Flymaster B1 Manual de usuario

User manual

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B1User Manual

2008 FLYMASTER Avionics Ltd.

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3700-121 S. João da Madeira

Portugal

Tel: + 351 256 880 568 / 256 001 935

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Warning

t is the sole responsibility of the pilot to operate the aircraft in a safe manner,

maintain full surveillance of all flying conditions at all times, and not become

distracted by the FLYMASTER Avionics is not responsible for any damages

resulting from incorrect or no data provided by the FLYMASTER B1. Flight

safety is the sole responsibility of the pilot.

t is unsafe to operate the FLYMASTER B1 while in the air. Failure by the pilot

equipped with a FLYMASTER B1 to pay full attention to the aircraft and flying

conditions while flying could result in accident with property damage and/or

personal injury.

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Table of contents

1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 5

2. Getting started ..................................................................................................... 5

2.1. The Keys ................................................................................................................... 6

2.2. Turning the Unit On and Off ...................................................................................... 7

3. Understanding the Flight Screen ........................................................................... 8

3.1. Altitude graph ........................................................................................................... 8

3.2. Flight Duration ..........................................................................................................

3.3. Altimeters 1, 2 and 3 .................................................................................................

3.4. Sound Level ...............................................................................................................

3.5. Time .........................................................................................................................

3.6. Digital and analogue variometer ................................................................................

3.7. Maximum and Minimum vertical speed ................................................................... 10

4. Resetting Altimeter 3 .......................................................................................... 10

5. Settings .............................................................................................................. 10

5.1. Flight Log ................................................................................................................ 11

5.2. Set Altimeter ........................................................................................................... 12

5.3. Digital Vario ............................................................................................................ 13

5.4. Date Time ............................................................................................................... 14

5.5. Acoustic Thresholds ................................................................................................. 15

5.6. Audio Frequencies ................................................................................................... 16

5.7. Advanced Features .................................................................................................. 17

5.7.1. Damper ..................................................................................................................................... 18

5.7.2. Cadence .................................................................................................................................... 18

5.7.3. Dynamic Frequency .................................................................................................................. 18

5.7.4. Buzzer (Next to C imb Indicator) .............................................................................................. 18

5.7.5. Auto Si ent ................................................................................................................................ 19

5.8. Screen Contrast ....................................................................................................... 20

5. . Language/Units ....................................................................................................... 20

5.10. Firmware ............................................................................................................... 21

5.11. Shutdown .............................................................................................................. 21

. Updating B1 Firmware ........................................................................................ 22

7. .Fail Safe firmware update .................................................................................. 24

7.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 24

7.2. Update procedure ................................................................................................... 24

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1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing FLYMASTER B1. This version of the user manual was

made for the 1.35 version of the Firmware.

f you have any questions or comments regarding the use of your vario you can

visit our website at http://www.flymaster-avionics.com or contact our Support

Department ([email protected])

2. Getting started

Fully charge the battery before start using FLYMASTER B1.

Charging battery can be performed either by connecting the wall socket charger

or the PC USB cable (both included in the package) to the B1 USB port located

on the right side of the B1 (see Figure 1).

Figure 1 –Battery charge connection

The charging process is automatically stopped once the battery is fully charged.

A message appears on the screen indicating the charging level and the end of

the process. Note that the charger is capable of fully charging the battery in

approximately 3 hours (quick charge), whilst the USB connecting may take up

to 5 hours (slow charge).

B1 uses a Lithium-ion polymer battery, which is not prone to “memory effect”,

so the battery does not need to be totally discharged before recharging. Full

charge lasts for over 20 operating hours, but recharging before each flight is

strongly recommended.

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Figure 3 –Settings Menu Mode

2.2. Turning the Unit On and Off

To turn on the B1, briefly push the S1 key, this will display the start up screen.

A 10 second countdown will start, push the S2 (Enter key) to confirm power up

before time is elapsed

Figure 4 –Start up Screen

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Turning off the B1 is made by selecting “Shutdown” on the settings menu

mode. This is done by briefly pressing the S1 key, then using the S3 (up) or S4

(down) keys to select “Shutdown” option, and then pressing S2 (Enter key).

The flight timer will start automatically whenever the altitude varies more than

5 meters. The timer stops when the B1 is turned off. When a flight is started,

data collected during flight time is automatically recorded in the internal

memory. This information can be later seen on the B1 screen, or can be

downloaded to the PC for analysis and storage in the B1 FLYMASTER Suite's

database.

3. Understanding the Flight Screen

The FLYMASTER B1 has a high resolution (320x240) and contrast display. This

allows it to show more useful information simultaneously. The flight screen can

be seen in Figure 5 each field has a self explanatory text tag.

Figure 5 – Flight Screen

3.1. Altitude graph

The FLYMASTER B1 has an altitude graph. Whenever the flight starts a line is

draw representing the altitude in meters (or feet) versus time, in seconds.

Altitude is represented in the vertical axis, and time in the horizontal axis.

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Analogue Vario

Digital Vario

Time

Altimeter

Flight

Duration

Real-time

altitude graph

Ma . Climb

Ma . Sink

Sound Level

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50ft/min, depending on the settings chosen (see section 5.9). Values between ±

10 m/s(±100ft/min) are also indicated as when the vertical speed increases, or

decreases, the bar is filled proportionally until the full scale value (±5 m/s) is

reached, and then, for higher values (ex. ±6, ±7...), the bar is cleared from the

bottom up until being completely empty at ±10 m/s.

Adjacent to the analogue variometer there are two digits that correspond to the

digital variometer. The resolution of the digital vario is 0.10 m/s, or 10ft/min,

and the full scale is reached at ±99 m/s, or 990ft/min(see section 5.9) .

The digital variometer differs from the analogue variometer, in that the values

are averaged to a set time base of the. This time base is factory defaulted to 10

seconds, but may be defined by the user (see section 5.3). For this reason the

digital variometer is called the integrated variometer. The integrated

variometer is particularly useful in determining the actual strength of a bumpy

thermal.

3.7. Maximum and Minimum vertical speed

Above and below the digital variometer there are two smaller figures. These are

constantly updated and represent the maximum positive and negative vertical

speeds since the flight has started. The saved values correspond to the

integrated vario, so they depend on the integration time defined by the user.

The figure above the digital vario value corresponds to the maximum rate of

climb, and the figure below the digital vario to the maximum rate of sink. These

values are automatically reset once when the B1 is turned off.

4. Resetting Altimeter 3

When in flight mode, Altimeter 3 can be rapidly set to 0 by briefly pushing S4

key. This is useful for creating a reference altitude marker during a flight. For

instance, if you reset the Altimeter 3 upon entering a thermal, you can easily

monitor the total altitude gain in that thermal.

5. Settings

Almost all the FLYMASTER B1 parameters can be adjusted using the settings

menu. By changing parameter values the user can easily adapt features as the

variometer acoustics, time, or display contrast, just to name a few. The menu

can be accessed by pressing the S1 key for more than 1 second.

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