Naviter Oudie 3 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Foreword 0

Part I Introduction

................................................................................................................................... 21 In the Box

................................................................................................................................... 32 Charging the battery

Part II Getting started

................................................................................................................................... 51 Getting to know Oudie 3

................................................................................................................................... 62 Turning Oudie 3 on and off

................................................................................................................................... 63 Upgrading firmware

................................................................................................................................... 84 Running Oudie 3 software for the first time

................................................................................................................................... 125 Using vario

................................................................................................................................... 126 Copying files to Oudie 3

................................................................................................................................... 137 Learning to use Oudie 3

................................................................................................................................... 138 Using Profiles with Oudie 3

................................................................................................................................... 169 How Airspace warning works

................................................................................................................................... 1910 Entering and flying the tasks

................................................................................................................................... 2911 Flying with the FAI Triangle Assistant

................................................................................................................................... 3212 Using Thermal Assistant

Part III Map page

................................................................................................................................... 371 Cursor info

.......................................................................................................................................................... 38Waypoints

.......................................................................................................................................................... 39Airspace

................................................................................................................................... 412 Glider position

................................................................................................................................... 413 Arrow towards the North

................................................................................................................................... 424 Wind vector

................................................................................................................................... 425 Vector map

................................................................................................................................... 436 Airspace warning

................................................................................................................................... 437 Navboxes

................................................................................................................................... 448 Animation speed

................................................................................................................................... 449 Command bar

Part IV Information page

Part V Statistics page

Part VI Menu

................................................................................................................................... 511 Esc

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................................................................................................................................... 512 < Prev and Next >

................................................................................................................................... 513 Settings

................................................................................................................................... 524 Display options

................................................................................................................................... 535 Screen lock

................................................................................................................................... 546 Map orientation

................................................................................................................................... 567 Exit

................................................................................................................................... 578 Zoom

................................................................................................................................... 589 Volume & Altitude

................................................................................................................................... 5910 Goto

.......................................................................................................................................................... 60Details overview

.......................................................................................................................................................... 61Edit Waypoint

.......................................................................................................................................................... 61Waypoint filter

................................................................................................................................... 6311 Task

.......................................................................................................................................................... 63List edit

.......................................................................................................................................................... 64Map edit

.......................................................................................................................................................... 65Edit Point

.......................................................................................................................................................... 66Load task

.......................................................................................................................................................... 67Task options

................................................................................................................................... 6812 Next map

................................................................................................................................... 6913 Info page

................................................................................................................................... 6914 Statistics

................................................................................................................................... 6915 About

................................................................................................................................... 6916 Save Settings

................................................................................................................................... 7017 Thermal assistant

................................................................................................................................... 7018 Switch Profile

................................................................................................................................... 7119 Add Waypoint

................................................................................................................................... 7120 Wind

................................................................................................................................... 7221 Logbook

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Part VII Settings

................................................................................................................................... 741 Map

.......................................................................................................................................................... 75Scheme properties

................................................................................................................................... 762 Airspace

................................................................................................................................... 773 Waypoints (Wpts)

................................................................................................................................... 794 Track & target

................................................................................................................................... 805 OLC & FAI area

................................................................................................................................... 816 Task

................................................................................................................................... 827 Navboxes

.......................................................................................................................................................... 86Edit

................................................................................................................................... 878 Symbols

................................................................................................................................... 889 Warnings

................................................................................................................................... 8910 Thermal assistant

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................................................................................................................................... 9111 Polar

................................................................................................................................... 9212 Units

................................................................................................................................... 9313 Fonts

................................................................................................................................... 9414 Input

................................................................................................................................... 9615 Commands

................................................................................................................................... 9616 Menu

................................................................................................................................... 9717 Files

................................................................................................................................... 9918 Log

................................................................................................................................... 10019 User Interface (UI)

................................................................................................................................... 10220 Miscellaneous (Misc)

................................................................................................................................... 10321 Hardware

................................................................................................................................... 10522 Vario

.......................................................................................................................................................... 101Manage languages

.......................................................................................................................................................... 104Terminal

Part VIII Oudie firmware

................................................................................................................................... 1081 Main screen

................................................................................................................................... 1082 Settings screen

.......................................................................................................................................................... 109Volume

.......................................................................................................................................................... 110Backlight

.......................................................................................................................................................... 111Language

.......................................................................................................................................................... 112Autorun

.......................................................................................................................................................... 113Calibration

.......................................................................................................................................................... 115USB

Part IX Windows Mobile tips and tricks

Part X Technical specification

Part XI Troubleshooting

Part XII Notice of non-liability

Part XIII Limited Warranty

Index

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1 Introduction

Company Naviter is dedicated to solving glider pilot's problems and Oudie 3 is one of the answers in this challenge. It´s intended use is helping para-glider, hang glider and other pilots navigate during leisure, cross country and competition flights.

Oudie 3 is a Personal Gliding Assistant which aims at providing everything a glider pilot needs in one simple package. For this reason Oudie 3 have big bright sun readable screen, excellent vario and a large battery which is powerful enough for more than twelve hours of flying. Vario and Navigation software, maps and airspaces for Oudie 3 are already preinstalled. You can literally take it out of the box and launch.

Oudie 3 works great in combination with other Naviter products such as SeeYou for the PC, Soaring Spot and others. It was designed to answer the question which was most frequently posted to us as "Why do you not build the device for paraglider and hang glider pilots?"

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Naviter is a Slovenian based software company. We focus on highly featured and easy to use software for glider pilots. The needs of paraglider, hang glider and sailplane pilots worldwide are what we are interested in.

Naviter d.o.o. Planina 3 4000 Kranj Slovenia email: info@naviter.com web: http://www.naviter.com/

1.1 In the Box

The Oudie 3 is delivered with pre-installed Oudie 3 software and world-wide vector maps (topographical data, ground elevation data, cities, rivers, lakes, roads, etc.). Airspace and Airports files for much of the world are also pre-installed. Your Oudie 3 was delivered in a package with the following items:

1. Oudie 3

2. Protective case

3. Getting started manual

4. SeeYou Trial CD

5. Universal Wall Charger (110-220V)

6. Car Charger (12V)

7. USB Cable

8. Velcro tape for easy installation

9. PDF Manual on the CD

10. 2 pcs Naviter stickers

1.2 Charging the battery

There are several ways to charge Oudie 3's internal battery.:

Connect the wall charger cable to AC 110-240 V power source and insert the connector to the charging slot on the Oudie

Connect the car charger to the DC 12-24 V source and insert the connector to the mini USB slot on the Oudie

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Connect the USB cable to an external Power Pack battery or PC

Fast charge with the wall charger take about 6 hours to fully charge the Oudie 3 status in about 6 hours. Slow charge will take about 10 hours to fully charge the battery.

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Part

2 Getting started

This topic wants to cover some of the basic things you need to know about how to use your Oudie 3. If this is the first time you are using Oudie 3 please take a few moments to read about the basics about how to use Oudie 3:

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. Getting to know Oudie 3 . Turning Oudie 3 on and off . Upgrading firmware

. Running Oudie 3 software for the first time . Using vario . Copying files to Oudie 3 . Learning to use Oudie 3 . Using profiles with Oudie 3

. Entering the task . How Airspace warning works

. Flying Assigned Area tasks

. Flying with the FAI Triangle Assistant . Using Thermal Assistant

2.1 Getting to know Oudie 3

1. Power On/Off button

2. Power indicator

3. Earphone jack

4. microSD card slot

5. Mini USB port

6. Fast charging socket

7. Stylus

8. Speaker

9. Reset key

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2.2 Turning Oudie 3 on and off

To turn the Oudie 3 ON press the power button for 1 second. In order to prevent turning on the device by accident you have to press the confirm button in five seconds.

To turn the Oudie 3 OFF, press the power button for 1 second while the device is running then choose the desired action:

Power Off: will stop the navigation and turn off the device. You should do this before long term storage. Battery should be at least 50% full before you store it for a long time.

Sleep: will turn off the screen, GPS, Bluetooth and power down the processor. The navigation will be put on hold and the battery will drain very slightly. After switching back on you are ready for navigation in just a few seconds. You should use the Sleep function when you are waiting to launch and want to conserve the battery for example. It's ok to use Sleep over night as well. The battery drain is negligible.

Cancel: will do nothing and return focus to navigation. To reboot press the reset button on the back of the device. See also:

Getting to know Oudie 3

2.3 Upgrading firmware

Upgrading the firmware on the Oudie 3 is as simple as downloading one file from www.oudie3.com, saving it in the root of your Oudie's 3Resident Flash memory and resetting the Oudie 3.

If you need more instructions this is the whole procedure:

1. Download the Update executable from www.oudie3.com to your PC (or directly to Oudie, then skip to #5):

2. Connect your Oudie to PC using the USB cable which was supplied in the box

3. Once connected, a PC icon is displayed on Oudie and new removable disk is available on the PC (named TFAT)

4. Copy UpdateOudie.exe to the root of your Oudie drive (TFAT). Warning! Make sure it’s name not “UpdateOudie (1).exe” or something. Browsers and Operating Systems want to interfere sometimes. File name must be UpdateOudie.exe

5. Reset Oudie (or press and hold the On/Off key for 1 second and select “Power off” then power it back on by holding the button for another second).

6. Wait until it boots into an Update dialog box

7. Press “Update” and wait until the process is finished

8. Reboot the Oudie one more time, to complete the update.

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2.4 Running Oudie 3 software for the first time

When you turn the Oudie 3 on for the first time or after a reset, navigation software is started automatically.

Language

Select language which you would like to use on Oudie 3 and confirm this by tapping on the Select button:

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Region

Select region in which you are going to fly and confirm this with Select button:

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Connecting to the GPS

When the navigation device is turned on for the first time or after a long period of non-use, initialising the integrated GPS receiver can take up to 40 minutes. Optimal conditions for problem-free and fast GPS receptions are: having a clear view of the open sky, no high buildings immediately close by and remaining in one place until the GPS position has been determined. The Navbox on the upper side of

the map will show you the GPS status (by default - you can change the navboxes later).

Map with symbols

This is where you will be looking for information all the time. You can do many things on the Map page: You can move the map by dragging it. It will return to the position of the glider after 10 seconds

automatically or by pressing the Map orientation symbol. You can move the Navboxes around the map to place then where you need them.

You can also tap on any symbol to bring up additional dialogs for: . Map orientation by tapping on upper(North) arrow, . Wind by tapping on the Wind vector,

. Map zoom by tapping on the Zoom button, . Pan mode is a special mode where you can freely move around the map to explore some details

along the course. . Move the glider (lower arrow ) if you tap on the glider.

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. Moving on Map 2 by tapping on the Map 2 Navbox . Tapping on a waypoint on the map gives you a list of Airspaces and Waypoints . Waypoints are

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sorted on distance from the tap. This is a quick way to select a waypoint from a group of waypoints. The Navboxes are what you will use to display the information you need. Be at waiting for Start gate,

Final glide, Navigation, Optimization or another issue, use Menu > Navboxes to select which items you want displayed.

Command bar

holds 2 shortcuts to specific actions. In addition to the Command bar, actions are also assigned to any hardware buttons on the Pocket PC. You can select which buttons do which actions through Menu >

Settings > Commands .

The default actions for software buttons from left to right (Command bar) are: . Zoom . Menu

Try the functions of these buttons. See also:

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2.5 Using vario

Oudie 3 features an excellent vario. It is the best vario you can find on the market. It is extremely accurate and responsive at the same time.

You can control the audio settings of the vario on the Menu > Settings > Vario page. We went into a lot of trouble fine tuning the vario sound. Make sure to try the default settings in the air before you change them.

You can control the size and position of the Vario Symbol on the map. Simply drag it on the screen if you wish to move it to a new position. Go to Menu > Settings > Symbols > Vario to change it size and appearance. You can choose from a few different shapes for the vario, its transparency, size and more.

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2.6 Copying files to Oudie 3

Copying files on the Oudie 3 similar to Upgrading the firmware . Just copy files in the root of your Oudie's 3 Resident Flash memory when connected to PC with the supplied USB cable.

If you need more instructions this is the whole procedure:

1. Connect your Oudie 3 with PC using the USB cable which was supplied in the box,

2. Once connected, tap "Connect to PC" or the USB Stick icon on Oudie 3,

3. You should now see Oudie 3 as an external Mass Storage drive on your PC (named TFAT),

4. Copy Files to the root or folder on your Oudie 3 device,

5. Once you finished copying files Safely remove your Oudie 3 from the PC software.

6. Disconnect USB cable from Oudie 3 and PC. See also:

Getting Started

2.7 Learning to use Oudie 3

There are two recommended ways to learn how to use Oudie 3 before you get airborne.

File replay

This is by far the most efficient way to learn Oudie 3 software. What it does is it replays an already flown flight and enables you to see the data you would have been looking at if you had Oudie 3 with you on the particular flight.

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In order to set this up, copy some of your flights from the desktop PC to your device. Then go to Menu >

Settings > Input , then change input to "File". Press the "..." button and choose a flight you wish to

replay. Now use the buttons to change Waypoints, MacCready and pages. Tap on the screen to see what happens and setup Navboxes to what you want them to be. Note that you can setup Navboxes separately for each of the two Map pages.

Simulator

In the Simulator input mode, you can move the glider freely even without a prerecorded flight which enables you to go places you haven't visited in the air yet. To move the glider, tap on it, then drag a line out of the glider in the direction you want it to move. The longer the line, the faster it will go in the specified direction.

By learning how to use Oudie 3 software on the ground you will have more time to think about gliding, task and scenery in the air. It is warmly recommended.

See also:

Getting Started

2.8 Using Profiles with Oudie 3

If you feel no need to use more than one set of Navboxes or fly more than one type of gliders ignore this feature and go read the next chapter.

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If however you fly several types of gliders at different locations you are likely to be fed up with changing the polar, terrain, waypoint and airspace files each time before the flight. Profiles were added in Oudie 3 software. You can have separate setups for each of your gliders or type of flying. Here's how it works.

1. When you first ran Oudie 3, a Default profile was created. Anything you have changed in the application was stored to this profile. Now comes a day when you fly the another glider with a significantly different polar than the one you have used previously. To avoid entering the polar, header and hardware data each time you go fly this glider, you may create a new profile by going to Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous and click the "Add Profile..." button.

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2. You get to choose to either . Copy current profile (which makes an exact copy of your current settings), . Create a new profile (which creates a copy of the default settings).

You may give the new profile a name according to what you are going to use it for. Be it "RACE", "XC" or "Hike and fly glider".

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3. Next time you start Oudie 3 you will have two (or more) profiles to choose from. You have 10 seconds to select a profile. If you do nothing, the profile you used last is loaded.

4. After you have loaded the profile for the first time you will want to set it up according to your preferences. Here is a handful of settings you will probably want to change before use:

Links to Terrain, Airspace and Waypoint files Pilot name and Glider type settings Navboxes for Map1 Navboxes for Map2

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See also:

Getting Started

2.9 How Airspace warning works

Avoiding forbidden airspace is often just as important as navigating in general. It can however be much trickier than finding the right valley since the airspace structure is very abstract and often complicated. Oudie 3 will be your best friend if you use the whole potential of what it's got to offer.

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1. Airspace Warning

The first stage - let's name it the Airspace Warning - is often merely informative. The screen will display an orange banner at the top of the page and highlight the airspaces you are about to encounter. It will also display a line with distances from your position to the nearest position of each airspace you are about to encounter. And it will beep briefly.

You get to choose to turn the airspace warning off for the airspace which is listed in the banner. You can turn it off for either . Today - until next takeoff, . 5 minutes - note that this number is user selectable through Menu > Settings > Warnings, . Ignore - for as long as you are flying towards it it won't beep again.

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2. Airspace Alarm

Once you come too close for comfort an airspace alarm will sound. It gives you a red banner at the top where you can read all about the airspace in question and it will highlight the airspace in question. It will also draw the line to the closest point of the airspace and it will give you a sound alarm continuously.

You still get to choose to turn this alarm off for: . Today - until next takeoff, . 5 minutes - user selectable in Menu > Settings > Warnings, . Mute - continue to display everything but stop the sound alarm.

After you have pressed Mute you can still Ignore this airspace alarm.

3. Helpful Navboxes

There are three airspace related navboxes which will give you a good overview of the airspace situation if you are familiar with what they are displaying:

1. "Nearest airspace - Horizontally" gives you the distance from your position to the nearest position of an airspace where you are not horizontally inside (i.e. you are not below this airspace yet).

2. "Horizontally nearest airsapce - Altitude" gives you the altitude difference towards the horizontally nearest airspace. The altitude difference is negative if you are below horizontally nearest airsapce. It is positive if you are above and "Inside" if you are about to hit the lateral borders of the airspace in question.

3. "Nearest airspace - Vertically" gives you the altitude difference towards the airspace above or below the glider. The value is negative if you are below the airspace. It is positive if you are above, "Inside" if you are already inside an airspace and "N/A" if there is no airspace at your location.

In addition to the airspaces there is also a very useful Action which can be assigned to any Navbox. It is the action "Highlight nearest airspace" and it is assigned to the "Nearest airspace - Horizontally" by default. If you touch a Navbox which has this action assigned to it, Oudie 3 will highlight the airspace in question. It will link the glider with the airspace and display the distance from the glider to the airspace.

4. Screen taps

In addition to all the above you may tap anywhere on the screen and then choose "Airspace" to quickly access the list of airspaces at the location of the tap. With this list you can quickly change the visibility of the airspaces or simply get an overview of what lies ahead. You can also change the properties of an airspace such as lower or upper limit.

With this information airspace navigation should be easy and understandable even in a rather complex airspace environment.

See also:

Getting Started

2.11 Flying with the FAI Triangle Assistant

FAI Triangle Assistant helps you complete the largest possible FAI Triangle. You don't have to do much to use the FAI Triangle Assistant. Just turn it on and fly is how we tried to

design the assistant. Here's how it works. Turning the FAI Assistant on or off follows the same phylosophy as toggling the Map, Waypoints,

Airspace, Navboxes etc. It is controlled through the Display Options dialog.

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Flying the Free FAI Triangle task

Once the FAI Area is on, you don't have to do much. You are of course required to know at least roughly which direction you would like to fly to fly a triangle. The larger the triangle you are attempting, the more you will know where to go. FAI Triangle Assistant will simply follow what you are doing. As you fly the first leg it won't yet know which way you are going to fly. That is not a problem. The FAI Area will be

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drawn on one side of the first leg. If you would like it to be on the other side, simply tap inside the area and it will rotate (provided that "Rotate on click" is enabled in the settings, which - by default - it is).

Once you have turned your first waypoint, simply continue to fly towards your other waypoint (or rather a larger area where you would like to turn your second waypoint). As soon as the triangle you have flown is deep enough the FAI Area changes. It is not drawn on the longest leg anymore. Instead it is drawn on the last leg you have flown. That means it is showing you the way towards the area where you will be able to turn your second waypoint and allow your whole flight to be an FAI triangle.

When you are near your second waypoint you will appreciate some help from the FAI Triangle optimization navbox, which is available through the list of Navboxes . Place it visibly on the screen to

know exactly how large the triangle will be if you can finish it home. After you are happy with what you have done in your second area, head home. The FAI Triangle optimization should not change anymore, it's just about getting home.

The above example focused on an FAI Triangle which has been started from one of its corners. Flying a triangle with the start on the leg is no different. The only difference is that the second point you turn represents the first point from the above example and the third one is the final one from which you fly home.

Finishing the task

An FAI Triangle is not finished unless you fly back to your start point. One finish fix within 1 km radius from another fix that occured before turning the 1st waypoint of the optimized triangle is required to finish the task. It may be a single fix if you started your triangle in one of its corners. It is a whole series of fixes between soaring begin and the first waypoint if you started the triangle on one of its legs.

FAI Triangle Assistant also helps you identify the exact course to fly by always highlighting a 1km diameter circle around the closest available finish fix.

Rotating the area

Sometimes the flight requires much more thinking than the above examples. You may wish to know if your current leg is long enough already to cover Town X with the FAI Area of your current flight. For this reason you will want to rotate the FAI area from its current position. It can hardly be easier to do simply tap on the FAI Area on the moving map and it will rotate. If you are on your first leg (or not far enough on the second), it will rotate left/right around the first leg. Once you are far enough on the second leg to make it obvious which way you are going to fly the triangle, it will rotate around the legs. All this provided that "Rotate on click" is enabled in the settings, which - by default - it is.

The FAI Area icons may also be placed on the Command bar if you wish to have quick and constant access to them in flight. There are options for toggling the FAI Area and Rotating the FAI Area under

Menu > Settings > Commands .

FAI Triangle Assistant preferences

If you would like to influence the look and feel of the FAI Triangle Assistant you may do so through Menu

> Settings > OLC & FAI Area dialog.

Example shows kilometer lines for Triangles between 80 - 120 km. If you fly into the violet area, the triangle will be an FAI triangle.

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See also:

Getting Started

2.12 Using Thermal Assistant

Thermal assistant is a feature of Oudie 3 which should help you get centered in a lift more quickly if you decide to follow its instructions.

Thermal assistant analyses the lift in your thermal. It calculates the average and follows how strongly the vario values change in each circle.

It uses three ways to catch your attention:

1. You may choose between Bubbles or a Zoomed map which shows the best part of the lift. Bubbles are disabled by default, zooming in is enabled.

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2. Thermal Assistant audio warning goes off if variance is large enough (see Settings - Thermal ). It whistles a selected amount of seconds or degrees (see Settings - Thermal ) before the glider will reach the same part of the circle where maximum lift was reached in the previous circle.

3. Thermal assistant graphics is displayed if variance for displaying the thermal assistant is large enough (see Settings - Thermal ). The size of the bubbles represents the amount of lift. The color of the bubble is relative to the MacCready setting. Red is better thank MC, blue is more than 0.5m/s (1kts) less than MC, yellow is in between. The arrow is pointing towards the maximum of the lift in the previous circle while the length of the arrow is how "strong" the advice is to move your circle elsewhere. The arrow is longer if variance is larger.

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Your job:

. find a thermal, . start circling, . look outside, . observe the thermal clues, . observe traffic in your vicinity, . make use of Assistant's suggestions.

Assistant's job:

. analyze the thermal, . find the strongest lift in the circle, . make audio and visual suggestions.

We were not trying to develop a Thermal Wizard, just an Assistant for the times when you are tired or have better things to do than focus 100% on the thermal. It will only sound a bell if the thermal varies significantly in strength.

If you would like to display Thermal assistant regardless of the current vario variation, feel free to navigate to the Menu and press the Thermal Assistant button. To close the Thermal Assistant, just tap the screen anywhere.

We will be happy if you continue to enjoy soaring and if you never find the need to use the Thermal Assistant at all :-)

See also:

Getting Started Settings - Thermal

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III

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3 Map page

Map view is the main Oudie 3 window. It contains the following elements: . Glider position . Arrow towards the North . Wind vector . Vector map . Flight trace . Terrain collision . Airspace warning . Navboxes . Animation speed . Command bar

A function is assigned to each one of these elements. It is described in the chapters you will access by following the above links.

An important feature of the Map page is Cursor info .

There are two Map views (Map 1 and Map 2) which are setup independently from each other. Each map view can be orientated differently, have different Zoom levels, details of the map and its own Navboxes. This is useful because you can switch from an overview map.

Overview of the most important features of the Map view:

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3.1 Cursor info

A tap on the map brings up a dialog with relevant information about . Waypoints . Airspace . Task

If either of the items above is present within the Drag limit distance from the tap, such information is presented in a dialog.

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3.1.1 Waypoints

If a tap on the map occurred close to a Waypoint, cursor info dialog appears with Waypoints sorted on distance from the position where the tap occurred.

You can also get a list of Waypoints, sorted on direction. Tap the screen and hold it down, then move the finger in one direction. You will get a list of points sorted on distance.

Columns are sortable in the Goto dialog. Click on the column header to sort ascending or descending on these parameters: . Name . Type . Crs = Course . Distance . Arrival altitude . Required L/D . Code (short name)

If you would like to change the order or size of the columns, you may drag the boundaries to change size or drag the header to change the order of the columns.

Tap on a Waypoint, then tap OK to start navigating to the selected point.

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3.1.2 Airspace

A tap on an airspace brings up a dialog where you can read the information on the airspace. By default this page shows all airspace within a certain margin around the area of your tap. You can

quickly change the status of any of these airspaces by using the buttons for disabling an airspace for Always, Today, 5 minutes or turning them back on with the Activate button.

By turning on the Show all checkbox all airspace from the airspace file is listed. This helps you turn remote airspaces on or off. It also helps you to turn several airspaces off quickly. Note that Multiselect feature works in this dialog meaning that you can select as many airspaces as you wish.

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3.2 Glider position

The symbol always represents the current position of the glider. The nose of the symbolic arrow is pointed in the direction of the movement of the glider.

Tap and hold aircraft symbol to move its current position. You will want to do that if you wish to have a different view of the map.

You can choose several sizes glider symbol through Menu > Settings > Symbols

3.3 Arrow towards the North

Map orientation on Oudie 3 is not always "North up" It can be anything, therefore the North arrow is

always pointed in the direction of true North. By tapping the North arrow a menu will open up where you can select any of the other possible Map orientations.

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North, East, South and West Up, will rotate the map so, that the selected orientation is towards the top of the screen. Goal Up will put the direction of the Selected Goto Waypoint to the top of the screen. Track Up will put the direction of the current track towards the top of the screen.

When panning the map freely, the arrow gets a caption "Pan mode". Tapping once on this symbol returns the view back to the glider and original map orientation.

See also:

Map orientation

3.4 Wind vector

The wind vector gives you a graphical and textual orientation about the wind at current height. It is measured in different ways depending on what data is available to Oudie 3.

A tap on the Wind symbol will open the Wind dialog. You can also access it through Menu > Wind

3.5 Vector map

Oudie 3 uses the CIT maps to display terrain and topographic features. These are the same maps also used in the desktop version of SeeYou. Maps for the whole world are preloaded on Oudie 3 already. Just turn it on and you will have a map.

Map preferences can be setup through the Setup Map dialog.

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3.6 Airspace warning

Oudie 3 tries to estimate your position in the future and give you comprehensive warnings before you enter airspace.

Please read How Airspace warning works from the Getting Started chapter.

3.7 Navboxes

Oudie 3 supports several Navigation boxes. You have full control over which Navboxes you wish to display, how large they should be and where they should be located.

Navboxes are setup separately for Map 1 and Map 2 views. That is because normally you will want to use the two map views for two different reasons. One could be general navigation while the other one is approaching the waypoint where details are important. You will require two different settings for which Navboxes should be displayed in these conditions.

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See also:

North arrow symbol

6.7 Exit

Pressing this button quits the application. Before you exit, the program will ask you whether or not you wish to:

. save the current profile changes . save changes to the waypoints and tasks . save changed or added Flarm aliases . Finish the flight by signing the IGC file with SeeYou G-record

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6.8 Zoom

The Zoom dialog lets you choose from several predefined values (depending on the units). The value represents the width of the Oudie 3 window.

0.1km, ... 2km, 5km ... 35km, 50km ... are fixed zoom settings. Setting represents the width of the Map window. Depending on the units, it can be in either kilometers, statute or nautical miles.

Target is a special kind of Zoom where the application determines what width of the Map window to use to keep the target and the glider on the screen all the time.

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6.9 Volume & Altitude

This menu item opens the Flight Properties dialog box which lets you enter: . Take-off altitude, . QNH, . MacCready setting, . Altitude reserve, . Volume.

Take-off altitude

By changing this setting you can change your take-off altitude. Setting up this value correctly is essential for correct final glide indications. When there is a waypoint or the terrain map with elevations in vicinity, there is a suggestion at what to set up in the top line of this dialog.

QNH

By changing the QNH value you can change the pressure at start or change the QNH in flight to correct the change in pressure

MacCready

You can setup the MC setting here. The optimum value for the MC setting can be derived from the statistics page and other Navboxes.

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Altitude reserve

All final glide calculations are subject to correction of the altitude reserve. If this value is greater than 0, then your arrival altitude to the waypoint will be this much above the altitude of the waypoint elevation from the waypoint database (this may not be its actual altitude, so use at own risk, needless to say).

Volume

This property is used for changing the Vario volume.

6.10 Goto

The goto dialog allows you to select the "Navigate to" point quickly. There are several ways to access this dialog:

Tap on the map Brings up the Goto dialog. Waypoints are sorted on distance from the point where the tap happened on the Map screen. This way it is easy to select the waypoint you were trying to "tap" even though you couldn't tell them apart in the Map view due to the Zoom level.

Through the menu If the Goto dialog is accessed through Menu > Goto, waypoints are sorted first on type, then distance.

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Pressing the Details button will open a new window where you can read waypoint details and edit waypoint properties. It will close automatically after 10 seconds or when you press the OK/Goto button.

Since the waypoint list may be huge there is a quicker way to accessing a particular point alphabetically by filtering the points. When the waypoints are filtered, the Filter caption is highlighted in the command bar (see screenshot below).

At the bottom of the screen, immediately above the menu, three recently used waypoints are displayed.

6.10.1 Details overview

This window opens when you click on the Details menu option in the Goto dialog or Cursor Info -

Waypoints dialog. It displays the general information about a waypoint.

It also allows you to edit and delete waypoint properties on pages Edit Waypoint and Edit Description

. You can access these pages with the ">>" and "<<" buttons in the command bar.

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6.10.2 Edit Waypoint

You may edit and delete waypoints on this screen. This window opens when you click on the Details menu option in the Goto dialog or Cursor Info -

Waypoints dialog and press the ">>" button once.

Use the ++, +, - and -- buttons to change values quickly and without the use of the keyboard.

6.10.3 Waypoint filter

Since SeeYou Mobile may use multiple files as the input for waypoints there is need for a simple way to filter the waypoints so that only those waypoints are presented which are of the most interest for the user.

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Three filters are available in order for you to organize your waypoints in a more readable way: . Alphabetical filter . Filter by file

Alphabetical filter allows you to simply enter the waypoint's name. As soon as the list of waypoints is less than the length of the screen filter closes and you may choose the waypoint that you were looking for from the list that matches the filter you have entered. The screenshot below left displays such filter with the letters "MAL" already entered. The result is a list of all waypoints that begin with MAL (see screenshot on the right):

Filter by file allows you to show or hide waypoints that are stored in separate files. In the example below only two out of four waypoint files that were selected through Settings > Files will be displayed in the

Goto dialog

See also:

Goto dialog Details overview Edit Waypoint

6.11 Task

The task dialog allows you to edit and enter the task in list view.

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You can edit the task either in . List view . Map view

6.11.1 List edit

Entering the task is best done in list view. Open the keyboard to start entering waypoint name. Oudie 3 will automatically suggest the first waypoint in alphabetical order. Use the right/left button to change waypoint name in alphabetical vicinity of what you had entered. Please read the Gettings Started chapter

Entering and flying the task .

By tapping on the Edit button Edit point dialog opens where you can setup preferences of the Observation Zone (cylinder, line, FAI sector), Start speed section and End speed section etc. Use Insert and Delete buttons to change the Task.

Options button gives you quick access and overview of the task settings.

From the command bar you can choose

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. OK to accept any changes . Cancel to discard any changes . Tools to Edit point , Delete point, Insert point, Move point up and down, Invert task, Load task , Save task, Clear task or setup Task Options .

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. Keyb to start typing waypoint names A warning dialog will be issued if finish altitude is set to zero. This is to protect you from making final

glides to the wrong altitude.

6.11.2 Map edit

The same simple philosophy from graphical task editing in SeeYou has been implemented in the Oudie 3 software.

Tap & Move anywhere except on a waypoint to move the map. Tap & Move on a Waypoint to move it. FAI Area is drawn to easily fly an FAI Triangle Tap & Hold on a Waypoint to delete it from the task. Tap & Hold on a Leg to insert a point to this leg. Tap & Hold anywhere on the map except on a leg and on a waypoint to append a waypoint to the end of the task.

. Use Zoom (200km) to change zoom, then Tap&Move the map to pinpoint the position of the free waypoint.

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. OK to accept any changes . Cancel to discard any changes . Edit to Edit point , Delete point, Insert point, Invert task, Copy task , Delete task or setup Task Options .

. List to change to graphical view.

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6.11.3 Edit Point

Point

Choose the waypoint name. Note that the easiest way to do this is by typing its name in List view .

Elev = Elevation

This is the reference altitude for the point in question. This is the altitude that is taken into account when calculating the final glide.

Direction

This option changes the direction of the observation zone. It can either be towards the Next or Previous point, a Fixed value (Angle12) or Symmetric to the courses in and out of the waypoint.

Angle12

If Fixed value is selected from the Direction combo box, a direction of the sector will be symmetrical to this value.

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Radius1, Angle1, Radius2 and Angle2 will setup the sector in the same way as already used to in the desktop version of SeeYou.

Assigned Area check box tells Oudie 3 the type of task Line only can be selected for start and finish points only. Buttons at the bottom will help you enter the correct values quickly with your fingers. The DEF button

will change values to the default ones.

6.11.4 Load task

Load task dialog is accessed through Menu > Task > Tools > Load task... You can access it through both

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List and Map view of the Task.

Select a task from your database and press OK to make it your active task. Press Cancel to discard any changes. You pressed Help to get here.

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6.11.5 Task options

Task options dialog is accessed through Menu > Task > Tools > Options.

Description

You can name a task. This is particularly useful at a competition briefing where you can name it Task A (or 1) and Task B (or 2).

Start speed section

In this box you can set Start speed section waypoint, gate time and interval and number of intervals. For Race to goal tasks is Start on entry set to default.

End speed section

In this box you choose the end of speed section waypoint.

Task deadline time

You can put task deadline here. Oudie 3 will give you a warning 15 minutes before Task deadline time. Asigned area task time is essential for flying the Assigned Area tasks. It is used to calculate required

speed to finish as well as time difference on task. The MC (MacCready) panel allows you to set your average lift in the edit box and see what your

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theoretical speed will be if you fly according to the MacCready theory. The Navigate by shortest route check box will automatically navigate you on task by shortest

optimized distance. Use the + and - buttons to quickly change values.

6.12 Next map

If you are currently viewing Map 1 it changes the view to Map 2 and vice versa.

6.13 Info page

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See Information page

6.14 Statistics

See Statistics page

6.15 About

Through the About dialog you can see serial number and the version of Oudie 3 software. Upgrades are free and available through http://www.oudie3.com

6.16 Save Settings

Once you have setup Oudie 3 for your flight you may want to save the settings without exiting Oudie 3.

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6.17 Thermal assistant

See Using Thermal Assistant .

6.18 Switch Profile

The switch profile icon shuts down Oudie 3 and runs it again so you can choose another profile.

See also:

Using vario

7.9 Warnings

There is three types of warnings in Oudie 3:

1. Airspace warnings

2. Altitude warnings

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Airspace Warning is activated by two triggers. First warning is when the projected point of the flight is inside a sector. Sector is outlined bold red, so you can clearly identify it on the screen. The position of the glider is projected for the value in secons ahead of the current position. This value is setup in Time [s] setting.

Second Airspace warning appears when you fly closer than the preselected Distance from the Airspace or when your altitude is less than Alt.res different from the airspace boundaries. A continous sound warning and whole-screen warning appears.

Altitude warning is a general warning, useful for example when there is a maximum altitude set for a competition day or 18.000ft for the USA. When you come close to the airspace, you get a beep and the red banner much like the airspace warning.

See also:

How Airspace warning works

7.10 Thermal assistant

Thermal assistant continuously analyzes the thermal when you are circling. You can decide when you would like to be warned about potential better lift in one part of the circle.

Vario variance is the difference between squares of deviations and the mean vario value. The bigger the

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difference, the more possible it is that if you move your circle in the direction of the strongest lift that the average climb will increase.

In the Menu > Settings > Thermal you can determine at which vario variance you would like the visual Thermal Assistant and Audio thermal assistant will appear. For the audio you can also select how much before the maximum the thermal assistance will whistle.

You may choose between Bubbles and Ring representation of the graph which shows the best part of the lift. Ring is default setting.

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See also:

Getting started - Thermal Assistant

Menu (with a shortcut to show the Thermal Assistant regardless of the variables)

7.11 Polar

The Polar dialog lets you enter your glider polar data into Oudie 3. These data is essential for performing the final glide calculations.

You can access a list of pre-generated polars by clicking on the "List..." button.

Glider field lets you enter a name for the polar. Stall speed tells Oudie 3 about the assumed stall speed of the glider. A, B and C are parameters of the quadratic equation which is a mathematical approximation of the

glider's actual performance. By checking the User polars only checkbox, only polars entered by the user will be displayed in the

Saved Polars combo box. Info panel gives you a basic information about what has been setup.

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7.12 Units

Setup the units you are used to in the Units dialog. You can choose the units for:

Distance - km, nm, ml Altitude - m, ft Speed - m/s, km/h, kts, mph Vertical speed - m/s, kts, fpm XC Speed (cross country speed or average speed) - m/s, km/h, kts, mph Pressure - mbar, hPa, mmHG, inHg Load (wing loading) - kg/m2, lb/ft2 Latitude/Longitude - DDMMSS, DD.MMmmm, DD.dd

Set to metric sets up km, m, km/h, m/s, km/h, mbar, kg/m2 and DDMMSS Set to imperial sets up ml, ft, mph, kts, mph, inHg, lb/ft2, DDMMSS Set to British sets up km, kts, km/h, lb/ft2, inHg, °F, ft, lbs, DDMMSS

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7.13 Fonts

The fonts dialog allows you to change preferences of the fonts in Oudie 3. Choose one Item, then change Font, Size, Color, Bold, Underline and Italic preferences. See an

example in the Sample panel at the bottom of the dialog.

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7.14 Input

The input dialog lets you choose from three different input methods for displaying a flight in Oudie 3.

GPS/Vario

is what you will want to use in the air. In normal circumstances all you need to do is turned on Oudie 3 and the communication will run automatically.

The header line of the Map view will display 3D/X, 2D/X or BAD in the top left corner when in GPS/ Vario input mode.

Simulator

In this mode a glider is controlled by dragging a line out of the glider thus telling it in which direction to move and how fast. You can specify a start Latitude and Longitude through the edit boxes if you wish.

File

This mode takes an IGC file and animates an old flight. This is the most perfect way to test the application. You will be able to rely on own feelings from the actual flight and observe what Oudie 3 would have been telling you if you had it with you in the air at that time. Use the "..." button to select a flight you wish to animate and the Rate spin do select how fast the animation should run.

A particularly useful way to replay a flight is if you managed to save a NMEA log of your flight. In the

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NMEA log all of the messages that were sent to the device may be reproduced on screen, including other Flarm data and its warnings. To replay a saved NMEA log you need to create a "TMP" folder in the root of your Oudie memory, save the NMEA log as "nmeain.log" and select "File" as your input in Menu > Settings > input.

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7.15 Commands

You can customize the 2 software buttons in the Command bar here.

7.16 Menu

You can fully control the content and order of the buttons in the menu. Use the Up/Down and Edit/ Insert/Delete buttons to change the main menu.

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