization phase by displaying the initialization screen This screen also shows the firmware version and the serial number of your device It is not recommended to disconnect the device when you see this screen F5 screen This screen shows the
20. s FAI F5J ALES etc Records multiple motor runs per flight OLED display configurable screen Telemetry support for Jeti Duplex EX Multiplex M Link Graupner Hott Futaba amp SBUS2 FrSky S Port O NA T Sv Upgradeable firmware Altis Flight Manager software for Windows 2 Introduction The AerobTec Altis v4 is a barometric altimeter designed especially to record the altitude of R C aircraft during flight with additional competition features with telemetry support The unit has very small dimensions and a low weight The Altis v4 senses barometric pressure variations caused by altitude changes of the aircraft The altitude is then calculated from pressure data and stored in the internal memory of the device The included system allows you to connect to a personal computer with a Windows XP or higher operating system via USB The supplied program will not only read the information from the device and save it to the computer in various formats but it can also display the information in an advanced graph and process the flight information in many other ways This altimeter has functions based on FAI F5J and Altitude limiting competitions ALES rules so it can be used for these competitions The device and the software also provide some other complementary functions such as temperature throttle or voltage measurement and recording only with Telemetry Converter Aerob Tec Altis v4 User Manual 3
21. t to KeyPad mode in the corresponding window shown in Fig 12 e Turn on Altis v4 it works in a normal way until there is no KeyPad connected e When the KeyPad is connected Altis v4 detects it automatically and switches to the competition menu mode e Navigate the menu items by the side navigation buttons e Change the values by the middle and buttons e Push and simultaneously on the corresponding menu item if you wish to disable some function for example altitude switch e After you disconnect the KeyPad the settings are automatically stored in Altis v4 e Restart your Altis v4 to use the new settings f dae lt AerohT ec A vas cdierobTec Altis v4 Recording amp Competition Altimeter www oerobtec com Altis v4 KeyPad A010 0v O0 cdierobTec Fig 15 Connection of Altis v4 KeyPad It is not recommended to supply your whole aircraft via the Altis v4 device however it is possible The best choice is to use an external BEC circuit or separate power supply When manipulating the device and plugging or unplugging the device do not push the display and the area bellow it It is recommended to hold Altis v4 on sides AerobTec Altis v4 User Manual 15 cAerobTec Do not mount the Altis v4 device on aircraft components which might be hot in operation ESC batteries Do not touch the Altis v4 device to a metal surface as this might lead to shorting of the power supply and
22. ttle output goes under the 1180us F5J FAI will measure start altitude as defined by F5J FAI rules F3K mode measure highest reached altitude on every throw trigger altitude defining new throw is equal or higher to 5 meters There are also several preset competition formats F5J ALES 150 ALES200 from wich can user select At the bottom of the Competition Settings tab there are Safety and Training settings Allow Emergency Motor On has the following function In some competitions it is not allowed to switch the motor on again during the flight However you may want to have the ability to switch the motor on again in an emergency situation The user can choose to enable this or not If enabled when the motor is switched on for an emergency the Altis v4 restarts the recorded F5J height and it is recorded so it can be shown on the flight graph Sometimes during training it is not practical to reset your Altis v4 to start a new flight each time you land and launch again In this case there is the option Allow Competition Restart It makes the device behave as if it has just been initialized only for the competition settings when your plane s altitude drops below 8m If user uses Altitude Switch there is possible to activate Antizoom algorithm Its purpose is to take into account the ascending of the model so the model will fly only to the specified switching altitude after the motor is turned off while ascending The antizoom gain sp
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