XIX. Customize the flight screen and the vario
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With the Evolution, you can customize each flight screen, and the sound of the vario.
To customize your flight screens:
1) Go to this webpage :
2) Customize the flight screens by selecting an items and its unit, then selecting a text font and size. Drag and drop to change the item’s position.
3) Turn-on and connect your instrument to your computer.
4) Download the screen setup file.
5) On the SYS PC Tool, click on the “Send a file to my instrument” icon.
6) Select the previously downloaded file and click Open.
Don’t hesitate to share your flight screen to your friends, or create a folder with different setups.
Details about the default flight screens:
Details about items of the SSCTool, Syride Screen Configuration Tool (a "NO GPS" on an item means that it is waiting for GPS signal reception to display the information):
GNSS altitude : is given by the GNSS. It is the vertical distance between you and the mean sea level. This is a reliable altitude but can be inaccurate in case of bad GPS signal reception (electromagnetic disturbance caused by radio, Phone relay antenna, other instruments…). International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) advocates the use of pressure altitude (QNH see below).
QNH altitude: this altitude initially uses the GPS signal until the vertical accuracy is less than 6m. Then it uses the ambient pressure to calculate your altitude. If you mount your instrument by one meter with your hand, the altitude will rise by one meter (which will not be necessarily the case with GPS altitude). This altitude is accurate, but may become less reliable if you are flying a long time or traveling a long distance.
QNE altitude: is your current pressure altitude, supposing the current pressure at mean sea level is 1013.25 hPa. This information is required for airspaces that are described in “flight level”.
Vario: is your vertical speed (ascent or descent). Vario smoothing is possible by setting the filtering parameter when defining your screens in SSC Tool. 5 seconds filtering means the displayed vario will be an average of the varios of the last 5 seconds. You can put several varios with different filtering on the same screen.
Altitude history: is a graphic that shows the 2’30 last minutes of your altitude. The black curve is the recorded altitude, the gray area is the recorded topography at the recorded position.
Vario history: is a graphic that shows the 2’30 last minutes of your vario.
Graphical dynamic vario: is a graphic that shows your current vario. The termed “dynamic” refers to the fact that the MAX and MIN vario displayed is not fixed, and depends on the MAX and MIN vario of the last minutes.
Gmeter: displays the current force applied to your body. Without any movement, the G force is 1.0g.
Gain since takeoff: is the vertical distance between your current altitude and your takeoff altitude. A positive value means you are above takeoff, while a negative value indicates you are below takeoff.
Straight distance to take-off: this is the horizontal distance in a straight line separating you from the take-off.
Cumulative distance to take-off: this is the distance you have accumulated since your take-off. It corresponds to the length of your GPS track if you unfolded it and measured it. It does include all the turns in thermal.
Pressure: is the current pressure, in hPa.
Distance since takeoff: is the horizontal distance from your takeoff to your current position.
Heading to takeoff: this is the course you must take to return as quickly as possible to your takeoff point. It can be useful with PPG to find your takeoff as quickly as possible.
Instant glide ratio: is noted « GRI » for « Glide Ratio Instant ». This item shows your current glide ratio. GRI = Ground speed / Vario.
Heading: is your current instrument’s magnetic orientation. Note that this indicator is corrected by the magnetic declination, which depends on your current position. As a consequence, this item displays the true heading instead of magnetic heading.
Course: is your current course. Without wind, the course equals the heading.
Drift angle: is the difference between your course and your heading. Drift angle = Course – Heading.
Temperature: gives the internal temperature of the instrument.
Wind - graphical: in order to get the speed and direction of the wind, fly a 360° turn at constant speed and glide ratio, within 10 to 30 seconds. The instrument will compute the drift and will be able to display the wind direction and speed. The wind direction represented by the arrow is dependent on your current course.
Wind direction: indicates where the wind comes from, using the cardinal points. It is displayed in letters, as N for North, NE for North-East, E for East, SE for South-East, S for South, SW for South-West, W for West and NW for North-West.
Cumulative resettable distance: this is the cumulative distance since last reset. It's stored in memory even after restarting the instrument. Just press on the item to reset it (the reset will be confirmed by a message).
GPS coordinates: this is your current position. By clicking on the item, you can switch between the 3 commonly used formats.
Vertical airspace name and distance: these items show the name and distance to the nearest vertical airspace at your current position.
Horizontal airspace name and distance: these items show the name and distance to the nearest horizontal airspace at your current altitude.
Augmented reality: represents the forward world in 3D, waypoints, airspaces, etc..
Transition assistant: is a side view of the topography (which is dependent of your current course), plus your current glide ratio. Click on the item to change its range.
Route summary: this is a summary of your navigation route. You can quickly know where you are in your navigation route or in your competition task.
Thermal core: this aims to show you quickly the most efficient ascent zone around your. As soon as you get a positive vario, it will show your path and its vario. The higher the vario, the darker the track. The circle indicates the position of the highest vario. Click on the item to change its scale.
Back to the last thermal: an arrow will show you the heading to follow to go back to the last thermal automatically saved in the instrument. Distance is also displayed.
Waypoint information: is the most useful item to follow fly a path in a minimum time. As soon as a route is started, this item will display next waypoint’s name, distance and optimum course, as well as your current course. The optimum course takes the 2nd next waypoint into account.
The Full Waypoint Information item is a 360 version of the Waypoint Information item. In addition, it displays the long name (description) of the waypoint as well as the Glide ratio needed to reach the next waypoint at the optimized point.
Black arrow shows the optimized route, white arrow shows the route to the center of the waypoint. On the example, you’re currently fying towards 042°, and should fly towards 141°to make “WPT10” waypoint 10.93km ahead.
AGL at next Waypoint: this is the height relative to the ground when you'll reach the optimized point at the next waypoint. This is based on the topographic data at the optimized waypoint (not at the center of the waypoint). This can be useful in competition to know the height margin you will have when reaching a waypoint or the goal.
Competition Time: elapsed time since the start of the competition task. In a Race to goal task, this starts counting at the start time. In an Elapsed time task, this starts counting when the SSS is crossed (if you cross the SSS again before crossing the next waypoint, competition time will be reset). On the map, SSS cylinder will blink as long as you haven't crossed the next waypoint to show you're still allowed to restart.
Remaining Competition Time : that's the remaining time before the end of the task. It's a countdown based on the optional ESS closing time you've entered to create the task.
ETE / ETA to the next Waypoint / Goal : ETE (Estimated Time Enroute) is the time needed to reach the optimized point of the next waypoint/Goal. This estimation is computed using your ground speed an the distance left to this point. ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) is the time of arrival at this point.
Glide ratio to waypoint: is noted « GRW » for « Glide Ratio to Waypoint ». This item indicates the required glide ratio to reach next waypoint’s optimized point (see below). Altitude used for the glide ratio computation is altitude of the topography at the optimized point (not the one of the center of the waypoint).
Glide Ratio to Goal: is noted « GRG » for « Glide Ratio to Goal ». This item indicates the required glide ratio to reach the goal (i.e the last waypoint) of the current route, passing by the optimized points of the remaining waypoints (if any). Please be aware that wind could change and impact your ground glide ratio.
Graphical options: ables you to draw boxes, add text, etc..
Weather station: shows the next 24h weather forecast in standby mode.
Wind reports: enables you to get in-flight wind reports. To get these informations, an internet connection is required (Wifi or Bluetooth with Internet sharing enabled and data coverage).
As soon as the data are available, you will have all the last wind report, including station name, altitude, time of report, wind speed and direction... When adding this item, you will have the choice between a list of weather stations, or “the nearest station”.
MAP: displays a top view of the map. This includes, depending on the level of the zoom and on your settings: Your position, your GPS track, cities names, roads, topography, airspaces, waypoints, loaded routes (including waypoints, cylinders, and optimized route), Syride takeoff sites… It is possible to have several maps with different settings in the instrument!
Clicking the “Settings” icon of the map will display the map settings menu:
Buttons: take shortcuts by adding action buttons directly in your screen configurations! Here are a few examples:
- Airspace: displayed if the instrument triggers a pre-violation or violation Airspace alarm. Pre-violation limits can be set in Sys'PC Tool.
- Thermal: Displayed if your average vario is increasing and if you've started thermalling.
- Transition: If you are not thermalling, this screen will be displayed by default.
- Waypoint approach: displayed when you are approaching the next waypoint within 200 meters of its cylinder.
Note:
To avoid unwanted page switches, the automatic switch will be deactivated for 2 minutes after you've manually switched a screen.
It is possible to deactivate the automatic screens switch in flight using the dedicated button. If the switch is due to an Airspace, it is also possible to deactivate the closest airspace.
The vario sound setup works on the same basis. A video shows the process here:
Using the automatic screen change: in order to avoid manipulations of the instrument during the flight, it is possible to automatize screen switches depending on the flight phase you are in. This can be set when you define your screens with SSC Tool:
