User`s Manual for iPhone and iPad
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1. St Auban Arn Gld LENX own Tum o St Benoit Du Gid STEEN 44 Tum ken o St C La Campagne STCAG e91 um 480m o St Chamond o LFHG 197km 2970m o St Christol Urge Ux 4am Za o St Claude Pratz LEX 260m ten StOyrL Ecole UP Ham an e St Denis De L Hotel LFOZ SOOO m uo o St Die Remomegid LEGY ATi tan e St Florent LFOO am ae o St Florentin Gid UGP tum Sm o St Galmier UKM 2 Fm dan e St Gatien URG F39um o St Gaudens Mogld The Waypoints page shows either airports that are built into the program or user waypoints imported by the user Waypoints can be sorted either by Name formt See the App The Task Page ABC Z or by arrival altitude User Waypoints can be added as a text file in the Cambridge dat endix for the format description 000 T Mobile Wi Fi 2 58 PM 7 HE Tasks Edit TASK 0 ACTIVE Minden Tahoe 2 51 PM 324 4km 3 15 Cerro Gordo no zone 324 4km 5 56 PM 244 9km2 27 Hadley no zone 569 4km 8 23 PM 228 6km 2 17 Minden Tahoe no zone 98 0km 10 41 PM ACTION e To Next Waypoint 2 To Previous Waypoint FOR TASK 0 Download Map Tiles Delete Map Tiles Waypoints Tasks Settings Task O Active no zone m 237 PM Gap Tallard Gid 3 06 PM gt res trm atika O47 Foresite Suma0S6 zsm 63 53PM t Auban Arn 432mm 02 5 2 pes Gi 1654km 419 PM Action e To Next Waypon2. directly on the map starting in version 1 51 tap the name of the waypoint in the Chevrons display to get this UI Final Glide Over Terrain Starting with version 1 32 WinPilot is able to project the descent during the track the task route and compare it with the terrain elevation database DEM along the route This is done to detect a situation when final glide is achievable based solely on the current altitude of the glider but because there is a terrain obstacle in a way a mountain range the goal is unreachable When WinPilot detects this type of situation it will alert the pilot by showing a red concentric circle around the point on the map where the projected final glide descend path intersects the terrain the most 22 If such a situation is detected the main final glide indicator with Chevrons will show a red number indicated altitude below terrain at which the final glide path intersects the mountain In the example above the regular final glide calculator shows that the task destination Minden can be reached at 215m However the final glide over terrain calculator detected that the projected descent path will intersect the terrain to the depth of 202m Therefore to reach the goal the pilot must climb at least 202m higher plus any safety buffer for the errors in terrain database and any other factors that the pilot should take into account Format Of WinPilot Files Polar File Name plr Here is a sample
3. turnpoint click on the name of the turnpoint in the upper pane of the Task Page The following dialog appears 14 Carson Turnpoint Zone none 90 2 gt JIDAeC Radius in km 8 0 Radial 1 degrees 45 Radial 2 degrees 90 A M Nay Tasks The available options are as follows None this turnpoint will have no control zone 90 90 degrees FAI sector O Cylliner control zone AAT Area defined be radius and two radials Start or Finish line DAeC DaeC sector 15 The Main Map Screen The map screen can be in two modes Vector or Tiles Vector Map Mode n P RENO Tahoe m P E OL p gt 4 VIIHOSeE Brockway i lutc Minerals i Aae ange 1 16 f S iger Field oh Air Tile Map Mode rs amp E i f ENA vi E RU ry s A o eke 2 2f rr a TF SVP IM y OP m ud A IGEN A INC Bo arson VIETAS Wa UC MODE 2 1 i BORTE PENNE 90 A s ME al 14599 MT JJ oa 0257 40 r 17 Vector Maps come preloaded with the software To select a vector map for your country go to Settings Countries Tile Maps need to be provided by the user see Tile Maps In addition to vector maps also preloaded comes Airspace Data and Airport data including runway dimensions and directions terrain elevation data used in Final Glide Above Terrain and Altitude AGL NAvbox and other airport information T
4. TERRAIN and AIRSPACE V x n Variable assignment Currently the following variables are supported D sets direction for DA and DB records means counterclockwise direction is the default D is automatically reset to at the begining of new airspace segment X coordinate sets the center for the following records DA DB and DC Z number makes the element invisible at zoom levels gt number T 1 transparent Airspace segment draw border only DP coordinate add polygon point DA radius angleStart angleEnd add an arc angles in degrees radius in nm DB coordinate1 coordinate2 add an arc from coordinate1 to coordinate2 DC radius draw a circle center taken from the previous V X record radius in nm 25
5. WinPilot for 10S User s Manual Table of Contents DES CERN ON E H 3 Inquire lum 3 Buttery VACIO m 3 verus ap Up tne Butterly Piu M 3 petting Up your Uus Colo gildi ic S E E 3 veins E liso m 4 Transferring files in and out of WinPilot eere enne 4 USMO CD A aa OI ThE OF Vn EDU DRIN EUN CIN nce IR NER arene 4 UST ultri ccce D Eaa E 5 The Mun Four PACS suoeeceiciiuseniinE cun Eas zen Ue erot Ure cb ze EIE D cU SEXE IRI HEL ISI sUE Ne Cou D rE SR UE 6 Ine VV AY OMS PA as siren eu ets ona dudo uri bond UNO TR ABEN naana iaaa AATA 6 Toe PAS d uro e c 7 Task Pase the Insert MOGG aisi rp aA aaa N A AEAEE ERE AAEE 9 Task Pag in the Delete MOOD entusiasta een nasse m nE ree 9 Task iiir 11 Visual Fasc EGINE aisivar niniveivasdnirsitenDideke i inann REE L PUE Du VERUM UNCTUS 11 Adjusting the movable GOTO point eee esses teen teneret tenete tnn teta ritate tuni 11 Creating a task on the MaDp SEEGODI aset nesidir euni leti MH ERE i AAA EAN STEARAN RAEE 13 Inserting a new waypoint into an existing task leg sees 13 Setting Turnpolnt Control ZONES aiausocosewaszr vviis cd veOLi WR TUYR ev acvEFuecu Dy dva bac
6. ally on the internal GPS While WinPilot is connected to the Butterfly vario there is an indication on the main map screen which is a small red butterfly symbol placed on the arrow showing North While Butterfly is on the main Settings page in the section dedicated to Wind will have one more option in addition to regular Auto and Manual which is Butterfly This gives the pilot an option to either enter the Wind manually Manual use wind calculated by WinPilot Auto or use winds calculated by the Butterfly vario Butterfly Transferring files in and out of WinPilot Using email Smaller files like polars airspace and waypoint can be transferred into WinPilot by including them in an email attachment and emailing them to your iOS device Then clicking on this attachment and selecting WinPilot as the program which should open it will import the file into WinPilot Use Settings Polar to see your new polar file and Settings Files to see all the other newly imported files It is also possible to send the files to another user using email Go into Settings Files and select the file to be emailed Then select Email File to email out a Flight Log Waypoint File or an Airspace File Using iTunes Start iTunes App on your desktop select your iOS device click Applications and then WinPilot You will get a window with all files on your iOS device see the screen shot below From there you can drag and dro
7. aracters long shown at the bottom of the TP Arrow Nav Box and on the pop up waypoint labels Example of thext line describing Minden turnpoint 16 39 00 000N 119 45 200W 4718EATH Minden 12 30 122 8 User Airspace file Name air note that the extension is air for the iOS version of WinPilot and txt for the older Windows CE versions X AIRSPACE related record types gt A class where class can be restricted danger prohibited Class A Class B Class C Class D OU LI Umg 2o z 24 GP glider prohibited CTR CTR W Wave Window AN string string Airspace Name AH string string Airspace Ceiling AL string string Airspace Floor AT coordinate coordinate Coordinate of where to place a name label on the map optional NOTE there can be multiple AT records for a single airspace segment TERRAIN related record types NYI TO string Declares Terrain Open Polygon string name optional TC string Declares Terrain Closed Polygon string name optional SP style width red green blue Selects Pen to be used in drawing PEN STYLES in SP command SOLID 0 DASH 1 NULL transparent 5 Example for a 1 pixel wide dashed light gray pen use SP 0 1 192 192 192 SB red green blue Selects Brush Color to be used in drawing Example to select white interior of a closed polygon use SB 255 255 255 To select transparent interior use SB 1 1 1 Record types common to both
8. ation a different type of tile can be best suited for the task For example when flying above mountains a relief map provides a lot more useful data than the satellite map but when flying close to a restricted airspace segment or getting familiar with a new airport a satellite map can be better To change what kind of tiles are shown on the Map click the gray rectangle in the middle right part of the map and select the tile icon below the gray zoom buttons 19 Calculating Final Glide The Map screen shows final glide calculations to all visible airports in the built in database as well as user turnpoints that are landable considering current polar water ballast bugs wind altitude and elevation of the target See the top picture Also shown is the currently flown Task 0 black lines and the active leg of Task 0 magenta line Task turnpoint control zones are shown as a gray areas The green chevrons on the left side of the screen show the final glide info to the next turnpoint Each individual chevron symbolizes 596 of the final glide height needed McCready settings wind and polar info are set on the Settings page 20 The Chevrons on the left side show either final glide to home airport or to Go To waypoint or when Task is active to the final point of the task around all remaining waypoints 21 Adjusting McCready value McCready can be by adjusted either on the Settings page or on the map screen To adjust it
9. ca v Rau 14 Tie M lin Map IuE I 16 Vector Map M 0 0 c 16 da Fey oy 07 Cc C M 17 METS PUY rc 18 Walle oy Wes 6 6 9 s onmes S I DM IUE 18 HstalliBe TM oa ian doen rere tne pte ore erent te array UBIb tees ae eee eee eee eer 18 Enabling Tile Map mode EEE 19 Ut THEME e 19 Sele ty etur PIC E CU o t 20 Adp s uns MeCready Valueuissedawispn idi Ci ob OV adu UR FER DL VU VEU Du UA EAEn 22 Final Glide Over Terralh osos aoa idonea DV VERE EEE EV REIR ELM CIE VOL TV FRRVN E EY REV EE ANE D 22 Format is dulci cm 23 Uri gi WE 23 TONDO MIG etc 23 Es riw e M 24 Installation When purchasing the application from Apple AppStore the store will make the app ready to use After the app is up and running it can be customized by adding additional files like Polars Airspace files Turnpoint files and Satellite and Terrain Tiles All files can be imported by sending an email message to the iOS device and clicking on the attachment External Hardware Butterfly Vario Starting with version 1 63 WinPilot for iOS can connect to a Butterfly Vario equipped with a WiFi Dongle With this connection WinPilot can receive GPS positioning data Flarm Target data up t
10. e to see the blue edit location circle 9 i y d Py w EL or Te Be 2 5089 a tsosa Ag v d one Par 13 mJ sl E A This waypoint can be then moved on the map to any location the final glide info will be updated automatically 3 Press the green checkmark icon to place the waypoint on the map Select the first row to leave it in the current location 4 This is an Ad Hoc GoTo waypoint To remove this GoTo waypoint and disengage the GoTo function ie perform Un Goto tap on the red X icon in the right lower corner of the blue circle 12 Creating a task on the Map screen 1 Tap anywhere on the screen to get the waypoint selection dialog as in point 1 in previous exercise 2 This time do not tap on the Direct To icon image but tap on the text This will add either the selected Ad Hoc location or selected airport to the task 3 To remove an airport from the task tap on its name on the map and select Remove From Task Inserting a new waypoint into an existing task leg 1 Tap on any of the legs of a shown task to get the blue edit circle 13 2 Move the circle around to the desired location 3 Press the green OK icon to place it 4 That will pop up the Where to place it dialog allowing you to keep to place the new waypoint in the current location or snap it to one the near by airports or user waypoints Setting Turnpoint Control Zones To specify a zone for a given
11. f the screen When using Tile Map style the Task Page also allows downloading map tiles before the flight by selecting the Download Map Tiles menu or deleting tiles for a given task for example to make room for tiles for another task by selecting Delete Map Tiles menu item Another option that can be enabled on this page is Auto Zoom that allows zooming in the map when near by a task waypoint 10 Task Editing There are two main ways of editing a task from the Task page and from the Map screen Visual Task Editing Starting with version 1 50 WinPilot offers task editing directly from the Map screen Below is a tour explaining some features of the visual editing Adjusting the movable GoTo point 1 Tap anywhere on the screen A dialog similar to this will appear Tap here to change format Waypoint Search Box ia 38 54 423N 119 45 140W Cancel Go To Add To Task Enter AdHoc waypoint into Task 0 Fly Direct GoTo to this location um 38 54 423N 119 45 140W inden Tahoe Add this airport to Task 0 ta Alpine Co Show Info Page gt Lake Tahoe Show built in airports Show User s waypoints 2 Tap the D image not the text with coordinates on the first entry in the dialog This will create an Ad Hoc waypoint at the tapped location and engage the 11 Direct To or Go To function to the selected location If you want to edit or fine tune the location tap at the end of the blue goto lin
12. his data might be not up to date any and all information provided needs to be personally verified by the pilot before being used in any way The pilot has an option of disregarding all the provided info and instead import his own Airspace and Airport data Tile Maps Introduction The 2013 version of WinPilot for iOS allows displaying tiles in Mercator projection as the base underlying map instead of the vector map known from previous builds WinPilot itself does NOT download tiles from the Internet The pilot can provide his own tiles from any available source as long as they use Mercator projection and follow the industry standard of addressing tiles that is used both by Microsoft maps and Google maps To see what tiles are needed the option Debug Tiles in Settings Other Tiles should be enabled That will display the name of the tile that WinPilot expects as well as its Latitude and Longitude Alternatively it is possible to use one of many sources of tiles available on the Internet or some of the applications to download tiles for example www allallsoft com We cannot and do not recommend using any particular method Always read terms of service of the tile providers Installing Tile Maps When WinPilot starts in Tile Map mode the default zoom level is 10 so these tiles should be downloaded first Each type of tile and zoom level should be in a separate zip file That file should end with underscore and zoom level zip For e
13. o 100 simultaneous targets and McCready setting Vario TAS Wind speed and direction Below are the steps to configure this connection Setting Up the Butterfly Vario Power on Butterfly Vario Go to Menu then Setup then Device Peripherals and set WiFi to Yes Go to Menu then Setup Device and GPS On Flarm On and LXWP On Setting Up your iPad or iPhone Power on Butterfly Vario Open the iOS Settings App on your iOS Device Go to Wi Fi and make sure WiFi is active n the Choose a Network field the Network of your Butterfly Vario appears It is always named Butterfly Vario followed by a multi digit number code Tap on the Butterfly Vario Network to establish a connection Tap on the little blue arrow next to the Butterfly Vario Network 3 In the field IP Address choose Static Enter the following IP Address in the field IP Address 192 168 1 2 Enter the following Subnet Mask in the field Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Setting Up WinPilot Before starting WinPilot make sure that your iOS device is connected to the Butterfly_Vario WiFi network Start WinPilot go to Settings Other External Hardware and slide the Butterfly Vario switch to ON If WinPilot connects to the data stream coming from Butterfly this switch will stay ON If for some reason WinPilot cannot connect then this switch will turn OFF and an error message will be displayed In this case WinPilot will fall back automatic
14. p files in and out of the device Note that we have changed the extension of OpenAir SUA files on iOS version from txt to air to make it easier to differentiate SUA files from regular text files Summary into Cc Music Movies TY Shows iTunes U l nnix Photos i onm wry vv reeves sel 74 87 s mm 2 Mt 4 Fluent News Reader J l LITT 7 1 MB M Free Graphing Symbolic Calc Ed scarion 13 G MB IM Automatically syre new apps SOR apas vo be inmalked on yor Pad of crag 10 2 specif one 2croor Drag vo fear ange egp Cons oc ime scietis File Sharing The apps listed below can trans er documents between your iPad and this computer Apps WinPilot USA West Documents LLL NILUM LLL bs 9we aar Tide F3 puse Lag Monday july 9 14 _32 igc 7 9 32 2 13 PM Log Monday july 9 14 33 lgc 7 9 32 2 39 PM MyTopo Maps TA Lag Monday july 9 14 37 igc 7 9 12 2 37 PM gh Numbers Log Menday July 9 15 O8 iac 7 9 32 312 PM ue Log Meaday July 16 10 38 i1gc 7 16 12 10 38 AM fii Pages Log Monday July 16 10 51 igc 7 16 12 10 55 AM Log Monday July 16 12 02 igc rent 1105 AM IL PocketCAS Log Monday July 16 12 05 igc Y 16 12 17 05 AM Log Saturday July 14 12 37 igc 7 14 12 261 Pw 3v WinPilot CU West Log Saturday July 14 14 04 ige 7 14 12 225 ww J MindenBig2 dat s 17 10 133 FN alea cate AAT vun WPTasks xm Yesterday 11 LY AM Other LIA UE The Main Four Pages The Waypoints Page c amp EM UN s
15. polar file a at the beginning of a line makes it a comment line LS8 15m WinPilot POLAR file MassDryGross kg MaxWaterBallast liters Speed1 km h Sink1 m s Speed2 Sink2 Speed3 Sink3 360 180 100 0 67 155 1 45 185 2 5 Turnpoint file Name dat WinPilot Turnpoint file for a given site should be comprised of entries in the following format Id Latitude Longitude Elevation Attribute Name Comment where 23 Id turnpoint identifier each turnpoint must have a different Id Latitude Longitude in one of the following formats ss seconds dd decimals dd mm ss for example 36 15 20N dd mm d for example 36 15 3N dd mm dd for example 36 15 33N dd mm ddd for example 36 15 333N followed by N S E or W Elevation a number that can be followed by the letter F if the elevation is in feet if no letter is present it is assumed that elevation is given in meters for example 1623F elevation is 1623 feet 1623 elevation is 1623 meters Attribute the following attributes are supported A Airport T Turnpoint L Non Airport Landing Point S Start F Finish not currently used M Markpoint a navpoint without an arrival cylinder drawn around it H Home there must be one and only one turnpoint with attribute H in the WinPilot dat file it is the default navigation target Name Name of the waypoint maximum 12 characters long Comment Additional description maximum 12 ch
16. t To Previous Wayport Tasks vU Creve Yee y gt 0 U Aaa A CO Lp Tu Q am Aben Av ORS The Task Page contains memory for 24 tasks Task 0 is always the active task being shown on the map flown and edited Any task can be copied into Task 0 by clicking the row with that task and then selecting Activate Task 0 can be copied into any other task by selecting the row with Task 0 and choosing Copy from the Menu Tasks can be created edited in two ways From the Waypoints page by selecting a waypoint and pressing Add To Task 0 menu option and From the Task Page by first pressing the Insert Waypoint to add the first waypoint and then pressing the green Plus next to the slot in the task where the next waypoint should go in After the task has been created it then can by edited by pressing the Edit button in the upper right corner The Task Edit page can be in one of two modes Insert Mode or Delete mode Task Page in the Insert Mode Tasks Task 0 Active Minden Tahoe no zone Lone Pine Action D ts Start Task Tasks Task 190 6em 0 Minden Tahoe Lone Pine gt Task 1 gt M e m Tasks Task Page in the Delete Mode T7 Tasks Task 0 Active Minden Tahoe no zone Lone Pine Action i Start Task Tasks Task Minden Tahoe L P gt 190 6sm 0 nTa one Pine Task 1 gt To switch between Insert and Delete Modes press the button in the upper left corner o
17. xample a file name gs USA 11 zip means that this zip file contains tiles of type satellite for zoom level 11 Tiles might come in form of zip files Do NOT unzip these files yourself These zip files need to be imported into the WinPilot Documents directory It is possible to use iTunes see chapter Importing Files but we recommend using a free utility called DiskAid from http www digidna net diskaid which is much faster than iTunes especially when the iOS device contains a large number of files tiles 18 After the tile zip file is in the Document folder the unzip process can be initiated by pressing Check For New Tiles in Settings Other Tiles When WinPilot starts in Tile mode it scans the storage for all available tile types and zoom levels This might take several seconds When done the information gathered is used to enable disable the gray zoom buttons on the right side of the map screen see pictures below If no tiles are available for a zoom level below or above the current zoom level the corresponded zoom buttons will be hidden Enabling Tile Map mode Switching between Tile Maps and Vector Map is done by in Settings by pressing the Map Style until it changes from Vector to Tiles Using Tile Maps WinPilot has been designed for two different types of tiles to be loaded at the same time terrain tiles prefix t or satellite tiles prefix gs This came about from realization that depending on the particular situ
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